Modeling and Control of Power Electronics Converter System for Power-Quality Improvements [Book News]

Abstract

The book is authored by an industrial-academic team. Sanjeet Kumar Dwivedi is from Danfoss Power Electronics A/S, Grasten, Denmark, and the other coauthors are academic teachers of electrical engineering departments from three different universities in India. As a result, the text provides required knowledge for the modeling, analysis, and control of different converter topologies in power-quality improvement without unnecessary theoretical ballast. The book consists of six chapters and two appendices. Each chapter includes a list of references and further reading. A glossary and index are added at the end of the book. The first four chapters create the introductory basis, and the final two present examples of practical solutions with design, simulation, experimental building, and testing. Among the book’s strengths is that it includes modeling and control methods for different ac– dc converter topologies used in the active improvement of power quality. It also facilitates understanding using real parameters for simulations in MATLAB and PSIM programs as well as experimental tests to show the efficacy of grid current harmonics reduction according to valid standards. One of its weaknesses is that the text is based on a slightly outdated list of references. I recommend this book as useful text for students and scholars who work in the area of power-quality improvement using power electronic converters and are interested in design and modeling. The readership for which the content is relevant includes electrical, electronics, and control system engineers working in power electronics research and applications as well as graduate students.