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by Marian P. Kazmierkowski
and Fernando A. Silva

Grid Converters and Power Electronics

Grid Converters for Photovol-
taic and Wind Power Systems
By Remus Teodor-
escu, Marco Liserre,
and Pedro Rodri-
guez, John Wiley-
IEEE, Chichester,
U.K., 2011, Hard
cover, 398 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-470-
05751-3.
10) control of grid
4) grid synchronization in single-
phase power converters
5) islanding detection
6) grid converter structures for
wind turbine (WT) systems
7) grid requirements for WT
systems
8) grid synchronization in three-
phase power converters
9) grid converter
control for WTS
THE BOOK’S CONCEPT
In addition, the presented chap-
ters on grid requirements for PV
(Chapter 3) and WT systems are
very important, and overall, the
book perfectly fills the gap on the
market.
Grid Converters for Photovoltaic
and Wind Power Systems is an attrac-
tive and unique book geared for
graduate students
of electrical engi-
neering faculties

T
his new book, coauthored by converters un- and for research
ORIGINATED DURING
Remus Teodorescu from Aal- der grid faults and development
borg University, Denmark, 11) grid filter design
BIANNUAL engineers who are
Marco Liserre from the Politecnica di 12) grid current INDUSTRIAL/PH.D. interested in the
Bari, Italy, and Pedro Rodriguez from control. COURSES ORGANIZED design of modern
the Universitat Politecnica di Catalu- In addition, three IN AALBORG renewable energy
nya (UPC–BarcelonaTech), Spain, appendices 1) Space UNIVERSITY. systems. Instruc-
presents problems related to power Vector Transforma- tors willing to adopt
electronic grid interface for wind- tions of Three-Phase this course can free-
and photovoltaic (PV)-generated Systems, 2) Instantaneous Power The- ly download the slides for each chap-
electrical energy. The book’s concept ories, and 3) Resonant Controller and ter from www.wiley.com.
originated during biannual indus- Index are included.
trial/Ph.D. courses organized in Aal- This book is easy to read, and Power Electronics
borg University, Institute of Energy each chapter ends with a summary Handbook, Third Edition
Technology. These courses started and well-selected list of references. Editor-in-Chief
in 2005 and lasted until the end of Several topics are discussed and Muhammad H.
2010 and were attended by more than presented in a very original way as a Rashid, Butterworth-
250 Ph.D. students and industrial result of wide research performed by Hinemann Publishing
participants. the authors. The topics include the (imprint of Elsevier),
The book consists of 12 chapters, following: 2011, hard cover,
covering the following topics: n passive and active islanding de- 1,407 pages, ISBN:
1) introduction (giving an overview tection methods for PV systems 978-0-12-382036-5.
of wind and PV power develop- n synchronization methods based

ment as well as the role of grid-
connected converters in power
systems)
2) PV inverter structures
3) grid requirements for PV
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MIE.2011.941116
Date of publication: 17 June 2011
on second-order generalized
integrators
n synchronization techniques for
robust operation under distorted
grid conditions
n grid filter design and active damp-
ing techniques
n active and reactive power control
under grid fault conditions.
T
he third edition of the Power
Electronics Handbook is a vast
improvement over the two
previous editions of this title, since
n Five new chapters were added:
‘‘Solid-State Pulsed Power Elec-
tronics,’’ ‘‘Novel Artificial-Intelli-
gence-Based Soft Computing
Applications in Motor Drives,’’

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 ‘‘Energy Sources,’’ ‘‘Energy Storage,’’
and ‘‘Electric Power Transmission.’’
n Eleven chapters were improved
and reorganized.
n The book was completely reor-
ganized, with the 47 chapters
arranged in nine sections.
Power Electronics Handbook in-
cludes the operation and characteris-
tics of modern power semiconductor
devices, including PIN diodes, injec-
tion-enhanced gate transistors, inte-
grated gate commutated thyristors,
emitter turn-off thyristors, power
junction field effect transistors, and
generalized cascodes. It then uses an-
alytical methods to describe the
behavior of conventional power con-
version structures (diode, thyristor
and pulse width modulation recti-
fiers, inverters, dc–dc and ac–ac con-
verters, resonant and soft-switching
converters, and power factor correc-
tion converters) as well as advanced
multilevel and matrix converters.
General and specific applications are
described next, followed by the exist-
ing and advanced control methods,
such as predictive, fast predictive,
fuzzy, and artificial neural networks.
It finishes with recent issues and
applications of power electronics,
such as renewable energy, energy
transmission, energy storage, distrib-
uted generation, WTs, PVs, fuel cells,
and smart grid technology.
In the nine sections, the book
covers almost all the subjects, con-
cepts, and skills needed in the area
of power electronics and its
applications:
n Section I: Power Electronics Semi-
conductor Devices (Power Diodes,
Power Bipolar Transistors, Power
MOSFETs, Insulated Gate Bipolar
Transistors, Thyristors, Gate Turn-
Off Thyristors, MOS-Controlled
Thyristors, and Static Induction
Devices)
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MIE.2011.941117
Date of publication: 17 June 2011
n Section II: Switching Power Con- n Section IX: Energy Sources, Stor-
version (Diode, Thyristor, and age, and Transmission (Energy
Pulse-Width Modulation Recti- Sources, Energy Storage, and
fiers, DC–DC converters, DC/DC Electric Power Transmission)
Luo-Converters, Inverters, Reso- Prof. Muhammad H. Rashid is an
nant and Soft-Switching Convert- IEE and IEEE Fellow and is a well-
ers, Multilevel Power Converters, known researcher and an author of
AC–AC converters, Power Factor outstanding textbooks on power
Correction Circuits, and Gate Drive electronics and analysis and design
Circuitry for Power Converters) of electronics using SPICE [1]–[3]. He
n Section III: General Applications selected contributions from more
(Capacitor Charging Applica- than 50 leading authors all over the
tions, Electronic Ballasts, Power world. Power Electronics Handbook
Supplies, Uninter- includes both tradi-
ruptible Power tional topics and
Supplies, Auto- THE BOOK COVERS new advancements
motive Appli- ALMOST ALL THE in switching con-
cations, and SUBJECTS, CONCEPTS, verter topologies,
Pulsed Power AND SKILLS NEEDED control methods,
Electronics) and applications.
IN THE AREA OF
n Section IV: Power Practical applica-
Generation and POWER ELECTRONICS tions of power
Distribution (PV AND ITS electronics are
Conversion, APPLICATIONS. the main empha-
Power Electron- sis, while needed
ics for Renewable Energy Sources, theoretical topics are illustrated
High-Frequency Interfaces of PV, through examples.
Wind and Fuel Cell for Distributed A table of contents, index, preface,
Generation and Energy Storage, references in each chapter, and intro-
WT Applications, HVDC. Trans- duction stating the fundamentals of
mission, and Flexible AC Trans- power electronics are also included.
mission Systems) Power Electronics Handbook is a valu-
n Section V: Motor Drives (Drives able tool for researchers, engineering
Types and Specifications, Motor professionals, undergraduate/gradu-
Drives, and Artificial-Intelligence- ate students, and instructors. Most
Based Soft Computing Applica- sections/chapters are suited for use
tions in Motor Drives) as textbooks in power electronics,
n Section VI: Control (Advanced Con- renewable energy electronic conver-
trol of Switching Power Convert- sion, pulsed power, power quality
ers, Fuzzy Logic in Electric Drives, and switching converters-related
Artificial Neural-Network Applica- courses.
tions in Power Electronics and
Electrical Drives, and DSP-Based
Control of Variable Speed Drives) References
[1] M. H. Rashid, Power Electronics, Circuits,
n Section VII: Power Quality and Devices and Applications, 3rd ed. Upper
EMI Issues (Power Quality, Active Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice-Hall,
2004.
Filters, and EMI and Effects of [2] M. H. Rashid, Introduction to PSpice using
Power Converters) OrCAD for Circuits and Electronics, Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice-Hall,
n Section VIII: Simulation and Pack- 2004.
aging (Computer Simulation of [3] M. H. Rashid, SPICE for Power Electronics
and Electric Power, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL:
Power Electronics and Motor CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Drives and Packaging and Smart
Power Systems)
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