Description
This book is designed to sever a textbook for the students of engineering studying a course on power Electronics. It provides a lucid and comprehensive treatment of the topics covered in the book.
A large number of illustrative figures and a wide variety of worked examples add to the clarity of subject mater. This book would be found suitable as a textbook for the students pursuing courses in the areas of the Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation, Telecommunications and Mechatronics.
Table of Contents
1- Introduction
2- Power Semiconductor Diodes and Diode Circuits
3- Diode Rectifiers
4- Power Transistors
5- Thyristors
6- Phase Controlled Rectifiers
7- DC Choppers
8- Inverters
9- AC Voltage Controllers
10- Cycloconverters
11- Some Applications
12- Electric Drives
13- Power Factor Improvement
14- Switching Mode DC-DC Converters
15- Power Supplies
16- Flexible AC Transmission Systems
* Appendix A: Fourier Analysis
* Appendix B: Laplace Transforms
* Appendix C: Some Useful Functions
* Appendix D: References
* Index
Author
P.S. Bimbhra
Dr. P.S. Bimbhra retired as a professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from T.I.E.T. Patiala. A graduate of Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, he received his M.E. (Hons.) and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee. He is fellow of the Institution of Engineers and a life member of ISTE. His areas of current interests include Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Electric Drives.
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