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
Chapter 1: Introduction.
Chapter 2: Power Semiconductor Diodes and Diode Circuits.
Chapter 3: Diode Rectifiers.
Chapter 4: Power Transistors.
Chapter 5: Thyristors.
Chapter 6: Phase Controlled Rectifiers.
Chapter 7: DC Choppers.
Chapter 8: Inverters.
Chapter 9: AC Voltage Controllers.
Chapter 10: Cycloconverters.
Chapter 11: Some Applications.
Chapter 12: Electric Drives.
Chapter 13: Power Factor Improvement.
Chapter 14: Switching Mode DC-DC Converters.
Chapter 15: Power Supplies.
Chapter 16: Flexible AC Transmission Systems.
Appendix A: Fourier Analysis.
Appendix B: Laplace Transforms.
Appendix C: Some Useful Functions.
Appendix D: References.
Index
Author
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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