Fundamentals of Power Electronics [Multiple-component retail product]

Shaffer (electrical engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U.) demonstrates the use of MATLAB for circuit computations, simulations, waveform plots, and spectrum analysis in power electronics, preferring the program to the more commonly used PSpice because of its numerical and graphical talents and its pedagogical qualities. Shaffer's approach to power electronics is also different from standard texts in that periodic waveforms of circuits are modeled as angular functions rather than as time functions, which he finds more mathematically elegant. Eight chapters cover principles of electrical power, diode rectifier circuits, phase-controlled rectifier circuits, DC-DC converters, boost and buck/boost converters, dynamic modeling and simulation of DC-DC converters, DC-AC inverters, and thermal management. The CD-ROM contains MATLAB script files for examples and exercises requiring numerical computations, as well as the function files used as tools in each chapter. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Most power electronics textbooks use PSpice for the simulation of circuits, even though MATLAB is a much easier and user-friendly tool. Fundamentals of Power Electronics Using MATLAB teaches students and engineers how to use MATLAB as a simulation and computational tool for power electronics. Designed as a hands-on reference, the scope of the material in the text is not as broad as other reference-style texts, thus making the material less intimidating and more attainable to the reader. Each portion of the text starts with an example based on the section material, followed by a detailed solution. A conclusion is then drawn to emphasize the ?point? of the problem and finally an exercise similar to the example is presented to challenge engineer. This format provides an immediate illustration of how to use the material and an opportunity for students to apply the material on their own. The text also introduces sliding mode control (SMC) of converter circuits where the converter is treated as a variable structure system, in addition to traditional pulse-width-modulation (PWM) control. SMC is a relatively new method of control and is a robust and attractive alternative to PWM. Engineers and students do not need to be proficient in MATLAB to work along with the text because a toolbox is provided on the companion CD-ROM that allows them to use MATLAB and obtain results immediately. The toolbox provides functions to perform power computations, waveform analysis, and power converter circuit design and simulations.