
1168 Index
Power electronic converters, 16, 543–545, 557, 565, 673, 704,
743, 793, 794, 858, 1066, 1103–1105, 1109, 1112,
1115, 1118
Power electronic system, 2, 3, 8, 13, 36, 42, 72, 82, 85, 86,
518, 519, 538, 543, 544, 637, 640, 657, 682, 726,
1066, 1106, 1109, 1110, 1147
challenges, 8, 9, 11–13
Power electronics, 699, 700, 703, 706, 709, 710, 711, 713,
729, 737, 744, 762, 763, 789, 790, 797, 799, 837,
841, 853, 926, 1108, 1122
applications, 1, 2
characteristics, 2
definitions, 1
Power electronics for photovoltaic power systems
basics of photovoltaics, 674
types of PV power systems, 676
Power electronics laboratory, 499
Power factor (PF), 128, 149, 160, 161, 179, 212, 221, 222, 224,
227, 230, 259, 359, 370, 390, 398, 429, 431, 432, 488,
494, 495, 499, 502, 503, 508, 518, 570, 571
correction stage, 590
definition of, 518
disadvantages of, 521
grid connection conditioning system, 749, 755
harmonic limiting standards, 587
high power factor, 586
improved electrical system power factors, 825, 829
input power factor, 588, 589
power factor and harmonics, 487
unity power factor, 712, 725, 739, 742, 747
universal UPS, 622
Power factor correction (PFC) technique, 179, 190, 196,
259, 427, 429, 431, 518, 520, 521, 523–525,
530, 531, 533, 535, 536, 538, 1156
classification of, 525, 537
Power quality, 622, 626, 669, 691, 699, 700, 717, 718, 737,
755, 756, 764, 777, 987, 1053, 1054, 1056
diagnosis, 1060
power quality analyzers, 1060
power quality problems, 1066, 1067
Power rectifiers using multilevel topologies, 240
Power semiconductors, 544, 653, 734, 959, 964, 971, 975,
1080, 1122, 1147, 1152
categories, 544
diepower semiconductors, 557
features, 10, 13, 27,
power losses in power semiconductors, 193
sliding-mode control, 971
switching law, 958
Power-electronic topologies, 720, 731
POWEREX’s M57959L bridge driver, 512, 556
Power supply, 161, 189, 198, 201, 440, 448, 517, 523, 535,
547, 549, 559, 560, 562, 593, 595, 619, 690, 705, 826
switch-mode, 4, 37, 51, 125
Premium power, 717, 718
Product business cost, 1154, 1157
Production cost, 1153
Programmable logic control (PLC), 777, 828, 842, 845
PSpice®, 1121, 1123, 1124, 1126, 1131, 1135, 1138, 1141,
1144
Public utility board (PUB), 345
Pulse density modulation (PDM), 130, 1079
advantages of, 130
Pulse width modulation (PWM), 23, 353, 355, 357, 359, 360,
364, 365, 379, 395, 1035, 1085–1088, 1090, 1093,
1104, 1105
Pulse width modulator transfer functions, 942
Pumping energy (PE), 346, 347
Punch-through emitter (PTE), 133, 137
Push–pull based topology, 720
PV charge controllers, 677
types of, 677–678
PWM AC chopper, 488
PWM flyback converter, 251
PWM generator, 931, 1035, 1125
PWM phase-to-phase voltages
PWM switching converter drive/choppers, 861, 862
PWM techniques, 369, 372, 396, 399, 439, 440, 459, 462, 464,
507, 628, 690, 792, 846, 1115
PWM-VSI converter, 834, 842, 852
Radio-frequency (RF) filters, 1, 511, 1106, 1108
Rbe, 543
RC snubbers, 733
Rectification, filtering, and regulation in a dc power supply,
593
Regeneration, 124, 128, 196, 240, 354, 386–390, 829
Regeneration in inverters, 386–390
Regenerative braking, 39, 112, 198, 215, 239, 307, 319, 324,
327, 453, 649, 837, 850, 861, 862
Regulator circuits, 596, 601, 638
transistor, 44
voltage divider, 42
zener, 42
Remote area power supplies (RAP), 685, 688
Remote power, 644, 717, 718
Renewable energy, 717, 761
Renewable energy interface, 478
Renewable energy sources (RES), 259, 451, 453, 480, 673,
676, 687
Repetition rate, 559–562, 850
Resonance, 573, 583, 641, 642, 805, 816, 833, 904, 912, 944,
1061–1063, 1067, 1099, 1109
Resonance charging technique, 561
Resonant inverters, 335, 437, 581, 585, 590
types, 578–585
Resonant power converter (RPC), 262, 263, 335, 336, 339