CONTENTS Principles and Methods of Electric Power Conversion Semiconductor Power Switches Supplementary Components and Systems AC-to-DC Converters AC-to-AC Converters DC-to-DC Converters DC-to-AC Converters Switching Power Supplies Power Electronics and Clean Energy 2Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Principles and Methods of Electric Power Conversion 3 “Introduction to Modern Power Electronics”, 2 nd Ed., John Wiley 2010 by Andrzej M. Trzynadlowski

Types of electric power conversion Chapter 14 Fig. 1.1

Generic power converter Chapter 15 Fig. 1.2

AC input voltage waveform Chapter 16 Fi g. 1.3

Output voltage and current waveforms in the generic rectifier Chapter 17 Fig. 1.4

Output voltage and current waveforms in the generic inverter Chapter 18 Fig. 1.5

Configurations of power electronic converters: (a) current-source, (b) voltage-source Chapter 19 Fig. 1.6

Decomposition of the output voltage waveform in the generic rectifier Chapter 110 Fig. 1.7

Decomposition of the output current waveform in the generic rectifier Chapter 111 Fig. 1.8

Decomposition of the output voltage waveform in the generic inverter Chapter 112 Fig.1.9

Decomposition of the output current waveform in the generic inverter Chapter 113 Fig. 1.10

Input current waveform and Its fundamental component in the generic inverter Chapter 114 Fig. 1.11

Resistive control schemes: (a) rheostatic control, (b) potentiometric control Chapter 115 Fig. 1.12

Chapter 116 Fig. 1.13

Control characteristic of the phase-controlled generic rectifier Chapter 117 Fig. 1.14

Chapter 118 Fig. 1.15

Control characteristic of the phase-controlled generic AC voltage controller Chapter 119 Fig. 1.16

Chapter 120 Fig. 1.17

Output voltage and current waveforms in the generic chopper Chapter 121 Fig. 1.18

Output voltage and current waveforms in the generic chopper: switching frequency twice as high as in the previous figure Chapter 122 Fig. 1.19

Output voltage and current waveforms in (a) generic PWM rectifier, (b) generic PWM ac voltage controller Chapter 123 Fig. 1.20

Control characteristics of (a) generic PWM rectifier, (b) generic PWM ac voltage controller Chapter 124 Fig. 1.21

Harmonic spectra of output voltage in (a) generic PWM rectifier, (b) generic PWM ac voltage controller (N = 24) Chapter 125 Fig. 1.22

Output voltage and current waveforms in the generic PWM inverter (a) M = 1, (b) M = 0.5 Chapter 126 Fig. 1.23

RL load circuit Chapter 127 Fig. 1.24

Fragments of output voltage and current waveforms in a generic PWM ac voltage controller Chapter 128 Fig. 1.25

Single-pulse diode rectifier Chapter 129 Fig. 1.26

Output voltage and current waveforms in the single-pulse diode rectifier with an R load Chapter 130 Fig. 1.27

Output voltage and current waveforms in the single-pulse diode rectifier with an RL load Chapter 131 Fig. 1.28

Single-pulse diode rectifier with a free-wheeling diode Chapter 132 Fig. 1.29

Output voltage and current waveforms in the single-pulse diode rectifier with a freewheeling diode and an RL load Chapter 133 Fig. 1.30

Single-pulse diode rectifier with an output capacitor Chapter 134 Fig. 1.31

Output voltage and current waveforms in the single-pulse diode rectifier with an output capacitor and an RL load Chapter 135 Fig. 1.32

Two-pulse diode rectifier Chapter 136 Fig. 1.33

Output voltage waveform in the generic cycloconverter in Example 1.1 Chapter 137 Fig. 1.34

Timing diagram of switches in the generic cycloconverter in Example 1.1 Chapter 138 Fig. 1.35

Voltage ripple factor versus firing angle in the generic rectifier in Example 1.3 Chapter 139 Fig. 1.36

Output voltage and current waveforms in the generic PWM rectifier in Example 1.5 Chapter 140 Fig. 1.37