Power Converters for Medium Voltage Networks

✍ Scribed by Md. Rabiul Islam, Youguang Guo, Jianguo Zhu (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 312
• Series: Green Energy and Technology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book examines a number of topics, mainly in connection with advances in semiconductor devices and magnetic materials and developments in medium and large-scale renewable power plant technologies, grid integration techniques and new converter topologies, including advanced digital control systems for medium-voltage networks. The book’s individual chapters provide an extensive compilation of fundamental theories and in-depth information on current research and development trends, while also exploring new approaches to overcoming some critical limitations of conventional grid integration technologies. Its main objective is to present the design and implementation processes for medium-voltage converters, allowing the direct grid integration of renewable power plants without the need for step-up transformers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xli
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Power Converters for Small- to Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants....Pages 17-49
Power Converter Topologies for Grid-Integrated Medium-Voltage Applications....Pages 51-107
Design and Characterization of High-Frequency Magnetic Links Used in Power Electronic Converters....Pages 109-152
FPGA-Based Digital Switching Controller for Multilevel Converters....Pages 153-188
Experimental Validation of 1-kV Modular Multilevel Cascaded Converter with High-Frequency Magnetic Link....Pages 189-225
Design and Analysis of 11- and 33-kV Modular Multilevel Cascaded Converters....Pages 227-274
Conclusions and Future Works....Pages 275-278

✦ Subjects

Renewable and Green Energy; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks; Circuits and Systems; Energy Technology