 In the last decade, great strides have been made in comprehending the structure and behaviour of the attractors, bifurcations, and chaotic regimes that occur throughout the inherently nonlinear field of power electronics. As knowledge in this field developed, the need was felt to exhibit the foundations of these nonlinear phenomena and their applications in a fashion suited to the power electronics engineer, rather than the research specialist. This volume, the result of close collaboration among more than thirty experts, makes this field accessible to graduate students and power electronics professionals alike.
The analytical approaches that underlie most modern practical engineering techniques are linear, which makes the nonlinear dynamics of the resulting systems difficult to predict and analyze. This invaluable text will provide the reader with the most recent advances, theoretical approaches, and tools required for the comprehension and analysis of major nonlinear phenomena in power electronics systems. The topics discussed include:
- Discrete-domain modeling of power converters
- Basics of Bifurcation and Chaos Theory
- Nonlinear Phenomena in dc-dc converters, thyristors and diode circuits
- Control of chaos in power electronics
- Techniques of experimental and numerical investigation into nonlinear phenomena
Nonlinear Phenomena in Power Electronics is written for practicing electrical engineers, researchers, educators, and graduate students working in the field, and assumes no prior knowledge in nonlinear dynamics. |
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