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Prof Barry Wayne Williams

Power Electronics: Devices, Drivers, Applications, and Passive Components

The free book is in four parts..

Part 1 covers semiconductor switching devices, their electrical and thermal characteristics and properties.

Part 2 describes device driving and protection, while part 3 presents a number of generic applications.

The final part, Part 4, introduces capacitors, magnetic components, and resistors, and their characteristics relevant to power electronic applications.

All of the documents below are in PDF format, both large print and small print (in brackets)

Title page and Table of Contents (small print version here)

1. Basic Semiconductor Physics and Technology (small print version here)
2. The pn Junction (small print version here)
3. Power Switching Devices and their Static Electrical Characteristics (small print version here)
4. Electrical Ratings and Characteristics of Power Semiconductor Switching Devices (small print version here)
5. Cooling of Power Switching Semiconductor Devices (small print version here)
6. High-performance cooling for power electronics (small print version here)
7. Load, Switch, and Commutation Considerations (small print version here)
8. Driving Transistors and Thyristors (small print version here)
9. Protecting Diodes, Transistors, and Thyristors (small print version here)
10. Switching-aid Circuits with Energy Recovery (small print version here)
11. Device Series and Parallel Operation, Interference,and Grounding (small print version here)
12. Device Protection (small print version here)
13. Naturally Commutating AC to DC Converters - Uncontrolled Rectifiers (small print version here)
14. Naturally Commutating AC to DC Converters - Controlled Rectifiers (small print version here)
15. AC Voltage Regulators (small print version here)
16. DC Choppers (small print version here)
17. DC to AC Inverters - Switched Mode (small print version here)
18. DC to AC Inverters - Resonant Mode (small print version here)
19. DC to DC Converters - Switched Mode (small print version here)
20. Advanced DC to DC Converters - Switched Mode (small print version here)
21. DC to DC Converters - Resonant Mode (small print version here)
22. 50/60Hz Transformers: single and three phase (small print version here)
23. HV Direct-Current Transmission (small print version here)
24. HVDC Transmission Modelling (small print version here)
25. FACTS Devices and Custom Controllers (small print version here)
26. Inverter Grid Connection for Embedded Generation (small print version here)
27. Energy Sources and Storage - Primary Sources (small print version here)
28. Energy Sources and Storage - Secondary Sources (small print version here)
29. Capacitors (small print version here)
30. Resistors (small print version here)
31. Soft Magnetic Materials - Inductors and Transformers (small print version here)
32. Hard Magnetic Materials - Permanent Magnets (small print version here)
33. Contactors and Relays (small print version here)
34. Transducers and Sensors (small print version here)

Bibliography and Index (small print version here)

174 Non-trivial worked examples cover the key issues in power electronics.

BWW

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University of Strathclyde
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