Power Conversion of Renewable Energy Systems

Ewald F. Fuchs is Professor of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his Dipl.-Ing. degree from the University of Stuttgart, Germany in electrical engineering in 1967 and  his PhD from the University of Colorado in 1970 - followed by 8 years’ industrial experience at Siemens AG in Erlangen and Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany.  Dr. Fuchs has published 95 refereed journal articles and 90 refereed conference papers in the areas of power quality, energy conversion, power systems and renewable energy. He is the co-author of Power Quality in Power Systems and Electric Machines (Academic Press/Elsevier, 2008).  He is Fellow of IEEE. Mohammad A.S. Masoum is Associate Professor and Discipline Leader for Power Systems Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He received his BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1983, 1985 and 1991, respectively. Dr. Masoum has published 55 refereed journal articles and 97 refereed conference papers in the areas of power quality, energy conversion, power systems and renewable energy. He is the co-author of Power Quality in Power Systems and Electric Machines (Academic Press/Elsevier, 2008). He is Senior Member of IEEE.

Introduction.- Block Diagrams of Electromechanical Systems.- Electric Energy Sources.- Electronic Controllers for Feedback Systems.- Power Electronic Converters.- Magnetic Circuits: Inductors and Permanent Magnets.- Two-Winding Single-Phase Transformers Including Autotransformers.- Three-Phase Systems and Three-Phase Transformers.- Force and Torque Production in Electromagnetic Circuits.- Rotating and Linear Motion Electric Machines.- Mechanical Loads.- Designs for Electromechanical and Renewable Power/Energy Systems.