Engineering/Power Electronics Power Electronics and Variable Frequency Drives: Technology and Applications Sponsored by the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, the IEEE Industry Applications Society, and the IEEE Power Electronics Society

This original contributed volume combines the individual expertise of eleven world-renowned professionals to provide comprehensive, authoritative coverage of state-of-the-art power electronics and AC drive technology. Featuring an extensive introductory chapter by power electronics expert Bimal K. Bose and more than 400 figures, Power Electronics and Variable Frequency Drives covers each of the field's component disciplines and drives - all in one complete resource. Broad in scope and unique in its presentation, this volume belongs on the bookshelf of every industry engineer, researcher, professor, and graduate student involved in this fast-growing multidisciplinary field. It is an essential for teaching, research, development, and design. Key topics covered include:

• Power semiconductor devices
• Power converters
• High-power drives
• Estimation
• Expert systems
• Electrical machines
• Pulse width modulation techniques
• Simulation techniques
• Identification and sensorless control
• Fuzzy logic and neural networks