Modern Power Electronics and AC Drives

The content of the book can be summarized as follows:
Chapter 1 contains description of different types of power semiconductor devices including the recent 1GCT, where IGBT device has been emphasized.
Chapter 2 describes induction and synchronous machine theories in somewhat detail from the viewpoint of variable frequency drive applications, which include dynamic d-q machine models. Complex space vectors have been introduced but avoided in much of the text because, in the author's opinion, they lend to frighten most of the students. Switched reluctance machine has been included for completeness.
Chapters 3 and 4 discuss (he classical phase-controlled thyristor converters and cycloconverters. respectively. For completeness, high frequency link converters are included in Chapter 4.
Chapler 5 covers voltage-fed converters and FWM tech-niques where space vector PWM has been emphasized. More recent topics, such as soft-switching, power factor compensation, multi-level converters, static VAR compensators and active filters are included.
Chapter 6 deals with current-fed converters that include PWM conveners.
Chapter 7 describes slip power recovery drives with wound-rotor induction motors, and mainly consist of Kramer and Schcrbius drives.
Chapter 8 covers control and estimation of cage type induction motor drives which includes discussion on speed sensorless control and drive self-commissioning. Induction motor drive is a dominant theme in the book.
Chapter 9 describes control and estimation of synchronous machine drives that includes sensorless control and a brief description of switched reluctance motor drive.
Chapter 10 gives a brief description of expert system and its applications. In the author's opinion, ES has a lot of potentiality but has been practically ignored by the power electronics community.
Chapter 11 deals with fuzzy logic and its applications, and finally,
Chapler 12 gives description of neural network and its applications. In the author's opinion, the ANN technology will have a large impact on power electronics area in future.