1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139625303321

Autore

Bai Hua <1980->

Titolo

Transients of Modern Power Electronics [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

1-283-17777-3

9786613177773

1-119-97171-3

1-119-97172-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Classificazione

TEC031000

Altri autori (Persone)

MiChris

Disciplina

338.5

621.381/044

621.381044

Soggetti

Electric current converters -- Design and construction

Power electronics

Transients (Electricity)

Power electronics - Design and construction

Electric current converters

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Transients of Modern Power Electronics; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; 1 Power electronic devices, circuits, topology, and control; 1.1 Power electronics; 1.2 The evolution of power device technology; 1.3 Power electronic circuit topology; 1.3.1 Switching; 1.3.2 Basic switching cell; 1.3.3 Circuit topology of power electronics; 1.4 Pulse-width modulation control; 1.5 Typical power electronic converters and their applications; 1.6 Transient processes in power electronics and book organization; References; 2 Macroscopic and microscopic factors in power electronic systems

2.1 Introduction 2.2 Microelectronics vs. power electronics; 2.2.1 Understanding semiconductor physics; 2.2.2 Evaluation of semiconductors; 2.3 State of the art of research in short-timescale transients; 2.3.1 Pulse definition; 2.3.2 Pulsed energy and pulsed power; 2.4 Typical influential factors and transient processes; 2.4.1



Failure mechanisms; 2.4.2 Different parts of the main circuit; 2.4.3 Control modules and power system interacting with each other; 2.5 Methods to study the short-timescale transients; 2.6 Summary; References

3 Power semiconductor devices, integrated power circuits, and their short-timescale transients 3.1 Major characteristics of semiconductors; 3.2 Modeling methods of semiconductors; 3.2.1 Hybrid model of a diode; 3.3 IGBT; 3.4 IGCT; 3.5 Silicon carbide junction field effect transistor; 3.6 System-level SOA; 3.6.1 Case 1: System-level SOA of a three-level DC-AC inverter; 3.6.2 Case 2: System-level SOA of a bidirectional DC-DC converter; 3.6.3 Case 3: System-level SOA of an EV battery charger; 3.7 Soft-switching control and its application in high-power converters

3.7.1 Case 4: ZCS in dual-phase-shift control 3.7.2 Case 5: Soft-switching vs. hard-switching control in the EV charger; References; 4 Power electronics in electric and hybrid vehicles; 4.1 Introduction of electric and hybrid vehicles; 4.2 Architecture and control of HEVs; 4.3 Power electronics in HEVs; 4.3.1 Rectifiers used in HEVs; 4.3.2 Buck converter used in HEVs; 4.3.3 Non-isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter; 4.3.4 Control of AC induction motors; 4.4 Battery chargers for EVs and PHEVs; 4.4.1 Unidirectional chargers; 4.4.2 Inductive charger; 4.4.3 Wireless charger

4.4.4 Optimization of a PHEV battery charger 4.4.5 Bidirectional charger and control; References; 5 Power electronics in alternative energy and advanced power systems; 5.1 Typical alternative energy systems; 5.2 Transients in alternative energy systems; 5.2.1 Dynamic process 1: MPPT control in the solar energy system; 5.2.2 Dynamic processes in the grid-tied system; 5.2.3 Wind energy systems; 5.3 Power electronics, alternative energy, and future micro-grid systems; 5.4 Dynamic process in the multi-source system; 5.5 Speciality of control and analyzing methods in alternative energy systems

5.6 Application of power electronics in advanced electric power systems

Sommario/riassunto

In high power, high voltage electronics systems, a strategy to manage short timescale energy imbalances is fundamental to the system reliability. Without a theoretical framework, harmful local convergence of energy can affect the dynamic process of transformation, transmission, and storage which create an unreliable system. With an original approach that encourages understanding of both macroscopic and microscopic factors, the authors offer a solution. They demonstrate the essential theory and methodology for the design, modeling and prototyping of modern power electronics converters to crea



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910162730503321

Autore

Kellerman Jonathan <1981->

Titolo

Heartbreak Hotel : An Alex Delaware Novel / / Jonathan Kellerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Ballantine Books, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-345-54144-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 pages)

Collana

Alex Delaware Series ; ; Volume 32

Classificazione

FIC030000FIC022000FIC031000

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

Psychologists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis investigate the death of Alex's most mysterious patient to date in the sensational new thriller from the master of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman.  At nearly one hundred years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients that child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats. But the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet with her in a suite at the Aventura, a luxury hotel with a checkered history.  What Thalia wants from Alex are answers to unsettling questions--about guilt, patterns of criminal behavior, victim selection. When Alex asks the reason for her morbid fascination, Thalia promises to tell all during their next session. But when he shows up the following morning, he is met with silence: Thalia is dead in her room.  When questions arise about how Thalia perished, Alex and homicide detective Milo Sturgis must peel back the layers of a fascinating but elusive woman's life and embark on one of the most baffling investigations either of them has ever experienced. For Thalia Mars is a victim like no other, an enigma who harbored nearly a century of secrets and whose life and death draw those around her into a vortex of violence.  Heartbreak Hotel is classic Delaware and classic Kellerman.  Praise for Jonathan Kellerman  "Jonathan Kellerman's psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix."--Los Angeles Times    "Kellerman doesn't just write psychological thrillers--he owns the genre."--Detroit Free Press    



"A master of the psychological thriller."--People"--

"Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis investigate the murder of woman who led a long life full of dark secrets"--