Power Conversion o Renewable Energy Systems
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 580
Description: Power Conversion of Renewable Energy Systems introduces conventional energy conversion components and systems, as well as those related to renewable energy which are important for a smart grid design.  This volume covers systems first, and then in subsequent chapters describes the components of energy systems in detail.  Readers will find examples of renewable and conventional energy and power systems, including energy conversion, variable-speed drives and power electronics, in addition to magnetic devices such as transformers and rotating machines.  Applications of PSpice, MATLAB, and Mathematica software are employed along with solutions to over 168 application examples. 

Notable “firsts”  include:
•	 calculated detailed flux distributions of magnetic components, which enhance their understanding
•	 compensation of  intermittently operating renewable source outputs by short-term and long-    term electrical storage plants to maintain frequency/load control of a smart grid

Power Conversion of Renewable Energy Systems aims to instruct readers how to actively apply the theories discussed within.  It would be ideal for researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, and engineers working with energy systems and renewable energy.  Instructor manual will be available upon request.
Table of contents: title: 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.