Higher Education
Author(s): K. R. Varmah | Chikku Abraham
ISBN: 9788131530788
1st Edition
Copyright: 2016
India Release: 2016
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 644
Trim Size: 241 x 181
Power Electronics is at present a core subject of study in many branches of engineering such as Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Applied Electronics, Instrumentation and Control and many other branches in almost all Indian Universities. This book is prepared to cater to the needs of students of undergraduate programmes of these universities. The pre-requisites of this book is basic knowledge in Electric Circuits, Network Analysis, Electronics Devices and Circuits and certain topics such as linear differential equations, Fourier series and Laplace transforms in mathematics. This book is intended for a one-semester course.
1. Introduction
2. Power Diodes and Transistors
3. Thyristors
4. Commutation of Thyristors
5. Single Phase Controlled Rectifiers
6. Three Phase Controlled Rectifiers
7. AC–AC Voltage Controllers
8. DC Choppers
9. Inverters
10. Appendices
11. Glossary
12. References
13. Index
K. R. Varmah
K. R. Varmah was Professor and Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University and later HOD (EEE) at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology. He received his B.Sc. (Engineering) degree in Electrical Engineering from Kerala University in the year 1970. Thereafter, he was awarded M.Sc. (Engineering) degree in Electrical Machines from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Madras University in the year 1976 with first class first rank and with a gold medal. He has also served as Deputy Controller of Examinations (Technical) at Manipal University for nearly three years. Professor Varmah has over 37 years of teaching experience including nearly 20 years of postgraduate teaching in Industrial Drives and Control and Illumination Technology. He has presented various papers in national and international conferences. His areas of interest are Electrical Machines, Control Systems, Power Electronics and Drives, and Illumination Technology. He has also authored books on Control Systems and Power Electronics.
Chikku Abraham
Chikku Abraham is currently Associate Professor and Head of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at Mangalam College of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala. He received his B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala in the year 1997 and M.Tech. degree in Energy Systems Engineering from IIT Bombay in 2008. He is a certified Energy Manager by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India in the year 2004. He has also worked in industry for a period of three years from 1998 to 2001. He joined Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Cochin, Kerala as Assistant Professor, Electrical and Electronics department in the year 2001 and served the institution till 2012. He has presented various papers in national and international conferences. He has been teaching Power Electronics, Electric Drives & Control, and Electrical Machines to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Currently, he is a research scholar at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala in the field of inductor-less DC?DC converters. He has also co-authored a book on Power Electronics.
