Industrial Electronics

Renewable energy systems require a large number of converters and inverters. A concise, useful reference for engineering students and professionals, this book describes advanced DC/AC inverters and their applications in wind turbine and solar panel energy systems. It introduces more than 100 topolog..

This book looks at the basics of equipment aging and its system and business impacts on utilities. It covers various maintenance, service and retrofit methods available to mitigate age-related deterioration of equipment. It presents numerous configuration and automation upgrades at the system level ..

This book looks at the basics of equipment aging and its system and business impacts on utilities. It covers various maintenance, service and retrofit methods available to mitigate age-related deterioration of equipment. It presents numerous configuration and automation upgrades at the system level ..

This book presents a novel inverse optimal control approach for stabilization and trajectory tracking of discrete-time nonlinear systems. This approach avoids the need to solve the associated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and minimizes a cost functional, resulting in efficient controllers. The bo..

This book discusses the IEC 61499 reference architecture for distributed and reconfigurable control, and its adoption by industry. The text provides design patterns, application guidelines, and rules for designing distributed control applications based on the IEC 61499 model. Examples from various i..

One of the first books on DOBC, Disturbance Observer Based Control: Methods and Applications presents novel theory results and best practices for applications in motion and process control that have already benefited numerous organizations. Providing authoritative guidance in the areas of disturbanc..

One of the first books on DOBC, Disturbance Observer Based Control: Methods and Applications presents novel theory results and best practices for applications in motion and process control that have already benefited numerous organizations. Providing authoritative guidance in the areas of disturbanc..

Illustrated with real-life examples, this text provides state-of-the-art solutions to common problems in manufacturing systems. Assuming some knowledge of discrete event systems theory, the book first introduces the most important formalisms used for the modeling, analysis, and control of manufactur..

This book explains the how and why of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) usage. It analyzes fundamental architectures of FPGA devices, providing case studies and simple design examples. It also describes advanced features of the latest devices, exploring new resources enabling problem solving in n..

A critical resource for established universities, researchers, industrial laboratories, and research institutions, this reference is a consolidation of most of the data on the atoms and molecules available in literature today. It pulls together information from electrical engineering, electronics, p..

It is now possible to design electronic systems that will operate reliably above the traditional temperature limit. To do this, however, requires a solid understanding of semiconductor physics, device processing, materials selection, package design, thermal management, and the application. With topi..

Drawing on the author’s 30 years of experience at General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and 15 years of teaching, this text covers the entire scope of electrical power and power electronic systems in one volume. Throughout, its focus is on topics that are directly..