Energy conversion techniques are key in power electronics and even more so in renewable energy source systems, which require a large number of converters. This book describes advanced conversion technologies and provides design examples of converters and inverters for renewable energy systems-including wind turbine and solar panel energy systems. It presents more than 200 topologies of advanced converters developed by the authors, pioneers in the field, including 150 updated circuits on modern conversion technologies. The book also offers cutting-edge techniques for determining accurate solutions and explores numerous industrial applications.

Dr. Fang Lin Luo, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is a fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and a senior member of IEEE. He has published 12 textbooks and 308 technical papers in IEE/IET Proceedings and IEEE Transactions as well as in various international conferences. Dr. Luo is currently the associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. He is also the editor of the international journal Advanced Technology of Electrical Engineering and Energy. His research interests include power electronics and DC and AC motor drives with computerized artificial intelligent (AIC) control and digital signal processing (DSP) as well as AC/DC, DC/DC, and AC/AC converters and DC/AC inverters, renewable energy systems, and electrical vehicles.

Dr. Hong Ye, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She is a member of the IEEE and has coauthored 12 books. Dr. Ye has published more than 80 technical papers in IEEE Transactions, IEE Proceedings, and other international journals, as well as in various international conferences. Her research interests include power electronics and conversion technologies, signal processing, operations research, and structural biology.

Introduction. New Energy Sources. 3G and Renewable Energies. Power Electronics. Uncontrolled AC/DC Converters. Controlled AC/DC Converters. Power Factor Correction Implementing in AC/DC Converters. Classical DC/DC Converters. Voltage Lift Converters. Super-Lift Converters and Ultra-Lift Converters. Split-Capacitor and Split-Inductor Techniques and Their Application in Positive-Output Super-Lift Luo Converters. Pulse-Width-Modulated DC/AC Inverters. Multilevel and Soft-Switching DC/AC Inverters. Advanced Multilevel DC/AC Inverters Used in Solar Panel Energy Systems. Traditional AC/AC Converters. Improved AC/AC Converters. AC/DC/AC and DC/AC/DC Converters. Designs of Solar Panel and Wind Turbine Energy Systems. Index.