The technology of power electronics has practically attained maturity after four decades of dynamic evolution. In future, there will be tremendous emphasis on power electronics applications in the areas of industrial, residential, commercial, transportation, aerospace, military and electric utility systems. In the coming decades, we expect to see increasing emphasis on application-oriented R&D ...

The integration of renewable energy sources into the distribution grid may cause more profound voltage deviations and overloading of grid elements. In certain countries (for example, Belgium), a lot of photovoltaic systems are connected to the low-voltage distribution grid at household residences. These renewable energy sources may cause excessive voltage increase at times when also the load is...

Introduction Improvement of the energy industry in developing countries is the major basis of the process of techno-economic and socio-cultural development. This improvement requires the transfer of energy technology which is dominated by non-renewable energy systems. Natural resources which are mostly non-renewable, on the other hand, face various threats caused by such a process of developmen...

This paper studies the use of the PMSM (permanent magnet synchronous machine) generators instead of the induction based alternating current generators in renewable energy sources (wind turbines, combined heat and power, etc.). The paper considers the most significant advantages of the novel permanent magnet technology such as increased specific power, high torque, reduced maintenance costs, inc...