Skip to main content
  • Book
  • © 2014

Power Converters for Medium Voltage Networks

  • Presents the progress of medium voltage converter based step-up-transformer-less direct grid integration technology
  • Illustrates a design process for medium voltage converters
  • Introduces advanced converter topologies for direct grid integration
  • Presents an alternative design technique for the development of FPGA based digital switching controller
  • Solves voltage imbalance problem by adopting common magnetic bus instead of common dc or ac bus
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.

Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xli
  2. Introduction

    • Md. Rabiul Islam, Youguang Guo, Jianguo Zhu
    Pages 1-15
  3. Power Converters for Small- to Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants

    • Md. Rabiul Islam, Youguang Guo, Jianguo Zhu
    Pages 17-49
  4. Power Converter Topologies for Grid-Integrated Medium-Voltage Applications

    • Md. Rabiul Islam, Youguang Guo, Jianguo Zhu
    Pages 51-107
  5. FPGA-Based Digital Switching Controller for Multilevel Converters

    • Md. Rabiul Islam, Youguang Guo, Jianguo Zhu
    Pages 153-188
  6. Design and Analysis of 11- and 33-kV Modular Multilevel Cascaded Converters

    • Md. Rabiul Islam, Youguang Guo, Jianguo Zhu
    Pages 227-274
  7. Conclusions and Future Works

    • Md. Rabiul Islam, Youguang Guo, Jianguo Zhu
    Pages 275-278

About this book

This book examines a number of topics, mainly in connection with advances in semiconductor devices and magnetic materials and developments in medium and large-scale renewable power plant technologies, grid integration techniques and new converter topologies, including advanced digital control systems for medium-voltage networks. The book’s individual chapters provide an extensive compilation of fundamental theories and in-depth information on current research and development trends, while also exploring new approaches to overcoming some critical limitations of conventional grid integration technologies. Its main objective is to present the design and implementation processes for medium-voltage converters, allowing the direct grid integration of renewable power plants without the need for step-up transformers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Electrical, Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems,, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), New South Wales, Australia

    Md. Rabiul Islam

  • School of Electrical, Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), New South Wales, Australia

    Youguang Guo, Jianguo Zhu

About the authors

Md. Rabiul Islam (M’14, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, in 2003 and 2009, respectively, both in electrical and electronic engineering (EEE); and the Ph.D. degree from University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia, in 2014, in electrical engineering.

From 2005 to 2008, he lectured with the Department of EEE, RUET, where he became an Assistant Professor in June 2008. He is currently a Research Associate with the School of Electrical, Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems, UTS. He has authored and coauthored more than 40 technical papers and 2 book chapters. His research interests are in the fields of power electronic converters, renewable energy technologies and smart grid.

Dr. Islam is a member of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh and the Australian Institute of Energy, Australia. He received the University Gold Medal and Joynal Memorial Award from RUET for his outstanding academic performance while pursuing the B.Sc. engineering degree. He also received the Best Paper Award at IEEE PECon-2012. He acts as a reviewer for several prestigious international journals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Power Converters for Medium Voltage Networks

  • Authors: Md. Rabiul Islam, Youguang Guo, Jianguo Zhu

  • Series Title: Green Energy and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44529-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-44528-0Published: 26 September 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52555-5Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-44529-7Published: 15 September 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1865-3529

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLI, 278

  • Number of Illustrations: 286 b/w illustrations, 70 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Circuits and Systems, Energy Systems

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access