Additional chapters cover optimizing thermal management to ensure efficient operation and reliability of photovoltaic systems, and thermal control methods for reliable operation and longevity of power electronic converters. Finally, guidance is provided on Digital Twin Integration for condition monitoring of photovoltaic-integrated energy systems.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Power Electronics Converters for Solar Photovoltaic Applications2. Control Techniques for Power Electronics Converters in Solar Photovoltaic Applications
3. Fault Detection and Analysis in Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems
4. Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis in Photovoltaic Systems
5. Advanced Fault Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring in Photovoltaic Systems
6. Thermal Management and Characterization in Photovoltaic Systems
7. Thermal Control Techniques for Power Electronic Converters in Photovoltaic Systems
8. Digital Twin Integration for Condition Monitoring of Photovoltaic Systems
Authors
Ahteshamul Haque Associate Professor, Advance Power Electronics Research Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, India.Ahteshamul Haque is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, India. He has established an Advance Power Electronics Research Lab at Jamia Millia Islamia, where their research investigates technologies including a solar-based energy conversion system, embedded system control of power electronics converters, and an electric control system for artificial lighting. Prior to his PhD at Jamia Millia Islamia, he worked in the Power Electronics R&D units of world-reputed multi-national companies. His inventions are patented in both the USA and Europe.
Frede Blaabjerg Professor of Power Electronic Systems, Department of Energy, Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark. Prof. Blaabjerg has been a Professor of Power Electronics and Drives with AAU Energy at Aalborg University, Denmark since 1998. He has published over 600 journal papers and 22 books. He has received 38 IEEE Prize Paper Awards, the IEEE PELS Distinguished Service Award (2009), the EPE-PEMC Council Award (2010), the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award (2014), the Villum Kann Rasmussen Research Award (2014), the Global Energy Prize (2019) and the 2020 IEEE Edison Medal. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics (2006-2012), and a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Power Electronics Society (2005-2007) and the IEEE Industry Applications Society (2010-2011, 2017-2018). He has served as President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (2019-2020) and Vice-President of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, and was named one of the 250 top-cited Engineering researchers in the world (Thomas Reuters, 2014-2021). Huai Wang Associate Professor and Research Thrust Leader, Centre of Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE), Aalborg University, Denmark. Huai Wang is currently an Associate Professor and a Research Thrust Leader with the Centre of Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE), Aalborg University, Denmark. He was a Visiting Scientist with the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, from Aug. to Sep. 2014, and with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, from September to November 2013. In 2009, he was with the ABB Corporate Research Centre, Switzerland. He has contributed a few concept papers in the field of power electronics reliability, holds two patents and filed five patents on advanced passive component concepts, and co-edited a book. His research interests include the fundamental challenges in modeling and validation of power electronic component failure mechanisms, and application issues in system-level predictability, condition monitoring, circuit architecture, and robustness design. Dr. Wang was the recipient of the Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award from the IEEE Power Electronics Society in 2016, and the Green Talents Award from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in 2014. He is currently the Award Chair of the Technical Committee of the High Performance and Emerging Technologies, IEEE Power Electronics Society. Kurukuru V. S. Bharath Scientist, Power Electronics Research Division, Silicon Austria Labs GmbH, Austria.Kurukuru V.S. Bharath is currently a Scientist in the Power Electronics Research Division of Silicon Austria Labs GmbH, Austria. Prior to this he served as a visiting researcher at the Center of Reliable Power Electronics, Aalborg University, Denmark (2019), and completed his Ph.D. degree in Intelligent Monitoring of Solar Photovoltaic Systems at the Advance Power Electronics Research Laboratory of Jamia Millia Islamia, India (2021). His research focuses on thermal characterization of packaged power devices, condition monitoring, and the reliability of power electronic converters in renewable energy systems and electric vehicles.
