1st Edition

Understanding Power Electronics via Simulations

By S. Raghuram Naidu Copyright 2025
572 Pages 92 Color & 122 B/W Illustrations
by River Publishers

572 Pages 92 Color & 122 B/W Illustrations
by River Publishers

This book introduces Power Electronics by emphasizing computer simulation using the Python programming language. It is primarily a senior undergraduate text but can also be used for a post-graduate course on DC-DC switch power mode converters. It is also a reference for practicing engineers. Theoretical analysis of the circuits and approximate calculations precede the simulations, and the... Read more

1. Power Semiconductor Devices

2. Magnetic Devices

3. Half-wave converters

4. Full-wave AC-DC converters

5. Controlled Thyristor-based AC-DC converters

6. Non-isolated DC-DC converters

7. Isolated DC-DC converters

8. Resonant DC-DC converters

9. Inverters

Biography

S. Raghuram Naidu received the Bachelor’s and Master’s diplomas from IIT Madras, India in 1966, and IISc Bangalore, India in 1970. He earned the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Liverpool, UK in 1975. He was a Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow with the University of British Columbia, Canada during 1986-1988 and a Visiting Scientist with the University of Wisconsin, USA during 2000-2001. Following graduation, he practiced briefly as an engineer in Madras, India. He became a Professor of Electrical Engineering with the Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil in 1975 and remained there until retirement in 2015. During his tenure as professor, he lectured and researched in several areas of Electrical Power Engineering, such as: High Voltage Measurements, Electrical Insulation, Magnetism, Power System Transients, Power Electronics and Power Quality.