PREFACE
The concept of electronic (static) power conversion has gained widespread acceptance
in power system applications. As such, electronic power converters are increasingly
employed for power conversion and conditioning, compensation, and active filtering.
The gradual increase in the depth of penetration of distributed energy resource (DER)
units in power systems and further acceptance of new trends and concepts, for ex-
ample, microgirds, active distribution systems, and smart grids, also indicate a wider
role for power-electronic converters in the electric power system.
While a fairly large number of books on various power-electronic converter config-
urations and their principles of operation do exist, there is a gap in terms of modeling,
analysis, and control of power-electronic converters in the context of power systems.
This book addresses this gap and concentrates on power conversion and conditioning
applications and presents the analysis and control design methodologies for a specific
class of high-power electronic converters, namely, the three-phase voltage-sourced
converter (VSC). It provides systematic, comprehensive, unified, and detailed cover-
age of the relevant materials.
This book serves as a reference book for senior undergraduate and graduate stu-
dents in power engineering programs, practicing engineers who deal with grid integra-
tion and operation of DER systems, design engineers, and researchers in the areas of
electric power generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization. The book does
not cover implementation details of controllers; however, it contains adequate details
for system analysts and control designers and
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describes various functions that the VSC can perform in an electric power system,
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introduces different classes of applications of the VSC in electric power systems,
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provides a systematic approach to modeling a VSC-based system with respect
to its class of application,
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presents a comprehensive and detailed control design approach for each class of
applications, and
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illustrates the control design procedures and evaluates the performance, based
on digital computer time-domain simulation studies.
The text is organized in 13 chapters. Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to the
most commonly used electronic switches and converter configurations in the power
system. The rest of the book is divided into two parts. The first part, Chapters 2–10,
provides theory and presents fundamental modeling and design methodologies. The
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