Energy Efficiency in Electric Motors, Drives, Power Converters and Related Systems

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering and technology; a power converter; adjustable magnetizing inductance; backlight; battery; brushless DC; brushless drive; conduction loss; current tracking; DC-DC converter; eddy current coupling; efficiency; energy efficiency; Energy Management System (EMS); energy transfer media; finite set model predictive control; fringing effect; fuel economy; heat sink volume; hybrid electric vehicle (HEV); Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV); hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), efficiency; hybrid excited; industrial application; IPMSM; LLC resonant converter; magnetic equivalent circuit; magnetic field analysis; maximum-torque-per-ampere (MTPA); medium frequency transformer; Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC); motor; motor emulator; multi-input converter; oil pump; optimal design; overvoltages; passive snubber; per unit; permanent magnet motor; power electronic transformer; power loss; railway electric traction; resonant transformer; ripple voltage; robust; series architecture; Si devices; SiC devices; soft-switching; Solid State Transformer (SST); storage sizing; supercapacitor; switched inductor capacitor converter; synchronous motor; three level NPC inverter; three level T-NPC inverter; torque control; torque-slip characteristic; turbocharger; turbocompound; two level SiC MOSFET inverter; vehicles; voltage stress
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 Today, there is a great deal of attention focused on sustainable growth worldwide. The increase in efficiency in the use of energy may even, in this historical moment, bring greater benefit than the use of renewable energies. Electricity appears to be the most sustainable of energies and the most promising hope for a planet capable of growing without compromising its own health and that of its inhabitants. Power electronics and electrical drives are the key technologies that will allow energy savings through the reduction of energy losses in many applications. This Special Issue has collected several scientific contributions related to energy efficiency in electrical equipment. Some articles are dedicated to the use and optimization of permanent magnet motors, which allow obtaining the highest level of efficiency. Most of the contributions describe the energy improvements that can be achieved with power electronics and the use of suitable control techniques. Last but not least, some articles describe interesting solutions for hybrid vehicles, which were created mainly to save energy in the smartest way possible.