In the design of most of the modern systems, lightning threat needs to be considered at the design phase itself. This demands a suitable model and owing to associated complexity, only simplified modeling have been attempted. ...

The growing demand for power and increased environmental concerns gave an impetus to the growth of clean and renewable energy sources like wind, solar etc. There is a remarkable increase in the penetration of wind energy ...

Air transport plays a vital role in global economic growth and long-distance commutation. The aviation industry is found to double its fleet size every fifteen years. According to Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), 45 ...

Pulse width modulation (PWM) rectifiers are extensively used in battery charger, regulated dc voltage source, UPS systems, ac line conditioner and motor drives. The conventional control schemes for these rectifiers require ...

Power converters have evolved from the classical low switching frequency thyristorised converters to the modern high-frequency switched mode converters employing fast power devices such as Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors ...

With growing energy demands of the society and depleting reserves of conventional energy sources, renewable energy is the need of the hour. Out of the various renewable energy sources available, solar photovoltaic (PV) ...

Accurate testing of a device under development, in near to real-life environment, is essential to the rapid growth of emerging technologies such as distributed generation, renewable energy sources, electrical storage, ...

Induction machine (IM) is the workhorse of several industries due to its low cost and minimal maintenance. Power electronic converters play a major role in driving IMs which give better flexibility in these applications. ...

In X-ray computed tomography, motion of the object (breathing, for example) while X-ray projections are acquired for tomographic reconstruction leads to mo- tion artifacts in the reconstructed image. Object motion (such ...