Grid-forming converters : principles, control, and applications in modern power systems /

Grid-Forming Converters: Principles, Control, and Applications in Modern Power Systems is a pioneering guidebook to this state-of-the-art technology and its potential in enabling more-electronics grids and deep renewable integration for the energy systems of the future. Beginning with a clear explan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fang, Jingyang (Author), Liu, Jia (Author), Wu, Heng (Author), Chen, Junru (Author), Blaabjerg, Frede (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, [2025]
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Grid-Forming Converters
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 A bird-eye-view of more-electronics power grids
  • 1.1 Introduction of renewable generation
  • 1.1.1 Solar photovoltaics generation
  • 1.1.2 Wind power generation
  • 1.2 Introduction to grid-tied energy storage systems
  • 1.2.1 Mechanical (pumped, flywheel, and compressed air) energy storage
  • 1.2.2 Chemical (hydrogen) energy storage
  • 1.2.3 Thermal energy storage
  • 1.2.4 Electromagnetic (capacitor/supercapacitor and superconducting magnetics) energy storage
  • 1.2.5 Battery energy storage
  • 1.2.6 Hybrid energy storage
  • 1.3 Introduction to the grid-integration of electric vehicles
  • 1.3.1 Electric vehicle chargers
  • 1.3.2 Electric motor drivers
  • 1.4 Fundamentals of more-electronic power grids
  • 1.4.1 Conventional versus more-electronic power grids
  • 1.4.2 Basic requirements
  • 1.5 Summary
  • References
  • 2 Fundamentals of grid-forming converters
  • 2.1 Concept of grid-forming converters
  • 2.1.1 Grid-forming converters versus grid-following converters
  • 2.1.2 Grid-forming converters versus synchronous generators
  • 2.2 Overall architecture and control structure of grid-forming power conversion systems
  • 2.2.1 Overall architecture of grid-forming power conversion systems