Control of Power Inverters in Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Integration

Acknowledgments

This research monograph systematically summarises the research I, together with my collaborators and PhD students, have carried out over the past 10 years in the area of control of power inverters in renewable energy and smart grid integration. It is impossible to list everyone who has made contributions to this book as co-authors but their contributions are greatly appreciated. George Weiss, my advisor and collaborator, currently at Tel Aviv University, is the one who started this all. He opened this whole new world for me, which has paved the way for my career. Tomas Hornik, my past PhD student, has made significant direct contributions to this book and deserves to be a co-author, not just for himself but also on behalf of others. I am grateful to Long Nguyen, Zhenyu Ma, Shamsul A. Zulkifli, Wen-Long Ming, Yu Zeng, Zhi Hou, Xiaolin Wang and Xin Cao for their contributions. I am also grateful to Frede Blaabjerg, Chunmei Feng, Tim Green, Joseph M. Guerrero, Leslie Hobson, Marcel G. Jayne, Miroslav Krstic, Jun Liang and George Weiss for the collaborative work we have done.

I wish to thank the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK, for their constant support for my research over the years. The grants which have direct contributions to this book include GR/N38190/01, EP/E055877/1, EP/H004351/1, EP/J001333/1, EP/I038586/1, EP/J01558X/1, EP/J001333/2, two grants under the Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards (DHPA) scheme, two grants under the Knowledge ...