Voltage-Sourced Converters in Power Systems

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am very grateful to my former Ph.D. supervisor Professor Reza Iravani (the University of Toronto). Without his encouragement and support this book would have never been envisaged. During the preparation of this book, I have benefited immensely from many colleagues and friends. In particular, I would like to thank Professors Tarlochan S. Sidhu and Serguei Primak (the University of Western Ontario) for their mentorship and support; Professor Rajni V. Patel (the University of Western Ontario) for his discussions and invaluable insight into the subject of control theory; Professor Richard Bonert (the University of Toronto) for his enlightening ideas on power electronics and electromechanical energy conversion; and the late Professor Shashi B. Dewan (DPS Inc. and University of Toronto) for providing me with the opportunity to further enrich the book concepts through my exposure to high-power electronic converter systems at Digital Predictive Systems (DPS) Inc. While teaching and revising the drafts of this book, I received invaluable feedback from my graduate students to whom I am thankful.

A. Y.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to the late Professor Shashi B. Dewan whose generous and unconditional support made this work possible. Many thanks to Professor R. Mohan Mathur who has always been a source of encouragement, and to my colleagues Dr. Milan Graovac, Mr. Xiaolin Wang, and Dr. Armen Baronijan for their invaluable discussions. And finally, thanks to all ...