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Article in IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine December 2012
DOI: 10.1109/MIE.2012.2222252

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The book consists of 13 chapters

low size and weight, fast operation,
altogether, grouped into four parts
and high power densities are achieved
and three appendixes, covering the
through the use of so-called switch
following topics:
mode operation, in which power semiconductor devices are controlled in an
Introduction
on/off fashion (operation in the active
1) Introduction (applications and
region is eliminated). This leads to difcontrol of power converters
ferent types of pulse width modulation
and drives, why predictive con(PWM), which is the basic energytrol is particularly suited for
processing technique used in power
power electronics)
electronic systems. The PWM block
2) Classical Control Methods for
not only controls but also linearizes
Power Converters and Drives
the power converter: thus it can be
3) Model Predictive Control
considered a linear power amplifier
Model Predictive Control Applied
(actuator). Therefore, power converter
to Power Converters
and drive systems classically are con4) Predictive Control of a Threetrolled in cascaded multiloop systems
Phase Inverter
with PI regulators.
5) Predictive Control of a ThreeThe
model-based
predictive
Phase Neutral-Point Clamped
control (MPC) offers quite a differInverter
ent approach to energy processing
6) 
Control of an Active-End
considering a power converter as a
Rectifier
discontinuous and nonlinear actua7) Control of a Matrix Converter
tor. In the MPC system, the control
Model Predictive Control Applied
action is realized in a single controlto Motor Drives
ler by online selection from all pos8) 
Predictive Control of Inducsible states which calculate in the
tion Machines
discrete-time predictive model only
9) 
Predictive Control of Perthe one which minimizes the cost
manent Magnet Synchronous
function. Therefore, by appropriate
Motors
cost function formulation, it allows
Design and Implementation Issues
larger flexibility and also achieves
of Model Predictive Control
the optimization of several important
10) Cost Function Selection
parameters like number of switches,
11) Weighting Factor Design
switching losses, reactive power con12) Delay Compensation
trol, motor torque ripple minimiza13) 
Effect of Model Parameter
tion, and others. Thus, the predictive
Errors
controller overtakes the functions
A1) Predictive Control Simulation
of PWM block and casThree-Phase Inverter
caded multiloop proporA2) Predictive Control
tional-integral control of The modelSimulationTorque Cona classical system and based predictive
trol of an Induction Macan offer industry flexchine Fed by a Two-Level
control (MPC)
ibility, simplicity, and a
Voltage Source Inverter
software-based optimal offers quite
A3) Predictive Con
trol
solution where several a different
Simulation-Matrix Conobjectives must be ful- approach
verter and Index.
filled at the same time. to energy
This extremely timely
The price paid by the use processing
book is easy to read, and
of a predictive controleach chapter is finished
considering
ler is the large amount
with a summary and
of calculation required. a power
well-selected list of referHowever, it goes well converter as a
ences. Several topics are
with fast development of discontinuous
discussed and presented
signal processor capaci- and nonlinear
in a very original way
ties and evolution of in- actuator.
as a result of extensive
dustrial informatics.
research performed by

68 IEEE industrial electronics magazine december 2012

the authors. The simulation examples

added make the book attractive for researchers, engineering professionals,
undergraduate/graduate students of
electrical engineering, and mechatronics faculty members.
Marian P. Kazmierkowski

High Performance Control of ac

Drives with MATLAB/Simulink
Models
By Haitham
Abu-Rub, Atif Iqbal,
and Jaroslaw
Guzinski,
John Wiley & Sons,
Chichester, United
Kingdom, 2012,
hardcover,
482 pages,
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-97829-0.

he new book by Prof. Haitham

Abu-Rub from Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar,
Prof. Atif Iqbal from Qatar University,
Doha, and Prof. Jaroslaw Guzinski from
the Gdansk University of Technology,
Poland, is a comprehensive guide to understanding ac machines with simulation models to learn design and control
methods. The book has textbook attributes, and each chapter is finished with
a summary, well-selected problems,
and a list of references. Focusing on
the three- and multiphase ac induction
and permanent magnet synchronous
machines, the book presents converter
topologies and control systems that are
widely used in practice (field oriented
control and direct torque control) and
developed recently (feedback linearization control and multiscalar control).
Also, iron losses and saturation influence on torque and speed control are
discussed. In addition, some special aspects of voltage source inverters with
output filters used for control of induction machine drives are presented.
The book consists of nine chapters:
1) Introduction to High Performance
Drives
2) Mathematical and Simulation
Models of ac Machines

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Date of publication: 10 December 2012

3) Pulse Width Modulation of Power

Electronic dc-ac Converter
4) Field Oriented Control of ac
Machines
5) Direct Torque Control of ac
Machines
6) Non-Linear Control of Electrical Machines Using Non-Linear
Feedback
7) Five-Phase Induction Motor Drive
System

8) Sensorless Speed Control of ac

Machines
9) Selected Problems of Induction
Motor Drives with Voltage Inverter
and Inverter Output Filters.
The strong side of this book, which
is important for readers, is its systematic presentation of mathematical and simulation Simulink models
as well as of number of examples.
Therefore, this book can be strongly

recommended for a wide audience of

undergraduate and graduate students
of electrical engineering, mechatronics faculty members and researchers,
and engineering professionals who
are interested in analyzing and designing of modern high-performance
inverter-fed drives.
Marian P. Kazmierkowski

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