The rapidly growing photovoltaic industry is expanding the need for education and training worldwide, particularly at the system level. Modelling Photovoltaic Systems using PSpice provides expert help in understanding photovoltaic systems engineering and system design. Working with PSpice, the most popular standard for analogue and mixed signal simulation, the book allows detailed and quantitative analysis of design concepts, criteria and results.

Featuring:

• Both topological and behavioural models for the key components helping short- and long-term simulation.

• A model to compute the Loss of Load probability, considering year long daily radiation data.

• Sizing procedures for stand-alone and grid connected systems, based on energy balance and long-term simulations.

• Models for PV generators, batteries, converters and inverters.

• Coverage of numerous topics related to small PV systems, such as artificial light response, random irradiance and illuminance conditions

• A comprehensive range of solved examples

The rapidly growing photovoltaic industry is expanding the need for education and training worldwide, particularly at the system level. Modelling Photovoltaic Systems using PSpice provides expert help in understanding photovoltaic systems engineering and system design. Working with PSpice, the most popular standard for analogue and mixed signal simulation, the book allows detailed and quantitative analysis of design concepts, criteria and results.

Featuring:

• Both topological and behavioural models for the key components helping short- and long-term simulation.
• A model to compute the Loss of Load probability, considering year long daily radiation data.
• Sizing procedures for stand-alone and grid connected systems, based on energy balance and long-term simulations.
• Models for PV generators, batteries, converters and inverters.
• Coverage of numerous topics related to small PV systems, such as artificial light response, random irradiance and illuminance conditions
• A comprehensive range of solved examples

This book is an essential tool for students and professional electrical and electronic engineers wishing to gain specialisation in photovoltaics. Educators in Electrical Engineering or Power Electronics will find photovoltaic examples from the book useful.

The continued advancement of MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) complexity, performance, commercial exploitation and market size requires an ever-expanding graduate population with state-of-the-art expertise. Understanding MEMS: Principles and Applications provides a comprehensive introduction to this complex and multidisciplinary technology that is accessible to senior undergraduate and graduate students from a range of engineering and physical sciences backgrounds. Fully self-contained, this textbook is designed to help students grasp the key principles and operation of MEMS devices and to inspire advanced study or a career in this field. Moreover, with the increasing application areas, product categories and functionality of MEMS, industry professionals will also benefit from this consolidated overview, source of relevant equations and extensive solutions to problems. Key features: * Details the fundamentals of MEMS, enabling readers to understand the basic governing equations and know how they apply at the micron scale. * Strong pedagogical emphasis enabling students to understand the fundamentals of MEMS devices. * Self-contained study aid featuring problems and solutions. * Book companion website hosts Matlab and PSpice codes and viewgraphs.