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Wind Energy Conversion Systems
An electrical engineering perspective
by Rukmi Dutta, Lalit Chandra Saikia, Faz Rahman, Dulal Chandra Das, Guoyu Chu
In order to design efficient and effective wind farms with optimal control processes, electrical engineers must understand the generator types, converter control, system modelling, and the intricacies of how these elements work together as a functional system.
Wind Energy Conversion Systems: An electrical engineering perspective presents the principles, analysis, and design aspects of wind energy conversion. Based on the author team's extensive teaching and research experience in electrical engineering for wind energy conversion, the book offers carefully organised coverage of the topic, and also includes critical thinking questions, solved examples, supplementary problems, and multiple-choice questions.
To ensure both breadth and depth of coverage, the book incorporates topics essential to the curricula of various universities worldwide. The material is presented in a structured and pedagogical manner, with a strong emphasis on conceptual clarity. Fundamental principles and operating concepts are explained using simple language and illustrative examples, making the book accessible to students while remaining rigorous.
Nine chapters cover wind energy principles, power transmission, electrical generators and power electronics converters, modelling and control of wind energy conversion, advanced control techniques, power quality and grid connection.
Wind Energy Conversion Systems: An electrical engineering perspective equips electrical engineers with the skills to work at the forefront of wind energy technology and research. The book is also a valuable reference for researchers, graduate and postgraduate students considering a career in the field, and anyone lecturing or developing courses on wind power.
About the Author
Rukmi Dutta is a professor of energy systems at the University of New South Wales, (UNSW Sydney), Australia. Her research interests include electric machines and drive systems, electric vehicles, renewable energy, wireless power transfer and power electronics. She has provided consultancy to global entrepreneurship companies in the USA and Australia. She serves as chair of the Electric Machine Committee of IEEE IAS and editor of several IEEE Transactions.
Lalit Chandra Saikia is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Silchar, India. He previously worked for five years as a Rig Electrical Engineer with oil well drilling companies. He is the author of two textbooks. He has published over 200 research papers. His research interests include power system operation and control, and renewable energy technologies.
Faz Rahman is an emeritus professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of New South Wales, (UNSW Sydney), Australia. His research interests include analysis and design of drive systems, DC servo motors and drives, PM synchronous motor drives, induction motor drives, electric drive designs for high dynamic responses, on-line parameter estimation of motor parameters and adaptation techniques and power electronics. He is a life fellow of the IEEE.
Dulal Chandra Das is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Silchar, India. His research focuses on Microgrid, and renewable energy. He has published around 100 research articles in journals and conferences and has been recognised among the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier since 2024.
Guoyu Chu is a lecturer and senior research associate in the Energy Systems group at UNSW, Australia. His research focuses on decarbonization through advanced electric-drive and energy-conversion technologies. He has recently been awarded the Australian Research Council's Early Career Industry Fellowship and the Malcolm Chaikin Prize for Research Excellence in Engineering.
Publication Year: 2026
Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 978-1-80705-315-4
Format: HBK