Song Xu

The field of energy systems and industrial automation has seen significant advancements, driven by the increasing complexity and demands of modern industrial applications. This book offers a comprehensive understanding of real-time simulation methodologies and applications in these critical areas. Real-time simulation is crucial in academia and industry, particularly in electric power conversion and industrial processes. It enables safe product development and testing, efficiency improvements, and system reliability. Real-time simulations also support training, ensuring workers and students are prepared for real-world scenarios. This book bridges the gap between research and practical implementation, presenting foundational principles and cutting-edge techniques. Chapters cover dynamic system modeling, hardware-in-the-loop system development for industrial processes, power converters, regional integrated energy systems, and issues in interconnected simulation systems. This resource aims to advance knowledge and develop more efficient, reliable industrial systems, benefiting students, researchers, and professionals in power electronics, control systems, and industrial automation.

This text is intended for the graduate level electrical engineering students and engineers, who have an undergraduate level exposure to power electronic circuits, as well as fundamental electrical engineering theories. This book primarily provides a study basis for power electronic system with emphasis on topology, modeling and control. The expected outcome leads to proficiency, if not strictly, in basic and advanced topology in power electronic circuits, modeling of power electronic circuits, control of power electronic systems.

One may think that scanning probe microscopy (SPM) instruments are mainly used to 'look' at a surface, as with an optical microscope. However, SPM encompasses dozens of measurement and lithography modes for fundamental studies and applications spanning a broad range of scientific disciplines, such as chemistry, physics, engineering, material science, nanoscience / nanomedicine, and biology. New SPM technologies enable mapping of surface properties and surface manipulation with atomic precision, which makes it now a standard and indispensable tool in labs across these disciplines. This book provides a comprehensive and high-level guide to the operating principles of a wide array of SPM instruments. While the well-known atomic force microscopy (AFM) is covered in-depth in 9 chapters, modern variants are also introduced, such as chemical force microscopy, magnetic force microscopy, scanning electrochemical microscopy, and near-field scanning optical microscopy, amongst many others, concluding with the futuristic artificial intelligence-driven SPM. The authors — one an accomplished Professor of Chemistry and the others senior research scientists with major SPM companies — explain how the science translates into cutting-edge technology and industrial applications.