Direct Current Fault Protection: Basic Concepts and Technology Advances

缺乏有效的直流故障保護技術仍然是直流範式轉變的主要障礙。在應對關鍵挑戰方面，《直流故障保護：基本概念和技術進展》首先介紹了直流電源系統的優點，然後深入評估了直流故障保護技術，包括機械斷路器（MCB）、固態斷路器（SSCB）、混合斷路器（HCB）、基於轉換器的（無斷路器）保護和故障電流限制器（FCL）。內容包括對各種直流故障中斷技術及其適用應用的全面比較，最新的直流故障保護概念和研究進展，對該領域的基本挑戰和未來方向的確定，以及商業化方面的考慮。本書將成為電力電子和直流電源系統領域的實踐工程師、研究人員和研究生的寶貴參考資料。

Isik C. Kizilyalli currently serves as the Associate Director for Technology at the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy. In this role, Dr. Kizilyalli supports the oversight of all technology issues relating to ARPA-E's programs as well as assisting with program development, and coordinating project management across the Agency. Kizilyalli's focus at ARPA-E includes novel power electronics, wide bandgap semiconductors, electronic systems for hostile environments, electrification of transport (aviation, ships, automotive), subsurface instrumentation, novel drilling concepts, medium voltage DC distribution grids, and grid resiliency against EMP and space weather threats. Prior to joining ARPA-E, Kizilyalli served as founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Technical Officer of Avogy Inc., a venture backed start-up focused on bulk GaN based vertical power semiconductor technologies and power electronics. Previously, he was with Bell Laboratories, followed by Nitronex Corporation, and solar PV startup Alta Devices where his team holds the world record for single junction solar cell conversion efficiency. Kizilyalli was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2007 for his contributions to "Integrated Circuit Technology". He also received the Bell Laboratories' Distinguished Member of Technical Staff award and the Best Paper Award at the International Symposium on Power Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits in 2013. Kizilyalli holds his B.S. in Electrical Engineering, M.S. in Metallurgy, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering all from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has published more than 100 papers and holds 126 issued U.S. patents.

Z. John Shen is currently a Professor and Director of School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. He has more than 30 years of industrial, academic, and entrepreneurial experience in power electronics and power semiconductor devices. He has over 300 publications and 18 issued U.S. patents in these areas. He has been involved in DC circuit breaker research since 2013. He was Grainger Chair Professor of Electrical and Power Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago between 2013 and 2021. He has served the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) in various capacities including Vice President of Products, AdCom member, Chair of Distinguished Lecturers Program, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Power Electronics Magazine, Guest Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics and the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. He has been on the organizing or technical program committee of over 30 international conferences in the field, and served as the General Chair of the 2016 Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE2016) and the 2018 International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices & IC's (ISPSD2018). He is a Fellow of IEEE and the U.S. National Academy of Inventors. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ: VICR). He received his B.S. from Tsinghua University in China, M.S., and Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the U.S., all in electrical engineering.

Daniel W. Cunningham is Acting Associate Director for Technology-to-Market at the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy where he helps prepare innovative energy technologies for transition from the lab to the market. Prior to ARPA-E, Cunningham worked at BP PLC in the Chief Scientist's Office evaluating emerging energy technologies such as energy storage and alternative fuels pathways, assessing their impact on BP's future business. In addition, Cunningham spent much of his career at BP Solar Inc., serving in multiple capacities, including Director of Product Development leading a multidisciplinary team to develop new technologies for BP Solar's product line. Here, he was responsible for bringing technologies to market, using innovative materials and manufacturing processes to enhance performance and reduce cost. He also took on the role of Director of Technology where he led a R&D engineering team developing and manufacturing electrochemically deposited thin film CdTe devices for use in photovoltaic applications in collaboration with NREL and the Institute of Energy Conversion (UoD). He received a Research Partnership Award in 2001 from the U.S. Department of Energy for work in this area. Cunningham has extensive experience in semiconductor crystal growth and processing including PV module packaging and product reliability. Cunningham has authored over 70 publications and 12 patent publications. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry specializing in electrochemistry and in-situ reflectance spectroscopy, and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry at the University of Southampton, UK. Heis also a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry with Chartered Chemist status.

Isik C. Kizilyalli目前擔任美國能源部先進研究計劃署（ARPA-E）的技術副主任。在這個職位上，Kizilyalli博士支援ARPA-E計劃相關的所有技術問題監督，並協助計劃開發，協調機構內的項目管理。Kizilyalli在ARPA-E的重點領域包括新型功率電子、寬帶隙半導體、惡劣環境下的電子系統、交通電氣化（航空、船舶、汽車）、地下儀器、新型鑽井概念、中壓直流配電網和抵禦EMP和太空天氣威脅的電網韌性。在加入ARPA-E之前，Kizilyalli曾擔任Avogy Inc.的創始人、首席執行官和首席技術官，該公司是一家專注於大量GaN基垂直功率半導體技術和功率電子的風險投資初創企業。此前，他曾在貝爾實驗室、Nitronex Corporation和太陽能光伏初創企業Alta Devices工作，他的團隊在單接面太陽能電池轉換效率方面創下了世界紀錄。Kizilyalli於2007年當選為電氣和電子工程師學會（IEEE）的院士，以表彰他對“集成電路技術”的貢獻。他還獲得了貝爾實驗室的傑出技術人員獎和2013年國際功率半導體和集成電路研討會的最佳論文獎。Kizilyalli在伊利諾伊大學香檳分校獲得了電氣工程學士學位、冶金學碩士學位和電氣工程博士學位，他發表了100多篇論文，擁有126項已獲得的美國專利。

Z. John Shen目前是加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞省西蒙菲莎大學機電系統工程學院的教授和院長。他在功率電子和功率半導體器件領域擁有30多年的工業、學術和創業經驗。他在這些領域發表了300多篇論文，擁有18項已獲得的美國專利。他自2013年以來一直參與直流斷路器的研究。他曾擔任伊利諾伊理工學院的格林格椅子教授，並在2013年至2021年期間擔任電氣和電力工程的格林格椅子教授。他曾在IEEE功率電子學會（PELS）擔任多個職務，包括產品副主席、AdCom成員、傑出講師計劃主席、IEEE功率電子雜誌副主編和IEEE功率電子和新興選題雜誌客座主編。他曾參與過30多個國際會議的組織或技術計劃委員會工作，並擔任2016年能源轉換大會和博覽會（ECCE2016）和2018年國際功率半導體器件和集成電路研討會（ISPSD2018）的總主席。他是IEEE和美國發明家國家學院的院士，也是Vicor Corporation（NASDAQ：VICR）的董事會成員。他在中國清華大學獲得學士學位，在美國Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute獲得碩士和博士學位，專業均為電氣工程。

Daniel W. Cunningham目前擔任美國能源部先進研究計劃署（ARPA-E）的技術轉化副主任。在ARPA-E之前，Cunningham在BP PLC的首席科學家辦公室工作，評估新興能源技術，如能源儲存和替代燃料途徑，評估其對BP未來業務的影響。此外，Cunningham在BP Solar Inc.度過了他職業生涯的大部分時間，擔任多個職位，包括產品開發總監，領導一個多學科團隊。