Omar Farrok & Md Rabiul Islam 
Oceanic Wave Energy Conversion [PDF ebook] 
Advancement of Electrical Generators

Introduction to the Principles of Wave Energy Conversion.- Oceanic Wave Energy Devices.- Pelamis Wave Energy Converter.- Resonant Wave Energy Converter.- Mathematical Model, Design, and Cost Analysis of a Linear Electrical Generator.- Dual Port Linear Electrical Generator: Solution of the Existing Limitation of Power Generation.- Flux Switching Linear Generator: Design, Analysis, and Optimization.- Linear Electrical Generator for Hydraulic Free Piston Engine.

​Dr. Rabiul Islam received the Ph.D. degree from University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia, in 2014 in electrical engineering. He is currently Senior Lecturer at the School of Electrical, Computer, and Telecommunications Engineering (SECTE), University of Wollongong (UOW), New South Wales, Australia. He is Senior Member of IEEE. His research interests are in the fields of power electronic converters, renewable energy technologies, power quality, electrical machines, electric vehicles, and smart grid. He has authored or co-authored more than 400 papers including more than 100 IEEE Transactions/IEEE Journal papers. He has written or edited 8 technical books published by Springer and Taylor & Francis. He is serving as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. As Lead Guest Editor, he has organized the first joint IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and IEEE Power & Energy Society Special Section entitled “Advances in High-frequency Isolated Power Converters”. He is Editor of the Book Series entitled “Advanced in Power Electronic Converters” for CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. He is Vice-Chair of IEEE New South Wales (Australia) Joint Chapter IAS/IES/PELS. He is Australia/Oceania Liaison Officer for the IEEE IAS Transportation Systems Committee. He has organized many international conferences in different countries and was Keynote Speaker for many international conferences. He has received several funding from Government and Industries including in total $5.48 million from Australian Government through Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project (DP) 2020 entitled “A Next Generation Smart Solid-State Transformer for Power Grid Applications” and ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre Project 2021 entitled “ARC Training Centre in Energy Technologies for Future Grids”. He is one of the chief investigators of the ARC Training Centre in Energy Technologies for Future Grids and Theme Leader of Australian Power and Energy Research Institute. 

Omar Farrok received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, in 2016. Since 2020, he has been Distinct Professor at the Department of EEE, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has authored or co-authored around 100 technical papers in the international journals and conference proceedings, including a few chapters and 15 IEEE Transactions/Journal articles. His research interests include design of electrical machine, linear electrical generator, magnetic material, renewable energy system, oceanic wave energy converter, electromagnetics, power electronics, electrical machine, and drive. Currently, he is developing an oceanic wave energy converter test setup in his university (AUST), which is going to be the first testsetup in Bangladesh. He has received a research grant for this experimental set up. He received six (6) Best Paper Awards from the IEEE ICEMS, Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 2017; ASEMD, Tianjin, China, in 2018; ICEMS, Harbin, China, in 2019; PEEIACON, Dhaka, in 2019; and ASEMD in 2020, Tianjin, China. He was invited from different international conferences as Session Chair/Keynote Speaker in a few countries. He is elected as Chair and Co-chair and nominated as Member of several technical committees formed by the Bangladesh Government under the Ministry of Industries and others. He is Life Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB). He was registered with the Board of Bangladesh Professional Engineers Registration Board (BPERB) as Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in 2017. He is Member of the Editorial Board of a few international journal publishers.