ABSTRACT

Electric Drives provides a practical understanding of the subtleties involved in the operation of modern electric drives. The Third Edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully updated and greatly expanded to incorporate the latest technologies used to save energy and increase productivity, stability, and reliability.

Every phrase, equation, number, and reference in the text has been revisited, with the necessary changes made throughout. In addition, new references to key research and development activities have been included to accurately reflect the current state of the art.

Nearly 120 new pages covering recent advances, such as those made in the sensorless control of A.C. motor drives, have been added; as have two new chapters on advanced scalar control and multiphase electric machine drives. All solved numerical examples have been retained, and the 10 MATLAB®–Simulink® programs remain online.

Thus, Electric Drives, Third Edition offers an up-to-date synthesis of the basic and advanced control of electric drives, with ample material for a two-semester course at the university level.

chapter 1|26 pages

Energy Conversion in Electric Drives

chapter 2|12 pages

Electric Motors for Drives

chapter 3|28 pages

Power Electronic Converters for Drives

chapter 4|26 pages

D.C. Brush Motors for Drives

chapter 6|24 pages

Chopper-Controlled D.C. Brush Motor Drives

chapter 8|42 pages

Induction Motors for Drives

chapter 9|72 pages

PWM Inverter-Fed Induction Motor Drives

chapter 10|42 pages

Synchronous Motors for Drives

chapter 11|86 pages

PM and Reluctance Synchronous Motor Drives

chapter 12|32 pages

Switched Reluctance Motor Drives

chapter 14|48 pages

Large-Power Drives

chapter 15|48 pages

Control of Electric Generators