Electric Drives, 3rd Edition

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.

• Provides a practical understanding of the subtleties involved in the operation of modern electric drives
• Incorporates the latest technologies used to save energy and increase productivity, stability, and reliability
• Includes new references to key research and development activities that accurately reflect the current state of the art
• Adds nearly 120 new pages covering recent advances, as well as two new chapters on advanced scalar control and multiphase electric machine drives
• Retains all solved numerical examples, and the 10 MATLAB®–Simulink® programs remain online
• 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

Preface

Chapter 1 : Energy Conversion in Electric Drives
Chapter 2 : Electric Motors for Drives
Chapter 3 : Power Electronic Converters for Drives
Chapter 4 : D.C. Brush Motors for Drives
Chapter 5 : Controlled Rectifier D.C. Brush Motor Drives
Chapter 6 : Chopper-Controlled D.C. Brush Motor Drives
Chapter 7 : Closed-Loop Motion Control in Electric Drives
Chapter 8 : Induction Motors for Drives
Chapter 9 : PWM Inverter-Fed Induction Motor Drives
Chapter 10 : Synchronous Motors for Drives
Chapter 11 : PM and Reluctance Synchronous Motor Drives
Chapter 12 : Switched Reluctance Motor Drives
Chapter 13 : Practical Issues with PWM Converter Motor Drives
Chapter 14 : Large-Power Drives
Chapter 15 : Control of Electric Generators
Chapter 16 : Scalar V/f and I–f Control of A.C. Motor Drives: An Overview
Chapter 17 : Multiphase Electric Machine Drives: An Overview

Index