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1 Elements of Electric Drive Systems 1 -- 1.1 Historical Background 2 -- 1.2 Basic Components of an Electric Drive System 5 -- 1.2.1 Mechanical Loads 6 -- 1.2.2 Electric Motors 8 -- 1.2.3 Power Sources 9 -- 1.2.4 Converters 9 -- 1.2.5 Controllers 10 -- 2 Introduction to Solid-State Devices 12 -- 2.1 Transistors 13 -- 2.1.1 Bipolar Transistor 13 -- 2.1.2 Field Effect Transistor (FET) 16 -- 2.2 Thyristors 18 -- 2.2.1 Four-Layer Diode 18 -- 2.2.2 Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR) 19 -- 2.3 Other Power Devices 22 -- 2.3.1 Darlington Transistor 22 -- 2.3.2 Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) 23 -- 2.4 Ratings of Power Electronic Devices 24 -- 2.5 di/dt and dv/dt Protection 26 -- 3 Introduction to Solid-State Switching Circuits 31 -- 3.1 Single-Phase, Half-Wave, ac/dc Conversion for Resistive Loads 31 -- 3.1.1 Root-Mean-Squares 34 -- 3.1.2 Electric Power 37 -- 3.1.3 dc Power 40 -- 3.1.4 Power Factor 41 -- 3.2 Single-Phase, Full-Wave, ac/dc Conversion for Resistive Loads 43 -- 3.3 Single-Phase, Half-Wave, ac/dc Conversion for Inductive Loads Without Freewheeling Diode 46 -- 3.3.1 Average Voltage Across Inductance and Resistance 50 -- 3.3.2 Average Power of Inductance 51 -- 3.3.3 RMS voltage 52 -- 3.4 Single-Phase, Half-Wave, ac/dc Conversion for Inductive Loads with Freewheeling Diode 53 -- 3.5 Three-Phase, Half-Wave, ac/dc Conversion for Resistive Loads 58 -- 3.6 Three-Phase, Half-Wave, ac/dc Conversion for Inductive Loads 61 -- 3.7 Three-Phase, Full-Wave, ac/dc Conversion 63 -- 3.8 dc/dc Conversion 69 -- 3.9 dc/ac Conversion 73 -- 3.9.1 Single-Phase, dc/ac Converter 73 -- 3.9.2 Three-Phase, dc/ac Converter 74 -- 3.9.3 Voltage, Frequency, and Sequence Control 81 -- 3.9.4 Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) 84 -- 3.10 Energy Recovery Systems 87 -- 3.10.1 Charging Operation 88 -- 3.10.2 Discharging Operation 92 -- 3.11 Three-Phase Energy Recovery Systems 95 -- 3.12 Current Source Inverter 98 -- 4 Joint Speed-Torque Characteristics of Electric Motors and Mechanical Loads 105 -- 4.1 Bidirectional Electric Drive Systems 106 -- 4.2 Four-Quadrant Electric Drive Systems 108 -- 5 Speed-Torque Characteristics of Electric Motors 112 -- 5.1 dc Motors 112 -- 5.1.1 Separately Excited Motors 115 -- 5.1.2 Shunt Motors 120 -- 5.1.3 Series Motors 120 -- 5.1.4 Compound Motors 123 -- 5.2 Induction Motors 126 -- 5.2.1 Equivalent Circuit 130 -- 5.2.2 Power Flow 134 -- 5.2.3 Torque Characteristics 139 -- 5.2.4 Starting Procedure 142 -- 5.3 Synchronous Motors 144 -- 5.3.1 Reactive Power 147 -- 5.3.2 Power Flow 149 -- 5.3.3 Torque Characteristics 151 -- 5.3.4 Starting Procedure 151 -- 5.4 Damage to Electric Machines 152 -- 6 Speed Control of Direct Current Motors 156 -- 6.1 Speed Control of Shunt or Separately Excited Motors 156 -- 6.1.1 Controlling Speed by Adding Resistance 157 -- 6.1.2 Controlling Speed by Adjusting Armature Voltage 160 -- 6.1.3 Controlling Speed by Adjusting Field Voltage 161 -- 6.1.4 Solid-State Control 165 -- 6.2 Speed Control of Series Motor 176 -- 6.2.1 Controlling Speed by Adding Resistance to Armature Circuit 176 -- 6.2.2 Controlling Speed by Adjusting Armature Voltage 178 -- 6.2.3 Controlling Speed by Adjusting Field Current 178 -- 7 Speed Control of Induction Motors 189 -- 7.1 Basic Principles of Speed Control 189 -- 7.2 Controlling Speed Using Rotor Resistance 190 -- 7.3 Rotor Voltage Injection 194 -- 7.4 Slip Energy Recovery 200 -- 7.4.1 Controlling Speed by the Slip Energy Recovery Method 202 -- 7.4.2 Torque-Current Relationship 203 -- 7.4.3 Efficiency 204 -- 7.5 Controlling Speed Using Inductance 209 -- 7.6 Controlling Speed by Adjusting the Stator Voltage 209 -- 7.7 Controlling Speed by Adjusting the Supply Frequency 211 -- 7.7.1 Effect of Excessively Highc Frequency 212 -- 7.7.2 Effect of Excessively Low Frequency 216 -- 7.8 Voltage/Frequency Control 217 -- 7.9 Current Source Speed Control 220 -- 7.9.1 Induction Motor with Constant Frequency CSI 223 -- 7.9.2 Induction Motor with Adjustable Frequency CSI 225 -- 8 Braking of Electric Motors 231 -- 8.1 Regenerative Braking 231 -- 8.2 Dynamic Braking 233 -- 8.3 Countercurrent Braking 235 -- 9 Braking of dc Motors 236 -- 9.1 Regenerative Braking of dc Shunt Motors 236 -- 9.2 Regenerative Braking of dc Series Motors 243 -- 9.3 Dynamic Braking of dc Shunt Motors 244 -- 9.4 Dynamic Braking of dc Series Motors 247 -- 9.5 Countercurrent Braking of dc Shunt Motors 248 -- 9.5.1 Plugging 248 -- 9.5.2 Braking by Terminal Voltage Reversal (TVR) 253 -- 9.6 Countercurrent Braking of dc Series Motors 263 -- 10 Braking of Induction Motors 269 -- 10.1 Regenerative Braking 269 -- 10.2 Dynamic Braking 275 -- 10.3 Countercurrent Braking 277 -- 11 Dynamics of Electric Drive Systems 283 -- 11.1 Moment of Inertia 284 -- 11.2 Basic Concept of Traveling Time 286 -- 11.3 Gears and Belts 287 -- 11.4 Traveling Time of dc Motors 290 -- 11.5 Traveling Time of Induction Motors 295 -- 11.5.1 Unloaded Induction Motor 297 -- 11.5.2 Loaded Induction Motor 301 -- 11.6 Traveling Time of Synchronous Motors 303.

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