Principles of electric machines with power electronic applications /
Mohamed E. El-Hawary.
- 2nd ed.
- Piscataway, NJ : New York, NY : IEEE Press ; Wiley-Interscience, c2002.
- x, 483 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- IEEE Press series on power engineering .
- IEEE Press series on power engineering. .
"Wiley-Interscience." Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-476) and index.
Electric Machines -- Roots in Observation -- Beginnings -- Foundations of Electromagnetism -- The Dawn of Electrodynamics -- Early Electric Generators -- Early Electric Motors -- Alternating Current -- Power Electronics: Scope and A Brief History -- Structure of the Power System -- Outline of the Text -- Principles of Electromagnetism and Electromechanical Energy Conversion -- Magnetic-Field Laws -- Permeability and Magnetic-Field Intensity -- Magnetic Circuits -- Flux Linkages, Induced Voltages, Inductance, and Energy -- Hysteresis Loop -- Eddy-Current and Core Losses -- Energy Flow Approach -- Field Energy -- Multiply Excited Systems -- Reluctance Motors -- Doubly Excited Systems -- Salient-Pole Machines -- Round or Smooth Air-Gap Machines -- Machine-Type Classification -- P-Pole Machines -- Power Electronic Devices and Systems -- Power Semiconductor Devices -- Control Characteristics of Power Devices -- Power Semiconductor Diodes -- Power Transistors -- The Thyristors -- Power Electronic Systems -- Power Integrated Circuits and Smart Power -- Direct-Current Motors -- Construction Features -- Circuit Model of dc Generator -- Circuit Model of dc Motors -- dc Series Motors -- dc Shunt Motors -- Compound Motors -- Motor and Load Matching -- Conventional Speed Control of dc Motors -- Reversal of Direction of Rotation -- Starting dc Motors -- Adjustable Speed dc Motor Drives -- ac-dc Drives for dc Motors -- dc-dc Drives for dc Motors -- Transformers -- Ideal Transformers -- Transformer Models.
A thoroughly updated introduction to electric machines and adjustable speed drives All machines have power requirements, and finding the right balance of economy and performance can be a challenge to engineers. Principles of Electric Machines with Power Electronic Applications provides a thorough grounding in the principles of electric machines and the closely related area of power electronics and adjustable speed drives. Designed for both students and professionals seeking a foundation in the fundamen.