Electric Motors and Drives: Fundamentals, Types, and Applications, Fourth Edition
- 9h 22m
- Austin Hughes, Bill Drury
- Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
- 2013
Electric Motors and Drives is intended for non-specialist users of electric motors and drives, filling the gap between maths- and theory-based academic textbooks and the more prosaic 'handbooks', which provide useful detail but little opportunity for the development of real insight and understanding. The book explores all of the widely-used modern types of motor and drive, including conventional and brushless D.C., induction motors and servo drives, providing readers with the knowledge to select the right technology for a given job.
The third edition includes additional diagrams and worked examples throughout. New topics include digital interfacing and control of drives, direct torque control of induction motors and current-fed operation in DC drives. The material on brushless servomotors has also been expanded.
Austin Hughes' approach, using a minimum of maths, has established Electric Motors and Drives as a leading guide for electrical engineers and mechanical engineers, and the key to a complex subject for a wider readership, including technicians, managers and students.
- Acquire knowledge of and understanding of the capabilities and limitations of motors and drives without struggling through unnecessary maths and theory
- Updated material on the latest and most widely-used modern motors and drives, including brushless servomotors
- New edition includes additional diagrams and worked examples throughout
In this Book
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Electric Motors—The Basics
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Introduction to Power Electronic Converters for Motor Drives
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Conventional D.C. Motors
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D.C. Motor Drives
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Induction Motors – Rotating Field, Slip and Torque
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Induction Motors – Operation from 50/60 Hz Supply
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Variable Frequency Operation of Induction Motors
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Inverter-fed Induction Motor Drives
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Synchronous and Brushless Permanent Magnet Machines and Drives
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Stepping and Switched-reluctance Motors
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Motor/Drive Selection
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Further Reading
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Color Section
