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ELECTRIC MOTORS AND DRIVES
Electric Motors and Drives
Fundamentals, Types and Applications
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Third Edition

By
Austin Hughes, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Leeds, UK

Description
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.

Audience
Professional/student Electrical engineering Electrical and mechanical engineers and technicians requiring a working knowledge of motors and drives (but not a mathematical or academic level of knowledge) Students of electrical and mechanical engineering seeking an accessible introduction

Contents
Electric motors; Power electronic converters for motor drives; Conventional DC motors; DC motor drives; Induction motors - rotating field, slip and torque; Operating characteristics of induction motors; Inverter-fed induction motor drives; Stepping motor systems; Synchronous, switched reluctance and brushless DC Drives; Motor/drive selection; Index

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 384 pages, publication date: DEC-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-4718-2
ISBN-10: 0-7506-4718-3
Imprint: NEWNES

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