Electric Motors and Drives: Fundamentals, Types and Applications

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 INDICE: 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; Induction motor equivalent circuit; Inverter-fed induction motor drives; Stepping motors; Synchronous, brushless DC and switched reluctance drives; Motor/drive selection; Appendix - Introduction to closed-loop control; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-08-098332-5
• Editorial: Newnes
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 440
• Fecha Publicación: 05/04/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés