Short description
Explores almost 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. This book is intended for non-specialist users of electric motors and drives.
Long description
Electric Motors and Drives is for non-specialist users of electric motors and drives. It fills the gap between academic textbooks (which are crammed with maths and theory not needed by most users) and the more prosaic 'handbooks' which are filled with useful detail but provide little opportunity for the development of any real insight or understanding. The book explores most of the widely-used modern types of motor and drive, including conventional and brushless D.C., induction motors (mains and inverter-fed), stepping motors, synchronous motors (mains and converter-fed) and reluctance motors. The author's approach – using a minimum of mathematics – has made this book equally popular as an outline for professionals and an introductory student text.
Review
'This book is very readable, up-to-date and should be extremely useful to both users and o.e.m. designers. I unhesitatingly recommend it to any busy engineer who needs to make informed judgements about selecting the right drive system.' Drives and Controls
Table of 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