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Electric Motors and Drives, Second Edition
by: Austin Hughes
Topics include: step command pulses, current drawn from the mains, high stepping rates, motor current will, double converter, steady running speed, tacho feedback, mechanical output power, step position error, flux density wave, radial flux density, constant power region, armature voltage, current control loop, resistance cage, torque speed curves, flux wave, standard induction motor, loop speed control, gap flux density, regenerative operation, rotor teeth, state torque, constant torque load, full flux
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Book Description
Written for non-specialist users of electric motors and drives, this book explains how electric drives work and compares the performance of the main systems, with many examples of applications. 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.
* First edition (1990) has sold over 6000 copies.
Drives and Controls on the first edition: '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.'
New features of the second edition: * New section on the cycloconverter drive. * More on switched relectance motor drives. * More on vector-controlled induction motor drives. * More on power switching devices. * New 'question and answer' sections on common problems and misconceptions. * Updating throughout. Electric Motors and Drives is for non-specialist users of electric motors and drives. It fills the gap between specialist textbooks (which are pitched at a level which is too academic for the average user) 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.
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* First edition (1990) has sold over 6000 copies. Drives and Controls on the first edition: '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 judgments about selecting the right drive system.' New features of the second edition: * New section on the cycloconverter drive. * More on switched relectance motor drives. * More on vector-controlled induction motor drives. * More on power switching devices. * New 'question and answer' sections on common problems and misconceptions. * Updating throughout. Electric Motors and Drives is for non-specialist users of electric motors and drives. It fills the gap between specialist textbooks (which are pitched at a level which is too academic for the average user) 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.
Reviews:
Intermediate Motor and Control book
This is a great book because it is not for entry level people. I have already read books on basic electicity and motor design and want to take the next step into Motor Control and Motor Circuits. If someone wants an entry level book to start from basic electricity, Motors, Batteries and generation. I would recommend a reprint a Naval Electricians text book. ISBN: 0760752389. I found it at Barne's and Noble, but Amazon sells it. That books accelerates very quickly from basic electron flow to Advanced Motor design.
Although the material in this book is a complicated math oriented subject, only a few general equations are derived to illustrate points in the text (good). But the author seems more to be touting his experience with the motors he knows and his familiarity with their generalized calculated behaviour...he does not illustrate the fundamental 'why' of motor design types, the history of design and doesnt seem to relate the information in the book in a sequential way... just lots of generalized behaviors mapped out in graphs and equations which negate specifics. Good for general info... Im trying to learn the ins and outs of 540 size Remote control model motors and some of these general principals work directly against what makes my motor application run better.(admittedly not the specific focus of this book)
This book, is simply amazing, it teaches the subject of electrical motor in a very simple/accessible and easy to follow way, that i never seen in any other motor book. I cant really prise it enough.. when i was 1st introduced to electric motors, i was soo puzzled..and i was always refered to use those classic electric machinery books, which are rather full of formuals, and lack physical explanations of the machines and their operation.I found this book the best, since it does the job with a very down to earth langauge( like those "for dummies" books).. It starts from level zero.. up to electric motor modelin,electric motor starting, variable speed drives, ..etc. Simply,This book is a good reference to start from.
Lots of good theory and application on electric motors, but to get the most out of it, you really should have 2 semesters of college level physics and 1 semester of electrical engineering. The book covers the theory of how and why motors work, but could have been a better book with a simple explanation as a preface to each chapter. Also, a simple explanation of the differences between the various types motors. It seems that this is a sophmore level college text and is excellent for that purpose.
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