Electric Motors and Drives, 2nd Edition

Electric Motors and Drives, 2nd Edition

by Austin Hughes
Released October 2013
Publisher(s): Newnes
ISBN: 9780080505152

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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.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Electric Motors and Drives: Fundamentals, Types and Applications
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents (1/2)
  5. Table of Contents (2/2)
  6. Preface
  7. CHAPTER 1. ELECTRIC MOTORS
    1. Introduction
    2. Producing rotation
    3. Magnetic Circuits (1/2)
    4. Magnetic Circuits (2/2)
    5. Torque Production
    6. Specific Loadings and Specific Output
    7. Motional EMF (1/3)
    8. Motional EMF (2/3)
    9. Motional EMF (3/3)
    10. General Properties of Electric Motors
    11. Questions Arising
  8. CHAPTER 2. POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS FOR MOTOR DRIVES
    1. Introduction
    2. Voltage Control - D.C. Output from D.C. Supply (1/2)
    3. Voltage Control - D.C. Output from D.C. Supply (2/2)
    4. D.C. from A.C. - controlled rectification (1/2)
    5. D.C. from A.C. - controlled rectification (2/2)
    6. A.C. from D.C. - inversion (1/2)
    7. A.C. from D.C. - inversion (2/2)
    8. Inverter Switching Devices
    9. Converter Waveforms and Acoustic Noise
    10. Cooling of Power Switching Devices
    11. Questions Arising
  9. CHAPTER 3. CONVENTIONAL D.C. MOTORS
    1. Introduction
    2. Torque Production (1/3)
    3. Torque Production (2/3)
    4. Torque Production (3/3)
    5. D.C. Motor - Steady-state characteristics (1/2)
    6. D.C. Motor - Steady-state characteristics (2/2)
    7. Transient Behaviour - Current Surges
    8. Shunt, Series and Compound Motors (1/2)
    9. Shunt, Series and Compound Motors (2/2)
    10. Four-quadrant Operation and Regenerative Braking
    11. Questions Arising
  10. CHAPTER 4. D.C. MOTOR DRIVES
    1. Introduction
    2. Thyristor D.C. Drives
    3. Control Arrangements for D.C. Drives (1/2)
    4. Control Arrangements for D.C. Drives (2/2)
    5. Chopper-fed D.C. Motor Drives
    6. Developments in Industrial D.C. Drives
    7. D.C. Servo Drives
    8. Questions Arising
  11. CHAPTER 5. INDUCTION MOTORS-ROTATING FIELD, SLIP AND TORQUE
    1. Introduction
    2. The Rotating Magnetic Field (1/3)
    3. The Rotating Magnetic Field (2/3)
    4. The Rotating Magnetic Field (3/3)
    5. Torque Production (1/2)
    6. Torque Production (2/2)
    7. Influence of Rotor Current on Flux
    8. Stator Current-speed Characteristics
    9. Questions Arising
  12. CHAPTER 6. OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF INDUCTION MOTORS
    1. Methods of Starting Cage Motors
    2. Run-up and Stable Operating Regions
    3. Torque-Speed Curves - Influence of Rotor Parameters (1/2)
    4. Torque-Speed Curves - Influence of Rotor Parameters (2/2)
    5. Influence of Supply Voltage on Torque-Speed Curve
    6. Generating and Braking
    7. Speed Control
    8. Power-factor Control and Energy Optimisation
    9. Single-phase Induction Motors
    10. Questions Arising
  13. CHAPTER 7. INVERTER-FED INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVES
    1. Introduction
    2. Torque-Speed Characteristics - Constant V/f Operation (1/2)
    3. Torque-Speed Characteristics - Constant V/f Operation (2/2)
    4. Control Arrangements for Inverter-fed Drives
    5. Vector (Field-oriented) Control
    6. Cycloconverter Drives
    7. Questions Arising
  14. CHAPTER 8. STEPPING MOTOR SYSTEMS
    1. Introduction
    2. Principle of Motor Operation
    3. Motor Characteristics (1/2)
    4. Motor Characteristics (2/2)
    5. Drive Circuits and Steady-state Characteristics (1/2)
    6. Drive Circuits and Steady-state Characteristics (2/2)
    7. Transient Performance
    8. Questions Arising
  15. CHAPTER 9. SYNCHRONOUS, SWITCHED RELUCTANCE AND BRUSHLESS D.C. DRIVES
    1. Introduction
    2. Synchronous Motors
    3. Controlled-speed Synchronous Motor Drives (1/2)
    4. Controlled-speed Synchronous Motor Drives (2/2)
    5. Switched Reluctance Motor Drives
    6. Brushless D.C. Motors
    7. Questions Arising
  16. CHAPTER 10. MOTOR/DRIVE SELECTION
    1. Introduction
    2. Power Range for Motors and Drives
    3. Load Requirements - Torque-Speed Characteristics
    4. General Application Considerations
    5. Questions Arising
  17. Further reading
  18. Index (1/2)
  19. Index (2/2)

Product information

  • Title: Electric Motors and Drives, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Austin Hughes
  • Release date: October 2013
  • Publisher(s): Newnes
  • ISBN: 9780080505152