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Electric Machinery and Power System Fundamentals

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So far the book has been ok in my machines and power fundamentals course, mostly though because my instructor is completely useless in this field. Some things I have seen before and the book offers a more thorough explanation of concepts although the approach in the problems is not usually the one most easily seen by me. That being said, I do praise the book for its numerous examples and detail. The Matlab examples don't really make use of its abilities but they're still helpful.

I was the teaching assistant for an introductory Power Systems class last semester that used this book, and I would not recommend it. For starters, this book lays a poor foundation of the basic concepts of three-phase power and complex power. In addition, some sections of the book are VERY confusing, even as some one who already has a degree in the material. Example problems are weak, and the problem solving in the solutions manual (which can be viewed with a quick search of the web) is not straightforward, often employing "cookbook" problem solving methods. The biggest deficiency of this book is it's weak explanation of magnetic circuits.

For electric machines (and magnetic circuit theory), I suggest Electric Machinery by Fitzgerald. For power systems analysis (which this book didn't really go into), I liked Power Systems Analysis and Design by Glover, whose cover Chapman seems to have ripped off. I prefer my old class notes' explanation of the fundamentals of complex power and three-phase power better than either of these, but they are both better than Chapman.

The book gets to the point on most of the chapters; however, it iterates some laws in chapter 1 on the first few pages that are not even seen again until chapter 4. The book has mistakes that I think are very important to address since this is dealing with a high voltage potential circuit. I would recommend this book, but if you do the homework and you can not figure out why your answer is different it's probably because they are wrong.

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very practicle book specialy because power system fundamentals and machinery brought first time in nice manner on the table.chapman has used his expertise and brought the material in the form of book.