Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Paresh C. Sen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471022950 | ISBN-13: 978-0471022954 | Publication Date: December 1996 | Edition: 2nd

This new edition combines the traditional areas of electric machinery with the latest in modern control and power electronics. It includes coverage of multi-machine systems, brushless motors and switched reluctance motors, as well as constant flux and constant current operation of induction motors. It also features additional material on new solid state devices such as Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors and MOS-Controlled Thrysistors.

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About the Author

P. C. Sen (Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario, Canada)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2nd edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471022950
• ISBN-13: 978-0471022954
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1 x 9.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic book of motor/generators, May 25, 2000

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R. Bolton "Read A Lot" (Orange, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics, Second Edition (Hardcover)

If you need an engineering introduction into generators, motors, transformers, and the likes this book is good. The illustrations not only show simplistic diagrams but actual machines one will find in the job. Has solved examples and end of chapter questions. Covers a lot of ground but delivers the concepts well.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars lousy text, December 20, 2004

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R. Huang (canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics, Second Edition (Hardcover)

terrible textbook

I took this course from the university that the author taught at. the book was this textbook. the pedagogy was terrible, some units such as (At/m) were not properly defined, the commentary was minimal except where it was copied from other books. it seems that the auther cannot be bothered to give a thorough explanation of the the basic concepts, and would only add in text as an afterthought. as a practicing professional in the field and as someone who has taught university level courses, I would say, find another textbook

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Reads like a cookbook, not an engineering textbook!, November 24, 2007

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Mahmoud Qudsi (Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics, Second Edition (Hardcover)

I've just finished a university course with this book as the reference, and it's not been a happy experience. The author has a poor grasp of the concept of grammar-checking, and doesn't follow his own standards (sometimes including the imaginary "i"/"j" in formulas and sometimes leaving it out).

But the biggest problem is, the author makes no attempt to get the reader/student to understand WHY and HOW machine behavior is derived. Instead of deriving any equations (via KCL/KVL), PC Sen lists the equations as-is and expects you to memorize them.

Unfortunately, this is an engineering course and not English Lit: engineers need explanations and mathematics, not a "plug the variable in here and substitute to determine the answer" book.

Throughout the course the professor would have to point out inconstencies in the formulas provided and direct students to alternative online references as a substitute for this poor book's pitiful attempt at explaining power electronics to readers.