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Electric Drives: Concepts and Applications (Hardcover)

by Vedam Subrahmanyam (Author) "Variable speed drives in the industry employ electric motors as their drive motors mainly because they enjoy several specific advantages, such as overload capacity, smooth..." (more)
Key Phrases: thyristor power converters, margin angle control, mid point converter, New Delhi, New York, Repeat Problem (more...)

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At last: field-tested solutions to your electric drive problems. Packed with proven industrial applications and plenty of worked examples, Vedam Subrahmanyam's Electric Drives gives you everything you need to identify and solve virtually any electric drive problems you're likely to encounter. It's the first authoritiative, hands-on guide to both conventional and static converter-based drives. You'll find critical information on closed-loop control and the dynamics of drives, as well as their common technical problems--plus: details on thrister power converters and the drives that employ them; the control aspects of electrical drives; controller design for optimal drive behavior; applications of microporcessors in electric drives; extensive comparisons of various drives; industrial applications--from textile mills to coal mines; dozens of sample problems that help you master concepts; and more.

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All the details you need to get the best performance from any electric drive Electric Drives: Concepts and Applications. In this complete guide, an international expert taps the latest developments in the field to show you how to get optimal performance from any electric drive. Electric Drives shows you exactly how to: get the fastest dynamic response, the most accurate speed control, and more with thyristor power converters; design controllers to improve the static and dynamic behavior of the drive; maximize the use of microprocessors in electric drives; improve the dynamics of conventional systems with closed-loop systems; make the right choice with an extensive comparative analysis that details the common technical problems of a wide variety of drives. Plus, this ideal reference reviews elementary theory of electrical machines and conventional speed control methods (without deep mathematical analysis), and presents detailed discussions of closed-loop control and the dynamics of drives.

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Hardcover: 715 pages
Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company; 1 edition (February 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0074603701
ISBN-13: 978-0074603703
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,337,000 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Variable speed drives in the industry employ electric motors as their drive motors mainly because they enjoy several specific advantages, such as overload capacity, smooth speed control over a wide range, capability of operating in all the four quadrants of the speed-torque plane, etc. Read the first page

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thyristor power converters, margin angle control, mid point converter, stator voltage control, necessary reactive power, machine commutation, cycloconverter feeding, fed synchronous motor, flux weakening mode, pulse midpoint converter, slip energy recovery schemes, converter cascade, multimotor operation, pole change motors, rotor resistance control, variable voltage variable frequency supply, smooth speed control, inverter limit, line side converter, machine side converter, midpoint converters, smoothing inductance, firing angle controller, commutating capacitance, force commutated inverter

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New Delhi, New York, Repeat Problem, Static Scherbius, Therefore Vda, Conference Record, Springer Verlag, Basis of Signicomparison, Load Current Fig, Basis of Significance, Electrical India, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall Inc, Type of Action Characteristics Features Application

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Control of Electrical Drives by Werner Leonhard on page 130, and page 706
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I found this book to be superbly written. The author covers all aspects of thyrister controlled converters and inverters. He has tremendous knowledge of the subjet.

After reading this book, I've come to completely understand particular characteristics of electric motors. Some examples are: the four quadrant operation of motors; dynamic and regenerative braking, and the difference between the two; and voltage control of motors.

Although I've worked with wound rotor motors I've never seen one with a "slip power energy recovery scheme". This book details such schemes which is very interesting.

The cycloconverter is shown throughout this book which I find extremely interesting. Siemens uses the cycloconverter in their marine electric propulsion systems. I now know more about the cycloconverter.

This is one outstanding book.

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