Electrical machines, drives, and power systems : Pearson new international edition /
By: Wildi, Théodore.
Series: Pearson custom library.Publisher: Harlow, Essex, England : Pearson Education Limited, 2014Edition: Sixth edition.Description: iv, 920 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781292024585 (pbk.); 9781292024585:; 1292024585 (pbk.).Subject(s): Electric machinery -- Electric power systems -- Power transmission | Electric machinery | Electric power systems | Power transmissionDDC classification: 621.31042Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 621.31042 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0091867 |
Includes bibliographical references index.
Units -- Fundamentals of electricity, magnetism and circuits -- Fundamentals of mechanics and heat -- Direct-current generators -- Direct-current motors -- Efficiency and heating of electrical machines -- Active, reactive and apparent power -- Three-phase circuits -- The ideal transformer -- Practical transformers -- Special transformers -- Three-phase transformers -- Three-phase induction machines -- Selection and application of three-phase induction machines -- Equivalent circuit of the induction motor -- Synchronous generators -- Synchronous motors -- Single-phase motors -- Stepper motors -- Basics of industrial motor control -- Fundamental elements of power electronics -- Electronic control of direct-current motors -- Electronic control of alternating-current motors -- Generation of electrical energy -- Transmission of electrical energy -- The cost of electricity -- Direct-current transmission -- Transmission and distribution solid-state controllers -- Harmonics -- References -- Appendix -- Index.
A special adaptation for the benefit of students outside the United States and Canada.
This text employs a theoretical, practical, multidisciplinary approach to provide introductory students with a broad understanding of modern electric power. The scope of the book reflects the rapid changes that have occurred in power technology over the past few years - allowing the entrance of power electronics into every facet of industrial drives, and expanding the field to open more career opportunities.