TY - BOOK AU - Mohan, Ned TI - Electric Machines and Drives : A first Course SN - 9788126542307 U1 - 621.310 42 PY - 2016///,c2012 CY - New Delhi PB - Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. India KW - Electrical N1 - Mohan's Electric Machines and Drives is part of a three-book series designed for the power sequence electives on Electrical Engineering. The book focuses on power topics including advances in hybrid-electric cars and alternative energy systems, coupled with severe environmental problems associated with hydrocarbon-based fuels. The text builds off Mohan's successful MNPERE titles and adopts a systems approach; Contents • Introduction to Electric Drive Systems • Understanding Mechanical System Requirements for Electric Drives • Review of Basic Electric Circuits • Basic Understanding of Switch-Mode Power Electronic Converters in Electric Drives Magnetic Circuits • Basic Principles of Electromechanical Energy Conversion • Dc-Motor Drives and Electronically commutated Motor (ECM) Drives • Designing Feedback Controllers for Motor Drives • Introduction to Ac Machines and Space Vectors • Sinusoidal Permanent Magnet Ac (PMAC) Drives, LCI-Synchronous Motor Drives and Synchronous Generators • Induction Motors: Balanced, Sinusoidal Steady State Operation • Induction-Motor Drives: Speed Control • Reluctance Drives: Stepper-Motor and Switched-Reluctance Drives • Energy Efficiency of Electric Drives and Inverter-Motor Interactions ER -