Electrical Machines, Drives and Power Systems - Hardcover

Wildi, Theodore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131776916 ISBN 13: 9780131776913

Publisher: Pearson, 2005

Synopsis

This best-selling book employs a theoretical, practical, multidisciplinary approach to provide introductory users 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. The author covers thefundamentals of electricity, magnetism and circuits, mechanics and heat, electrical machines and transformers, electrical and electronic drives, and electric utility power systems. For managers of electrical utilities, electricians, electrical contractors and electrical maintenance personnel.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This best-selling text employs a theoretical, practical, multidisciplinary approach to provide introductory students with a broad understanding of modern electric power. The scope of the book, now in its Third Edition, has been expanded to reflect the rapid changes that have occurred in power technology during the past five years.

From the Back Cover:

This comprehensive and coherent coverage of electrical machines, drives, and power systems serves as an on-the-job reference guide for electrical engineers. It explores revolutionary converter technology affecting every sector of industrial and commercial activity—modifying electric elevators, locomotives, and transit vehicles; servomechanisms; heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems; fans; compressors; and innumerable industrial production lines. Chapter topics include generators, motors, efficiency and heating of electrical machines, three-phase circuits, transformers, transmission and distribution, and the cost of electricity. For electrical engineers sseking up-to-date information on the latest innovations in their field.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0131776916
• ISBN 13: 9780131776913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 934