Direct Current Fundamentals - Softcover

Herman, Stephen L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1111127468 ISBN 13: 9781111127466

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2011

Synopsis

Electricians; AC/DC theory; Electrical Theory instructors; those involved in the field like Electricians.

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About the Author:

As a retired electrician and proficient instructor with more than 30 years of practical experience, Stephen L. Herman is known for his reader-friendly approach. A seasoned author, Mr. Herman has written leading books on electricity and mathematics that are popular with students and instructors alike. For two decades Mr. Herman served as lead instructor for the Electrical Technology Curriculum at Lee College in Baytown, Texas, where he received an Excellence in Education Award from the Halliburton Education Foundation. He also taught at Randolph Community College in Asheboro, North Carolina, for nine years and helped pioneer an electrical curriculum for Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant, Texas. His additional publications include ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL, ELECTRICITY AND CONTROLS FOR HVAC/R, INDUSTRIAL MOTOR CONTROLS, UNDERSTANDING MOTOR CONTROLS, ELECTRONICS FOR ELECTRICIANS, ALTERNATING CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, DIRECT CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, ELECTRICAL STUDIES FOR TRADES, ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES, EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY FOR USE WITH LAB VOLT EQUIPMENT, THE COMPLETE LABORATORY MANUAL FOR ELECTRICITY, and PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS FOR ELECTRICIANS.

Review:

1. An Introduction to Electricity and Electronics. 2. Electricity Production and Use. 3. Electrostatics. 4. Basic Circuit Concepts. 5. Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes. 6. Electrical Quantity Measurement. 7. Resistance. 8. Ohms Law. 9. Electrical Power and Energy. 10. Series Circuits. 11. Parallel Circuits. 12. Series-Parallel Circuits and Loaded Voltage Dividers. 13. Conduction in Liquid and Gases. 14. Batteries. 15. Magnetism and Electromagnetism. 16. Applications of Electromagnetism. 17. Electrical Measuring Instruments. 18. Electromagnetic Induction. 19. DC Generators. 20. Mechanical Motion from Electrical Energy. 21. DC Motors. 22. Starters and Speed Controllers. 23. Solid State Control of Direct Current Motors. 24. Solving DC Networks.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1111127468
• ISBN 13: 9781111127466
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512