TY - BOOK AU - Mohan,Ned TI - Electric machines and drives: a first course SN - 9781118074817 AV - TK2000 .M57 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley KW - Electric machinery KW - Electric driving N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Electric Drive Systems; -- Chapter 2. Understanding Mechanical System Requirements for Electric Drives; -- Chapter 3. Review of Basic Electric Circuits; -- Chapter 4. Basic Understanding of Switch-Mode Power Electronic Converters in Electric Drives; -- Chapter 5. Magnetic Circuits; -- Chapter 6. Basic Principles of Electro-Mechanical Energy Conversion; -- Chapter 7. DC-Motor Drives and Electronically Commutated Motor Drives; -- Chapter 8. Designing Feedback Controllers for Motor Drives; -- Chapter 9. Introduction to AC Machines and Space Vectors; -- Chapter 10. Sinusoidal Permanent Magnet AC (Brushless DC) Drives, LCI-Synchronous Motor Drives, and Synchronous Generators; -- Chapter 11. Induction Motors: Balanced, Sinusoidal Steady State Operation; -- Chapter 12. Induction-Motor Drives: Speed Control; -- Chapter 13. Reluctance Drives: Stepper-Motor and Switched-Reluctance Drives; -- Chapter 14. Energy Efficiency of Electric Drives and Inverter-Motor Interactions N2 - "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"--Provided by publisher ER -