Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Author; List of Symbols; 1. Components of Power Electronic Drive; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Motor Load System; 1.3. Load-Gear System; 1.4. Closed-Loop Control; 1.5. Advantages of Electric Drives; 1.6. Four-Quadrant Operation of Drives; 1.7. Drive Characteristics; 1.8. Steady-State Stability of Electric Drives; 2. Analysis of Power Electronic Circuits; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Diode; 2.3. Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR); 2.4. Triac; 2.5. Power MOSFET; 2.6. Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor

2.7. Analysis of Switched Circuits3. ac/dc Converters; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Single-Phase Semi-Converter; 3.3. Single-Phase Full Converter; 3.4. Comparison of a Single-Phase Semi-Converter and a Full Converter; 3.5. Three-Phase Semi-Converter; 3.6. Three-Phase Full-Converter; 4. Direct Current Motor Modeling and Control Aspects; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Voltage Equation; 4.3. Torque Equation; 4.4. State-Space Model; 4.5. Transfer Function Model; 4.6. Closed-Loop Control Design; 4.7. The dc Series Motor; 4.8. Determination of ra and La; 4.9. Determination of Kb

4.10. Determination of the Moment of Inertia of a Drive System5. ac/dc Converter-Fed dc Motor Drives; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Single-Phase Converter Circuits; 5.3. Analysis and Operation of a Single-Phase Bridge-Type Semi-Converter-Fed dc Motor Drive; 5.4. Analysis of a Single-Phase, Bridge-Type Full Converter-Fed dc Motor Drive; 5.5. Performance of a Converter-Fed dc Motor Drive System; 5.6. Investigations on Line Current Harmonics in Single-Phase Full Converter-Fed Drives; 5.7. Power Factor Improvement of Bridge-Type, Single-Phase Converters; 5.8. Three-Phase Semi-Converter

5.9. Three-Phase Full-Converter5.10. Four-Quadrant Operation of Single-Phase Full Converter-Fed dc Motor Drive; 5.11. Dual Converter; 6. dc/dc Converters; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Principle of Operation; 6.3. Steady-State Analysis of First-Quadrant Chopper-Fed dc-Motor Drive; 6.4. Commutation Process in SCR-Based dc/dc Converters; 6.5. Design of Commutation Elements; 6.6. dc/dc Converters as Switching Mode Regulators; 7. dc Motor Speed Control Employing dc/dc Converters; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Classification of dc/dc Converters; 7.3. Nonreceptive Lines; 7.4. 4-Quadrant Chopper

7.5. Dynamic Braking7.6. Dual Input dc/dc Converter; 8. ac/ac Converters; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. ac Voltage Regulators; 8.3. Cycloconverters; 8.4. On-Off Control; 9. Induction Motor Fundamentals; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. Derivation of a Two-Axis Model of an Induction Motor; 9.3. Derivation on an Arbitrary Reference Frame; 9.4. Stator Reference Frame Model; 9.5. Derivation of a Per-Phase Equivalent Circuit of a Three-Phase Induction Motor; 9.6. Expression for Electromagnetic Torque; 9.7. Derivation of Harmonic Equivalent Circuit; 10. Stator Voltage Control of Induction Motors

Fills the gap for a concise preliminary textbook on power electronic drives, with simple illustrations and applications Presents the integration of power electronics and machines in a simple manner Discusses the principles of electric motors and power electronics in an introductory manner Discusses DC and AC drives, with an emphasis on PM drives Includes questions and homework problems with hints and case studies

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