Power Electronics and Motor Control

This clear and concise advanced textbook is a comprehensive introduction to power electronics.

W. Shepherd (Author), L. N. Hulley (Author), D. T. W. Liang (Author)

9780521478137, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 January 1996

564 pages, 232 b/w illus.
24.6 x 18.9 x 2.9 cm, 1 kg

This clear and concise advanced textbook is a comprehensive introduction to power electronics. It considers the topics of analogue electronics, electric motor control and adjustable speed electrical drives, both a.c. and d.c. In recent years, great changes have taken place in the types of semiconductor devices used as power switches in engineering applications. In this second edition of a popular text, a further completely new chapter has been added, dealing with the application of PWM techniques in induction motor speed control. The chapters dealing with electronic switching devices and with adjustable speed drives have been entirely rewritten, to ensure the text is completely up-to-date. With numerous worked examples, exercises, and the many diagrams, advanced undergraduates and postgraduates will find this a readable and immensely useful introduction to the subject of power electronics.

Preface to second edition
Preface to first edition
List of principal symbols
1. Power switching theory
2. Switching devices and control electrode requirements
3. System realisation
4. Adjustable speed drives
5. DC motor control using a DC chopper
6. Controlled bridge rectifiers with DC motor load
7. Three-phase naturally-commutated bridge circuit as rectifier or inverter
8. Single-phase voltage controllers
9. Three-phase induction motor with constant frequency supply
10. Induction motor slip energy recovery
11. Induction motor speed control by the use of Adjustable-Voltage, Adjustable-Frequency, Step-Wave Inverters
12. Induction motor speed control by the use of adjustable frequency PWM inverters
Appendix: General expressions for Fourier series
Answers to problems
References and Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Electrical engineering [THR]