Electric Drives, now at 4th edition, provides a practical guide in understanding the fundamental principles and recent new knowledge of electric motion (in motoring) and electric energy flow (in generating) digital control via power electronics for energy savings and increased productivity in practically all industries.
Electric Drives, now at 4th edition, provides a practical guide in understanding the fundamental principles and recent new knowledge of electric motion (in motoring) and electric energy flow (in generating) digital control via power electronics for energy savings and increased productivity in practically all industries, from intelligent watches, phones, to robots, electric transport, industrial processes, modern distributed electric power systems with ever more renewable energy penetration.
- Every proposition, number, figure, reference has been revisited to bring necessary changes
- Includes new references to key recent knowledge trends, to reflect the present status of the art.
- Includes new case studies that complement the large number of worked numerical examples and the 10 MATLAB – Simulink use-friendly programs that remain available online.
A restructuring by unification of a few Chapters, the elimination of one Chapter (rectifier d.c. brush motor drives) and the introduction of new paragraphs in most Chapters (many as inspiring case studies) and a brand new Chapters on “Flux-modulation machine drives” (Chapter 8) and on “Predictive Control of a.c. drives” (Chapter 15), reflects this knowledge updating effort.
Though inevitably math – intensive, to be directly usable, the book, mainly intended for senior undergraduate, graduate students and engineers in R&D in industry, is a practical, easy to assimilate, up-to-date synthesis of basic and advanced power electronics (variable speed) electric motor – generator drives needed in all industries where electric energy flow wise – mainly – digital intelligent, control is paramount.
1 Energy Conversion in Electric Drives.
2. Electric Motors and Power
Electronics Converters for Drives: An Introduction
3. D.C. Brush Motors
Drives.
4. Closed -Loop Motion Control in Electric Drives.
5. Induction
Motors for Drives.
6. PWM Inverter-Fed Induction Motor Drives.
7. Synchronous
Motors for Drives.
8. PM and Reluctance Synchronous Motor Drives.
9.
Flux-Modulation Electric Motor/Generator Drives.
10. Practical Issues with
PWM Converter Motor Drives
11. Large-Power Drives
12. Control of Electric
Generators.
13. Scalar V/f and If Control of A.C. Motor Drives: An Overview
14. Multiphase Electric Machine Drives: An Overview
15. Predictive Control in
Electric Drives: An Overview
Prof. Ion Boldea (IEEE Life Fellow) studied at and obtained a PhD in electrical engineering (on linear induction motors design and control) in 1973 at University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania. He has been an active professor since 1968, having completed a Fulbright postdoctoral scholarship in the United States (1973-1974). Over the years, he has spent more than five years as a visiting professor at institutions across the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and South Korea.
He investigated and published extensively on linear and rotary electric machine drives and magnetically levitated vehicles (MAGLEVs), focusing on their design and control for industrial applications, with his work appearing primarily in IEEE papers and books. In recognition of his professional contributions, he received the 2015 Nikola Tesla IEEE Award and the 2021 EPE Outstanding Achievement Award. He is a full member of both the Romanian Technical Sciences Academy and the Romanian Academy, and holds a Doctor Honoris Causa from Aalborg University, Denmark.
Prof. Boldea has given numerous keynote addresses at IEEE-sponsored international conferences and has delivered (as an IEEE-IAS Distinguished Lecturer since 2008) numerous intensive courses and lectures in the United States, Denmark, South Korea, Brazil, and Italy, among other countries. He chaired and co-chaired the biannual IEEE-sponsored international conference, OPTIM-ACEMP, for over 30 years. He has also held tech consulting contracts with international companies for decades and co-founded the company Bee-Speed (www.Bee-Speed.ro) in 1994, which is still continually active today, specializing in industrial digital electric automation in water integrated technologies.
He enjoys a rich family life and studies seminal books in philosophy, literature, economics, math, and physics. He rides his bicycle to work daily, and his hobbies include gardening and tennis.
