Electric motors, transformers, and control systems are used in all modern industries. Knowledge of the characteristics of these will help the electrical engineering technologist keep the wheels of industry turning. This book will give the student a practical introduction to electrical machinery, transformers, and motor control. The experiments have all been used at the Pennsylvania State University, Mckeesport Campus. There, the full series of experiments were done in two semesters. Each experiment requires about two hours of laboratory time. The book is designed to accompany a textbook. As an added feature, the book also has sections on conducting an experiment, laboratory report writing, accuracy, equipment, and motor runaway.

An extensive and easy-to-read guide covering the fundamental concepts of electrical machines, highlighting transformers, motors, generators and magnetic circuits. It provides in-depth discussion on construction, working principles and applications of various electrical machines. The design of transformers, functioning of generators and performance of induction motors are explained through descriptive illustrations, step-by-step solved examples and mathematical derivations. A separate chapter on special purpose machines offers important topics such as servomotors, brushless motors and stepper motors, which is useful from industrial perspective to build a customized machine. Supported by 400 solved examples, 600 figures, and more than 1000 self-assessment exercises, this is an ideal text for one or two-semester undergraduate courses on electrical machines under electrical and electronics engineering.

ELECTRIC MACHINERY EXPERIMENTS: Laboratory Practices and Simulation Studies is designed to supplement the text books on electric machines and power electronics related drives to the required extent. It systematically presents a series of experiments covering the syllabus requirements of both under-graduate and post-graduate engineering courses on electric machines. The book mainly covers the experimental aspect, inclusive of simulation study, concentrating on the application of basic concept and theory and associated techniques in arriving at the performances and important parameters of machines. Carefully formulated solved examples will be of assistance to understand the theory related to experiments.

The presentation provides an overview of NREL's Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Machines (APEEM) group and its research activities. Power electronics thermal management systems for electric-drive vehicles are described and performance metrics are provided. Additionally, advanced cooling technologies developed at NREL are presented. Finally, an overview is provided for electric machine cooling, integrated drives, and thermomechanical research.