This book covers the complete syllabi prescribed for undergraduate courses in electrical, electronics, mechanical and instrumentation engineering offered by various Indian universities. The objective of this text is to provide thorough knowledge in the emerging field of special electrical machines. It discusses the stepper motor, switched reluctance motor, permanent magnet dc and ac motors, brushless dc motors, single phase special electric motors, servomotors, linear electric machines and permanent magnet axial flux machines. Key Features • Chapter on permanent magnet axial flux machines (not available in other Indian authors' books) • Numerous worked-out examples • Based on classroom tested materials • Simplified mathematical analysis Besides undergraduate students, the book will also be useful to the postgraduate students specialising in drives and control, power electronics, control systems and mechatronics.

This book is a comprehensive guide to specialized motors, providing in-depth information on the operating principles, applications, and controls of various special electrical machines. It covers a range of special machines, including switched reluctance motors, permanent magnet synchronous machines, brushless direct current motor, stepper motors, universal motors, and hysteresis motors. The book also addresses the issue of torque ripple. Much of the literature available today focuses solely on conventional motors and their controls, like induction motors, synchronous motors, PMDC motors, servo machines, and transformers. This book takes a broader view, addressing the growing trend toward specialized motors tailored to specific applications and new innovations in control and modification. It aims to offer comprehensive insights into these special machines by providing detailed information on their operating principles, applications, and controls. This exciting new volume: Provides application-based examples of machines not covered in other books on special machines Provides context for the use of special machines used in electric vehicle technology Gives examples which are helpful for industry practices Audience Undergraduate students, post-graduate students, researchers, and industry professionals who study and use special machines

This book brings together in a single volume the theory, construction, design, control electronics, and in-depth analysis of several non-traditional machines such as stepper motors, switched reluctance motors, permanent magnet DC machines, brushless DC machines, and linear induction machines. These machines are finding ever-increasing applications, typically in position control systems, robotics and mechatronics, electric vehicles, and high speed transportation. A particular feature of this book is that it does not stop at the basic principles of these complex machines but goes on to cover recent developments and current research, making it useful for senior graduate students and research scholars in the field of electrical machines and drives.

Traditionally, electrical machines are classi?ed into d. c. commutator (brushed) machines, induction (asynchronous) machines and synchronous machines. These three types of electrical machines are still regarded in many academic curricula as fundamental types, despite that d. c. brushed machines (except small machines) have been gradually abandoned and PM brushless machines (PMBM) and switched reluctance machines (SRM) have been in mass p- duction and use for at least two decades. Recently, new topologies of high torque density motors, high speed motors, integrated motor drives and special motors have been developed. Progress in electric machines technology is stimulated by new materials, new areas of applications, impact of power electronics, need for energy saving and new technological challenges. The development of electric machines in the next few years will mostly be stimulated by computer hardware, residential and public applications and transportation systems (land, sea and air). At many Universities teaching and research strategy oriented towards el- trical machinery is not up to date and has not been changed in some co- tries almost since the end of the WWII. In spite of many excellent academic research achievements, the academia–industry collaboration and technology transfer are underestimated or, quite often, neglected. Underestimation of the role of industry, unfamiliarity with new trends and restraint from technology transfer results, with time, in lack of external ?nancial support and drastic - cline in the number of students interested in Power Electrical Engineering.

Offers key concepts of electrical machines embedded with solved examples, review questions, illustrations and open book questions.

This book aims to offer a thorough study and reference textbook on electrical machines and drives. The basic idea is to start from the pure electromagnetic principles to derive the equivalent circuits and steady-state equations of the most common electrical machines (in the first parts). Although the book mainly concentrates on rotating field machines, the first two chapters are devoted to transformers and DC commutator machines. The chapter on transformers is included as an introduction to induction and synchronous machines, their electromagnetics and equivalent circuits. Chapters three and four offer an in-depth study of induction and synchronous machines, respectively. Starting from their electromagnetics, steady-state equations and equivalent circuits are derived, from which their basic properties can be deduced. The second part discusses the main power-electronic supplies for electrical drives, for example rectifiers, choppers, cycloconverters and inverters. Much attention is paid to PWM techniques for inverters and the resulting harmonic content in the output waveform. In the third part, electrical drives are discussed, combining the traditional (rotating field and DC commutator) electrical machines treated in the first part and the power electronics of part two. Field orientation of induction and synchronous machines are discussed in detail, as well as direct torque control. In addition, also switched reluctance machines and stepping motors are discussed in the last chapters. Finally, part 4 is devoted to the dynamics of traditional electrical machines. Also for the dynamics of induction and synchronous machine drives, the electromagnetics are used as the starting point to derive the dynamic models. Throughout part 4, much attention is paid to the derivation of analytical models. But, of course, the basic dynamic properties and probable causes of instability of induction and synchronous machine drives are discussed in detail as well, with the derived models for stability in the small as starting point. In addition to the study of the stability in the small, a chapter is devoted to large-scale dynamics as well (e.g. sudden short-circuit of synchronous machines). The textbook is used as the course text for the Bachelor’s and Master’s programme in electrical and mechanical engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Ghent University. Parts 1 and 2 are taught in the basic course ’Fundamentals of Electric Drives’ in the third bachelor. Part 3 is used for the course ’Controlled Electrical Drives’ in the first master, while Part 4 is used in the specialised master on electrical energy.