電機機械

●Chapter 1 on Magnetic Circuits includes sections on Magnetic Properties of Materials and B−H Relation and Relationship Between Flux, EMF, and Force.
●Chapter 2 on Transformers includes sections on Switching and Inrush Current, Effect of Variation of Supply Frequency and Voltage on Iron Losses, Tests on Transformers, Three-Phase to Two-Phase Transformation Using Two Transformers, Three-Phase to Six-Phase Conversion, Vector Grouping of Transformers, Three-Winding Transformers, Parallel Operation of Single- and Three-Phase Transformers, Tap Changing of Transformers, Heating and Cooling of Transformers, and Applications of Transformers.
●Chapter 4 (new) provides streamlined coverage of Machine Windings, MMF Distribution, and Magnetic Fields. g
●Chapter 5 on DC Machines includes sections on Condition for Maximum Efficiency, Parallel Operation of DC Generators, Experimental Determination of Efficiency of DC Shunt Machines Using Swinburne’s Test, Hopkinson’s Test, and Retardation Test, Two-/Three-/Four-Terminal Starters, and Braking of DC Motors.
●Chapter 6 on Induction (Asynchronous) Machines includes sections on Separation of Losses in the Induction Motor and Circle Diagram for the Induction Machine.
●Chapter 7 on Synchronous Machines includes sections on Determination of the Voltage Regulation Using Synchronous Impedance Method, MMF Method, and Potier Method, and Parallel Operation and Load Sharing of Synchronous Generators.

●The book is suitable for both electrical engineering and non-electrical engineering students (e.g., Mechanical Engineering students).
●Coverage of both electric machines and power electronics is integrated in one volume.

Dr. P. C. Sen is Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Queen’s University, Canada. Dr. Sen received his Ph.D. degree at the University of Toronto in 1967. He has worked for industries in India and Canada and was a consultant to electrical industries in Canada. He has authored over 215 technical papers in the general area of electric motor drives and power electronics. He is the author of two internationally acclaimed textbooks: Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics and Thyristor DC Drives (Wiley, 1981). He has taught electric machines, power electronics, and electric drive systems for over 45 years. His fields of interest include power electronics, electric drive systems, switching power supplies, wind energy systems, digital control, fuzzy logic control, and modern control techniques for power electronics and motor drive systems.