Title:
Theory & performance of electrical machines (DC machines and AC machines) : for B.Sc. (Engineering); B.Tech. B.E. A.M.I.E. (India) Section B; U.P.S.C. I.E.S. (Electrical Engineering); GATE (Electrical Engineering) and other equivalent Engineering examinations
Author:
Gupta, J. B., author.
ISBN:
9789350142776
Personal Author:
Edition:
Fifteenth edition.
Physical Description:
961 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Section I: Preliminaries and Principles of Electromechanical Energy Conversion: Magnetic Circuits and Induction -- AC Circuit -- Principles of Electromechanical Energy Conversion -- Basic Concepts of Rotating Electrical Machines -- Section II: DC Machines: Construction of DC Machines -- Armature Reaction and Commutation in DC Machines -- Operating Characteristics and Application of DC Generators -- Parallel Operation of DC Generators -- Operating Characteristics and Applications of DC Motors -- Speed Control, Starting and Braking of DC Motors -- Losses, Testing and Maintenance of DC Machines -- Section III: Transformers: Single-Phase Transformers -- Three-Phase Transformers -- Section IV: Synchronous Machines: Synchronous Generators or Alternators -- Synchronous Motors -- Section V: Three-Phase Induction Motors Fractional Kilowatt Motors and Special Electrical Machines: Construction, Theory and Operation of Three-Phase Induction Motors -- Starting, Speed Control and Braking of Three-Phase Induction Motors -- Fractional Kilowatt Motors -- Special Electrical Machines -- Section VI: Electronic Control of Electric Motors and Objective Questions: Electronic Control of Electric Motors -- Objective Type Questions with Answers -- Appendices -- Index.