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Control of Electrical Drives

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Part of the book series: Power Systems (POWSYS)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
  2. Introduction

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 1-5
  3. Some Elementary Principles of Mechanics

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 7-15
  4. Dynamics of a Mechanical Drive

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 17-28
  5. Thermal Effects in Electrical Machines

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 43-50
  6. Separately Excited DC Machine

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 51-68
  7. DC Motor with Series Field Winding

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 69-76
  8. Control of a Separately Excited DC Machine

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 77-96
  9. Control of Converter-supplied DC Drives

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 139-162
  10. Symmetrical Three—Phase AC Machines

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 163-214
  11. Power Supplies for Adjustable Speed AC Drives

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 215-240
  12. Control of Induction Motor Drives

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 241-301
  13. Induction Motor Drive with Reduced Speed Range

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 303-328
  14. Variable Frequency Synchronous Motor Drives

    • Werner Leonhard
    Pages 329-362
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 403-460

About this book

Electrical drives play an important role as electromechanical energy convert­ ers in transportation, material handling and most production processes. The ease of controlling electrical drives is an important aspect for meeting the in­ creasing demands by the user with respect to flexibility and precision, caused by technological progress in industry as well as the need for energy conser­ vation. At the same time, the control of electrical drives has provided strong incentives to control engineering in general, leading to the development of new control structures and their introduction to other areas of control. This is due to the stringent operating conditions and widely varying specifications - a drive may alternately require control of torque, acceleration, speed or position - and the fact that most electric drives have - in contrast to chem­ ical or thermal processes - well defined structures and consistent dynamic characteristics. During the last years the field of controlled electrical drives has undergone rapid expansion due mainly to the advances of semiconductors in the form of power electronics as well as analogue and digital signal electronics, eventu­ ally culminating in microelectronics and microprocessors. The introduction of electronically switched solid-state power converters has renewed the search for adjustable speed AC motor drives, not subject to the limitations of the mechanical commutator of DC drives which dominated the field for a century.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Regelungstechnik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Deutschland

    Werner Leonhard

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Control of Electrical Drives

  • Authors: Werner Leonhard

  • Series Title: Power Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56649-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41820-7Published: 10 August 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62609-8Published: 04 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-56649-3Published: 12 June 2019

  • Series ISSN: 1612-1287

  • Series E-ISSN: 1860-4676

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 460

  • Topics: Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics

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