Electric Drives, Third Edition

Abstract

Ten years (the length of the war in Troy!) after the second edition of Electric Drives was published in 2006, we have quite a few reasons to come up with a third (revised) edition, given the steady and strong recent progress in the technology related to energy savings and increased industrial productivity. After carefully weighing what to maintain and what new material to introduce in order to update the contents without confusing the existing reader (the instructor of the previous editions), here is what we decided to offer in the third edition: • Check again every phrase, equation, number in numerical examples, and reference, and reflect the necessary changes all over the book. • Add new, recent references related to existing and new subjects of RandD to refresh readers’ views on new trends in the field. • Add new paragraphs/chapters summarizing around 120 new pages related to subjects of recent representative progress, mainly in the technology of sensorless control of a.c. motor drives