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Drawing on the author's 30 years of experience at General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and 15 years of teaching, this text covers the entire scope of electrical power and power electronic systems in one volume. Throughout, its focus is on topics that are directly relevant in the daily work of power engineers. The first part looks at how electrical power is generated, distributed, and utilized. The second part delves into power electronics switches, converters, motor drives, quality-of-power issues, and power converter cooling.
List of contents
Power Generation, Distribution, and Utilization: AC Power Fundamentals. Common Aspects of Power Equipments. AC Generator. AC and DC Motors. Transformer. Power Cable. Power Distribution. Fault Current Analysis. System Protection. Economic Use of Power. Electrochemical Battery. Power Electronics and Motor Drives: Power Electronics Devices. DC–DC Converters. AC–DC–AC Converters. Variable-Frequency Drives. Quality of Power. Power Converter Cooling. Appendix. Index.
About the author
Mukund R. Patel, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor of engineering at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, USA. He has more than 45 years of hands-on involvement in research, development, and design of state-of-the-art electrical power equipment and systems. He has held positions including principal engineer at General Electric, fellow engineer at the Westinghouse Research and Development Center, senior staff engineer at Lockheed Martin Corporation, and development manager at Bharat Bijlee (Siemens) Limited. Dr. Patel obtained his Ph.D. degree in electric power engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, and his M.S. in engineering management from the University of Pittsburgh. He also received an M.E. in electrical machine design from Gujarat University and a B.E. from Sardar University, India.
