Electric Motors and Control Techniques (ELECTRONICS)

This book is in many ways a good effort. It is detailed and explores some unusual motor configurations. The first third is about various designs of electric motor and most of the rest is about controllers, with a shortish section at the end about electric vehicles and discussion of hyperflywheels, cold fusion and the like.The main problem for me was that it was dated. There was no mention of IGBTs for example and in the (brief) discussion of Electric Vehicle batteries, no mention of Nickel metal-hydride batteries. Lithium batteries were only mentioned as little more than a research project.The other thing I struggled with was that the text was poor at explaining principles: a few paragraphs of description, then it would slap a circuit diagram in front of you. I would recommend Austin Hughes' book Electric Motors and Drives: Fundamentals, Types and Applications as a better written and far more up to date alternative

A reference book from way back, mine was lent out and never came back, you don't need it often but when you do it needs to be to hand.

This is the book for anybody who works with motors and speed controllers(as i do).It will help you understand how they work by using lots of different circuit diagrams,also it explains the differences between all types of ac&dc motors, induction,synchronous,slip ring,squirrel cage,capacitor run and so on..

every thing and more!

Arrived on time not damaged, not had time to read it yet but flicking through quickly it looks okay, very good service

Allows reasoned thought on choice, which gives confidence in proceeding with project

Get this book if you work with EV's or electric motors of any kind. The technical aspects are going to have to be breached by anyone who wants to work on, work with or use electric motors whatever function. If you want to know your stuff... this book belongs in your library.

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Helpful book.

Highly technical ... not a dummies book.

This book is very detailed and it assumes the reader has a good understanding of engineering... it is not for the beginner. It is sometimes hard to follow in writting as it jumps from subject to subject in no particular order at times.If you are an experienced motor control user I don't think this book would help you as the principles are sometimes too detailed. In stead of the author telling us differnt scenerios in which to apply these techniques I something think the author is trying to wow the reader with their knowledge.

I thought I could find some good nuggets, but it turns out many of these techniques are dated and now very irrelevant. This was written before the growth of microcontrollers.

This book does a convincing job of covering the basic mechanics of the different motor types. The physics are presented with a clarity that sufficed but did not impress me. I approached this book having taken undergraduate level EM physics and some EE courses at a US university.The two topics that particularly interested me, Regenerative braking and Brushless DC motors, were not covered to my satisfaction. I felt that Regenerative braking could have been given more than the few paragraphs it received. I would have enjoyed a table summarizing all of the different motors' characteristics and applications.The book has not been revised recently, and there are many instances in which it shows its age. It seems, and here I paraphrase, that there are frequent examples of "In the future, electronics will be developed that..." or "This technology shows promise, but is not yet mature enough for practical application..." The final chapter is embarrassing to read. It contains spelling errors (eg "taut" for "tout"), cut and pasted sentences, sentences lacking clauses, and giddy speculation about cold fusion. It cites an experiment conducted at the "Stanford engineering department", without any publication details, principal authors, years, etc. I do not understand its inclusion.

Good book. Add to your library

This is the info I need, stated clearly.

Written in clear plain English apparently years ago, but the information is still correct and good.

The author begins with plausible thought experiments that build to explain how common motors work. The remainder of the book is a large compendium of common circuits (both old and modern) used to control various motor types. His analysis of some designs were a bit oddly explained (but my background is RF and microwave design, not power electronics). I get something new and revealing every time I open the pages.

I took an electric motors and controls class and we used this book. It was useless, hard to follow, format was difficult to keep track of what was going on. Someone with a PhD might be able to klean something from it, but I could not. I bought "Electric Motors and Control Systems" by Frank D. Petruzella. I used this book in my class and was able to learn a ton more about motors and control systems. You can read my review on that book. Don't waste your money on this book.

Thank you.

ok - not what I really was looking for.

love it