Electrical Energy Conversion and Transport: An Interactive Computer-Based Approach (Hardcover)

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A powerful new approach to learning a classical engineering subject: active learning

Electrical Energy Conversion and Transport presents a revolutionary computer-assisted teaching method designed to accelerate students’ mastery of basic concepts of electric energy conversion and transport through interactive involvement with the material.

The active-learning approach enables students to tackle and solve complicated problems previously thought too difficult at the introductory level. Computers provide immediate feedback enabling a seamless integration of theory and application. Freed from the need to deliver extensive lectures, instructors can now outline the steps of each analysis, then move about the classroom offering guidance, answering questions as students develop equations and reach conclusions.

Important features of this new learning system include:

• An interactive approach using computers to develop operational parameters
• Computer-assisted derivation of motor and transmission-line operation
• Use of Mathcad, MATLAB, and PSpice throughout for problem solving
• Thorough discussions of contemporary issues such as electronic control of motors and the environmental impact of power generation

An ideal self-study reference and introductory course textbook, Electrical Energy Conversion and Transport is essential for the training of engineers who will be able to use modern computational techniques to analyze electric systems. It is also an excellent guide for professionals who want to get up to speed with a computer-based analysis of electrical energy conversion and transport.

 

Table of Contents:

PREFACE.

1 ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM.

1.1 Electrical Network.

1.2 Electric Generation Stations.

1.3 Fossil Power Plants.

1.4 Nuclear Power Plants.

1.5 Hydroelectric Power Plants.

1.6 Distribution System.

1.7 Exercises.

1.8 Problems.

2 SINGLE-PHASE CIRCUITS.

2.1 Circuit Analysis Fundamentals.

2.2 Impedance.

2.3 Power.

2.4 AC Circuits.

2.5 Basic Laws.

2.6 Applications of Single-phase Circuit Analysis.

2.7 Summary.

2.8 Exercises.

2.9 Problems.

3 THREE-PHASE CIRCUITS.

3.1 Three-phase Quantities.

3.2 Wye-connected Generators.

3.3 Wye-connected Loads.

3.4 Delta-connected System.

3.5 Summary.

3.6 Three-phase Power Measurement.

3.7 Mathcad Examples.

3.8 Per Unit System.

3.9 MATLAB Examples.

3.10 PSpice Example.

3.11 Exercises.

3.12 Problems.

4 TRANSMISSION LINES AND CABLES.

4.1 Construction.

4.2 Components of the Transmission Lines.

4.3 Cables.

4.4 Transmission Line Electrical Parameters.

4.5 Numerical Examples.

4.6 Exercises.

4.7 Problems.

5 TRANSFORMERS.

5.1 Construction.

5.2 Magnetic Circuits.

5.3 Single-phase Transformers.

5.4 Three-phase Transformers.

5.5 Exercises.

5.6 Problems.

6 SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES.

6.1 Construction.

6.2 Operating Concept.

6.3 Generator Application.

6.4 Induced Voltage and Synchronous Reactance Calculation.

6.5 Mathcad Analysis of a Synchronous Generator.

6.6 MATLAB Analysis of Static Stability.

6.7 MATLAB Analysis of Generator Loading.

6.8 PSpice Simulation of Generator Transients.

6.9 Exercises.

6.10 Problems.

7 INDUCTION MOTORS.

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Construction.

7.3 Three-phase Induction Motor.

7.4 MATLAB Induction Motor Example.

7.5 MATLAB Motor-driven Fan.

7.6 Single-phase Induction Motor.

7.7 Exercises.

7.8 Problems.

8 DC MACHINES.

8.1 Construction.

8.2 Operating Principle.

8.3 Operation Analyses.

8.4 Mathcad Example of Battery Supplying DC Shunt Motor.

8.5 MATLAB Example of Battery Supplying Car Starter.

8.6 MATLAB Example of Series Motor Driving a Pump.

8.7 Mathcad Example of Series Motor with Brush and Copper Losses.

8.8 Exercises.

8.9 Problems.

9 INTRODUCTION TO MOTOR CONTROL AND POWER ELECTRONICS.

9.1 Concept of DC Motor Control.

9.2 Concept of AC Induction Motor Control.

9.3 Semiconductor Switches.

9.4 Rectifiers.

9.5 Inverters.

9.6 PSpice Simulation of Single-phase Bridge Converter.

9.7 DC Shunt Motor Control Example.

9.8 Single-phase Induction Motor Control Example.

9.9 Exercises.

9.10 Problems.

10 ELECTROMECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION.

10.1 Magnetic and Electric Field-generated Forces.

10.2 Calculation of Electromagnetic Forces.

10.2.1 Actuator.

10.3 Exercises.

10.4 Problems.

APPENDIX A: INTRODUCTION TO MATHCAD.

A.1 Worksheet and Toolbars.

A.2 Functions.

A.3 Equation Solvers.

A.4 Vectors and Matrices.

APPENDIX B: INTRODUCTION TO MATLAB.

B.1 Desktop Tools.

B.2 Operators, Variables and Functions.

B.3 Vectors and Matrices.

B.4 Colon Operator.

B.5 Repeated Evaluation of an Equation.

B.6 Plotting.

B.7 Basic Programming.

APPENDIX C: FUNDAMENTAL UNITS AND CONSTANTS.

C.1 Fundamental Units.

C.2 Fundamental Physical Constants.

APPENDIX D: INTRODUCTION TO PSPICE.

D.1 Obtaining and Installing PSpice.

D.2 Using PSpice.

PROBLEM SOLUTIONS.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

INDEX.