Electromechanical Systems, Electric Machines, and Applied Mechatronics

This book presents a unique combination of traditional engineering topics and the latest technologies, integrating and stimulating new advances in the analysis and design of advanced, state-of-the-art electromechanical systems. The author's goal is to provide a deep understanding of the underpinnings of integrated technologies and develop a modern picture of electromechanical engineering using bedrock fundamentals. Its topics include AC and DC motors and generators, power electronic devices and power converters, transducers and sensors, microprocessors and PC-DSP hardware. TOC:Introduction.- Electromechanical System Dynamics, Energy Conversion, and Electromechanical Analogies.- Introduction to Feedback Control of Electromechanical Systems.- Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits, Power Electronic Devices, and Power Converters.- Direct-Current Machines.- Induction Machines.- Synchronous Machines.- Sensors.- Mechatronic Systems.