Electrics & Electronics

The book presents a truly great survey of power electronics conducted by the authors, Ned Mohan, Tore Undeland, and William Robbins, and will be very useful for everyone with some basic electrical engineering background. It offers readers the in-depth coverage of the topics and provides a nice presentation of the fundamentals of power electronics for design and application of the equipment starting from the 500 kW.

The main body of the book describes the power electronic converters that have been made feasible by the latest generation of semiconductor-based devices. The terminology, hardware, as well as electric circuits and analysis have been presented in a very approachable way. After reading this book, you will have a very clear sense of the converters, the devices available today, and the appropriate technological advances.

Though the team of authors managed to cover a lot of material relating to the power electronics, they did not go too much into detail so the book is easy and interesting to read. The breakdown of the topics and explanation of the material is excellent. we would name this book the best power electronics publication in terms of fundamentals. It will give readers as much as they need to gain some knowledge on the design and application of the converters...

Nowadays, the process of generating the electric power and energy, its delivery to the consumer and utilization are considered very exciting and challenging field of electrical engineering. Most of the technological developments of today depend upon a reliable, efficient and, of course, safe supply of electric energy.

One of the declared objectives of this title was to provide all interested readers with a fresh, i.e. contemporary overview of the above mentioned matters and to prepare a good guide that could be used not only for educational, but also for practical purposes. The chapters of this publication have been written bearing electric power engineering professionals in mind; however, the info included in the book will be interesting and useful to the professionals from any other engineering disciplines. This volume has been divided by the author into four parts covering analysis and simulation of the power systems, their reliability/planning, power system transients and, finally, power electronics.

The huge amount of useful technical information contained in this book and, particularly, the way the author has presented it make this book really valuable for professionals of today as well as for the students of electrical engineering and anyone who may have some grey areas of their knowledge of power systems.

The book "Power Electronics" by Branko L. Dokic and Branko Blanusa contains ten chapters - and deals with the most significant items of power electronics. It has been very well organized with lot of examples, figures, and tables.

The first chapter is "Introduction." In this chapter basic elements, as well as some circuits and components used in power electronics are briefly presented. Chapter 2 covers basic semiconductor components, "Diodes and Transistors," and particularly covers their use as switches in power electronics circuits. Chapter 3 is focused on "Regenerative Switches." The description is wide and detailed and this chapter may be of interest not only for students, but also for professionals who use these components in practice.

Chapter 4 is "PWM DC/DC Converters." The converters are classified. All basic topologies of these converters are analyzed in detail in both continuous current mode (CCM) and discontinuous current mode (DCM). "Control Modules" are presented in Chap. 5. This chapter contains a number of control circuits used in power electronics. This chapter may be of interest not only for professionals in the field of power electronics, but also in related fields such as automotive control, pulse electronics, etc. Chapter 6 covers "DC/AC Converters-Inverters". This chapter is comprehensive, covering all important converter topologies and control techniques, e.g. selective harmonic elimination, uni- and bipolar PWM technique, and space vector modulation.

The next chapter is AC/DC converters, i.e., rectifiers. This chapter contains all basic topologies from uncontrolled half bridge and full bridge rectifiers to controlled thyristor and transistor ones. Also, some commonly used control techniques arc presented. PWM rectifiers and their applications are also discussed...

Here is a truly excellent and world popular textbook explaining the basics of the electricity and electronics. The readers of this publication will get to know the most important how and whys quite behind the basic course of electronics and electricity, and communications without actual formal training.

This book presents an excellent combination of a good home reference, self teaching guide and classroom text - it has been significantly updated to deliver all very latest technological and scientific advances. It will also be very useful for both amateur and commercial licensing exams. The author of the textbook, Stan Gibilisco, is an electronics legend and one of the most popular contemporary authors. The publication is widely supplemented with more than six hundred illustrations, test questions and practical examples.

This book shall definitely be treated as the expert how-to reference on solving the most popular problems related to the electrics and electronics, such as basic power calculations, simple voltage-resistance-current characteristics determinates, designing electrical circuits and electrical systems, acoustical- and audio systems. Note that this latest release of the book reflects the very latest technological advances in such areas as computer electronics, transmitters, amplifiers, and even the internet...  

The present title will tell readers everything they need to know about the ships electric installations. It contains the easily readable information on the basic design and principles of power generation, energy distribution to all consumers on board as well as ship automation, various nautical equipment and remote control systems, communication systems etc.

The publication is aimed to people who already have some basic knowledge of the electrical installations on board vessels or the electrical installations ashore. It is also intended to provide some simplified principles of electricity as well as the specific requirements for vessels. Take some time reading this book and you will have a necessary knowledge of the principles of electricity including the special application onboard ships. This publication was prepared aiming to help all readers who are involved with making decisions affecting the design, installation, subsequent testing, operation, maintenance and repair of the electrical systems installed on board vessels.

The book starts with the chapter describing the very basics of electricity, followed by the chapters on basic design criteria, one line diagram and electrical load balance. Next chapters are dedicated to the mains voltage selection, alternate current sources, type approved electric equipment, emergency power sources, short-circuit calculation, switchboards, cables, alarm/monitoring systems, communication, lighting, safety systems, nautical equipment, dynamic positioning systems, automatics etc.

This 2nd edition of this world popular reference book non electrical engineering provides readers with some basic theoretical knowledge and understanding of the theory and key operating principles of the various electrical equipment and systems. Each chapter of the present publication has been prepared by the industry professionals and many sections of the book are being concluded with a brief summary of the standards.

The present release has been thoroughly updated in accordance with the latest EMC advances, taking into account all recent developments in the field of power quality and operation and structure of the various power system - this all makes the book a truly invaluable guide for any electrical power engineer of today. We would recommend to treat this book as the unique, comprehensive yet concise reference source with valuable contributions and comments from the world recognized professionals in the field, providing straightforward, easily understandable and practical explanations, supplemented with the key info required by the engineers when performing their day-to-day tasks.

The authors have used the very clear descriptions and logical presentation of the technical data when explaining the basics of the electrical power and its applications.

The present tutorial report has been prepared with the intention to provide a good overview of the application, solutions and the required introduction to the main components of the electrical installations of marine vessels. It will be useful when treated as a reference source for people needed the updates on the recent solutions in this fast developing field.

Every marine ship has some electrical installations used, for example, for powering of the various systems like communication, alarm, monitoring and others, for running of shipboard motors, fans and pumps, and up to the high-power electrical installations used for actual propulsion. The opening part of the publication explains scopes and objectives of this report and provides some introduction. Then the second part describes the various applications and it is followed by the part in which the overview of various electric power systems is provided.

There are two parts on the propulsion/power control and electric propulsion drives. The rest of the chapters address system design, harmonic distortion, and example configurations for different types of vessels, including support ships, tankers, LNG carriers, offshore floating installations etc.

The present booklet is aimed to provide an explanatory guidance for checking electrical systems on board marine vessels. Of course, the first step to do will be to clarify any possible confusing points with some professional electrician prior to the commencement of working on any of the electrical systems.

The checklist covers nearly all items - electrical connections, batteries and their chargers, common ground point, alternators, starters, stray current, fuses, switches/breakers, charging diodes, diagrams and equipment labeling, cables/wires, bilge pumping system, corrosion protection, 120 Volt alternate current system, various electrical meters, anchor winch. In addition, pre-cruise mini check list is provided.

This short and compact yet very useful and practical publication will provide all necessary technical guidance to the people dealing with the operation and periodical maintenance of the shipboard electrical equipment/systems as it will help them ensure that all related equipment, installations and systems are duly maintained and continues to be good working order. It will also be useful to the people conducting various inspections and surveys of the subject equipment to check if same is compliant with the requirements of the regulations and good marine practice.