The book is designed to cover the study of electro-mechanical energy converters in all relevant aspects, and also to acquaint oneself of a single treatment for all types of machines for modelling and analysis.

The book starts with the general concepts of energy conversion and basic circuit elements, followed by a review of the mathematical tools. The discussion goes on to introduce the concepts of energy storage in magnetic field, electrical circuits used in rotary electro-mechanical devices and three-phase systems with their transformation. The book, further, makes the reader familiar with the modern aspects of analysis of machines like transient and dynamic operation of machines, asymmetrical and unbalanced operation of poly-phase induction machines, and finally gives a brief exposure to space phasor concepts.

This book is meant for the senior level undergraduate and postgraduate students of electrical engineering.

KEY FEATURES

• Contains number of solved examples and self-explanatory figures

• Provides alternative explanations of operating features of machines in order to bring a parity between classical methods, explaining the operations and unified theory, explaining the working machines

• Incorporates practical exercises—both objective and numerical types

About the Author

Mrittunjay Bhattacharyya, PhD (University of Bristol, UK), is Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at St. Thomas College of Engineering and Technology, Kolkata. During his long tenure in academics, Professor Bhattacharyya served as the Government of India Academic Expert at the University of Basrah, Iraq. He also served as the Head of Department of Electrical Engineering for a number of years and Director of the now Indian Institute of Technology, BHU.

Dr. Bhattacharyya was assigned the position of Vice Chancellor at Assam University, Silchar. He was also the first Vice Chancellor of the erstwhile West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, and the founder Vice Chancellor of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (deemed University) at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. Keeping in view his long association with the world of higher technical education, Professor Bhattacharyya was engaged as the Chief Academic Advisor at B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata.

Dr. Bhattacharyya’s research interests include electro-mechanical energy converters with special reference to poly-phase electrical windings, control of electrical drive systems and energy systems. He published one research monograph and forty-eight research papers in various national and international journals including proceedings of national and international conferences.