Electric Motors and Drives, 5th Edition

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by f indicate figures and t indicate tables.

A

A.C. drive  See Induction motor; Reluctance motor; Stepping motor; Switched reluctance motor; Synchronous motor; Synchronous reluctance motor

A.C. motor  See Induction motor; Reluctance motor; Synchronous motor; Synchronous reluctance motor

Acoustic noise 83, 248

Active front end 76–77, 76f

Air cooling 85

Air-gap 10–11, 10f, 202–203, 318–319

Air-gap flux density 11–13, 12f, 171f, 181f, 183f, 208, 319–320

Angular acceleration 420

Angular frequency 212–213

Armature  See D.C. motor

Asynchronous motor  See Induction motor

Autotransformer starter  See Induction motor

B

Back e.m.f. 27

Base speed 72

Bearing currents 250–251

Bifilar winding 384–385

BIl  See Torque

Bipolar junction transistor ...