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Drive Types and Specifications

Yahya Shakweh    AEC, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

In every industry, there are industrial processes of some form, which require adjustments for either normal operation or optimum performance. Such adjustments are usually accomplished with a variable speed drive system. They are an important part of automation. They help to optimize the process, reduce investment costs, energy consumption, and energy cost.

Keywords

Variable speed drive; Electric motor; Transformer; Converters; Inverters; Rectifier

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