6.1 Inductors
6.2 Generation of an EMF in a magnetic field
6.3 Lenz’s Law
6.4 Inductance
6.5 Inductors in direct current
6.6 Inductor types
6.7 Applications of inductors
6.8 Inductor faults
6.9 Testing inductors
7 CAPACITORS
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Capacitance
7.3 Capacitors in direct current
7.4 Capacitor types
7.5 Capacitor faults
7.6 Testing capacitors
8 SINGLE-PHASE ALTERNATING CURRENT
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Alternating current generation
8.3 Alternators
8.4 Parameters that affect the generated EMF
8.5 Iron losses in ac generators
8.6 Generating sinusoidal waveforms
8.7 Voltage and current cycles
8.8 Construction of sinusoidal curves
8.9 Sinusoidal wave values
8.10 Phasors
8.11 Harmonics
9 ALTERNATING CURRENT CIRCUITS
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Resistance in ac circuits
9.3 Inductance in ac circuits
9.4 Capacitors in ac circuits
9.5 Series R–L–C circuits on ac current
9.6 Parallel R–L–C circuits on ac current
9.7 Power in ac circuits
9.8 Resonance
10 THREE-PHASE ALTERNATING CURRENT
10.1 Efficiency in generation and distribution
10.2 Power efficiency and number of phases
10.3 Two-phase systems
10.4 Three-phase systems
10.5 Three-phase sine-wave construction
10.6 Three-phase connections
10.7 Power transmission
10.8 Three-phase power
10.9 Methods of three-phase power measurement
10.10 Volt-Ampere Reactive (VAR) measurement
11 CELLS AND BATTERIES
11.1 Cell and battery construction
11.2 Cell and battery parameters
11.3 Safety precautions
11.4 Battery maintenance
11.5 Primary cells and batteries
11.6 Secondary cells and batteries
11.7 Fuel cells
11.8 Solar, standby power supplies and UPS
AUXILIARY CHAPTER: TOOLS AND RESOURCES
T&R.1 Mathematics, numbers and units
T&R.2 SI units (Système Internationale d’Unités)
T&R.2.1 Base units
T&R.3 SI derived units
T&R.4 Transposition
T&R.5 Energy, work and power
T&R.6 Scalar and vector quantities
T&R.7 Trigonometry
VOLUME 2
1 ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE
1.1 Electromagnetic force
1.2 Magnetic circuits
1.3 Solenoids
1.4 Electromagnet applications
1.5 Relays and contactors
2 TRANSFORMERS
2.1 Operating principle
2.2 Transformation ratios
2.3 Transformer losses
2.4 Transformer construction
2.5 Transformer ratings
2.6 Transformer cooling
2.7 Winding polarities
2.8 Parallel connection of transformers
2.9 Special transformers
3 ELECTRIC MACHINES
3.1 Mechanics of electric machines
3.2 Terminals
3.3 Noise abatement
3.4 disassembly—reassembly
3.5 Mechanical effi ciency
4 DC MACHINES
4.1 Construction
4.2 Commutation
4.3 Armature reaction
4.4 DC generators
4.5 DC Motors
4.6 Effi ciency of DC machines
4.7 DC servo-motors
4.8 DC stepper motors
4.9 BLDC motors
4.10 Electronically commutated motors (ECM)
5 3Ø MOTORS
5.1 Construction
5.2 Linear motors
5.3 Rotating fields
5.4 Induction and rotors
5.5 Rotor types
5.6 Abnormal operating conditions for three-phase motors
5.7 Fault diagnosis in 3Ø Motors
5.8 Speed/load/torque
5.9 Abnormal operating conditions ofthree- phase motors
5.10 Diagnosis of faults
6 SINGLE-PHASE MOTORS
6.1 Operating principles
6.2 Induction and its effects
6.3 Operating characteristics
6.4 Single-phase induction motors
6.5 Summary of ac-motors (table)
6.6 Comparison of single-phase and three-phase motors
6.7 Abnormal operating conditions for ac-motors
6.8 Alternating current motor starter circuits
6.9 Motor maintenance
6.10 Summary Comparison of single-phase motors
7 SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES
7.1 Three-phase alternator construction
7.2 Parallel operation of alternators: synchronising
7.3 Standby power supplies
7.4 Three-phase synchronous motors
7.5 Single-phase synchronous motors
8 ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL
8.0 Motor starters
8.1 Three-phase motor reversal
8.2 Three-phase motor braking
8.3 Three-phase motor starters
8.4 Speed control of a.c. induction motors
8.5 Alternating current motor protection
8.6 Starting principles of direct current motors
8.7 Direct current motor reversal
8.8 Direct current motor braking
8.9 Speed control of d.c. motors
8.10 Direct current motor protection
8.11 Basic concepts of static and logic control
9 ELECTRIC MOTOR PROTECTION
9.1 Motor protection
10 POWER CONTROL DEVICES
10.1 Power control methods
10.2 Silicon controlled rectifiers
10.3 Gate turn-off (GTO) thyristor
10.4 Triacs
10.5 Unijunction transistors (UJT)
10.6 Programmable unijunction transistor
10.7 Diacs
10.8 Thyristor phase control
10.9 Trigger circuit isolation
10.10 Alternating current load control with triacs
10.11 Alternating current load control with SCRs
10.12 Zero voltage switching
10.13 Solid state relays (SSRs)
10.14 Fault fi nding in thysristor circuits
11 TEST EQUIPMENT
11.1 Circuit indicators
11.2 Non-contact testing equipment
11.3 Analogue instruments
11.4 Digital instruments
11.5 Voltmeters
11.6 Ammeters
11.7 Resistance meters
11.8 Analogue multimeters
11.9 Digital multimeters
11.10 Power and energy meters
11.11 Oscilloscope
11.12 Use, selection and care of instruments
12 ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS AND CIRCUIT DEVELOPMENT
12.1 Circuit diagrams
12.2 Conventions in line work
12.3 Symbols used in electrical circuit diagrams
12.4 Placement of circuit components
12.5 Drawing schematic circuit diagrams
12.6 Other circuit representations
12.7 Contactors and relays
12.8 Control circuit variations
2010
McGraw-Hill Australia