Power Electronics and Variable Frequency Drives
Subtitle: Technology and Applications
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
Published: September 21, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 660
ISBN-13: 9780780310841
Subjects: Power generation & distribution; Power networks, systems, stations & plants; Power utilization & applications; Science/Mathematics; Electronics - General; Electric Power Systems; Electronic Apparatus And Devices; Technology & Industrial Arts; Technology; Power semiconductors; Power electronics; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Engineering - Mechanical; Technology / Electronics / General; Technology / Power Resources; Technology-Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Technology-Engineering - Mechanical; Electric driving, Variable spe; Alternating current; Electric driving, Variable speed; Electric machinery
First sentence: Improvements in the performance of variable frequency drives have been directly related to the availability of power semiconductor devices with better electrical characteristics [1, 2].