I. FUNDAMENTALS. 1. Units. 2. Fundamentals of Electricity and Magnetism. 3. Fundamentals of Mechanics and Heat. II. ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND TRANSFORMERS. 4. Direct Current Generators. 5. Direct Current Motors. 6. Efficiency and Heating of Electrical. 7. Active, Reactive and Apparent Power. 8. Three-Phase Circuits. 9. The Ideal Transformer. 10. Practical Transformers. 11. Special Transformers. 12. Three-Phase Transformers. 13. Three-Phase Induction Motors. 14. Selection and Application of Three-Phase Induction Motors. 15. Equivalent Circuit of a Three-Phase Induction Motor. 16. Three-Phase Synchronous Generators. 17. Synchronous Motors. 18. Single-Phase Motors. 19. Stepper Motors. III. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC DRIVES. 20. Basic of Industrial Motor Control. 21. Fundamentals Elements of Power Electronics. 22. Electronic Control of Direct Current Motors. 23. Electronic Control of Alternating Current Motors. IV. ELECTRIC UTILITY POWER SYSTEMS. 24. Generation of Electrical Energy. 25. The Transmission of Electrical Energy. 26. Distribution of Electrical Energy. 27. The Cost of Electricity. 28. Direct Current Transmission. References. Appendix. Answers to Problems. Index.

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