Energy-Efficient Electric Motors

Selection and Application

Second Edition

John C. Andreas

Marcel dekker, inc.

 

About the first edition...

 

“...serve(s) as a useful reference for all those concerned in the selection and application of electric motors.”

                                                                                                          -Electrical review

 

About the second edition...

 

Revised and updated throughout, the Second Edition of Energy-Efficient Electric Motors provides guidelines for picking and using electric motors on an energy conservation and life-cycle cost basis-emphasizing both single-and three-phase motors in the 1 to 200-hg range that offer maximum opportunities for energy savings.

 

Maintaining the features that made the fist edition so popular, this concise resource explains current improvements in electric motor capabilities and recently adopted NEMA energy-efficient motor standards... contains a new section about the power factor with nonlinear loads... covers, for the first time, the performance of polyphase induction motors supplied bye adjustable frequency power supplies for several types of loads... presents up-to-date information on numerous kinds of power semiconductors used in variable-frequency power supply systems... provides expanded coverage that compares various types of adjustable speed drives when applied to constant torque and variable torque loads... and much more.

 

About the author...

 

JOHN C. ANDREAS is an Electric Motor Consultant in Scottsdale, Arizona, and was Vice President of Engineering an Product Development, Gould Inc. (now MagneTek), St Louis, Missouri, until his recent retirement. The author of several technical articles, he is a Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society and IEEE Industry Applications Society, among others. Mr. Andreas received the B.S. degree (1940) in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona, Tucson. Mr. Andreas is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Wisconsin.