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Electric Drives By Ion Boldea and S.A. Nasar, 2nd edition, CRC Press, 2006, hardcover, 518 pages, ISBN 0-8493-4220-1.
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he new enlarged second edition of this excellent textbook presents the latest concepts and basic electrical drive technology including vector and direct torque control of ac motors and generators. Several new paragraphs, recent references, as well as a complete new chapter devoted to control of electric generators has been added. So, the book now has 15 chapters altogether, covering the following topics: 1) energy conversion in electric drives (new: 1.9. Performance indexes) 2) electric motors for drives (new: 2.6. Energy conversion in electric motors/generators) 3) power electronic converters for drives 4) dc brush motor drives (new: 4.12. The a.c. brush series motor) 5) controlled rectifier dc brush motor drives [new: 5.10. A.c. brush series (universal) motor control] 6) chopper-controlled dc brush motor drives 7) closed-loop motion control in electrical drives 8) induction motors for drives (new: 8.20 The split-phase induction motor) 9) PWM inverter-fed induction motor drives
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10) synchronous motor for drives (new: 10.8 Cogging torque and tooth-wound PMSMs, 10.9. The single-phase PMSM, Steady state performance of single-phase PMSM) 11) PM and reluctance synchronous motor drives [new: 11.7.5. DTFCSVM sensorless control of RSM- a generic implementation, 11.8 High frequency (speed) PMSM drives, 11.9 Single-phase PMSM control] 12) switched reluctance motor (SRM) drives (new: 12.13. Single-phase SRM control) 13) practical issues with PWM converter motor drives 14) large power drives 15) control of electric generators (new chapter). The description of technical material is simple with the right amount of mathematics for undergraduate students. Each chapter is supplemented with adequate, well-selected examples, summary, problems, and selected references at the end. The important advantage of the book is an attached CD that includes text browsing, slides (in PowerPoint) and MatlabSimulink programs with eight selected dc and ac closed-loop drives. I strongly recommend this wellbalanced textbook as a basic text to a wide audience of engineering educators, students, and engineers in industry. I believe that this up-todate second edition of the textbook will certainly be at least as successful as the first one. —Marian P. Kazmierkowski Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Integration Technologies for Industrial Automated Systems By Richard Zurawski, Editor, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis (Industrial Information Technology Series), July 2006, hardcover, 560 pages, ISBN 0849392624.
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he latest addition to the Industrial Information Technology book series (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis) is the new book Integration Technologies for Industrial Automated Systems, edited by Richard Zurawski. The book covers a very wide range of topics describing technologies and solutions involved in the integration of industrial automated systems and enterprises. The emphasis is on advanced material to cover recent significant research results and technology evolution and developments. The book extensively covers etechnologies, software, and IT technologies; network-based integration technologies; agent-based technologies; and security topics. The book contains 23 chapters, written by leading experts from industry and academia directly involved in the creation and evolution of the ideas and technologies treated in the book. Most contributions are from industr y and industrial research establishments at the forefront of the developments shaping the field of industrial automation. The book is organized into six sections: 1) Introduction, which gives an overview of selected integration
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61499), and other IT-based soluissues, technologies, and solutions for enterprise integration. tions, and offers a framework for 4) Network-Based Integration Techthe material presented in subsenologies in Industrial Automated quent chapters. Systems, which are presented in 2) E-technologies in Integration of five subsections: Field Devices— Industrial Automated Systems, with Technologies and Standards, Fieldan overview of the e-manufacturing bus Technology, Real Time strategies, fundamenEthernet, Wireless Techtal elements, and nology, and SEMI. The requirements to meet Fieldbus technology is the changing needs of THE BOOK IS overviewed in four chapthe manufacturing PRIMARILY AIMED ters, which give an introindustry in transition AT EXPERIENCED duction to the fieldbus to an e-business PROFESSIONALS evolution, focus on some of environment. It covFROM INDUSTRY the most widely used fielders e-manufacturing, AND ACADEMIA. bus technologies, namely e-maintenance, e-facPROFIBUS DP, and the CIP tory, and e-business. family of fieldbus protocols, and 3) Software and IT Technologies in overview configuration and manIntegration of Industrial Automatagement of fieldbus systems. Means ed Systems—this section contains and solutions to attain real-time eight contributions discussing the communication capabilities for Ethuse of XML and Web ser vices, ernet are subsequently discussed, component-based (OPC–OLE for together with an overview of a speprocess control) and Java techcific implementation embedded in nologies (to include real-time the PROF Inet. wireless solutions specification for Java, real-time evaluated for factory-floor deploycore extensions, and real-time data ment include IEEE 802.15.1/ Blueaccess), MMS (manufacturing mestooth, IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee, and sage specification) for the factoryIEEE 802.11 variants. This section floor integration, standards for the also includes an introduction to design of automated systems (IEC
SEMI, a material seldom found in general publications. 5) Agent-Based Technologies in Industrial Automation, with an extensive introduction to the topic and applications. 6) Security in Industrial Automation, giving an overview of the issues and potential solutions, as well as case studies arising from actual implementations. The presented material is in the form of tutorials, surveys, and technology overviews. The contributions are grouped into sections for cohesive and comprehensive presentation of the treated areas. The reports on recent technology developments, deployments, and trends frequently cover material released to the profession for the first time. The book is primarily aimed at experienced professionals from industry and academia but will be also useful to novices with some university background in areas such as electrical and computer engineering, manufacturing, software engineering, and mechatronic engineering. —Marian P. Kazmierkowski Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award The Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award is offered to a member with outstanding contributions to the field of industrial electronics. For more details including eligibility, prize and nomination procedures, please refer to the award specifications. The deadline for the nomination is 1 May 2007.
field of industrial electronics. For more details including eligibility, prize and nomination procedures, please refer to the award specifications. The deadline for the nomination is 1 May 2007.
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The IEEE Industrial Electronics Society is seeking nominations for the following awards: Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award, Early Career Award, and Anthony J. Hornfeck Service Award. All nomination and reference forms for these awards should be submitted to the Awards and Honor Committee, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, at
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Anthony J. Hornfeck Service Award The Anthony J. Hornfeck Service Award is offered to a member with outstanding, meritorious services to the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. For more details including eligibility, prize and nomination procedures, please refer to the award specifications. The deadline for the nomination is 1 May 2007.
