Rotating Electrical Machines

Preface

Rotating electrical machines provide the basis of the electromechanical energy conversion and constitute the core of a wide scientific and technological field called “electrical engineering”. This discipline has seen a very important evolution with the extensive development of related fields: power electronics, analogical and digital control techniques, etc. This revolution has led to the generalization of electrical actuators in every industrial area as well as in everyday life. It has also modified the way the machines are used while, at the same time, simplifying their adaptation to new energy sources. Therefore, this evolution has to be taken into account in the teaching of electrical machinery.

The present text is the result of our long teaching and research experience in various universities' engineering schools, both in France and Algeria. It is intended mainly for Master's level students enrolled in electrical engineering programs. Its aims consists of providing readers with the essential knowledge of electrical machines, their structures, the ways they can be modeled and their implementation. This basic understanding should allow them to tackle with relative ease the study of transient phenomenon, speed variation and control of drives, and any other special applications.

This methodological approach was first proposed by Professor E. J. Gudefin in Nancy (France) in the 1960s. It is based on matrix representation of the machine equations using instantaneous values ...