The course Electrical Power Drives uses the following book:

• Electrical Machines, Drives and Power Systems, T. Wildi, Prentice Hall, 2005 (sixth edition)  ISBN:0131776916.

This comprehensive and coherent coverage of electrical machines, drives, and power systems serves as an on-the-job reference guide for electrical engineers. It explores revolutionary converter technology affecting every sector of industrial and commercial activity—modifying electric elevators, locomotives, and transit vehicles; servomechanisms; heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems; fans; compressors; and innumerable industrial production lines. Chapter topics include generators, motors, efficiency and heating of electrical machines, three-phase circuits, transformers, transmission and distribution, and the cost of electricity. For electrical engineers sseking up-to-date information on the latest innovations in their field. in summary, this book employs a theoretical, practical, multidisciplinary approach to give a broad understanding of electric power technology. Clearly, it is no longer the staid subject it was considered to be some years ago. There is good reason to belive that this dynamic, expanding field will open career opportunities for many people.

Preface:

1. Units
2. Fundamentals of electricity, Magnetisn and Circuits
3. Fundamentals of Mechanics and Heat
4. Direct-current Generators
5. Direct-current Motors
6. Efficiency and Heating of Electrical Machines
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 the Induction motor
16. Synchronous Generators
17. Synchronous Motors
18. Single-Phase Motors
19. Stepper Motors
20. Basics of Industrial Motor Control
21. Fundamental Elements of Power Electronics
22. Electronic Control of Direct-Current motors
23. Electronic control of Alternating Current Motors
24. Generation of electrical Energy
25. Transmission of Electrical Energy
26. Distribution of Electrical Energy
27. The Cost of Electricity.
28. Direct-Current Transmission
29. Transmission and Distribution Solid state Contrillers
30. Harmonics
31. Programmable Logic Controllers