Electrical Principles, 4th Revised edition
- Length: 684 pages
- Edition: 4
- Language: English
- Publisher: Cengage Learning Australia
- Publication Date: 2019
- ISBN-10: 0170423670
- ISBN-13: 9780170423670
- Sales Rank: #0 (See Top 100 Books)
Electrical Principles includes more than 800 diagrams and hundreds of examples, as well as practice questions and self-check questions to make the basic principles easier for you to understand. Full-colour illustrations are combined with the text to help explain important topics. It covers information about the current UEE11 Electrotechnology Training Package and the new AS/NZS 3000:2018 Wiring Rules. Supports learning in: – UEE30811 Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician – UEE22011 Certificate II in Electrotechnology (Career Start)
Prelims Title page Imprint page Brief contents Contents Preface Acknowledgements About the author Guide to the text Guide to the online resources Chapter 01: The electric circuit 1.1 The electrotechnology industry 1.2 Workplace safety laws 1.3 Sustainable energy principles 1.4 Voltage 1.5 Current 1.6 Resistance 1.7 Basic electric circuit 1.8 Circuit diagrams 1.9 Open-circuit and closed-circuit 1.10 Measuring voltage 1.11 Measuring current 1.12 Meter connections Chapter 02: Voltage sources and effects of an electric current 2.1 Producing a voltage 2.2 Effects of an electric current 2.3 Protection against effects of an electric current Chapter 03: Ohm’s law 3.1 Resistance and conductance 3.2 Ohm’s law 3.3 Metric prefixes 3.4 Scientific and engineering notation 3.5 Using engineering notation Chapter 04: Electrical power 4.1 Energy and work 4.2 Power 4.3 Electrical power 4.4 Transposing the power equation 4.5 Power and Ohm’s law 4.6 Power change with I, V or R changes Chapter 05: Resistance and resistors 5.1 Factors that determine resistance 5.2 Resistors 5.3 Resistor colour code 5.4 Measuring resistance Chapter 06: The series circuit 6.1 The series circuit 6.2 Current in the series circuit 6.3 Resistance in the series circuit 6.4 Voltage in the series circuit 6.5 Summary of the series circuit 6.6 Power in the series circuit 6.7 Faults in the series circuit Chapter 07: The parallel circuit 7.1 The parallel circuit 7.2 Voltage in the parallel circuit 7.3 Current in the parallel circuit 7.4 Resistance in the parallel circuit 7.5 Summary of equations 7.6 Power in the parallel circuit 7.7 Faults in the parallel circuit 7.8 Comparison to the series circuit Chapter 08: The series–parallel circuit 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Resistance in the series–parallel circuit 8.3 Ohm’s law in the series–parallel circuit 8.4 Power in the series–parallel circuit Chapter 09: Basic meters 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Analog meter movement 9.3 Digital meter module 9.4 The ammeter 9.5 The voltmeter 9.6 Voltmeter loading 9.7 The ohmmeter 9.8 Multimeters Chapter 10: Capacitance 10.1 Electrostatics 10.2 Charge and capacitance 10.3 Factors that determine capacitance 10.4 Types of capacitors 10.5 Capacitors in parallel 10.6 Capacitors in series 10.7 Safety precautions 10.8 The RC circuit 10.9 The RC time constant 10.10 Time constants 10.11 Universal time constant curve Chapter 11: Magnetism and electromagnets 11.1 Magnetism 11.2 Magnetic effect of an electric current 11.3 The electromagnet 11.4 Magnetic circuit 11.5 Magnetisation curves Chapter 12: Electromagnetic induction 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Electromagnetic induction 12.3 Lenz’s law 12.4 Inductance 12.5 Mutual inductance 12.6 The RL circuit Chapter 13: DC generators 13.1 Introduction 13.2 DC generator operating principles 13.3 DC machine construction 13.4 Separately excited DC generator 13.5 Self-excited generators 13.6 Calculations Chapter 14: DC motors 14.1 Introduction 14.2 DC motor operating principles 14.3 Types of DC motors 14.4 Losses and efficiency 14.5 DC motor control and protection 14.6 Other types of DC motors Chapter 15: AC fundamentals 15.1 Introduction to AC 15.2 Waveforms 15.3 The sinewave 15.4 Sinewave values 15.5 Phase relationships 15.6 Tip-to-tail phasor diagrams Chapter 16: Pure R, L or C in an AC circuit 16.1 Power in AC resistive circuits 16.2 Capacitance in an AC circuit 16.3 Capacitive reactance 16.4 Power in a purely capacitive AC circuit 16.5 Inductance 16.7 Power in a purely inductive AC circuit Chapter 17: Series combinations of R, L and C 17.1 Series RL AC circuits 17.2 Series RC AC circuits 17.3 Series RLC AC circuits 17.4 Series resonance Chapter 18: Parallel AC circuits 18.1 Introduction 18.2 Parallel resistors and AC 18.3 L and R in parallel 18.4 R and C in parallel 18.5 R, L and C in parallel 18.6 Parallel resonance Chapter 19: Single-phase power 19.1 Introduction 19.2 Power in reactive–resistive circuits 19.3 Power in any AC circuit 19.4 Power factor 19.5 Power factor correction Chapter 20: Three-phase power 20.1 Introduction 20.2 Three-phase power generation 20.3 Star connection 20.4 Delta connection 20.5 Three-phase loads 20.6 Three-phase power 20.7 Measuring three-phase power 20.8 Harmonics 20.9 Faults in three-phase power systems Chapter 21: transformers 21.1 Introduction 21.2 The ideal transformer 21.3 The practical transformer 21.4 Transformer operation 21.5 Voltage regulation 21.6 Transformer performance 21.7 Transformer connections 21.8 Transformers in parallel 21.9 High voltage safety 21.10 Auto-transformers 21.11 Instrument transformers 21.12 Insulation resistance test Chapter 22: Three-phase motors 22.1 Three-phase induction motor 22.2 Wound rotor induction motor 22.3 Induction motor load characteristics 22.4 Motor protection Chapter 23: Single-phase motors 23.1 Single-phase induction motors 23.2 Capacitor motors 23.3 Shaded-pole induction motors 23.4 Universal motors Chapter 24: Synchronous Machines 24.1 Alternators 24.2 Synchronous motors 24.3 Other types of synchronous motors Chapter 25: Test equipment and batteries 25.1 The oscilloscope 25.2 Electrical test equipment 25.3 Batteries Appendix Solutions Index
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