Applied Control of Electrical Drives: Real-Time Embedded and Sensorless Control Using Altair Embed and PLECS is a hands-on, practical guide that puts the fundamental and advanced concepts behind electric drives into practice. This revised edition is designed to help engineers and students implement modern electrical drive concepts without requiring in-depth programming skills. It provides step-by-step instructions for building and running a series of AC drive concepts, ranging from basic to sophisticated sensorless drives, while avoiding complex mathematics whenever possible. This new edition includes updated hardware examples from Texas Instruments and expands embedded control coverage to include Altair Embed®, PLECS simulation software, and the RT Box, giving readers more options. This book is the only resource that bridges the gap between simulation and experimental environments. Engineers who need to implement an electrical drive or transition from sensored to sensorless drives, as well as students who need to understand the practical aspects of working with electrical drives, will significantly benefit from this unique reference.
- Covers all aspects of AC electrical drives with minimal math;
- Demonstrates how to implement and debug electrical drive systems;
- No knowledge of C code or associated development tools is required.
About the Author :
Prof. Dr. Ir. Duco Pulle is University Guest Professor at The Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA) at RWTH Aachen University. He has published over 30 technical papers and is the named inventor on three patents and the co-author of Advanced Electrical Drives: Analysis, Modeling, Control (Springer, 2020), Fundamentals of Electrical Drives (Springer, 2016), and Applied Control of Electrical Drives (Springer,2015).
Prof. Dr. Ir. Rik W. De Doncker is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany, where he leads the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives. He is the past and founding Director of the E.ON Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, where he leads the Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems and the Flexible Electrical Networks (FEN) Research Campus. He has published over 700 technical papers and holds 30 patents, with several pending. He is a past president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and was the founding Chairman of the German IEEE IAS-PELS Joint Chapter. Dr. De Doncker is a recipient of the IAS Outstanding Achievements Award, the IEEE Power Engineering Custom Power Award, and the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering. He is a co-author of the books Advanced Electrical Drives: Analysis, Modeling, Control (Springer, 2020), Semiconductor Power Devices: Physics, Characteristics, Reliability (Springer, 2018), and Fundamentals of Electrical Drives (Springer, 2016). He is a member of the German Academy of Science and Technology (ACATECH)
Dr. Ir. André Veltman is the Director of Piak Electronic Design B.V. in the Netherlands. He has published over 30 technical papers, is the named inventor on more than 15 patents, and is a co-author of the books Advanced Electrical Drives: Analysis, Modeling, Control (Springer, 2020), Fundamentals of Electrical Drives (Springer, 2016), and Applied Control of Electrical Drives (Springer, 2015).
