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POWER ELECTRONICS is the name given nowadays to the study of circuits and systems using solid-state devices to control electrical power. Though power devices such as SCRs became common in high-voltage traction motors as long as thirty years ago, it is only in the last ten years that the marriage of microprocessors and power devices has brought about a revolution in the control of electrical power. This is especially noteworthy in electric motor drives. We have seen that speed control of AC motors was not easy from a supply of fixed frequency, and that DC motors were preferred when a large range of speeds was required. Power electronics has removed that restriction by making it possible to operate AC and DC machines over a large range of speeds by varying the frequency or the voltage, or both, of its supply. In essence the methods are
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© 2003 L. A. A. Warnes
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Warnes, L. (2003). Power electronics. In: Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-21633-4_19
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