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This book on Utilisation of Electrical Power Including Electrical Drives and Electric Traction has been written for students preparing for B.E./B.Tech. and competitive examinations. It consists of nine chapters in all, covering the various topics systematically and exhaustively. Chapters on Electrical drives and Electric traction form the significant portion of the book.Salient Features:The presentation of the subject matter is very systematic and the language of text is lucid, direct and easy to understand.Each chapter of the book is saturated with much needed text supported by neat and self-explanatory diagrams to make the subject self-speaking to a great extent.A large number of solved examples, properly graded, have been added in various chapters to enable the students to attempt different types of questions in the examination without any difficulty.At the end of each chapter Highlights, Objective Type Questions, Theoretical Questions and Unsolved Examples have been added to make the book a complete unit in all respects.
Table Of Contents :
1. Illumination2. Electric Heating and Welding3. Electrolytic Processes4. Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning5. Electrical Drives6. Electric Traction7. Train Movement and Energy consumption8. Traction Drives9. Economics of Power Generation, Electric Power Supply and UtilisationIndex
About Author :
Er. R.K. Rajput, born on 15th September, 1944 (coincident with Engineer`s Day) is a multi-disciplinary engineer. He obtained his Master`s degree in Mechanical Engineering (with Hons.-Gold Medal) from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala. He is also a Graduate Engineer in Electrical Engineering. Apart from this he holds memberships of various professional bodies like Member Institution of Engineers (MIE); Member Indian Society of Technical Education (MISTE) and Member Solar Energy Society of India (MSESI). He is also a Chartered Engineer (India). He has served for several years as Principal of `Punjab College of Information Technology`, Patiala and `Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala`.He has more than 35 years of experience in teaching different subjects of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering disciplines. He has published/presented a large number of technical papers. He is the author of several books on the important subjects of Mechanical as well as Electrical Engineering disciplines.He has earned, by dint of hard work and devotion to duty, the following awards/honours:*Best Teacher (Academic) Award *Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Gold Medal for an outstanding research paper (Institution of Engin ISBN
9788131808290
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