Industrial Electronics and Control: Including Programmable Logic Controller (3rd Edition)

Description

The third edition of the book on Industrial Electronics and Control including Programmable Logic Controller is aimed at providing an explicit explanation of the mode of operation of different electronic power devices in circuits and systems that are in wide use today in modern industry for the control and conversion of electric power. The book strives to fulfil this need for a fundamental treatment that allows students to understand all aspects of circuit functions through its neatly-drawn illustrations and wave diagrams. Several colour diagrams are included to explain difficult circuits and waveforms. This approach will help students in assimilating the operation of power electronics circuits with more clarity.

Same as in previous editions, the book commences with a discussion on rectifiers, differential amplifiers, operational amplifiers, multivibrators, timers and goes on to provide in-depth coverage of power devices and power electronics circuits such as silicon controlled rectifiers (SCRs), inverters, dual converters, choppers, cycloconverters and their applications in the control of ac/dc motors, and heating and welding processes. The book also presents an overview of the modern developments in the field of optoelectronics and fibre optics. Finally, the book ends with a discussion on Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).

The book has an added advantage of multiple-choice questions, true/false statements, review questions and numerical problems at the end of each chapter, designed to reinforce the student’s understanding of the concepts and mathematical derivations introduced in the text.

The book is intended as a textbook for polytechnic students pursuing courses in electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, and electronics and instrumentation engineering.

This tailor-made book with its exhaustive explanations of circuit operations and its student-friendly approach should prove to be a boon to the students and teachers alike.

Target Audience

Polytechnic and Undergraduate Engineering Students – pursuing courses in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Table of Contents

1. Foreword
2. Preface
3. Acknowledgements
4. Power Supplies
5. Differential Amplifiers
6. Operational Amplifiers
7. Multivibrators, Switching Transistors, and Timers
8. Thyristors
9. Inverters, Dual Converters, Choppers, and Cycloconverters
10. Motor Control
11. Heating and Welding Control
12. Optoelectronics and Optical Fibre
13. AC Power Conditioner
14. Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
15. Answers to Multiple Choice Questions,
16. True or False Statements, and Problems
17. Index

Author Biography

Biswanath Paul, B.E.E. (Jadavpur University), Fellow of NMIT (Australia), is with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Polytechnic, Jadavpur, West Bengal Technical Education, Kolkata. After serving the industry for a few years, he joined the teaching faculty. He has over three decades of teaching experience in the field of power electronics.