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.

Contents:

1. Illumination 2. Electric Heating and Welding 3. Electrolytic Processes 4. Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning 5. Electrical Drives 6. Electric Traction 7. Train Movement and Energy consumption 8. Traction Drives 9. Economics of Power Generation, Electric Power Supply and Utilisation.