Reluctance Electric Machines: Design and Control [Book News]

This book is an overview of various types of reluctance electrical machines and elements of their modeling, design, and control. It describes reluctance electrical machines by classification. The following types of machines are covered: reluctance synchronous machines; brushless dc multiphase reluctance machines; claw pole–synchronous motors; switched reluctance machines; Vernier permanent-magnet machine drives; flux- switched (stator permanent magnet) reluctance electric machines; flux-reversal reluctance electric machines; transverse flux-reluctance electric machines; dual stator winding (doubly fed brushless) reluctance electric machines; magnetically geared reluctance electric-machine drives; and dc plus ac doubly salient electric machines. The authors describe the construction of these machines and include mathematical models. They also compare electrical machines, underscoring their advantages and disadvantages. The book lists, in addition to the operational features, the costs of machine elements and how those elements affect machine construction. Also, modern control strategies, including motion sensorless operation, are thoroughly discussed. The inclusion of many examples and simulations makes this otherwise difficult material easy to understand. The book is very useful for students of electrical, mechanical, and mechatronics as well as for practicing engineers interested in the design and optimization of electrical machines and drive systems.