Most of us take the supply of electricity for granted - This booklet gives simple explanation of what is electricity and how it reaches your home. Concepts such as AC and DC current and a few simple electrical components and their functions explained. Mathematical expressions are totally avoided. Drawings and illustrations are provided almost in every page to support the explanations and to make the book readable. This book is recommended foe every one and to be kept at home for easy and casual reading to facilitate understanding of the flow of electricity to your house. Students beginning their graduate courses in Physics and Engineering would also find this book very useful to understand the concepts and to have a strong understanding of Electrical concepts before taking up more advanced subjects on Electricity or Electrical Engineering.
Originally a training course; best nontechnical coverage. Topics include batteries, circuits, conductors, AC and DC, inductance and capacitance, generators, motors, transformers, amplifiers, etc. Many questions with answers. 349 illustrations. 1969 edition.
The material in this book was prepared for electrical training courses. It is a practical manual that enables even the beginner to grasp the various topics quickly and thoroughly. The book is one of a kind in that it teaches the concepts of basic electricity in a way that's clear, to-the-point, and very easy to understand. It forms an excellent foundation for those who wish to proceed from the basics to more advanced topics. Numerous illustrations are included to simplify learning both theories and their applications. Direct-current and alternating-current devices and circuits are explained in detail. Magnetism, as well as motors and generators are described to give the reader a through understanding of them. The book is an excellent resource for the layperson as well as licensed electricians.
REA's Handbook of Basic Electricity The material in this handbook was prepared for electrical training courses. It is a practical manual that enables even the beginner to grasp the various topics quickly and thoroughly. REA's Handbook of Basic Electricity is one of a kind in that it teaches the concepts of basic electricity in a way that's clear, to-the-point, and very easy to understand. It forms an excellent foundation for those who wish to proceed from the basics to more advanced topics. Numerous illustrations are included to simplify learning theories and their applications. Direct-current and alternating-current devices and circuits are explained in detail. Magnetism, as well as motors and generators are described to give the reader a through understanding of them. The Handbook of Basic Electricity is an excellent resource for the layperson as well as licensed electricians.
This book provides an overview of the basics of electrical and electronic engineering that are required at the undergraduate level. Efforts have been taken to keep the complexity level of the subject to bare minimum so that the students of non-electrical/electronics can easily understand the basics. It offers an unparalleled exposure to the entire gamut of topics such as Electricity Fundamentals, Network Theory, Electro-magnetism, Electrical Machines, Transformers, Measuring Instruments, Power Systems, Semiconductor Devices, Digital Electronics and Integrated Circuits.
This book provides an overview of the basics of electrical and electronic engineering that are required at the undergraduate level. Efforts have been taken to keep the complexity level of the subject to bare minimum so that the students of non electrical/electronics can easily understand the basics. It offers an unparalleled exposure to the entire gamut of topics such as Electricity Fundamentals, Network Theory, Electro-magnetism, Electrical Machines, Transformers, Measuring Instruments, Power Systems, Semiconductor Devices, Digital Electronics and Integrated Circuits.
The book is written for an undergraduate course on the Basic Electrical Engineering. It provides comprehensive explanation of theory and practice of electrical engineering. It elaborates various aspects of d.c. and a.c. circuit analysis, magnetic circuits, measuring instruments, single phase transformers and various electrical machines. The book starts with the concepts of electric charge, current and potential difference. It explains Kirchhoff's laws, star-delta transformation, mesh analysis and node analysis. It also covers the application of various network theorems in analyzing d.c. circuits. The book incorporates detailed discussion of steady state analysis of single-phase series and parallel a.c. circuits along with the resonance. The book also explains the three phase balanced circuits, three phase power measurement and power factor improvement. The simple techniques and stepwise methods used to explain the phasor diagrams is the feature of the book. The book teaches the theory of various electrical measuring instruments. The book also covers the concept of earthing and electrical safety, which is most important while dealing with the electrical equipment’s. The book also includes the discussion of magnetic circuits, self and mutual inductances and magnetic hysteresis. The book further explains the details of single-phase transformers and various electrical machines such as d.c. machines, three phase and single-phase induction motors and synchronous machines. The brief introduction of power system is also incorporated in the book. The book uses plain, lucid language to explain each topic. The book provides the logical method of explaining the various complicated topics and stepwise methods to make the understanding easy. All the chapters are arranged in a proper sequence that permits each topic to build upon earlier studies. The variety of solved examples is the feature of this book which helps to inculcate the knowledge of the basic electrical engineering in the students. The book explains the philosophy of the subject which makes the understanding of the concepts very clear and makes the subject more interesting.
