本书是21世纪高等学校精品规划教材,是为电气工程专业方向而编写的专业英语教学用书,内容主要涉及电机与电器、电力系统及其自动化、高电压与绝缘技术、电力电子与电力传动、电工理论与新技术。全书共分八章,包括电路理论基础,电子电路,电机,电力系统,电力系统设备与保护,控制系统与电力电子,绝缘、防雷与接地,其他。每章节附有词汇和注释,以配合教学的需要。
本书是高等学校电气工程及其自动化专业本科生专业英语的基本教材,亦可作为其他电类专业的教材,还可作为有关工程技术人员的阅读参考书。

前言
Chapter 1 Circuit Theory Fundamentals
Section 1 Current and Voltage
Section 2 Circuit Elements
Section 3 Ohm's Law
Section 4 Kirchhoff's Laws
Section 5 Basic Analysis Methods
Section 6 Sinusoidal AC Circuit Analysis and Three-Phase Circuits
Chapter 2 Electronic Circuits
Section 1 Introduction ,
Section 2 Semiconductor Cells
Section 3 The Integrated Circuits
Section 4 Digital Logic
Section 5 Memory
Chapter 3 Electric Machinery
Section 1 Principle of Operation of an Induction Machine
Section 2 Performance Characteristics of Induction Motors
Section 3 Synchronous Machines
Section 4 DC Machines
Chapter 4 Electric Power Systems
Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 Components of Power Systems
Section 3 Coal-Fired Power Plants
Section 4 Hydropower Plants
Section 5 Nuclear Power Plants
Section 6 Operation and Control of Power Systems
Section 7 Power System Stability
Chapter 5 Power System Equipments and Protection
Section 1 Transformer
Section 2 Switches
Section 3 Circuit Breakers
Section 4 Relays
Section 5 Fuses
Section 6 Cables
Section 7 Protective Relaying
Section 8 Distance Protection
Section 9 Harmonics in Power System
Section 10 Power Quality
Chapter 6 Control Systems and Power Electronics
Section 1 Introduction to Control Systems
Section 2 Determination of the Overall Transfer Function
Section 3 Control-System Characteristics
Section 4 Frequency Response
Section 5 Introduction to Modern Control Theory
Section 6 Neural Network and Fuzzy Controller
Section 7 Fuzzy Control and AI
Section 8 PWM Inverter Drive
Section 9 HVDC Transmission
Chapter 7 Insulation, Lightning and Grounding
Section ,1 Introduction of Electrical Insulation
Section 2 Transmission Line Insulation
Section 3 Overvoltage Due to Lightning
Section 4 Lightning Strokes and Arrester
Section 5 Lightning Shielding of Transmission Lines
Section 6 Grounding
Chapter 8 Others
Section 1 Intelligent Buildings
Section 2 Internet--the Information Superhighway
Section 3 Lifts
Section 4 Fieldbus
Section 5 Wireless Sensor Networks
Section 6 Premises Distribution Systems
Section 7 System Integration
Section 8 Fire Alarms
Section 9 Call, Telephone and Public Address Systems
Section 10 Optical Fiber Communication Systems Modeling
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本书是21世纪高等学校精品规划教材,是为电气工程及其自动化专业方向而编写的专业英语教学用书。专业英语是在大学基础英语学习完成以后开设的,目的是使学生进一步巩固和提高英语水平,培养学生阅读相关专业资料的能力,使学生了解学科前沿。书中内容比较新颖,文体规范,难度适中。内容主要涉及电机与电器、电力系统及其自动化、高电压与绝缘技术、电力电子与电力传动、电工理论与新技术,力求反映电气工程及其自动化专业的主要方向。