ELEC 482/582 textbook errata (Power Electronics and motor control)

1. Page 123. Fig.4.3(b). The lower speed point may be stable, but is not acceptable. This
will cause the motor to crawl causing heating due to overcurrent.

2. Page 182, solved example 5.4. The 40.6 W loss shown as switching loss is incorrect. The
difference is due to the approximate value of the motor rms current.

3. Page 193, equation (6.3)
L
c
=
L
m
n
( +cos o)

4. Page 220, equation(6.70) =
P
c
V3L
m
I
L
due to an extra 3 in the previous step.

5. Page 233, problem 6.4. Assume
b
=100V with o =

6. Do NOT follow the way example 11.2 has been solved in the text. Operation at 1/5
th
the
rated speed does not mean that the motor will operate at 1/5
th
the rated frequency.

7. Page 494, equation (12.13),
AN
+
BN
+
CN
=

8. Page 514, solved example 12.5, page 522, problem12.13: X
1
+X
2
=1.65. X
1
=X
2
=1.65
will lead to a different answer. Also in example 12.5, the subscript 2 in R
2
is missing.

9. Page 527, answer to problem 6.4, 16305 W (not 1629 W).