This book presents papers covering a wide spectrum of theory and practice, deeply rooted in engineering problems at a high practical and theoretical level. The contents explore theory, control systems and applications, the heart of the matter in electrical drives.

"Recent Developments of Electrical Drives is composed of the papers which cover a wide spectrum of theory and practice, thus they are deeply rooted in engineering problems, being simultaneously of high theoretical level. This way the contents touches the heart of the matter in electrical drives (theory, control systems and applications).

THEORY AND ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN ELECTRICAL DRIVES.- CORE LOSS IN TURBINE GENERATORS: ANALYSIS OF NO-LOAD CORE LOSS BY 3D MAGNETIC FIELD CALCULATION.- OPTIMIZED CALCULATION OF LOSSES IN LARGE HYDRO-GENERATORS USING STATISTICAL METHODS.- COUPLED MODEL FOR THE INTERIOR TYPE PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS.- DYNAMIC MODELING OF A LINEAR VERNIER HYBRID PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINE COUPLED TO A WAVE ENERGY EMULATOR TEST RIG.- FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF TWO PM MOTORS WITH BURIED MAGNETS.- DESIGN TECHNIQUE FOR REDUCING THE COGGING TORQUE IN LARGE SURFACE-MOUNTED MAGNET MOTORS.- OVERLAPPING MESH MODEL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ELECTROSTATIC MICROACTUATORS WITH ECCENTRIC ROTOR.- COUPLED FEM AND SYSTEM SIMULATOR IN THE SIMULATION OF ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINE DRIVE WITH DIRECT TORQUE CONTROL.- AN INTUITIVE APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF TORQUE RIPPLE IN INVERTER DRIVEN INDUCTION MOTORS.- VIBRO-ACOUSTIC OPTIMIZATION OF A PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE USING THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN METHOD.- ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES AND MECHANICAL OSCILLATIONS OF THE STATOR END WINDING OF TURBO GENERATORS.- OPTIMIZATION OF A LINEAR BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR DRIVE.- CONTROL, MEASUREMENTS, AND MONITORING.- A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF HIGH-FREQUENCY POSITION ESTIMATORS FOR INTERIOR PERMANENT-MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS.- SENSORLESS CONTROL OF SYNCHRONOUS RELUCTANCE MOTOR USING MODIFIED FLUX LINKAGE OBSERVER WITH AN ESTIMATION ERROR CORRECT FUNCTION.- A NOVEL SENSORLESS ROTOR-FLUX-ORIENTED CONTROL SCHEME WITH THERMAL AND DEEP-BAR PARAMETER ESTIMATION.- WIDE-SPEED OPERATION OF DIRECT TORQUE-CONTROLLED INTERIOR PERMANENT-MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS.- OPTIMAL SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR CONTROL STRATEGY FOR WIDE VOLTAGE RANGE OPERATION.- EFFECT OF STRESS-DEPENDENT MAGNETOSTRICTION ON VIBRATIONS OF ANINDUCTION MOTOR.- COMPARISON OF STATOR- AND ROTOR-FORCE EXCITATION FOR THE ACOUSTIC SIMULATION OF AN INDUCTION MACHINE WITH SQUIRREL-CAGE ROTOR.- A CONTRIBUTION TO DETERMINE NATURAL FREQUENCIES OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES. INFLUENCE OF STATOR FOOT FIXATION.- DIAGNOSIS OF INDUCTION MACHINES: DEFINITION OF HEALTH MACHINE ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNATURE.- IMPACT OF MAGNETIC SATURATION ON THE INPUT-OUTPUT LINEARIZING TRACKING CONTROL OF AN INDUCTION MOTOR.- DIRECT POWER AND TORQUE CONTROL SCHEME FOR SPACE VECTOR MODULATED AC/DC/AC CONVERTER-FED INDUCTION MOTOR.- EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF FIELD-CIRCUIT FINITE ELEMENTS MODELS OF INDUCTION MOTORS FEED FROM INVERTER.- ELECTRICAL DRIVES APPLICATIONS.- DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF STEEL-CORED PERMANENT MAGNET LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR FOR LARGE THRUST FORCE AND HIGH SPEED.- HIGH POLE NUMBER, PM SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR WITH CONCENTRATED COIL ARMATURE WINDINGS.- AXIAL FLUX SURFACE MOUNTED PM MACHINE WITH FIELD WEAKENING CAPABILITY.- COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE IRON-POWDER TOPOLOGIES OF ELECTRICALLY MAGNETIZED SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES.- RECENT ADVANCES IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIE-CAST COPPER ROTOR MOTOR.- PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A DOUBLY FED TWIN STATOR CAGE INDUCTION GENERATOR.- STATIC AND DYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS OF A PERMANENT MAGNET INDUCTION GENERATOR: TEST RESULTS OF A NEW WIND GENERATOR CONCEPT.- MAXIMUM WIND POWER CONTROL USING TORQUE CHARACTERISTIC IN A WIND DIESEL SYSTEM WITH BATTERY STORAGE.- STUDY OF CURRENT AND ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE WAVEFORMS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF LARGE PM SYNCHRONOUS WIND GENERATOR.- EQUIVALENT THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF INSULATING MATERIALS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE BARS IN SLOTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES.- LOSS CALCULATIONS FOR SOFT MAGNETIC COMPOSITES.- ELECTROACTIVE MATERIALS: TOWARD NOVEL ACTUATION CONCEPTS.- ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR HIGH SPEED MOTOR DRIVES.- IMPROVED MODELING OF THREE-PHASE TRANSFORMER ANALYSIS BASED ON NONLINEAR B-H CURVE AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ZERO-SEQUENCE FLUX.