Electric Drives is meant for undergraduate and postgraduate students in electrical, electrical & electronics, power electronics and automation industries courses (B.E. /B.Tech. /M.E. /M.Tech. /Ph.D.) engineering. This book presents a unique self-study material on electrical drives, solid state drives, industrial drives power semiconductor drives. 

Broadly it deals with: 

• Electrical Drives

• DC Drives

• Four Quadrant Operations

• Induction Motor Drives

• Stator and Rotor Controls of Induction Motors

• Indirect Vector Control of Induction Motor

• Synchronous Motor Drives

• Industrial Applications of Electric Drives.

A large number of solved and unsolved problems with answers make this book suitable for the students. Practising engineers and those appearing for engineering services examinations will also find this book useful. 

This book will also be beneficial to the students, faculties and researchers for the preparation of project work, studies and other competitive examinations.