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Electric Motor Handbook电动机手册英文原版电气工程教材教程 1Chapter1Electric MotorsJ.Kirtley1.1 Electric MotorsElectric motors provide the driving power for a large and still increasingpart of our modern industrial economy. The range of sizes and types ofmotors is large and the number and diversity of applications continuesto expand. The computer on which this book is typed, for example, hasseveral electric motors inside, in the cooling fan and in the disk drives.There is even a little motor that is used to eject the removable disk fromits drive.All around us there are electrical devices that move things around.Just about everything in one?s life that whine, whirrs or clicks does sobecause an electric motor caused the motion.At the small end of the power scale are motors that drive the handsin wristwatches, a job that was formerly done by a mechanical springmechanism. At the large end of the power scale are motors, rated in thehundreds of megawatts (MW), that pump water uphill for energy storage.Somewhat smaller motors, rated in the range of 12 to 15 MW, havetaken over the job of propulsion for cruise ships—a job formerly done bysteam engines or very large, low speed diesel engines.The flexibility of electric motors and generators and the possibility oftransmitting electric power from place to place makes the use of electricmotors in many drive mechanisms attractive. Even in situations in whichthe prime mover is aboard a vehicle, as in diesel-electric locomotives orpassenger ships, electric transmission has displaced most mechanicalor hydraulic transmission. As well, because electric power can beDownloaded from Digital Engineering Library @ McGraw-Hill ()Copyright ? 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.Any use is subject to the Terms of Use as given at the website.Source: Electric Motor Handbook 2Chapter Onedelivered over sliding contacts, stationary power plants can providemotive power for rail vehicles. The final drive is, of course, an electricmotor.The e