viiChapter 12 Heating Systems .....................................................................
Basic Heating Loads—Electrical Welding Loads—Power
Considerations for Electric Welders—Electric Heating
and Air Conditioning Systems
Chapter 13 Lighting Systems ....................................................................
Characteristics of Light—Electrical Lighting Circuits—
Branch Circuit Design—Lighting Fixture Design—
Factors in Determining Light Output
Chapter 14 Mechanical Systems ...............................................................
Basic Motor Principles—DC Motors—Specialized DC Motors—
Single-Phase AC Motors—Three-Phase AC Motors—Specialized
Mechanical Power Systems—Electric Motor Applications
UNIT V ELECTRICAL POWER CONTROL SYSTEMS ..................
Chapter 15 Power Control Devices ..........................................................
Power Control Standards, Symbols, and Definitions—Power
Control Using Switches—Control Equipment for Electric
Motors—other Electromechanical Power Control Equipment—
Electronic Power Control
Chapter 16 Operational Power Control Systems ...................................
Basic Control Systems—Motor—Starting Systems—
Specialized Control Systems—Frequency—Conversion
Systems—Programming the PLC
Chapter 17 Control Devices ......................................................................
Silicon Controlled Rectifiers—SCR Construction—SCR I-V
Characteristics—DC Power Control with SCRs—AC Power
Control with SCRs—Triac Power Control—Triac Construction—
Triac Operation—Triac I-V Characteristics—Triac Applications—
Static Switching—Start-Stop Triac Control—Triac Variable Power
Control—Diac Power Control—Electronic Control Considerations
Appendix A Trigonometric Functions .......................................................
Appendix B The Elements ...........................................................................
Appendix C Metric Conversions ................................................................
Index ................................................................................................................