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Almost any motor can be also used as a generator of electricity, including induction motors that run your washing machine.

This is a practical handbook for engineers and technicians involved in designing and installing small water-power schemes.

Instead of buying an expensive synchronous alternator, you will learn how others have used a common induction motor to generate electricity.

Chapters include

• advantages and disadvantages of induction generators
• induction machine construction and operation
• selection of an induction motor for use as a generator
• excitation capacitor requirements
• operating voltage and frequency
• the effect of load upon generator output
• single-phase output from a three-phase machine
• generator protection
• fixed and variable load systems
• motor starting
• generator commissioning
• and more

This is a small book, so topics are covered quickly. You're expected to know something about motors and power systems. If you a simple step by step guide, then this book is not for you. But if you want something that tells you how to make intelligent choices so you can be creative, this is excellent.

Code No. 007769, 90 pages, ISBN 9781853396458, $34.95

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