本书为普通高等教育“十一五”规划教材。本书是针对高等院校电气工程及其自动化专业科技英语阅读课程的需要而编写的,内容涵盖电机与电器、电工理论与新技术、电力电子与电力传动、电力系统及其自动化、高电压与绝缘技术五个电气工程二级学科相关专业基础知识方面的内容;同时考虑到本学科新技术的发展,选用了有关的专业文献与资料。全书分5部分,共计29个单元,每单元包含课文、专业英语词汇、注释和综合练习等内容。为了提高使用者的科技英语阅读理解能力、翻译能力和写作能力,在附录部分还增加了专业英语阅读、翻译和写作知识,可根据教学需要选用。
本书主要作为高等学校电气工程及其自动化专业教材,也可作为科技人员工程技术人员学习专业英语的参考用书。

前言
Part Ⅰ Electrical Machines and Electrical Apparatus
Unit 1 Power Transformer
Text A Construction and Principles of Power Transformer
Text B Advantages of Balanced Three-phase Versus Single-phase Systems
Unit 2 Direct Current (DC) Machines
Text A Direct Current Machines
Text B Elementary Knowledge of Rotating Machines
Unit 3 Alternating Current (AC) Machines
Text A Synchronous Machines
Text B Induction Machines
Unit 4 Variable Reluctance Machines and Stepping Motors
Text A Variable Reluctance Machines
Text B Stepping Motors
Unit 5 Electrical Apparatus in Control System
Text A Relays
Text B Contactors
Unit 6 Low Voltage Circuit Breaker
Test A Circuit Breaker and its Main Components
Text B Trip Units of Circuit Breaker
Unit 7 Arcs
Text A What is Arc?
Text B Arc Control Techniques
Unit 8 Electrical Apparatus Reliability
Text A Electrical Apparatus Reliability Test
Text B Influencing Factor Analysis of Circuit-Breaker Reliability
Part Ⅱ Theory and New Technology of Electrical Engineering
Unit 1 Magnetism and Electromagnetism
Text A Electromagnetism
Text B Permeability and Saturation
Unit 2 Electric Network Analysis
Text A Branch Current Method
Text B Network Theorems
Unit 3 Computation of Electromagnetic Fields
Text A Finite Element Method Used in Electromagnetic
Text B Time Domain versus Frequency Domain
Unit 4 Electromagnetic Interference and Electromagnetic Compatibility
Text A Electromagnetic Interference and Electromagnetic Compatibility
Text B Designing for Board Level Electromagnetic Compatibility
Unit 5 Smart Materials and Applications
Text A What are Smart Materials?
Text B Applications of Magnetostrictive Material
Part Ⅲ Power Electronics and Power Drives
Unit 1 Trends in Power Electronics
Text A Power Semiconductor Devices
Text B Scope and Application
Unit 2 Power Semiconductor Devices
Text A Power Semiconductor Devices
Text B Power Integrated Circuit and Choice for Device
Unit 3 Phase-Controlled Rectifiers
Text A Phase-Controlled Rectifiers
Text B EMI and Line Power Quality Problems
Unit 4 DC-DC Converters and its Application
Text A Control of DC-DC Converters
Text B DC-DC converter application
Unit 5 Inversion: Conversion of DC to DC
Text A Control of DC to AC Converter
Text B Control of AC Motor Drives
Unit 6 Design Considerations of Practical Converter
Text A Drive Circuits
Text B Snubber Circuits
Part 1V Power System and its Automation
Unit 1 Fundamentals of Power Systems
Text A Power of Single-phase Circuits
Text B Advantages of balanced Three-phase Versus Single-phase Systems
Unit 2 Power System Stability
Text A Power Flow Analysis
Text B Transient Stability
Unit 3 Electrical Power System
Text A Components of Power System
Text B Electrical Energy of Power System
Unit 4 Transmission of Electrical Energy
Text A Principal Components of a Power Distribution System
Text B Direct-Current Transmission
Unit 5 Faults and Protection on Power System
Text A Power System Faults
Text B Power System Protection
Unit 6 Power System Control
Text A Introduction of Power System Control
Text B Controlling the Power Balance between Generator and Load
Part V High Voltage and Insulation Technology
Unit 1 Basic of High Voltage and Insulation Technology
Text A Introduction of Electrical Insulation
Text B Estimation of Electric Stress
Unit 2 Insulating Materials
Text A Dielectric Materials
Text B Applications of Insulating Materials
Unit 3 Insulation Testing of Electrical Apparatus
Text A Measuremenf of High Voltages
Text B Non-Destructive Testing of Materials and Electrical Apparatus
Unit 4 Testing, Planning and Layout of High Voltage Laboratories
Text A High Voltage Testing of Electrical Apparatus
Text B Planning and Layout of High Voltage Laboratories
附录A 科技英语阅读知识
附录B 科技英语翻译技巧
附录C 英语写作方法
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