This book is about the condition monitoring (CM) of rotating electrical machines. To develop this understanding, we need to acknowledge: fundamental electrical machines principles, principles of variable speed drives applied to electrical machines, principles of reliability applied to machines and drives so that we can understand how CM can best be applied.

Chapter Contents:

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Need for monitoring
• 1.3 What and when to monitor
• 1.4 Technological timelines
• 1.5 Structure of text and bibliographies

Inspec keywords: variable speed drives; reliability; electric machines; condition monitoring

Other keywords: rotating electrical machines; fundamental electrical machines; variable speed drives; reliability; condition monitoring

Subjects: a.c. machines; Reliability; Drives; d.c. machines