Self Controlled Synchronous Motor Drive

Self Controlled Synchronous Motor Drive: A Self Controlled Synchronous Motor Drive employing a load commutated thyristor inverter is shown in Fig. 7.10. In large power drives wound field synchronous motor…

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Ward Leonard Method of Speed Control

Ward Leonard Method of Speed Control: Known after the name of its inventor Ward Leonard Method of Speed Control (1891), it consists of a separately excited generator feeding the dc…

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Transient Analysis of DC Motor

Transient Analysis of DC Motor: Starting, braking, reversing speed changing and load changing are the Transient Analysis of DC Motor which commonly occur in an industrial drive. One is interested…

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Types of DC Motor

Types of DC Motor: The commonly used Types of DC Motor are shown in Fig. 5.1. In a separately excited motor, the field and armature voltages can be controlled independent…

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Current Limit Control of Drives

Current Limit Control of Drives: Current Limit Control of Drives scheme of Fig. 3.3 is employed to limit the converter and motor current below a safe limit during transient operations.…

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Fiber Optics History

Fiber Optics History: Fiber Optics History - In 1870 John Tyndall, a natural philosopher living in England, demonstrated one of the first guided light systems to the Royal Society. His…

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Sawtooth Waveform in Beam Scanning

Sawtooth Waveform in Beam Scanning: As previously discussed, one complete frame of a TV picture is scanned 30 times per second, in a manner very similar to reading this page.…

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Phased Array Radars

Phased Array Radars: Phased Array Radars - Introduction With some notable exceptions, the vast majority of radars have to cover an area in searching and/or tracking, rather than always being…

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