Commutation in DC Machine

Commutation in DC Machine or Generator or Motor: One coil each under an adjoining pole-pair is connected between adjacent commutator segments in a lap-wound dc armature, while in a wave-wound…

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Armature Reaction in DC Machine

Armature Reaction in DC Machine: When the armature of a dc machine carries current, the distributed armature winding produces its own mmf (distributed) known as armature reaction in DC Machine.…

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Circuit Model of DC Machine

Circuit Model of DC Machine: The parallel paths of DC machine armature are symmetrical and each has an induced emf Ea and a resistance Rp. The armature can be represented…

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Electric Motor Characteristics

Electric Motor Characteristics: The machine and the load are the two components of an electro-mechanical energy-conversion system, and the Electric Motor Characteristics, generally, play a predominant part in the operating…

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Torque in Round Rotor Synchronous Machine

Torque in Round Rotor Synchronous Machine: Torque in Round Rotor Synchronous Machine - When the stator and rotor windings of a machine both carry currents, they produce their own magnetic…

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Armature Winding in DC Machine

Armature Winding in DC Machine: With reference to the single-coil elementary Armature Winding in DC Machine of Figs 5.13 and 5.14(a) which shows the B-wave of the machine relative to…

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Synchronous Machine Working Principle

Synchronous Machine Working Principle: Figure 5.2 shows the simplified version of an ac Synchronous Machine Working Principle with a 2-pole field winding on the rotor and a single coil aa'…

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