External Characteristics of Compound Generator

External Characteristics of Compound Generator: External Characteristics of Compound Generator - The causes of voltage drop in the terminal voltage from no-load to full-load in a shunt generator can be…

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Self Excited DC Generator

Self Excited DC Generator: Rather than arranging a separate dc source for excitation purposes, practical generators are always excited from their own armature terminals, this method of excitation being known…

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Magnetization Characteristics of DC Generator

Magnetization Characteristics of DC Generator: The emf and torque equations, and power balance has been considered so far. The consideration of the Magnetization Characteristics in this section will set the…

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Methods of Excitation of DC Generator

Methods of Excitation of DC Generator: The performance characteristics of a dc machine are greatly influenced by the way in which the field winding is excited with direct current. There…

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DC Motor Losses and Efficiency

DC Motor Losses and Efficiency: The Losses and Efficiency of a transformer have been studied in earlier lesson. As in the case of transformers, it is more accurate to determine…

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2 Pole Elementary DC Machine

2 Pole Elementary DC Machine: Figure 5.13 shows a 2 Pole Elementary DC Machine with a single coil rotating armature. It may be seen that the field winding is stationary…

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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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