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Motor Operation
The subject of this book is turbogenerators. These units seldom operate as a motor. (One…
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No-Load Operation
When the ideal machine is connected to an infinite bus, a three-phase balanced voltage (V1)…
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Basic Operation of The Synchronous Machine
Fig. 1.21 “Developed” view of a four-pole stator, showing the slots, the poles, and a…
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Stator Windings
The magnitude of the voltage induced in the stator winding is, as shown above, a…
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Rotor Windings
In turbogenerators, the winding producing the magnetic field is made of a number of coils,…
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Principles of Construction
Synchronous machines come in all sizes and shapes, from the miniature permanent magnet synchronous motor…
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The Synchronous Machine
At this point the rudiments of electromagnetism have been presented, together with the four basic…
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Electromechanical Energy Conversion
The fourth and final physical law that captures, together with the previous three, all the…
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Lenz’s Law of Action and Reaction
Both Faraday’s law and Ampere-Biot-Savart’s law neatly come together in Lenz’s law written in 1835…
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Ampere-Biot-Savart’s Law of Electromagnetic Induced Forces
This basic law is attributed to the French physicists Andre Marie Ampere (1775– 1836), Jean…