What is Synchronous Motor

What is Synchronous Motor | Construction | Advantages: A synchronous Motor is one of the important types of electric machines; in fact all generating machines at power stations are of…

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Braking of DC Motors

Braking of DC Motors: Controlled slowing or stopping of a motor and its driven load is as important as starting in many applications (e.g. cranes, traction on a slope to…

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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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