Brushless DC Motor

Brushless DC Motor: The term Brushless DC Motor is applied to many configurations of ac synchronous motors in which semiconductor control is used to control stator currents such that maximum…

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Slip Test on Synchronous Machine

Slip Test on Synchronous Machine: Direct and quadrature axis reactances of a salient-pole synchronous machine can be estimated by means of a test known as the Slip Test on Synchronous…

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Armature Reaction in Synchronous Motor

Armature Reaction in Synchronous Motor: The Simple circuit model of the synchronous machine was obtained in Sec. 8.3 by making the assumption that the magnetic circuit of the machine is…

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Determination of the Synchronous Reactance

Determination of the Synchronous Reactance | Open Circuit and Short Circuit test of Synchronous Machine: Determination of the Synchronous Reactance - With the assumption of a linear magnetic circuit, the…

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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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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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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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