What is hunting in synchronous machine?

in the process of hunting when a DC generator(alternator) is subjected to a sudden change in load(in the stator) causes the rotor to hunt for a new equilibrium position(let us take the example of a pendulum when its made to oscillate with a general push it oscillate with a particular amplitude and frequency and after its oscillation, reaches the mean position, but as a certain load say 2gms is applied to the pendulum, oscillation changes and pendulum tries to attain a new amplitude and frequency as the applied load suggests)similarly in the case of alternator as the load changes rotor attains a new equilibrium position say of a particular degree(z)and the degree of rotation changes from(0 to 360 previously to 0+z to 360+z degrees with a new changed position)which refers to hunting in general sense. always remember in an alternator stator consists of armature windings and rotor consists of field windings and the main field flux is produced in the field windings(just opposite the case in an induction motor)... Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_hunting_in_synchronous_machine#ixzz1dZo2w374