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Which motor has high Starting Torque and Staring current DC motor, Induction
motor or Synchronous motor?
DC Series motor has high starting torque. We can not start the Induction motor and Synchronous motors
on load, but can not start the DC series motor without load.
Which type of A.C motor is used in the fan (ceiling fan, exhaust fan, padestal fan, bracket fan etc)
which are find in the houses ?
Its Single Phase induction motor which mostly squirrel cage rotor and are capacitor start capacitor run.
1. By using flux control method:in this method a rheostat is connected across the field winding to control
the field current.so by changing the current the flux produced by the field winding can be changed, and
since speed is inversely proportional to flux speed can be controlled
2.armature control method:in this method a rheostat is connected across armature winding by varying the
resistance the value of resistive drop(IaRa) can be varied, and since speed is directly proportional to EbIaRa the speed can be controlled.
Series motor cannot be started without load because of high starting torque. Series motor are used in
Trains, Crane etc.
What are Motor Generator Sets and explain the different ways the motor generator set can be
used ?
Motor Generator Sets are a combination of an electrical generator and an engine mounted together to
form a single piece of equipment. Motor generator set is also referred to as a genset, or more commonly,
a generator The motor generator set can used in the following different ways:
1.Alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC)
2.DC to AC
3.DC at one voltage to DC at another voltage
4.AC at one frequency to AC at another harmonically-related frequency
Which type of motor is used in trains, what is the rating of supply used explain Working principal?
Dc series is in the trains to get high starting torque while starting of the trains and operating voltage is
1500v dc.
Advantage or Merits:
One of the major advantage of using synchronous motor is the ability to control the power factor.
An over excited synchronous motor can have leading power factor and can be operated in
parallel to induction motors and other lagging power factor loads thereby improving the system
power factor.
In synchronous motor the speed remains constant irrespective of the loads. This characteristics helps in
industrial drives where constant speed is required irrespective of the load it is driving. It also useful when
the motor is required to drive another alternator to supply at a different frequency as in frequency
changes.
Synchronous motors can be constructed with wider air gaps than induction motors which makes these
motors mechanically more stable.
In synchronous motors electro-magnetic power varies linearly with the voltage.
Synchronous motors usually operate with higher efficiencies ( more than 90%) especially in low speed
and unity power factor applications compared to induction motors
Disadvantages or Demerits:
Synchronous motors requires dc excitation which must be supplied from external sources.
Synchronous motors are inherently not self starting motors and needs some arrangement for its starting
and synchronizing.
The cost per kW output is generally higher than that of induction motors.
These motors cannot be used for variable speed applications as there is no possibility of speed
adjustment unless the incoming supply frequency is adjusted (Variable Frequency Drives).
Synchronous motors cannot be started on load. Its starting torque is zero.
These motors have tendency to hunt.
When loading on the synchronous motor increases beyond its capability, the synchronism between rotor
and stator rotating magnetic field is lost and motor comes to halt.
Collector rings and brushes are required resulting in increase in maintenance.
Synchronous motors cannot be useful for applications requiring frequent starting or high starting torques
required.