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AC Generator (Alternator)
- Construction And
Working
By Kiran Daware AC Machines,
Synchronous Machines
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Above gure helps you understanding of an Induction motor
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how an alternator or AC generator Transformer losses and
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works. According to the Faraday's law of e ciency
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electromagnetic induction, whenever a Basics
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3 phase induction motor
conductor moves in a magnetic eld EMF Miscellaneous
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and
gets induced across the conductor. If the Starting of 3 phase IM
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close path is provided to the conductor, Speed control of IM
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induced emf causes current to ow in the Induction generator
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motor generator
Now, see the above gure. Let the
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conductor coil ABCD is placed in a
magnetic eld. The direction of magnetic working of transformers
Transformers
ux will be form N pole to S pole. The coil Working of transformer
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is connected to slip rings, and the load is
connected through brushes resting on
the slip rings. Popular Posts
Now, consider the case 1 from above
gure. The coil is rotating clockwise, in Basic construction and working
this case the direction of induced current of a DC Generator.
can be given by Fleming's right hand rule,
and it will be along A-B-C-D.
How a DC motor works?
As the coil is rotating clockwise, after half
of the time period, the position of the coil
will be as in second case of above gure. Open circuit and Short circuit
In this case, the direction of the induced Test on transformer
current according to Fleming's right hand
rule will be along D-C-B-A. It shows that,
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the direction of the current changes after
motor
half of the time period, that means we get
an alternating current.
Characteristics of DC motors
Construction Of AC Generator
(Alternator)
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