Lecture 14: Alternating Current Railway Motor
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Section titled “Source Metadata”| Field | Value |
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| Source | General Lectures on Electrical Engineering |
| Year | 1908 |
| Section ID | general-lectures-electrical-engineering-lecture-14 |
| Location | lines 8649-9342 |
| Status | candidate |
| Word Count | 4794 |
| Equation Candidates In Section | 10 |
| Figure Candidates In Section | 0 |
| Quote Candidates In Section | 0 |
Opening Source Excerpt
Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”FOURTEENTH LECTURE ALTERNATING CURRENT RAILWAY MOTOR. mN a direct current motor, whether a shunt or a series motor, the motor still revolves in the same direction, if the impressed e. m. f. be reversed, as field and arma- ture both reverse. Since a reversal of voltage does not change the operation of the motor, such a direct current motor there- fore can operate also on alternating current. With an alter- nating voltage supply, the field magnetism of the motor also alternates ; the motor field must therefore be laminated, to avoid excessive energy losses and heating by eddy currents (cur- rents produced in the field iron by the alternation of the mag- netism) just as in the direct current motor the armature must be laminated. In the shunt motor — in which the supply currentSource-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Field language
Section titled “Field language”FOURTEENTH LECTURE ALTERNATING CURRENT RAILWAY MOTOR. mN a direct current motor, whether a shunt or a series motor, the motor still revolves in the same direction, if the impressed e. m. f. be reversed, as field and arma- ture both reverse. Since a reversal of voltage does not change the operation of the motor, such a direct current motor there- fore can operate also on alternating current. With an alter- nating voltage supply, the field magnetism of the motor also alternates ; the ...Magnetism
Section titled “Magnetism”... the impressed e. m. f. be reversed, as field and arma- ture both reverse. Since a reversal of voltage does not change the operation of the motor, such a direct current motor there- fore can operate also on alternating current. With an alter- nating voltage supply, the field magnetism of the motor also alternates ; the motor field must therefore be laminated, to avoid excessive energy losses and heating by eddy currents (cur- rents produced in the field iron by the alternation of the mag- netism) just as in the direct current motor the armature must be l ...Alternating current
Section titled “Alternating current”FOURTEENTH LECTURE ALTERNATING CURRENT RAILWAY MOTOR. mN a direct current motor, whether a shunt or a series motor, the motor still revolves in the same direction, if the impressed e. m. f. be reversed, as field and arma- ture both reverse. Since a reversal of voltage does not change the operation of the motor, ...Radiation / light
Section titled “Radiation / light”... current to lag, and so lowers the power factor of the motor; that is, causes the motor to take more volt-amperes than corresponds to its output, and so is objectionable. The useful voltage, or e. m. f. of rotation of the motor, is proportional to the speed ; or rather the "frequency of rota- tion", No, is proportional to the field strength F, and to the number of armature turns m. The wattless voltage, or self- induction of the field, is proportional to the frequency N, to the field strengfth F, and the number of field turns n. The ratio of the useful ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0095 | tion : armature turns m to field turns n = 2 -4- i ; and at this | line 8744 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0096 | No = 2 N, it must be twice ; at double synchronism : | line 9104 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0097 | No = 2 N, it must be one-half the main field. | line 9105 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0098 | At half synchronism, No = 2 ^’ ^^^ transformer field of | line 9181 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0099 | the commutating field required Fo = 2 F, and the short cir- | line 9183 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0100 | At double synchronism : No = 2 N, the transformer field | line 9188 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0101 | is F* = 2 F, while the commutation field should be: | line 9189 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0102 | Fo = 2 ^» ^^^ the transformer field thus is four times larger | line 9190 |
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