Apparatus Section 7: Synchronous Machines: Synchronous Motor
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| Source | Theoretical Elements of Electrical Engineering |
| Year | 1915 |
| Section ID | theoretical-elements-electrical-engineering-section-28 |
| Location | lines 9292-9398 |
| Status | candidate |
| Word Count | 520 |
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Opening Source Excerpt
Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”VII. Synchronous Motor 16. As seen in the preceding, in an alternating-current gen- erator the field excitation required for a given terminal voltage and current depends upon the phase relation of the external circuit or the load. Inversely, in a synchronous motor the phase relation of the current into the armature at a given ter- minal voltage depends upon the field excitation and the load. Thus, if E = terminal voltage or impressed e.m.f., I = current, 6 = lag of current behind impressed e.m.f. in a synchronous motor of resistance r and synchronous reactance XQ, the polar diagram is as follows, Fig. 62. OE = E is the terminal voltage assumed as zero vector. The current 01 = I lags by the angle EOI = 6. The e.m.f. consumed by resistance isj9#'i = Ir.Source-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Impedance / reactance
Section titled “Impedance / reactance”... a given ter- minal voltage depends upon the field excitation and the load. Thus, if E = terminal voltage or impressed e.m.f., I = current, 6 = lag of current behind impressed e.m.f. in a synchronous motor of resistance r and synchronous reactance XQ, the polar diagram is as follows, Fig. 62. OE = E is the terminal voltage assumed as zero vector. The current 01 = I lags by the angle EOI = 6. The e.m.f. consumed by resistance isj9#'i = Ir. The e.m.f. consumed by synchronous r ...Field language
Section titled “Field language”VII. Synchronous Motor 16. As seen in the preceding, in an alternating-current gen- erator the field excitation required for a given terminal voltage and current depends upon the phase relation of the external circuit or the load. Inversely, in a synchronous motor the phase relation of the current into the armature at a given ter- minal v ...Alternating current
Section titled “Alternating current”VII. Synchronous Motor 16. As seen in the preceding, in an alternating-current gen- erator the field excitation required for a given terminal voltage and current depends upon the phase relation of the external circuit or the load. Inversely, in a synchronous motor the phase relation of the current into the armature at ...Complex quantities
Section titled “Complex quantities”... s motor of resistance r and synchronous reactance XQ, the polar diagram is as follows, Fig. 62. OE = E is the terminal voltage assumed as zero vector. The current 01 = I lags by the angle EOI = 6. The e.m.f. consumed by resistance isj9#'i = Ir. The e.m.f. consumed by synchronous reactance, OE'o = IxQ. Thus, com- 142 ELEMENTS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING bining OE'i and OE'o gives OE', the e.m.f. consumed by the synchronous impedance. The e.m.f. consumed by the synchro- ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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Modern Engineering Reading Prompts
Section titled “Modern Engineering Reading Prompts”- Impedance / reactance: Translate historical opposition terms into modern impedance, admittance, conductance, susceptance, and complex-plane notation.
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- Hysteresis: Compare the passage with modern magnetic loss, B-H loop area, lag, material memory, and empirical loss laws.
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- Hysteresis: An interpretive reading can treat hysteresis as field lag or memory, but the historical claim must remain Steinmetz’s actual magnetic-loss treatment.
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