Apparatus Section 6: Synchronous Converters: Reactive Currents and Compounding
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| Source | Theoretical Elements of Electrical Engineering |
| Year | 1915 |
| Section ID | theoretical-elements-electrical-engineering-section-85 |
| Location | lines 15476-15585 |
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| Word Count | 918 |
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Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”VI. Reactive Currents and Compounding 96. Since the polarization due to the power component of the alternating current as synchronous motor is in quadrature ahead of the field magnetization, the polarization or magnetizing effect of the lagging component of alternating current is in phase, that of the leading component of alternating current in oppositon to the field magnetization; that is, in the converter no magnetic distortion exists, and no armature reaction at all if the current is in phase with the impressed e.m.f., while the- armature reaction is demagnetizing with a leading and mag- netizing with a lagging current. Thus if the alternating Current is lagging, the field excitation at the same impressed e.m.f. has to be lower, and if the alter- nating current is leading, the field excitation has to be higher, than requiredSource-Located Theme Snippets
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Section titled “Field language”VI. Reactive Currents and Compounding 96. Since the polarization due to the power component of the alternating current as synchronous motor is in quadrature ahead of the field magnetization, the polarization or magnetizing effect of the lagging component of alternating current is in phase, that of the leading component of alternating current in oppositon to the field magnetization; that is, in the converter no magn ...Impedance / reactance
Section titled “Impedance / reactance”... is the same, the action, however, is different; and the compounding takes place not in the machine as with a direct-current generator, but in the alternating lines leading to the machine, in which self-inductance becomes essential. As the reactance of the transmission line is rarely sufficient to give phase control over a wide range without excessive reac- tive currents, it is customary, especially at 25 cycles, to insert reactive coils into the leads between the converter and its ste ...Magnetism
Section titled “Magnetism”... ield magnetization, the polarization or magnetizing effect of the lagging component of alternating current is in phase, that of the leading component of alternating current in oppositon to the field magnetization; that is, in the converter no magnetic distortion exists, and no armature reaction at all if the current is in phase with the impressed e.m.f., while the- armature reaction is demagnetizing with a leading and mag- netizing with a lagging current. Thus if the alternating Current ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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