Chapter 16: Aiitebnatingh-Current Osnebator
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Section titled “Source Metadata”| Field | Value |
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| Source | Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena |
| Year | 1897 |
| Section ID | theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-1897-chapter-16 |
| Location | lines 17025-18828 |
| Status | candidate |
| Word Count | 2451 |
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| Figure Candidates In Section | 2 |
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Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”CHAPTER XVI. AIiTEBNATINGh-CURRENT OSNEBATOR. 159. In the alternating-current generator, E.M.F. is induced in the armature conductors by their relative motion through a constant or approximately constant magnetic field. When yielding current, two distinctly different M.M.Fs. are acting upon the alternator armature — the M.M.F. of the field due to the field-exciting spools, and the M.M.F. of the armature current. The former is constant, or approx- imately so, while the latter is alternating, and in synchro- nous motion relatively to the former ; hence, fixed in space relative to the field M.M.F., or uni-directional, but pulsating in a single-phase alternator. In the polyphase alternator, when evenly loaded or balanced, the resultant M.M.F. of the armature current is more or less constant. The E.M.F. induced in the armature is due to the mag- netic flux passing throughSource-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Field language
Section titled “Field language”CHAPTER XVI. AIiTEBNATINGh-CURRENT OSNEBATOR. 159. In the alternating-current generator, E.M.F. is induced in the armature conductors by their relative motion through a constant or approximately constant magnetic field. When yielding current, two distinctly different M.M.Fs. are acting upon the alternator armature — the M.M.F. of the field due to the field-exciting spools, and the M.M.F. of the armature current. The former is constant, or approx- imately so, while the latter is alternati ...Magnetism
Section titled “Magnetism”CHAPTER XVI. AIiTEBNATINGh-CURRENT OSNEBATOR. 159. In the alternating-current generator, E.M.F. is induced in the armature conductors by their relative motion through a constant or approximately constant magnetic field. When yielding current, two distinctly different M.M.Fs. are acting upon the alternator armature — the M.M.F. of the field due to the field-exciting spools, and the M.M.F. of the armature current. The former is constant, or approx- imately so, while the latter is al ...Impedance / reactance
Section titled “Impedance / reactance”... CURRENT PHENOMENA. [§ 160 density at the trailing-pole corner. Since the internal self- inductance of the alternator alone causes a certain lag of the current behind the induced E.M.F., this condition of no displacement can exist only in a circuit with external nega- tive reactance, as capacity, etc. If the armature current lags, it reaches the maximum later than the E.M.F. ; that is, in a position where the armature coil partly faces the following-field pole, as shown in diagram in Fig. 111. Since the armature current flows Fiq. Ill, in opposit ...Alternating current
Section titled “Alternating current”CHAPTER XVI. AIiTEBNATINGh-CURRENT OSNEBATOR. 159. In the alternating-current generator, E.M.F. is induced in the armature conductors by their relative motion through a constant or approximately constant magnetic field. When yielding current, two distinctly different M.M.Fs. are acting upon the alternator armature — the M.M.F. of the field due to t ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-1897-fig-110 | also. Thus, we have, in this case, even on open circuit, no Fig. 110. rotation through a constant magnetic field, but rotation through a pulsating field, which makes the E.M.F… | line 17072 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-1897-fig-112 | its maximum while the armature coil still partly faces the Fig. 112. preceding-field pole, as shown in diagram Fig. 112, — it tends | line 17126 |
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