Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering: Unit II: Electrical Machines

Introduction of Synchronous Motor

The synchronous motor is one type of 3-phase AC motors which operates at a constant speed from no-load to full load.

SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR

Introduction

The synchronous motor is one type of 3-phase AC motors which operates at a constant speed from no-load to full load. It is similar in construction to 3-phase AC generator in that it has a revolving field which must be separately excited from a DC source. By changing the DC field excitation, the power factor of this type of motor can be varied over a wide range of lagging and leading values. This motor is used in many applications because of its fixed speed from no-load to full load, its high efficiency and low initial cost. It is also used to improve the power factor of 3-phase AC industrial circuits.

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