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Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution, 3rd Edition
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Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution, 3rd Edition

by Leonard L. Grigsby
September 2018
Intermediate to advanced
789 pages
29h 17m
English
CRC Press
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Chapter 6

Synchronous Machinery

6.1 General 6-1

6.2 Construction 6-2

Stator • Rotor

6.3 Performance 6-4

Synchronous Machines, in General • Synchronous Generator Capability • Synchronous Motor and Condenser Starting

Reference6-8

Paul I. Nippes

Magnetic Products and Services, Inc.

6.1 General

Synchronous motors convert electrical power to mechanical power; synchronous generators convert mechanical power to electrical power; and synchronous condensers supply only reactive power to stabilize system voltages.

Synchronous motors, generators, and condensers perform similarly, except for a heavy cage winding on the rotor of motors and condensers for self-starting.

A rotor has physical magnetic poles, arranged to have alternating north and south poles ...

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