Synchronous motor
Ref:
Electric machinery fundamentals, Chapman
Chapter 5
WORKING PRINCIPLE
Synchronous motors are synchronous
machines used to convert electrical power to
mechanical power
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Basic construction
Stator (the stationary part) : electrical power
is supplied to it
Rotor (the rotary part) : mechanical power is
drawn from it
Working principle
The field current IF of the motor produces a
steady-state magnetic field BR
a three-phase set of currents in an armature
winding produces a uniform rotating
magnetic field Bs.
Two magnetic fields present in the machine,
and the rotor field will tend to line up with
the stator field,
Rotating magnetic field
Stator and rotor field
Equivalent circuit of synchronous motor
Phasor diagram
Phasor diagram of syn
gen Phasor diagram of syn motor
synchronous speed and Induced torque
The speed of rotation of the motor is locked
to the rate of rotation of the magnetic fields.
and the rate of rotation of the applied
mechanical fields is locked to the applied
electrical frequency. so the speed of the
synchronous motor will be constant
regardless o/the load.
Effect of load changes
Load increases
Motor slows dow
Angle between BR and Bnet /torque
Increase in δ increas
Rotor again speeds up
Effect of field current changes
V curve
