Section outline


  • Lecture Objectives:

    • To teach the students about the construction and the formation of the equivalent circuit of a synchronous generator


    Lecture Outcomes:

    At the end of this lecture the student will be able to understand:

    • Details of excitation system
    • Synchronous Speed
    • Induced voltage
    • Armature reaction
    • Equivalent circuit


    Lecture Contents:

    • Stator construction
    • Rotor/Field construction
    • Brush less excitation system
    • Interaction between stator and rotor magnetic field
    • Mathematical model of armature reaction
    • exact and simplified equivalent circuit