A synchronous electric motor is an AC electric motor in which, at steady state, the rotation of the shaft is synchronized with the frequency of the supply...
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rotation. The two main types of AC motors are induction motors and synchronous motors. The induction motor (or asynchronous motor) always relies on a small difference...
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electromagnets. The motor for the Shanghai maglev train, for instance, is an LSM. Brushless linear motors are members of the Synchronous motor family. They are...
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permanent magnet synchronous motor SCIM – Squirrel-cage induction motor SRM – Switched reluctance motor SyRM – Synchronous reluctance motor VFD – Variable-frequency...
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to the motor used in quartz-timed mechanical clocks. In more recent times, the use of variable frequency controls permits synchronous motors to start...
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A brushless DC electric motor (BLDC), also known as an electronically commutated motor, is a synchronous motor using a direct current (DC) electric power...
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100-horsepower induction motor has the same mounting dimensions as a 7.5-horsepower motor in 1897. In both induction and synchronous motors, the AC power supplied...
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engineering, a synchronous condenser (sometimes called a syncon, synchronous capacitor or synchronous compensator) is a DC-excited synchronous motor, whose shaft...
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magnetic poles. Variable reluctance motors have detents when powered on, but not when powered off. Hybrid synchronous motors are a combination of the permanent...
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Squirrel-cage rotor (redirect from Squirrel cage motor)
the motor to work as a generator instead of a motor the rotor must be spun faster than its stator's synchronous speed. This will cause the motor to generate...
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