Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mississippi State University

Fundamentals of Energy Systems (ECE 3614) - Fall 2015
Homework 6

Due: November 19

Q 1. Question 5-1 from textbook.

Q 2. Question 5-2 from textbook.
Q 3. Question 5-3 from textbook.
Q 4. Question 5-10 from textbook.
Q 5. Describe three ways of starting a synchronous motor.
Q 6. Describe the role of damper windings in a synchronous motor and in a
synchronous generator.
P 1. Problem 5-1 from textbook.
Modify part (c) to:
(c) How much torque is this motor producing? What is the torque angle ?
How much is the field current?
Ignore part (e).
P 2. Problem 5-2 from textbook.
P 3. Problem 5-15 from textbook.