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DC Generators
DC Generators
DC Generators
Electrical Machines
• It is also known as exciting winding • Ball and Rollers are generally packed in hard
oil, sleeve bearings are used in order to
• Current is passed through the field winding
reduce bearing wear
in a specific direction to magnetize the pole
and created the necessary magnetic flux 8. ARMATURE WINDINGS
• The field conductor is made up of copper • It is mostly employed for the armature of a
which is wounded on the pole dc machine
Front Pitch
k = proportionality constant
Field Excitation
Shunt-Wound Generator
Compound-Wound Generator
Efficiency
Voltage Regulation
Voltage Regulation is the percentage rise in
the terminal voltage of the generator, when
the generator load is removed.