Synchronous motors and generators operate by synchronizing the rotation of the rotor's magnetic field with the rotating magnetic field produced by the stator windings. Synchronous motors are used for constant-speed applications like propulsion for large ships. They work by locking the rotor's magnetic field to the rotating stator field. Synchronous generators can be produced by transitioning a synchronous motor driven by a turbine from motor to generator operation as the power angle shifts from negative to positive.
3. Synchronous Motors (continued)
Construction
Stator identical to that of a three-phase
induction motor now called the armature
Energize from a three-phase supply and
develop the rotating magnetic field
Rotor has a DC voltage applied (excitation)
Rotor could be a permanent-magnet type
4. Synchronous Motors (continued)
Operation
Magnetic field of the rotor locks with the
rotating magnetic field rotor turns at
synchronous speed
7. Synchronous Motor Starting
Get motor to
maximum speed
(usually with no load)
Energize the rotor
with a DC voltage
8. Salient-Pole Motor operating at
both no-load and loaded conditions
Angle 隆 is the power angle, load angle, or torque angle
9. Rotating Field Flux and Counter-emf
Rotating field flux f due to magnetic field in the
rotor. A speed voltage, counter-emf, or
excitation voltage Ef is generated and acts in
opposition to the applied voltage.
Ef = nsfkf
10. Equivalent Circuit of a Synchronous Motor
Armature (One Phase)
( )
T a a a l a ar f
s l ar
T f a a s
T f a s
V I R I jX I X E
X X X
V E I R jX
V E I Z
14. Motor-to-Generator Transition (cont)
Begin with motor
driven from the infinite
bus and the turbine
torque in the same
direction as the motor
torque.
The motor operates
normally, driving the
water pump.
16. Allow the Turbine to take part load
The power angle decreases to
zero and then becomes positive
Excitation voltage is not changed
and the vector traces an arc
Motor becomes a generator
as 隆 becomes > or = zero