PRACTICAL WORK NR.

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THEME: SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES. THE ADVANTAGES OF SYNCHRONOUS
MOTORS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS
MACHINE.
Specific skills: 
- Use of a specific communication language, situational.
- Address of the specific active listening behavior.
- Use of lexicographical, encyclopedic, literary and documentary sources.
Objectives:
- Classification of DC machines according to the mode of excitation.
The materials and working tools needed to perform the work: devices and parts, manuals, concept, etc.
Bibliography:
1.  W. Bernard Carlson, Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age, Princeton University Press -
2013, pages 52-54
2. Thompson, Silvanus Phillips (1895). Polyphase Electric Currents and Alternate-Current
Motors (1st ed.). London: E. & F.N. Spon. p. 261. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

PRACTICAL WORK – GENERAL:

The Difference Between Synchronous and Asynchronous Motor are explained considering
factors like its type, slip, requirement of additional power source, requirement of slip ring and
brushes, their cost, efficiency, power factor, current supply, speed, self starting, effect in torque
because of change in voltage, their operational speed and various applications of both Synchronous
and Asynchronous motor.
Difference Between Synchronous and Asynchronous Motor are explained below in the
tabulated form.
BASIS SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR ASYNCHRONOUS MOTOR

Definition Synchronous motor is a machine whose rotor Asynchronous motor is a machine

speed and the speed of the stator magnetic whose rotor rotates at the speed less than
field is equal. the synchronous speed.
N= NS = 120f/P N < NS
Type Brushless motor, Variable Reluctance Motor, AC Induction Motor is known as the
Switched Reluctance Motor and Hysteresis Asynchronous Motor.
motor are the synchronous motor.
Slip Does not have slip. The value of slip is zero. Have slip therefore the value of slip is
not equal to zero.
Additional It requires an additional DC power source to It does not require any additional
power source initially rotate the rotor near to the starting source.
synchronous speed.
Slip ring and Slip ring and brushes are required Slip ring and brushes are not required.
brushes
Cost Synchronous motor is costly as compared to Less costly
Asynchronous motor

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 Efficiency Efficiency is greater than Asynchronous motor. Less efficient
Power factor By changing excitation the power factor can be Asynchronous motor runs only at
adjusted accordingly as lagging, leading or unity. a lagging power factor.
Current supply Current is given to the rotor of the synchronous The rotor of Asynchronous motor
motor does not require any current.
Speed The Speed of the motor does not depend on the The Speed of the Asynchronous
variation in the load. It is constant. motor decreases with the
increasing load.
Self starting Synchronous motor is not self starting It is self starting
Affect in torque Change in applied voltage does not affect the Change in applied voltage does
torque of the synchronous motor affect the torque of the
Asynchronous motor
Operational They operate smoothly and relatively good at low Above 600 rpm speed motor
speed speed that is below 300 rpm. operation is excellent.
Applications Synchronous motors are used in Power stations, Used in Centrifugal pumps and
manufacturing industries etc. it is also used as fans, blowers, paper and textile
voltage controller. mills, compressors and lifts. etc

 Item 1 Describe the detail explanation of the Synchronous Motor:

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 Item 2 Describe the detail explanation of the Asynchronous Motor:
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 Item 3 Indicate and choose the correct answer (underlined):

1. The synchronous motor are :

a) AC Induction Motor
b) Hysteresis motor
2. Synchronous motor is:
a) not self starting
b) is self starting
3. The Speed of the Asynchronous motor:
a) decreases with the increasing load
b) it is constant
4. Synchronous motor is a machine whose rotor speed and the speed of the stator magnetic
field is equal:
a) N= NS = 120f/P
b) N < NS
5. Synchronous motor:
a) Slip ring and brushes are not required
b) Slip ring and brushes are required

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 6. Asynchronous motor
a) Are used in Centrifugal pumps and fans, blowers, paper and textile mills, compressors
and lifts.
b) are used in Power stations, manufacturing industries etc. it is also used as voltage
controller.

 Item 4 Induction motor vs synchronous: What’s the difference?:

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 Item 5 Describe the advantages of synchronous motors:

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 Item 6 Analyze the scheme and describe how it works:

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