• Shunt Generators Shunt generators with field regulators are used for ordinary

lighting and power supply purposes. They are also used for charging batteries
because their terminal voltages are almost constant.

Series generators are used as boosters in a certain types of

• Series Generators
distribution systems particularly in railway service.

• Compound Generators
• The cumulatively compound generator is the most used DC generator because its external
characteristics can be adjusted for compensating the voltage drop in the line resistance.
Cumulatively compound generators are used for motor driving which require DC supply at constant
voltage, for lamp loads and for heavy power service such as electric railways.

• The differential compound DC generator has an external characteristic similar to

that of shunt generator but with large demagnetization armature reaction.
Differential compound DC generators re widely used in arc welding where larger
voltage drop is desirable with increase in current.