Special Purpose Machines

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 Lecture 48
Boosters
Lecture delivered by: Anusha vadde

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 Topics

• Series booster
• Shunt booster
• Reversible booster
• Non reversible booster

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 Objectives

At the end of this lecture, student will be able to:

• Describe the working of the
– Series booster
– Shunt booster
– Reversible booster
– Non reversible booster
• Outline the importance of the boosters in traction systems

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 Series Booster

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 Shunt Booster

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 Non Reversible Booster

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 Summary

• A booster is a dynamo electric machine the armature of which is

connected in series with a circuit
• Its generated emf is being added to or subtracted from that of the
main circuit depends on the polarity
• The hysteresis effect is especially objectionable in boosters and
must be reduced to minimum

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