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Category: Synchronous Motors
Stability of a synchronous machine:
A. decreases with increase in its excitation
B. increases with increase in its excitation
C. remains unaffected with increase in excitation
D. any of the above
The coupling angle or load angle of synchronous motor is defined as the angle between the__________?
A. rotor and stator teeth
B. rotor and the stator poles of opposite polarity
C. rotor and the stator poles of the same polarity
D. none of the above
Which of the following resistances can be measured by conducting insulation resistance test on a synchronous motor ?
A. Phase to phase winding resistance
B. Stator winding to earthed frame
C. Rotor winding to earthed shaft
D. All of the above
In a synchronous motor, damper windings are provided on____________?
A. stator frame
B. rotor shaft
C. pole faces
D. none of the above
The power factor of a synchronous motor is better than that of induction motor because
A. stator supply is relieved of responsibility of producing magnetic field
B. mechanical load on the motor can be adjusted
C. synchronous motor runs at synchronous speed
D. synchronous motor has large air gap
A synchronous machine with large air gap has______________?
A. a higher value of stability limit
B. a small value of inherent regulation
C. a higher synchronizing power which makes the machine less sensitive to load variations
D. all of the above
If one-phase of a 3-phase synchronous motor is short-circuited, motor will ______________?
A. will refuse to start
B. will overheat in spots
C. will not come upto speed
D. will fail to pull into step
In a synchronous motor running with fixed excitation, when the load is increased three times, its torque angle becomes approximately
A. one-third
B. twice
C. thrice
D. six times
E. nine times
In a 3-phase synchronous motor, the negative phase sequence exists when the motor is_______________?
A. supplied with unbalanced voltage
B. under-loaded
C. over-loaded
D. none of the above
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