A. the force required to accelerate the rotor to the synchronous speed in an instant is absent
B. the starting device to accelerate the rotor to near synchronous speed is absent
C. a rotating magnetic field does not have enough poles
D. the rotating magnetic field is produced by only 50 Hz frequency currents
Related Mcqs:
- A synchronous motor installed at the receiving end substation operates with such an excitation that it takes power at lagging power factor. Now if the applied voltage of the synchronous motor goes down, the power factor of the synchronous motor will___________?
A. remain same
B. go down
C. improve
D. none of the above - While starting a salient pole synchronous motor by induction motor action and connecting field discharge resistance across field, starting and accelerating torque is produced by_____________?
A. induction motor torque in field winding
B. induction motor torque in damper winding
C. eddy current and hysteresis torque in pole faces
D. reHetance motor torque due to saliency of the rotor
E. all of the above methods - A synchronous motor can be made self starting by providing?
A. damper winding on rotor poles
B. damper winding on stator
C. damper winding on stator as well as rotor poles
D. none of the above - While starting a synchronous motor by induction motor action, field winding is usually_____________?
A. connected to D.C. supply
B. short-circuited by low resistance
C. kept open-circuited
D. none of the above - Synchronous motors are generally not self-starting because:
A. the direction of rotation is not fixed
B. the direction of instantaneous torque reverses after half cycle
C. startes cannot be used on these machines
D. starting winding is not provided on the machines - The ratio of starting torque to running torque in a synchronous motor is____________?
A. zero
B. one
C. two
D. infinity - A synchronous motor can be used as a synchronous capacitor when it is____________?
A. under-loaded
B. over-loaded
C. under-excited
D. over-excited - A synchronous motor can develop synchronous torque:
A. when under loaded
B. while over-excited
C. only at synchronous speed
D. below or above synchronous speed - A synchronous motor is running on a load with normal excitation. Now if the load on the motor is increased
A. power factor as well as armature current will decrease
B. power factor as well as armature current will increase
C. power factor will increase but armature current will decrease
D. power factor will decrease and armature current will increase - A synchronous motor has better power factor as compared to that of an equivalent induction motor. This is mainly because?
A. synchronous motor has no slip
B. stator supply is not required to produce magnetic field
C. mechanical load on the rotor remains constant
D. synchronous motor has large airgap
