A. armature current and field current
B. power factor and speed
C. field current and speed
D. field current and power factor
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 - For V-curves for a synchronous motor the graph is drawn between:_______________?
A. armature current and power factor
B. terminal voltage and load factor
C. power factor and field current
D. field current and armature current - 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 - An important advantage of a synchronous motor over wound round induction motor is that
A. its power factor may be varied at will
B. its speed is independent of supply frequency
C. its speed may be controlled more easily
D. none 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 - 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 - As the load is applied to a synchronous motor, the motor takes more armature current because
A. the increased load has to take more current
B. the rotor by shifting its phase backward causes motor to take more current
C. the back e.m.f. decreases causing an increase in motor current
D. the rotor strengthens the rotating field casuing more motor current - 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 - If the field winding of an unloaded salient pole synchronous motor is open circuited, the motor will__________?
A. stop
B. run as induction motor
C. function as static condenser
D. burn with dense smoke
