A. Damper winding
B. Star-delta starter
C. Damper winding in conjunction with star-delta starter
D. Resistance starter in the armature circuit
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 - 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 - By which of the following methods the constant speed of a synchronous motor can be changed to new fixed value ?
A. By changing the supply frequency
B. By interchanging any two phases
C. By changing the applied voltage
D. By changing the load - 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 - 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 - 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
