CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION. . xv 



PART I 



CHAPTER I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES or SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS. . . i 



Construction Experimental Properties Case of Equal Electro- 

 motive Forces Case of Unequal Electromotive Forces Elementary 

 Explanation of Polyphase Synchronous Motors Elementary Explana- 

 tion of Single-Phase Synchronous Motors Equations of Synchronous 

 Motors, Analytical Theory Case of Symmetrical Polyphase Motors 

 Graphical Representation of Operative Conditions, Blakesley's Method 

 Equation of the Synchronous Motor by the Method of Complex 

 Variables Excitation of Synchronous Motors. 



CHAPTER II. DETAILED STUDY OF OPERATION WITH NORMAL 



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I. PRINCIPLES OF THE ELEMENTARY THEORY -- NOTATION 

 PRINCIPLE OF BIPOLAR DIAGRAMS 



Bipolar Diagram of the First Kind Motor- Vector 2 taken as Fixed 

 Axis Applications of the Diagram of the First Kind Line of Equal 

 Power Occurring with Constant Excitation Lines of Equal Phase 

 Limit-Circle of Current Algebraical Relations Deduced from the 

 Diagram Numerical Example Diagram of the Second Kind. The Vec- 

 tor of the Generator E.M.F., Ei, as a Fixed Axis Power- Values as 

 Function of the Lag-Angle 6 Use of this Diagram for the Study of 

 Different Loads Curves of Constant Electric Power of the Motor 

 when the Generator has Constant Excitation Current-Limit Circle 

 Lines of Equal Phase Numerical Example. 



