About AC Motors Reference for Palm OS 5
AC Motor Reference includes the following categories of motors- Induction Motor
- Synchronous Motor
- Induction Motor includes
- General Principle - The Principle of operation is explained along with the advantages and disadvantages in this topic.
- Construction - Go through the construction method for Stator, Rotor and other peripherals.
- Methods of Starting - Methods of starting are given for Slip ring motor [rotor resistance starting], Squirrel cage motor [direct-on-line starting, star delta and auto transformer]. You also learn the important contingencies to be considered in starting of induction motors under this topic.
- Speed Control - Speed control from stator and Speed control from rotor are covered under this topic.
- Equations - Learn the equations to calculate the Speed of Induction Motor, Torque, Slip Speed, Frequency of Rotor Current and Starting Torque.
- Characteristics - Characteristics of Induction Motor is presented here.
- 3 - Phase Induction Motors - This topic covers the Squirrel Cage Motor, Wound Round Motor along with the advantages and drawbacks.
- Single Phase Induction Motors - This topic includes Split Phase Motor, Capacitor Motor [ Capacitor Run, Capacitor Start/Induction Run, and Capacitor start/Capacitor Run ], Shaded pole Motor, Repulsion Motor [ Repulsion Motor, Compensated Repulsion Motor, Repulsion Start Induction Run Motor and Repulsion Induction Motor ] and Universal Motor.
- Applications - This topic includes numerous types of motors and their applications.
- Synchronous Motor includes the following sub topics apart from basic concepts.
- Principle of Operation - Take a quick look at the principles of operation that is clearly explained here.
- Method of Excitation - This also includes Lagging P.F, Leading P.F and Unity P.F.
- Methods of Starting - This covers the methods of starting using AC motor, DC source and Self Starting methods.
- V-Curve and Inverted V-Curve - Graphical view along with the supporting theory is given here.
- Application - Applications of synchronous motors are given here.


