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UNDERCOMPOUNDED GENERATOR [1 record]

Record 1 2017-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Rotary Machines
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
CONT

If series winding turns are so adjusted that with the rise in load current, the terminal voltage considerably rests constant, it is known as flat-compounded generator. ... If series field coil has lesser number of turns than for a flat- compound generator, the source voltage falls with increase in load current ... Such a machine is termed under-compounded generator.

OBS

undercompounded generator: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines tournantes électriques
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
OBS

à excitation shunt stabilisée : Qualifie une génératrice à excitation hypo-compound [hypo-composée] assurant une chute de tension en charge, telle que les machines puissent fonctionner en parallèle sans fils d'équilibre.

OBS

génératrice à excitation hypocompound; génératrice hypocompound : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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