Electrical Engineering ⇒ Topic : Application of synchronous motors

APPLICATIONS

The synchronous motors have the following fields of application :

Power houses and sub-stations. Used in power houses and sub-stations in parallel to the bus-bars to improve the power factor.

Factories. Used in factories having large number of induction motors or other power apparatus, operating at lagging power factor, to improve the power factor.

Mills-industries etc. Used in textile mills, rubber mills, mining and other big industries,cement factories for power applications.

Constant speed equipments. Used to drive continuously operating and constant speed equipment such as :

• Fans.
• Blowers.
• Centrifugal pumps.
• Motor generator sets.
• Ammonia and air compressors etc.