Cyclopedia of applied electricity : a general reference work on direct-current generators and motors, storage batteries, electrochemistry, welding, electric wiring, meters, electric lighting, electric railways, power stations, switchboards, power transmission, alternating-current machinery, telegraphy, etc. (1916)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 310
e machineswere operating in parallel, the one with the highest e. m. f. wouldtake more than its share of the load. As its load increased itse.m.f. would increase also and thus it would immediately becomevery much overloaded. The operation of starting up a compound-wound generator in aplant like… … 150. Diagram of Connections for Direct-Current Power Plants that generator is first brought up to speed. The switch controllingthe shunt-field circuit is then closed, causing current to flow throughthe shunt fields; and the generator begins to build up, its voltagegradually rising until it…
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