The standard manual of dynamos and practical application of dynamo-electric machinery (1915)
MacFadden, Carl K. [from old catalog], Ray, William D., [from old catalog] joint author · Chicago, Laird & Lee, inc. · leaf 44
crease the magnetism of the field magnets tocompensate for the increased output. This may be ac-complished in an automatic manner by winding a large THEORY OF DYNAMOS, 39 portion of the field with a shunt winding, which shouldbe of such strength as to generate the rated voltage of thedynamo when… … FIGURE l8.—COMPOUND WOUND DYNAMO. voltage slightly as the load increases, so as to compensatefor loss in line or feeders supplying lamps, etc. This typeof dynamo is largely used in lighting plants having afluctuating load, and is invariably the type used to gen-erate current for street railway…
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