Dictionary of Electrical Engineering

Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.

cylndrical-rotor machine
a synchronous machine with a cylindrical rotor containing a distributed field winding and an essentially uniform air-gap. This design is limited to two and four pole machines (3600 and 1800 rpm at 60 Hz) and is usually used in large generators.
See salient-pole rotor machine
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