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    1) Armature reaction is the effect of armature-produced flux on the main field flux in a DC machine. When current flows in the armature windings, it sets up armature flux that crosses the main field flux perpendicularly. 2) This armature flux either aids or weakens the main field flux depending on the location in the air gap. It strengthens the main flux at the lower end of the N-pole and upper end of the S-pole, and weakens it at the upper end of the N-pole and lower end of the S-pole. 3) However, due to magnetic saturation, the weakening effect is greater than the strengthening effect. As a

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    1) Armature reaction is the effect of armature-produced flux on the main field flux in a DC machine. When current flows in the armature windings, it sets up armature flux that crosses the main field flux perpendicularly. 2) This armature flux either aids or weakens the main field flux depending on the location in the air gap. It strengthens the main flux at the lower end of the N-pole and upper end of the S-pole, and weakens it at the upper end of the N-pole and lower end of the S-pole. 3) However, due to magnetic saturation, the weakening effect is greater than the strengthening effect. As a

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    1) Armature reaction is the effect of armature-produced flux on the main field flux in a DC machine. When current flows in the armature windings, it sets up armature flux that crosses the main field flux perpendicularly. 2) This armature flux either aids or weakens the main field flux depending on the location in the air gap. It strengthens the main flux at the lower end of the N-pole and upper end of the S-pole, and weakens it at the upper end of the N-pole and lower end of the S-pole. 3) However, due to magnetic saturation, the weakening effect is greater than the strengthening effect. As a

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    1) Armature reaction is the effect of armature-produced flux on the main field flux in a DC machine. When current flows in the armature windings, it sets up armature flux that crosses the main field flux perpendicularly. 2) This armature flux either aids or weakens the main field flux depending on the location in the air gap. It strengthens the main flux at the lower end of the N-pole and upper end of the S-pole, and weakens it at the upper end of the N-pole and lower end of the S-pole. 3) However, due to magnetic saturation, the weakening effect is greater than the strengthening effect. As a

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    ARMATURE

    REACTION

    What is Armature
    Armature reaction is the effect
    Reaction??

    of armature
    produced flux on the main field flux. The
    armature mmf produces two undesirable
    effects on the main field flux and these are:-

    1)Net reduction in the main field flux per pole.


    2)Distortion of the main field flux wave along

    the air-gap periphery.

    How it takes place??

    From the fig(A) it shows that the flux path for the

    main poles of a 2-pole DC machine at no load ie.

    With no armature currents.

    This main field flux, produced by

    field mmf If Nf , is shown by horizontal


    Phasor OA=
    .
    f
    A

    GNA
    MNA

    Now when the DC machine is loaded, current flows in

    the armature windings.


    These currents are as shown in the figure (B), these
    currents set up armature flux shown by the vertical
    flux lines, with the field winding unexcited.
    The other figure represent armature flux a by a
    vertical phasor OB.
    GNA

    a B

    Now by examination of the above two figures reveals

    that the path of armature flux a is perpendicular to


    the main flux path f .
    In other words, the path of the armature flux crosses
    the
    path of the main field flux.
    O

    a
    B
    Thus the effect of armature flux on the main field flux
    is entirely cross-magnetizing and it is for this
    reason that the flux produced by armature mmf is
    called cross-flux.

    Now when the current flows in both the armature

    and field windings, the resultant flux distribution


    is obtained by superimposing the two fluxes of fig
    (A) and fig(B).

    From the fig(C)shown below, it is seen that the

    armature flux aids the main field flux at the lower end
    of the N-pole and at the upper end of the S-pole,
    therefore at these two poles, the armature flux
    strengthens the main field flux.

    GNA

    MNA

    f
    R

    Likewise, the armature flux weakens the main field flux

    at
    Upper end of the N-pole and at lower end of the S-pole.

    Now, if there is no magnetic saturation, then the

    amount of strengthening and weakening of the


    main field flux are equal and the resultant flux per
    pole remains unaltered from its no load value.
    Actually, the magnetic saturation does occurs and

    as a consequence, the strengthening effect is less


    as compared to the weakening effect and the
    resultant flux is decreased from its no-load value.
    This is called Demagnetizing effect of
    armature reaction

    Conclusion

    It may therefore be stated from the above that net

    effect of armature flux on the main field flux is:-

    1)To distort the main field flux thereby causing non-

    uniform distribution of flux under the main poles.

    2)To shift the MNA in the direction of the rotation for

    a generator and against the direction of rotation


    for a motor.

    3)To reduce the main field flux from its no-load value

    due to magnetic saturation.

    THANKS!!!

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