Electrical Engineering · Electrical Machines
A synchronous motor and an alternator are operating in parallel, delivering about 5% of their rated power at unity power factor. If both machines are then loaded to their full rated capacity without changing excitation, their armature currents will:
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- 1increase; the motor operates at a lagging power factor and the alternator at a leading power factor✓
- 2increase; both operate at a lagging power factor
- 3increase; the motor operates at a leading power factor and the alternator at a lagging power factor
- 4decrease; the motor operates at a lagging power factor and the alternator at a leading power factor
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increase; the motor operates at a lagging power factor and the alternator at a leading power factor
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