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📖 What You'll Learn
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- Rotating loop, magnetic field and generated waveform
- Alternator classification, excitation and rotation
- Single-, two- and three-phase alternators
- Star/wye and delta connections
- Revolving-armature, revolving-field and brushless alternators
- Ratings, frequency, rectifier units and maintenance
- Voltage regulation, GCU protection and parallel operation
- Constant-speed drives, hydraulic transmission and inverters