The factors such as weight, stray load losses and minimum cost are kept in mind while selecting the material for transformer tank. The material must be capable to withstand stresses due to jacking and lifting and must have capacity to house cores, windings and internal connections giving adequate clearance between the windings and the walls. Rolled steel plates are used for tank bodies of most of the transformers. Small tanks are generally welded from steel plates. The larger tanks are assembled from boiler plates. Usage of aluminium for transformer tank reduces the weight and the stray magnetic losses. However, it increases the cost and also needs special attention for lifting to present stressing. The aluminium tanks are usually made of cast aluminium tank parts, which are mounted on a shallow mild steel tray and are arranged to carry the main lifting.
The e.m.f. induced in each coil of armature is alternating in nature. If load is connected, the current flowing will also be alternating. But the flow of current in a d.c. generator must be undirectional. This can be achieved by the use of commutator. When the armature conductors are under the influence of one pole they carry current in one direction whereas the current is reversed when the conductors are under the influence of other pole. This reversal of current takes place along the magnetic neutral axis. Fig. 1 Note : The reversal of current is likely to take place in short interval when a coil is short circuited by a brush so that transfer of current from one direction to other is carried out without any sparking. This process is called commutation. Thus a process by which current in the short circuited coil is reversed while it crosses the MNA is called commutation. The time during which the coil remains short circuited is known as...
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