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Area Rotating machinery / Generators

IEV number411-32-05

EN
exciter
a source that supplies all or part of the power to the field winding of an electrical machine

NOTE – Exciters may be direct current machines, alternating current machines with rectifiers, or static solid-state rectifiers. Exciters form part of the excitation system.


FR

DE
Erregereinrichtung, f

ES
excitatriz

IT
eccitatrice

PT
excitatriz

ZH
励磁机

Publication date: 2007-11
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