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The polyphase synchronous machine can be classified as either a cylindrical rotor or a salient pole machine according to its form of construction. Most turbine-driven synchronous generators are high speed sets with a 2-pole construction and are highly suited to the cylindrical rotor, rotating field type of construction. Hydroelectric power generators are generally low speed multipolar machines of the salient pole type. The synchronous motor can be of either form of construction, although the majority of motors will be of the salient pole type.
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Russell, R. L., ‘The determination of phase rotation of polyphase systems’, Proc. I.E.E., Vol. 102, part 4, no. 1, Feb. 1955.
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Daniels, A.R. (1976). The polyphase synchronous machine. In: Introduction to Electrical Machines. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15689-4_7
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