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rotary electrical switch that periodically reverses the current direction between the rotor and the external circuit

Connections

electrical generator

electric current

electrical switch

brushless DC electric motor

reluctance motor

doubly fed electric machine

Michael Faraday

James Clerk Maxwell

electromagnetism

André-Marie Ampère

Hans Christian Ørsted

Categories

Electrical components Electrical power connectors Electric motors Electric power conversion

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electric current

variable-frequency drive

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