
B.1 Generated Voltages 645
B.1.1 Distributed Fractional-Pitch Windings
A simple example of a distributed winding is illustrated in Fig. B. 1 for a three-phase,
two-pole machine. This case retains all the features of a more general one with any
integral number of phases, poles, and slots per pole per phase. At the same time, a
double-layer winding
is shown. Double-layer windings usually lead to simpler end
connections and to a machine which is more economical to manufacture and are found
in all machines except some small motors below 10 kW. Generally, one side of a coil,
such as a l, is placed in the bottom of a slot, and the other side, -a], is placed in the
top of another slot. Coil sides such as al and a3 or
a2
and
a4
which are in adjacent
slots and associated with the same phase constitute a phase belt. All phase belts are
alike when an integral number of slots per pole per phase are used, and for the normal
machine the peripheral angle subtended by a phase belt is 60 electrical degrees for a
three-phase machine and 90 electrical degrees for a two-phase machine.
Individual coils in Fig. B.1 all span a full pole pitch, or 180 electrical degrees;
accordingly, the winding is a full-pitch winding. Suppose now that all coil sides in the
tops of the slots are shifted one slot counterclockwise, as in Fig. B.2. Any coil, such as
al, -a 1, then spans only five-sixths of a pole pitch or ~ (180) - 150 electrical degrees,
and the winding is a fractional-pitch, or chorded, winding. Similar shifting by two
2
slots yields a 5-pitch winding, and so forth. Phase groupings are now intermingled, for
some slots contain coil sides in phases a and b, a and c, and b and c. Individual phase
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B.1 Distributed two-pole, three-phase
full-pitch armature winding with voltage phasor
diagram.