why induction generators are used in wind mills.why cant synchronous generators

why induction generators are used in wind mills.why cant
synchronous generators b used??

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why induction generators are used in wind mills.why cant synchronous generators b used??..

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WIND DOES NOT FLOW AT CONST SPEED ,SO INDUCTION GENERATOR THAT CAN OPERATE AT BOTH CONST & VARIABLE SPEED IS SUITABLE. ALSO INDN GENERATORS ARE MORE RELEABLE AND ECONOMICAL THAN SYNS GENERATOR.

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why induction generators are used in wind mills.why cant synchronous generators b used??..

Answer / kk

beacuse wind does not flow at const speed i.e synchronous
speedso we use inductoin motor which can run at
asynchronous speed

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