The power factor angle and torque angle of a salient pole synchronous generator drawing a current of 1.0 pu

The power factor angle and torque angle of a salient pole synchronous generator drawing a current of 1.0 pu from a lagging load are 45o and 15o, respectively. The direct axis and quadrature axis currents, respectively, are

(A) 0.5 pu, 0.866 pu (B) 0.866 pu, 0.5 pu

(C) 0.707 pu, 0.707 pu (D) 0.5 pu, 0.5 pu

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The power factor angle and torque angle of a salient pole synchronous generator drawing a current of 1.0 pu from a lagging load are 45o and 15o, respectively. The direct axis and quadrature axis currents, respectively, are 0.866 pu, 0.5 pu

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