State advantages of rotating field type alternators. 

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Advantages of Rotating Field Type Alternator: 1) For high-voltage alternator, large space is required to accommodate conductors with insulation, as high voltage is induced in them. If field poles are placed on rotor and armature winding is placed on stator, large space can be provided to accommodate large number of conductors and the required high level of insulation. 2) It is always better to protect high voltage winding from the centrifugal forces caused due to the rotation. So high voltage armature is kept stationary and field winding is kept rotating. This avoids the interaction of mechanical and electrical stresses. 3) It is easier to collect larger currents at very high voltage from a stationary member than from the slip ring and brush assembly. The voltage required to be supplied to the field is very low (110 V to 220 V d.c.) and hence can be easily supplied with the help of slip ring and brush assembly by keeping it on rotor. 4) Due to low voltage level on the field side, the insulation required is less and hence field system has very low inertia. It is always better to rotate low inertia system than high inertia, as efforts required to rotate low inertia system are always less. 5) Rotating field makes the overall construction very simple. With simple but robust mechanical construction and low inertia of rotor, it can be driven at high speeds. So greater output can be obtained from an alternator of given size. 6) If field is rotating, to excite it from external dc supply, two slip rings are enough. One each for positive and negative terminals. As against this, in three phase rotating armature, the minimum number of slip rings required is three and cannot be easily insulated due to high voltage levels. 7) The ventilation arrangement for high voltage side can be improved if it is kept stationary and field winding is kept rotating. 8) Rotating field is comparatively light and can run with high speed. 

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