This document summarizes key concepts about synchronous motors covered in a lecture:
1) When excitation is decreased, the synchronous motor draws reactive power from the source and operates at a lagging power factor. When excitation is increased, it supplies reactive power to the source and operates at a leading power factor.
2) Increasing or decreasing load torque does not change the active power input of a synchronous motor. It varies the load angle to maintain constant active power, causing it to operate at a lagging or leading power factor respectively.
3) Varying excitation under loaded conditions changes the back EMF and load angle while keeping the products of voltage-current and sine/cosine of angles constant, so active power