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II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES-I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. In a rectangular electro magnetic relay, he exciting coil has 1200 turns. Cross sectional are of the core is A = 6 cm 6 cm. neglect the reluctance of he magnetic circuit and fringing eects. With coil current kept constant at 2A, derive expression for force on armature as a function of air gap of length x. Find the work done by the magnetic eld when x decreases from 1 cm to 0.5 cm by integrating the force. [16] 2. (a) Deduce an expression for the voltage induced in a DC generator. (b) The lap wound armature of a 4 - pole generator armature has 51 slots. Each slot contains 20 conductors. What will be the e.m.f generated in machine when driven at 1500 r.p.m. If useful ux per pole is 0.01Wb? [8+8] 3. (a) Explain the armature reaction in a D.C generator on no-load. Enumerate and explain the method to overcome the adverse eects of the armature reaction. (b) A 4-pole 50 KW, 250v wave wound, shunt generator has 400 armature conductors. Brushes are given a lead of 4 commutator segments. Calculate the demagnetizing ampere turns/pole if shunt eld resistance is 50 ohms. Also calculate extra shunt led turns/pole to neutralize the demagnetization.[8+8] 4. (a) How do you determine the magnetization characteristics of a DC generator. (b) A separately excited generator when running at 1200 rpm supplies a current of 200A at 125 V to circuit of constant resistance. What will be the current when the speed drops to 1000 rpm if the eld current is unaltered? Armature resistance is 0.04 ohm and the total voltage drop at the brushes is 2V. Ignore the change in armature reaction. [8+8] 5. (a) Explain the drooping charectoristics of a D.C shunt generator (b) A d.c series generator having an reternal charectristics which is a straight line through zero to 50V at 200A is connected as a booster between a station busbar and a seeder of 0.3 resistance. Calculate the voltage dierent between the station busbar and the far end the seeder at a curent of i. 1200A and ii. 50A. [6+10]

6. A 20 KW,250 V dc shunt motor has a full-load armature current of 85 A at 1100 rpm.The armature resistance is 0.18 ohm. Determine: 1 of 2

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(b) the internal torque of the eld current is suddenly reduced to 80% of its original value; (c) The steady motor speed in part i. assuming the load torque to have remained constant. [16]

7. The speed of a 50 h.p series motor working on 500V supply is 750 rpm at full load and at 90 % eciency. If the load torque is made 350Nm and a 5 resistance is connected in series with the machine, calculate the speed at which the machine will run. Assume the magnetic circuit to be unsaturated and the armature and eld resistance to be 0.5. [16] 8. The Hopkinsons test on two similar machines gave the following full load results. Line current =48A Line voltage =110V Motor armature current=230A The eld currents are 3A an 3.5A. Armature resistance of each machine is 0.035 ohms.Calculate the eciency of each machine assuming a brush contact drop of 1V per brush. [16]

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II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES-I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. (a) Describe the principle of energy conversion. From a consideration of the various energies involved, develop the model of an electro mechanical conversion device. (b) Show that the torque developed in a doubly excited magnetic system is equal to the rate of increase of eld energy with respect to the displacement at constant currents . [8+8] 2. (a) Distinguish between lap and wave windings. (b) The armature of a 2 pole, 200V generator has 400 conductors and runs at 300 rpm. Calculate the useful ux or pole. If the number of turns in each eld coil is 1200, what is the average value of the emf induced in each coil on breaking the eld, if the ux dies away completely in 0.1s. [8+8] 3. (a) How are demagnetizing and cross magnetizing ampere-turns/pole in a D.C Machines calculated? (b) Determine AT/pole for each interpole of a 4 pole generator with 88 slots each containing 900 amp - conductors. The interpole air gap is 0.01 m and ux density in the interpole air gap is 0.3 T . The eects of iron parts of iron parts of the circuits and leakage may neglected. [8+8] 4. (a) How are the series and shunt windings arranged on the pole of a dc compound machine? (b) How will you distinguish between series and shunt windings of a dc compound machine? [8+8] 5. Two short-shunt compound generators A and B running in parallel supply a load current of 140A at a terminal voltage 100 V. An equalizig bar connects the two machines. The data regarding the machines are: Generator A: Ra=0.02 ohm; Rsh=80ohm; Rse=0.02 ohm. Generator B: Ra=0.05 ohm; Rsh=100 ohm; Rse=0.05 ohm; e.m.f generator B, 105 V. Calculate: (a) current in series windings (b) armature currents (c) current in equalizer (d) e.m.f generated by generator A. 1 of 2 [4+4+4+4]

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6. (a) Explain the basic performance equations for a dc motor. (b) A 4-pole, 250 V series motor has a wave-connected armature with 1254 conductors. The ux per pole is 22 mWb when the motor is taking 50 A. Iron and friction losses amount to 1.0 Kw. Armature resistance is 0.2 ohm and series eld resistance is 0.2 ohm. Calculate: i. ii. iii. iv. the the the the speed BHP shaft torque and eciency at this load.

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7. (a) Draw and explain the speed-torque characteristics and torque charectristics of dc shunt motor. (b) A 240V, 50A,800 rpm dc shunt motor has armature circuit resistance of 0.2. If load torque is reduced to 60% of its full-load value and a resistance of 2 is inserted in series with armature circuit, nd the motor speed. Armature reaction weakens the eld ux by 4% at full load and by 2% at 60% of full load. [8+8] 8. A 10kW 900 rpm, 400V dc shunt motor has armature circuit resistance (including brushes) of 1 and shunt eld resistance of 400. If eciency at rated load is 85%, then calculate: (a) The no-laoad armature current, (b) The speed when motor draws 20A from the mains and (c) The armature, eurrent, when the total(or internal) torque developed is 98.5 Nm. Assume the ux remain constant. [16]

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II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES-I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. (a) Prove that energy and coenergy in a linear magnetic system are given by identical expressions. (b) A 10 KW, 1500rpm d.c shunt generator has a time constant Lf /Rf of 0.5 sec 2 for its eld winding. Under normal operating conditions, the If rf loss in the led winding is 600 watts. Compute the energy stored in the magnetic eld produced by the eld winding, under normal operating conditions. [8+8] 2. What are the ordinary types of armature winding for dc machine? Explain the essential dierence between them and give relative merits and the applications of the two types windings. [16] 3. (a) How demagnetizing and cross magnetizing ampere turns per pole are calculated in a DC machine? (b) Determine per pole, the number of i. across magnetizing ampere turns ii. demagnetising ampere turns iii. series eld turns to balance the back ampere turns in the case of a dc generator having the following data 6000 conductors, total current 100A, 6 pole wave wound, angle of lead is 100 , leakage coecient = 1.3 [8+8] 4. (a) List the conditions for building up of a dc shunt generator. (b) A d.c. shunt generator is supplying load connected to a bus - bar voltage of 220 V. It has an armature resistance of 0.025 and eld resistance of 110 . Calculate the value of load current and load power when it generates an emf of 230 V. Neglect the eect of armature reaction. Draw circuit diagram.[8+8] 5. (a) What are the reasons for failure of voltage build up in a self excited D.C generator (b) A shunt generator is to be converted into a level compounded generator by the addition of a series eld winding. From a test on the machine with shunt excitation only, it to give 400V on no-load and 4.8A to give the same voltage when the machine is supplying its full load of 200A. the shunt winding has 1200 turns/pole. nd the noos series turns required per pole. [10+6] 6. (a) Draw and explain the dc Series motor characterstics.

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(b) The magnetization characteristic of a 4-pole dc series motor may be taken as proportional to current over a part of the working range; on this basis the ux per pole is 4.5 mwb/A. The load requires a gross torque proportional to the square of the speed equal to 30 Nm at 1000 rev/min. The armature is wave-wound and has 492 active conductors. Determine the speed at which the motor will run and the current it will draw when connected to a 220 V supply, the total resistance of the motor being 2.0 ohm. [8+8] 7. A 250V dc series motor has armature and series eld resistance of 0.25 and 0.15ohms respectively. (a) Calculate the current for developing a torque of 80Nm at 1200 rpm. (b) Calculate the percentage reduction in ux when the motor runs at 1800 rpm at half the current obtained in part (a). [8+8] 8. A 50 Kw, 440 V shunt generator having an armature circuit resistance including inter-pole winding of 0.15 ohm at normal working temperature was run as a shunt motor on no-load at rated voltage and speed. The total current drawn by the motor was 5 A including shunt eld current of 1.5 A. Calculate the eciency of the shunt generator at 3/4th full-load. [16]

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Code No: 07A30201

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II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES-I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. (a) Prove that energy and coenergy in a linear magnetic system are given by identical expressions. (b) A 10 KW, 1500rpm d.c shunt generator has a time constant Lf /Rf of 0.5 sec 2 for its eld winding. Under normal operating conditions, the If rf loss in the led winding is 600 watts. Compute the energy stored in the magnetic eld produced by the eld winding, under normal operating conditions. [8+8] 2. (a) With neat diagram give the constructional features of dc machine. (b) An 6 pole lap wound generator armature has 720 conductors, a ux of 30 mwb and a speed of 600 r.p.m. Calculate the e.m.f generated on open circuit. If the same armature is wave wound, at what speed it be driven to generate 600 volts? [8+8] 3. A 4-pole generator supplies a current of 143A. It has 492 armature conductors (a) wave wound (b) lap wound connected. When delivering full load, the brushes are given an actual lead of 100 . Calculate the demagnetizing ampere turns/pole. This eld winding is shunt connected and takes 10A. Find the number of extra shunt led turns necessary to neutralize this demagnetization. [8+8] 4. (a) Draw OCC of a dc shunt generator and dene critical speed and critical resistance. (b) A dc shunt generator has the following open circuit magnetization curve at its rated speed Field current ( A ) : 0.5 1.0 1.5 2 3 4 EMF ( V ) : 180 340 450 500 550 570 The resistance of the eld circuit is 200 . The generator is driven at its rated speed. Find the terminal voltage on open circuit. (Use graph paper) [8+8] 5. (a) Explain how critical resistale and critical speed of a D.C. generator can be obtained. (b) Draw the load charectristics of all the D.C generators. [8+8] 6. A 250v 4 pole shunt motor has two circuit armature winding with 500 conductors.The armature circuit resistance is 0.25 ohms eld resstance is 125 ohm and the ux per pole is 0.02wb.neglect armature reaction.nd the sped and torque developed if the motor draws 14 A from the mains. [16] 1 of 2

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7. (a) What are the factors eecting the speed of dc motors. (b) State one advantage and one disadvantage in the application of each of the three basic types of dc motors. [8+8] 8. A 200V shunt motor has Ra=0.1, Rf=240 and rotational loss=236W. On full load the line current is 9.8A with the motor running at 1450 rpm. Determine: (a) the mechanical power developed (b) the power output (c) the load torque (d) the full load eciency. [4+4+4+4]

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Code No: R050210202

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES - I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. (a) Give applications of singly excited system and explain their working. (b) A U shaped lifting magnet made of cast steel is wound with an exciting coil of 800 turns. It is required to lift a mass of 160 kg in air at a distance of 0.1 mm. The magnetic path length of magnet is 75 cm with a cross sectional area of 6 cm2 . Neglect the resistance of coil.. Calculate the minimum current required to lift the weight. The B-H curve data is as follows. B = 1.81 1.82 1.83 wb/m2 H = 2800 3000 3500 AT/m. [8+8] 2. (a) What do you understand by retrogressive and progressive windings? Which winding is generally preferred? Why? What are the advantages of retrogressive windings? (b) Give the relation between all pitch(es) for a DC generator with wave winding. Explain the essential condition for Dummy coil requirement. [8+8] 3. (a) What are the causes of sparking in a d. c. machine? Explain how commutation is improved by use of inter poles. (b) A 22.38 kW, 400-V, 2-pole wave-wound d.c., shunt motor has 840 armature conductors and 140 commutator segments. Its full-load eciency is 88% and the shunt eld current is 1.57A. If brushes are shifted backward through 1.5 segments from the geometrical neutral axis, nd the demagnetizing and distorting amp-turn /pole. [8+8] 4. (a) Explain the method of build-up of the emf in a shunt generator (b) What is classication of generators? Explain with relevant connection diagrams. [8+8] 5. (a) Sketch the internal and external characteristics of DC shunt and series generators. What are their elds of application? (b) Discuss the need for parallel operation of generators. Explain the load sharing of DC Shunt generators operating in parallel. [8+8] 6. (a) How may the direction of rotation of the following DC motors be reversed? i. Shunt ii. Series iii. Compound 1 of 2

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(b) Deduce the expression for torque developed in armature of a DC motor. State the factors on which the torque depends. [8+8] 7. (a) With Neat diagram Explain the construction and working of 4-point starter (b) A DC shunt motor runs at 750 RPM from 250 V supply and is taking a full load line current of 60 Amps. Its armature and eld resistances are 0.4 and 125 respectively and brush voltage drop is 2V, calculate, i. The no load speed, for a no load line current of 6 Amp. ii. The value of resistance to be added in series with armature to reduce full load speed to 600 RPM. [8+8] 8. (a) Explain the various losses taking place in DC machines. With the help of these losses draw the power ow diagram for a DC Motor. (b) A 440 V DC shunt motor takes a current of 3 A. at no-load. The armature resistance including brushes is 0.3 and the eld current is 1 A. Calculate the output and eciency when the input current is 20 A. [8+8]

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES - I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. With the help of neat diagram obtain the expression for the energy stored in a magnetic system for a simple attracted armature type relay. Explain the operation of system. [16] 2. (a) What is an equalizer connection? What is necessity of equalizer connection? (b) An 8 pole DC generator has per pole ux of 40mWb and winding is connected in lap with 960 conductors. Calculate the generated EMF on open circuit when it runs at 400 rpm. If the armature is wave wound at what speed must the machine be driven to generate the same voltage. [8+8] 3. (a) Explain about demagnetizing Ampere turn per pole and Cross magnetizing Ampere Turn per pole. (b) What is the purpose of compensating winding? Explain in detail. [8+8]

4. (a) Draw the neat graph to show open circuit characteristic of a separately excited DC generator? Why is a eld regulator necessary for this machine. (b) What is critical speed? Explain the signicance of critical speed. [10+6]

5. Six DC generators are running in parallel, each having an armature resistance of 0.15 ohm, running at the same speed and excited to give equal induce e.m.f(s). All generators share load equally at a terminal voltage of 500V. The total load is 360KW. If the eld current of one generator is raised by 5% and the speed remains constant, Calculate (a) New Terminal Voltage (b) Output of each machine. [16]

6. (a) Dene torque. Derive the expression for torque developed by a D.C. motor from fundamentals. (b) Determine the torque developed when a current of 30A passes through the armature of a motor with the following particulars: lap winding, 310 conductors, 4-pole, pole-shoes 16.2 cm long subtending an angle of 600 at the centre, bore radius 16.2 cm, ux density in air gap 0.7 tesla. [8+8] 7. (a) Compare the speed control of DC motor by rheostat control method and speed control by semiconductor devices. (b) A DC shunt motor is required to supply a load requiring a constant torque of 120 Nm, over a speed of 500 to 2000 RPM. 1 of 2

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i. Explain the three methods of obtaining the required speed range. ii. For each method above specify the base speed and power rating. [8+8] 8. (a) Explain the Testing method to separate rotational losses in DC machine. (b) Two identical DC machines when tested by Back to back method gave the following test results: Field currents are 2.5 A and 2 A. Line voltage is 220 V. Line current including both eld current is 10 A. Motor armature current is 73 A. The armature resistance of each machine is 0.05 . Calculate the eciency of both machines. [6+10]

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES - I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. (a) Explain the doubly excited system? Explain the various losses in it. (b) Find an expression for the force per unit area between the plates of a parallel plate condenser in terms of the electric eld intensity. Find the value of the force per unit area when E = 3 * 106 Volts/ meter, the break down strength of air. [8+8] 2. (a) What is an equalizer connection? What is necessity of equalizer connection? (b) An 8 pole DC generator has per pole ux of 40mWb and winding is connected in lap with 960 conductors. Calculate the generated EMF on open circuit when it runs at 400 rpm. If the armature is wave wound at what speed must the machine be driven to generate the same voltage. [8+8] 3. (a) Explain about demagnetizing Ampere turn per pole and Cross magnetizing Ampere Turn per pole. (b) What is the purpose of compensating winding? Explain in detail. [8+8]

4. What is the signicance of residual magnetism? Explain the experimental determination of OCC in laboratory? [16] 5. (a) Explain the procedure of withdrawing a DC generator that is already in parallel with others and supplying the load. (b) Eleven DC Shunt Generators are running in parallel. Each generator supplies a load current o f 400A at 210V. The shunt eld current of each generator is 4A and the armature resistance of each generator is 0.04 ohm. If one generator is suddenly switched o, determine the % change in terminal voltage, the total load current being kept unchanged. [8+8] 6. (a) Discuss Armature reaction and commutation in DC motors. Explain their eects on the performance of the motor and give remedies to their eects. (b) A 6-pole DC motor has a wave connected armature with 87 slots, each slot containing 6 conductors. The ux per pole is 20 m.wb and the armature has a resistance of 0.13 ohm when the motor is connected to 240V supply and the armature draws a current of 80A driving a load of 15KW. Calculate i. Speed ii. Armature Torque and iii. shaft Torque.

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7. (a) What are the dierent speed control methods of DC Shunt motor? Explain each method and enumerate advantages and disadvantages. (b) A DC series motor is driving a fan load, whose torque varies a cube of speed. The total armature and series eld resistance is 1 . It takes 10 Amp from 200 V mains and runs at 1000 RPM. Find the resistance to be connected in series with the motor to make it run at 800 RPM. [6+10] 8. (a) Explain the various losses taking place in DC machines. With the help of these losses draw the power ow diagram for a DC Motor. (b) A 440 V DC shunt motor takes a current of 3 A. at no-load. The armature resistance including brushes is 0.3 and the eld current is 1 A. Calculate the output and eciency when the input current is 20 A. [8+8]

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES - I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. (a) Explain the mechanical energy and work done in singly excited system when actual displacement occurs? (b) An electromechanical device has following self and mutual inductances. L11 = L22 = 1.6 + cos2 andL12 = 1 + 0.4cos. Find the expression for torque as a function of . Find Tav for = 30o . when coils are connected to a voltage source of 160 sin 314t, nd Tav for = 30o . [8+8] 2. (a) What is an equalizer connection? What is necessity of equalizer connection? (b) An 8 pole DC generator has per pole ux of 40mWb and winding is connected in lap with 960 conductors. Calculate the generated EMF on open circuit when it runs at 400 rpm. If the armature is wave wound at what speed must the machine be driven to generate the same voltage. [8+8] 3. (a) Explain about demagnetizing Ampere turn per pole and Cross magnetizing Ampere Turn per pole. (b) What is the purpose of compensating winding? Explain in detail. [8+8]

4. (a) With relevant connection diagrams, explain the dierent types of DC generators and give their application. (b) Explain voltage build-up process of self excited DC generator? [8+8]

5. (a) Distinguish between internal and external characteristic of a DC generator. How can the internal characteristic be derived from the external characteristic of a separately excited generator. (b) A separately excited generator with constant excitation is connected to a constant load. When the speed is 1500 rpm, it delivers 120A at 500V. At what speed will the current be reduced to 60A ? Armature resistance is 0.1 ohm, Contact drop/brush is 1V. Armature reaction may be ignored. [8+8] 6. (a) Distinguish between motor and generator action. Derive the equation for the back e.m.f induced in a DC motor. (b) A 6-pole DC motor has a wave connected armature with 87 slots, each slot containing 6 conductors. The ux per pole is 20 m.wb and the armature has a resistance of 0.13 ohm when the motor is connected to 240V supply and the armature draws a current of 80A driving a load of 16KW. Calculate i. Speed 1 of 2

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7. (a) What are the dierent speed control methods of DC Shunt motor? Explain each method and enumerate advantages and disadvantages. (b) A DC series motor is driving a fan load, whose torque varies a cube of speed. The total armature and series eld resistance is 1 . It takes 10 Amp from 200 V mains and runs at 1000 RPM. Find the resistance to be connected in series with the motor to make it run at 800 RPM. [6+10] 8. (a) With neat diagram explain the Swinburnes test conducted on DC shunt motors. What are the advantages and limitations of this test? Enumerate all calculations. (b) The Hopkinsons test on two machines gave the following results for full load: Line voltage 250 V, line current (excluding eld current) = 50 A. Motor armature current = 380 Amp. Field currents are 5 A and 4.2 A. Calculate the eciency of each machine. Armature resistance of each machine = 0.02. [6+10]

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, November 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES - I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. With the help of neat diagram obtain the expression for the energy stored in a magnetic system for a simple attracted armature type relay. Explain the operation of system. [16] 2. (a) What is an equalizer connection? What is necessity of equalizer connection? (b) An 8 pole DC generator has per pole ux of 40mWb and winding is connected in lap with 960 conductors. Calculate the generated EMF on open circuit when it runs at 400 rpm. If the armature is wave wound at what speed must the machine be driven to generate the same voltage. [8+8] 3. (a) Explain the eects of armature reaction in a d. c. generator. (b) Determine per pole the number i. of cross-magnetizing ampere-turns ii. of back ampere-turns and iii. of series turns to balance the back ampere-turns in the case of a.d.c. generator having the following data 500 conductors, total current 100A, 4 poles, 2-circuit wave winding, angle of lead = 100 , leakage coecient = 1.3. [8+8] 4. (a) Explain experimental determination of critical eld resistance for a self excited generator? (b) What are the causes and indication of over load generator. [8+8]

5. Six DC generators are running in parallel, each having an armature resistance of 0.15 ohm, running at the same speed and excited to give equal induce e.m.f(s). All generators share load equally at a terminal voltage of 500V. The total load is 360KW. If the eld current of one generator is raised by 5% and the speed remains constant, Calculate (a) New Terminal Voltage (b) Output of each machine. [16]

6. (a) Distinguish between motor and generator action. Derive the equation for the back e.m.f induced in a DC motor. (b) A 6-pole DC motor has a wave connected armature with 87 slots, each slot containing 6 conductors. The ux per pole is 20 m.wb and the armature has a resistance of 0.13 ohm when the motor is connected to 240V supply and the armature draws a current of 80A driving a load of 16KW. Calculate 1 of 2

Code No: R05210206 i. Speed ii. Armature Torque and iii. shaft Torque.

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7. (a) With Neat diagram Explain the construction and working of 3-point starter (b) A 2 ? pole lap wound DC shunt motor with 360 conductors operates at a constant ux level of 50mWb. The motor armature has a resistance of 0.12 and is designed to operate at 240 V, taking a current of 60 A at full load. i. Determine the value of external resistance to be inserted in the armature circuit so that armature current does not exceed twice its full load value at starting. ii. The external resistance is completely cut out when the motor reaches its nale speed, with the armature current at the full load value. Calculate the motor speed under these conditions. [8+8] 8. (a) Compare Swinburnes test and Hopkinsons test conducted on DC machines. List the advantages and limitations of both the methods. (b) The Hopkinsons test on two DC machines gave the following results for full load: line voltage 250 V, line current = 45 A excluding eld currents, motor armature current = 385 A, eld currents 5 A and 4 A. Calculate the eciency of each machine. Armature resistance of each machine is 0.015 . [6+10]

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, November 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES - I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. With the help of neat diagram obtain the expression for the energy stored in a magnetic system for a simple attracted armature type relay. Explain the operation of system. [16] 2. (a) Explain the construction of armature core. What type of material is used for armature core? Explain the reasons. (b) The armature of a DC generator is Wave wound with 2 poles. There are 40 slots on the armature surface and 12 turns per coil. The armature winding is double layer winding. The resistance of each conductor is 10 milliohm, nd the resistance of armature and EMF generated, if ux per pole is 45mwb and generator is rotated at 350 rpm. Repeat calculation for Lap winding. [6+10] 3. (a) What are the causes of sparking in a d. c. machine? Explain how commutation is improved by use of inter poles. (b) A 22.38 kW, 400-V, 2-pole wave-wound d.c., shunt motor has 840 armature conductors and 140 commutator segments. Its full-load eciency is 88% and the shunt eld current is 1.57A. If brushes are shifted backward through 1.5 segments from the geometrical neutral axis, nd the demagnetizing and distorting amp-turn /pole. [8+8] 4. What is critical speed? How do you draw magnetization characteristics in laboratory. [16] 5. (a) Distinguish between: i. DC shunt generator and ii. DC compound generator. Show and explain the nature of external characteristic of each of them. Also give applications of each of them. (b) Eight DC Shunt Generators are running in parallel. Each generator supplies a load current o f 400A at 210V. The shunt eld current of each generator is 4A and the armature resistance of each generator is 0.04 ohm. If one generator is suddenly switched o, determine the % change in terminal voltage, the total load current being kept unchanged. [8+8] 6. (a) Dene torque. Derive from rst principles, the torque equation of a DC motor.

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(b) Determine the torque developed when a current of 30A passes through the armature of a motor with the following particulars: wave winding, 310 conductors, 4-pole, pole-shoes 16.2 cm long subtending an angle of 600 at the centre, bore radius 16.2 cm, ux density in air gap 0.7 tesla. [8+8] 7. (a) Explain the functions of NVC and OLC in 4 Point starter. What are the advantages and limitations of this starter on 3 point starter? (b) The EMF developed in the armature of a shunt generator at 1155 RPM is 240 Volts for a eld current of 4.5 Amps and 255 V for a eld current of 5 Amps. The generator is now used as a motor on a 260 V supply and takes an armature current of 75 Amps. Find the motor speed, when the eld current is adjusted to 4.8 Amps, total armature resistance is 0.12 . [6+10] 8. (a) The following readings are obtained when performing a brake test on DC shunt motor. Spring Balances, 08 kgs and 30 kgs. Diameter of drum = 42 cm. Speed of the motor = 1000 rpm. Applied voltage = 220 V. Line current = 50 A. Calculate out put power and eciency. (b) A 500 V DC shunt motor takes a current of 5 A on no-load. The resistances of the armature and eld circuit are 0.2 and 300 respectively. Find, the eciency when loaded and taking a current of 125 A and the percentage change of speed. [8+8]

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, November 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES - I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. With the help of neat diagram obtain the expression for the energy stored in a magnetic system for a simple attracted armature type relay. Explain the operation of system. [16] 2. Explain the various pitch(es) related with armature winding. Derive the relation between each for lap and wave winding. [16] 3. (a) What are the causes of sparking in a d. c. machine? Explain how commutation is improved by use of inter poles. (b) A 22.38 kW, 400-V, 2-pole wave-wound d.c., shunt motor has 840 armature conductors and 140 commutator segments. Its full-load eciency is 88% and the shunt eld current is 1.57A. If brushes are shifted backward through 1.5 segments from the geometrical neutral axis, nd the demagnetizing and distorting amp-turn /pole. [8+8] 4. What is critical speed? How do you calculate the critical speed in laboratory. [16] 5. (a) Explain the external characteristic of DC series generator. Why does the terminal voltage start decreasing after a certain value of load current? Also give its applications. (b) A separately excited generator with constant excitation is connected to a constant load. When the speed is 1000 rpm, it delivers 120A at 500V. At what speed will the current be reduced to 60A ? Armature resistance is 0.1 ohm, Contact drop/brush is 1V. Armature reaction may be ignored. [8+8] 6. (a) Dene torque. Derive the expression for torque developed by a D.C. motor from fundamentals. (b) Determine the torque developed when a current of 30A passes through the armature of a motor with the following particulars: lap winding, 310 conductors, 4-pole, pole-shoes 16.2 cm long subtending an angle of 600 at the centre, bore radius 16.2 cm, ux density in air gap 0.7 tesla. [8+8] 7. (a) Explain the functions of NVC and OLC in 4 Point starter. What are the advantages and limitations of this starter on 3 point starter? (b) The EMF developed in the armature of a shunt generator at 1155 RPM is 240 Volts for a eld current of 4.5 Amps and 255 V for a eld current of 5 Amps. The generator is now used as a motor on a 260 V supply and takes an 1 of 2

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armature current of 75 Amps. Find the motor speed, when the eld current is adjusted to 4.8 Amps, total armature resistance is 0.12 . [6+10] 8. (a) Explain the various losses taking place in DC machines. With the help of these losses draw the power ow diagram for a DC Motor. (b) A 440 V DC shunt motor takes a current of 3 A. at no-load. The armature resistance including brushes is 0.3 and the eld current is 1 A. Calculate the output and eciency when the input current is 20 A. [8+8]

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, November 2008 ELECTRICAL MACHINES - I (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. (a) Obtain the expression for the mechanical energy developed in electromechanical energy conversion devices (Single excited system). (b) In a electromechanical relay excited from a voltage source, the current and ux linkages are related as i = (1.2)2 +3.8(10.2x2 ); x < 1, nd the force on the armature as a function of . [8+8] 2. (a) What is an equalizer connection? What is necessity of equalizer connection? (b) An 8 pole DC generator has per pole ux of 40mWb and winding is connected in lap with 960 conductors. Calculate the generated EMF on open circuit when it runs at 400 rpm. If the armature is wave wound at what speed must the machine be driven to generate the same voltage. [8+8] 3. (a) Discuss armature reaction and commutation in a dc motor. (b) A 2-pole lap connected motor armature has 880 conductors and delivers 120A. The brushes have been displaced through 4 angular degrees from the geometrical axis. Calculate i. demagnetizing amp-turns/pole ii. cross-magnetising amp-turns/pole (c) the additional eld current for neutralizing the demagnetization of the eld winding has 1100 turns/pole. [8+8] 4. What is critical eld resistance? How do you draw the open circuit characteristic in laboratory. [16] 5. (a) Discuss in detail the characteristics and applications of DC Shunt, series and compound generators (b) Explain the conditions necessary for the parallel operation of DC generators. [10+6] 6. (a) Dene torque. Derive the expression for torque developed by a D.C. motor from fundamentals. (b) Determine the torque developed when a current of 30A passes through the armature of a motor with the following particulars: lap winding, 310 conductors, 4-pole, pole-shoes 16.2 cm long subtending an angle of 600 at the centre, bore radius 16.2 cm, ux density in air gap 0.7 tesla. [8+8] 7. (a) Why we need to control the speed of D.C. Motor? Explain the torque-speed relation of DC Motor. 1 of 2

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(b) A 230 V DC series motor has resistance of 0.2 . At a speed of 1800 rpm, it takes a current of 40 A. Find the resistance to be added to limit the speed to 3600 RPM, when the current is 10 Amp. Assume that ux is linear to current between 10 Amps to 40 Amps. [8+8] 8. (a) With neat diagram explain the Back to Back test conducted on two DC machines? Give all calculations assuming equal constant losses. (b) A Hopkinsons test on two identical shunt machines gave the following results: Input voltage 500 V, Input current 15 A, output current of generator 120 A, Field current of generator 4A, eld current of motor 3 A. Armature resistance of each machine 0.06 . nd eciency of motor and generator. [8+8]

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