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MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANIPAL (A Constituent Institute of Manipal University, Manipal) FIRST SEMESTER B.E. DEGREE MAKEUP EXAMINATION (REVISED CREDIT SYSTEM: 2007) 30 December 2008

BASIC ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY (ELE 101)

Time: 3 hours Note : Answer any FIVE full questions. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed. Max. Marks: 50

1A. 1B. 1C. 2A. 2B.

Using node voltage analysis find the voltage across 4 resistor in the circuit shown in Fig. 1A. Consider the circuit shown in Fig. 1B. The switch is closed at t=0. Determine the expression for the current and find the current at t = 5msec. For the circuit shown, apply star-delta transformation to obtain the equivalent resistance across the input terminals. A series RC circuit is energized by an alternating voltage v(t)=Vmax Sint volts. Derive an expression for the average power consumed by the circuit over a cycle. A coil having a resistance of 15 and an inductance of 0.2H is connected in series with another coil having a resistance of 25 and an inductance of 0.04H to a 230V, 50Hz supply. Determine (i) current through the circuit (ii) the voltage across each coil (iii) active power dissipated in each coil (iii) the p.f of the circuit. A mild steel ring has a mean circumference of 600 mm and a uniform cross sectional area of 250 mm2. Calculate the mmf required by the coil to produce a flux of 450 Wb. in the air gap of 1.0 mm. Assume the relative permeability of the mild steel to be 220. Also find the current through the coil if the coil has 800 turns. A load takes a current of 20 A at 0.707 pf lagging from a 240V, 50Hz supply. A capacitor is connected across the same supply so as to improve the power factor of the supply to 0.9 lagging. Find the value of the capacitance of the capacitor. Three identical impedances of 530 are connected in delta to a three phase three wire 400 Volts RYB system. Find the phase and line currents and the total power consumed by the load. A coil has resistance of 400 and inductance of 318H. Find the capacitance of a capacitor when connected in parallel with the coil makes the circuit to resonate at 1MHz. A 50 KVA, 4400/220 V transformer has R1=3.45, R2=0.009, X1=5, X2=0.014. Calculate for the transformer a) Equivalent impedance as referred to primary. b) copper loss, at full load c) secondary terminal voltage at full load 0.8 pf lag

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A 1-phase transformer has 400 primary and 1000 secondary turns. The net cross sectional area of the core is 80 cm2. If the primary winding is connected to a 50Hz supply at 500V, calculate i) the peak value of the flux density in the core and ii) the voltage induced in the secondary winding. Why starters are required for 3 phase induction motor? With a neat sketch, explain star delta starter for a 3 phase induction motor.

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Explain the principle of operation of 3 phase induction motor. A 415 V, 50 Hz, 8 poles, 3 phase induction motor has a input of 50 kW, when running at 720 rpm. The motor has a stator loss of 750 W and friction and windage losses are 1500 W. Determine the (i) slip (ii) gross power in the rotor (iii) the rotor copper loss/phase (iv) efficiency

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5B. 5C. 6A. 6B. 6C.

A 3 phase load takes a power of 15 KW at a power factor of 0.6 lagging. Determine the wattmeter readings, if the power is measured by 2 wattmeter method. Explain why single phase induction motor is not self starting. With the help of a neat sketch, explain the principle and working of a PMMC instrument? Why it is not suitable for AC measurements? What is a steeper motor? How it is controlled? List some of its applications. Two coils with self inductances of 500 mH and 400 mH respectively when connected in series aiding results in a total inductance of 1000 mH. Determine the mutual inductance between the two coils. What would be the total inductance if the coils are connected in series opposition? Also find the coefficient of coupling.
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Fig. 1A
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BASIC ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY (ELE 101/102)

Time: 3 hours Note : Answer any FIVE full questions. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed. Max. Marks: 50

1A. 1B. 1C. 2A. 2B.

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In the circuit shown in Fig. 1A, Find the resistance between A and D using star-delta reduction technique. In the circuit shown in the Fig. 1B, determine the current through 4 resistance and the power supplied by the battery. Use mesh analysis. Three Magnetically coupled coils are connected in series as shown in Fig. 1C. The coefficient of coupling are K12 = 0.5, K23 = 0.7 and K13 = 0.6. Find the equivalent inductance and the current drawn from the supply. For the circuit shown in Fig. 2A, the switch is in position 1 for a long time and it is changed to position 2 at t=0. Determine the capacitor voltage and current through 200 k resistor at t=10 msec. Two identical coils of 1200 turns each are placed side by side such that 60% of the flux produced by one coil links the other. A current of 10A in the first coil sets up a flux of 0.12mwb. If the current in the first coil changes from +10A to -10A in 20msec find (i) the self inductances of the coils (ii) the emfs induced in both the coils. A soft iron ring 25cm mean diameter and circular cross-section 5cm diameter is wound with a coil carrying a current of 5A to produce a flux of 2.5mwb in the airgap which is 0.25cm in length. Assuming r = 900, find the number of turns in the coil. Discuss the drawbacks of low power factor. A single phase motor takes 10A at a power factor of 0.866 lagging when connected to a 230V, 50Hz, AC supply. Calculate the value of capacitor to be connected across the motor to improve the overall power factor to .95 lag. A sinusoidal voltage v(t)= 200sint volts is applied to a network of three parallel branches. The currents in the two branches are i1= 14.14sin(t-370)A and i2=28.28sin(t-14.30)A. The source current is 63.8 sin(t+12.80)A. Determine a. The current in the third branch b. Network elements in each branch. Assume = 314 rad/sec. A resistor and coil connected in series across a 240V single phase ac supply takes a current of 3A, lagging by 37 behind the supply voltage. If the voltage across the coil is 171V, find the resistance of the resistor and resistance and reactance of the coil. Determine the line currents in a star connected load supplied from a symmetrical 3 phase, 3 wire, 400 V system using mesh analysis. The branch impedances of the load are Z A = 1030 , Z B = 1045 , Z C = 1060 . Assume the phase sequence as ABC. Verify the answer by neutral displacement method.

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4B. 4C. 5A.

5B. 5C. 6A.

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In the circuit shown in Fig. 4B, RL = 400 , RC = 700; C = 36uF and L = 0.2H. Find the resonant frequency. Derive the formula used, if any. Explain the principle and working of a single phase auto transformer. The primary and secondary windings of a 30kVA, 6000V/230V transformer have resistances of 10 and 0.016 respectively. The total reactance of the transformer referred to the primary side is 23. Find the secondary terminal voltage when the transformer is supplying rated current at power factors of i) 0.8 lag, ii) 0.8 lead iii) upf. Show that only two watt meters are sufficient to measure total power in 3-phase delta connected load supplied from balanced 3-phase supply. Draw the relevant phasor diagram. Compare squirrel cage and slip ring induction motors. What are the applications of 3 phase induction motor? A 3 phase, 20 Hp, 500V, 50Hz, 6 pole, 950 rpm induction motor is running on full load at a power factor of .86 lag. The mechanical losses are 700 watts. Calculate for this load a) slip b) rotor copper loss c) input if the stator losses total 1500 W d) the line current e) Efficiency With the help of a neat circuit diagram explain the working principle of a capacitor start single phase induction motor. With the help of a neat sketch, explain the principle and working of attraction type Moving Iron instrument?
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Ix
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2 2 2

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100 k 1
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Fig. Q 2A

RL

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BASIC ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY (ELE 101)

Time: 3 hours Note : Answer any FIVE full questions. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed. Max. Marks: 50

1A. For the circuit shown in Fig. Q1A, apply stardelta transformation to obtain the equivalent resistanceacrosstheinputterminalsAandB. 1B. ForthenetworkshowninFig.1B,determinethevoltagesV AandVBusingNodevoltageanalysis. Alsofindthepowersuppliedbyeachvoltagesource. 2A. Acoilofresistance30andinductance0.6Hisconnectedtoa240VDCsupplythroughaswitch whichisclosedattimet=0.Assumingzeroinitialenergy,determine i) Thetimeconstantofthecircuit, ii) Currentthroughthecircuit&voltageacrosstheinductoratt=2, iii) Sketchthecurrentandvoltagevariationsasafunctionoftime. 2B. A circular ring has a mean circuference of 56 cm including an air gap of 2 mm with a uniform crosssectionalareaof16cm2.Acoilof400turnsiswoundonthering.Foraleakagefactorof 1.3andrelativepermeabilityof4000forthematerial,Findtheexcitingcurrentrequiredtocause afluxdensityof0.8Wb/m2intheairgap.

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2C. Threemagneticallycoupledinductivecoils having thefollowing data are connected inseriesas showninFig.2C. L1=12H;L2=14H;L3=14H;k12=0.33;k23=0.37;k31=0.65; Findtheequivalentinductanceofthecircuit. 3A. Explainhowthesignofmutualinductaneisdeterminedbasedonthedotrule. 3B. Two impedances (14+j5) and (18+j10) are in parallel across a single phase. 200V, 50Hz supply.Determinei)theadmittanceofeachbranchandoftheentirecircuitii)totalcurrentand complexpoweriii)thecapacitancetobeconnectedinparallelwiththeabovecircuittoimprove thepowerfactortounity. 3C. For a sinusoidal alternating wave form, derive expressions for the average and RMS values in termsofitspeakvalueandhencefindthevalueofformfactor. 4A. Astarconnectedloadissuppliedfromasymmetrical3phase,3wire400Vsystem.Thebranch impedances of the load are ZA = 1030 , ZB= 1045 ,ZC= 1060 . Determine the neutral shiftvoltageandthethreelinecurrents.AssumethephasesequenceasABCandconsiderVANas reference. 4B. The circuit shown in Fig. 4B is connected to a varible frequency voltage source. There is no mutualeffectoninductances.Find (i) Netresistance,inductanceandcapacitance (ii) Resonantfrequency (iii) Halfpowerfrequencies (iv) Qualityfactor

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5A. Withrelevantphasordiagramprovethatina3phaseinductionmotortherotatingmagneticfield producedisofconstantmagnitudebutrotatesatsynchronousspeed. (05) 5B. The primary winding of a transformer has 300 turns. When connected across a 220 V, 50 Hz supply,itdrawsacurrentof5Aatapowerfactorof0.25onnoload.Determinethefollowing: (i) The maximum value of the core flux. (ii) Magnetizing reactance (iii) Equivalent Core loss resistance. 5C. Whenbalanced3phasepowerismeasuredby2wattmetermethod,thetwowattmeterreadings are W1 = 10,000 W and W2 = 2000 W. The line voltage is 400 V. Determine the total Power, Powerfactorandlinecurrent. 6A. ExplainDoublefieldRevolvingTheoryasapliedtoasinglephaseinductionmotor. 6B. GiveabriefanalogybetweenElectricalandMagneticcircuits. 6C. Withaneatdiagram,explaintheconstructionandworkingofasinglephaseenergymeter.

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5 A

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VB 20 10 10 25 60 V

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MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANIPAL (A Constituent Institute of Manipal University, Manipal) FIRST SEMESTER B.E. DEGREE END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS (S & T SECTIONS) (REVISED CREDIT SYSTEM: 2007) 07 December 2009

BASIC ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY (ELE 101)

Time: 3 hours Note : Answer any FIVE full questions. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed. Max. Marks: 50

1A. Withneatconnectiondiagramsexplainthedifferencebetweenidealandpracticalvoltagesource. 1B. Using mesh current analysis, determine the voltage across 4 resistance, current through 2 resistanceandpowerdissipatedin5resistanceinthecircuitshowninFig.Q1B. 1C. Find resistance between terminals AB of the circuit shown in Fig. Q1C using star delta transformation.

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2A. A coil of resistance 8 and inductance 19.1 mH is connected in parallel with another impedance of resistance 6 in series with capacitance of 398F .What 50Hz voltage is to be appliedacrossthisparallelcombinationinorderthatacurrentof10Amayflowinthecapacitor. Calculatethecurrentinthecoilandp.f.ofwholecircuit.Drawthecompletephasordiagram. (04) 2B. Obtain the equations for the capacitor current for the circuit given in Fig. Q2B for the time interval0t.TheswitchisclosedtopositionAattimet=0anditischangedtopositionBat timet=0.1second.Plotthecurrentvariationwithrespecttotime. 2C. A circuitI has a resistance of 2 and a capacitance of 20F. A second ciruitII consists of resistance3andavariableinductance.Avoltagesourceof230V,800Hzisavailable.Determine thevalueofinductanceforresonanceifcircuitIandcircuitIIareconnectedtosupply (i)inseriesand(ii)inparallel. 3A. Anironringhas32cmouterdiameterand30cminnerdiameterandisofcircularsection.Atone pointontheringasawcutismadenormaltoitscrosssectionequivalenttoanairgapof1mm.It iswounduniformlywith600turnsofwirecarryingacurrentof2.5A.Theironpathtakes40%of thetotalmagnetmotiveforce.Estimate(i)Reluctanceofair(ii)Magneticflux(iii)Reluctanceof iron(iv)fluxdensity.Neglectmagneticleakage. 3B. Two identical 1000 turn coils X and Y lie in parallel planes such that 60% of the magnetic flux producedbyonecoillinkstheother.Acurrentof5AinXproducesinitafluxof0.05Wb.Calculate (i) theselfinductanceofeachcoilandthemutualinductanceofthearrangement. (ii) EmfinducedinY,ifthecurrentinXchangesfrom6Ato6Ain0.01sec. (iii) EnergystoredincoilXattheinstantwhenthecurrentthroughitis5A 3C. Definetheterms: (i)RMScurrent(ii)Magnetomotiveforce 4A. Withtheaidofthetorqueslipcharacteristicsofa3phaseInductionmotor,explainhowtherotor resistancecanaltertheperformanceofInductionmotor. 4B. Whatistheneedofastarterfor3phaseinductionmotor,eventhoughitisselfstarting? (02) (03) (02)

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4C. A symmetrical 440V, 3 phase system supplies a star connected load with the following branch impedancesZR=10,ZY=j10andZB=j15.Calculatethelinecurrentsdrawnfromthesupply usingmeshcurrentanalysisAssumingthephasesequenceasRYBandVRYasreferencevector. (05)
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5A. Fora3phasestarconnectedbalancedlaggingload,drawtheconnectiondiagramtomeasurethe powerbytwowattmetermethod.Derivetheexpressionsforthetwowattmeterreadingswiththe aidofthephasordiagramandhenceobtainanexpressionfortheloadpowerfactorintermsof wattmeterreadings. 5B. A 3 phase induction motor has a star connected rotor. The rotor emf between the slip rings at standstillis50V.Therotorresistanceandstandstillrotorreactanceare0.5and3respectively. Determine(a)perphaserotorcurrentatstartingifastarconnectedrheostatof6perphaseis connected across thesliprings(b) full loadrotor current and rotorpower factor for afullload slipof4%withslipringsshortcircuited. 5C. Thetotalpowerabsorbedbyacertain3phasebalancedloadis40KW,thereactivepowerbeing 91.65KVAR.Determinethereadingsofthetwowattmetersiftwowattmetermethodisusedto measuretotalpower. 6A. An approximate equivalent circuit as referred to the low tension side of a 250/2500V, 50Hz, single phase transformer has equivalent resistance and reactance values of 0.2 and 0.7 respectively.Theshuntbranchresistanceandreactancevaluesare500and250respectively. The load impedance connected to the high tension side is 450300. For the primary applied voltageof250V,Determine (a)secondaryterminalvoltage(b)primarycurrent 6B. Withthehelpofneatdiagramandphasordiagram,explaintheworkingofacapacitorstartsingle phaseinductionmotor. 6C. Amovingcoilinstrumenthasaresistanceof10andgivesfullscaledeflectionwhencarryinga current of 50mA. Calculate the shunt resistance required to extend the range of the meter to measureupto100A.
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24 V

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BASIC ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY (ELE 101)

Time: 3 hours Note : Answer any FIVE full questions. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed. Max. Marks: 50

1A. Defineandexplainthesignificanceofthetermtemperaturecoefficientofresistance. Thefieldwindingofamotorhasaresistanceof500at150C.Byhowmuchwilltheresistance increaseifthemotorattainsatemperatureof450C,whenitisrunning?Thewindingismadeof copperanditstemperaturecoefficientofresistanceat00Cis0.00428/0C. (03) 1B. DeterminetheresistancebetweenthepointsAandBusingstardeltatransformationinFigQ1B 1C. InthecircuitshowninFig.Q1C,findthecurrentthroughallresistorsbymeshcurrentanalysis. 2A. Twosimilarinductivecoilswithnegligibleresistancearewoundonthesamecore.When (04) (03)

excitedbya200V,50Hzsource,thefirstcoiltakes5.2Aandtheemfinducedinthesecond coilis50V.Findtheselfinductanceofthetwocoils,mutualinductancebetweenthetwo coilsandthecouplingcoefficient.

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2B. ForthenetworkshowninFigQ2Btheswitchisinposition1att=0andismovedtoposition2at t=10ms.DetermineiL(t)for0tandsketchthecurrentvariationwithrespecttotime. (03) 2C. Amildsteelringhavingacrosssectionalareaof400mm2andameancircumferenceof400mm hasacoilof200turnswounduniformlyaroundit.Relativepermeabilityofmildsteelis300.Itis requiredtoproduceafluxof800x106wbinthering.Determine a)Reluctanceoftheringb)Excitationcurrentrequired. 3A. Analyticallyderivethephasorrelationshipbetweenvoltageandcurrentinapureinductor.Hence showthataveragepowerconsumedbytheinductoriszero.Drawthewaveformshowingvoltage, currentandpower.

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3B. Asinglephasecircuitcomprisesoftwolaggingloads,whichareconnectedinseriesanddissipate 800Wand1000Wrespectively.Twovoltmetersconnectedacrosseachloadread100Vand200V respectively. If the current flowing through the circuit is 10A, determine (i) Applied voltage (ii)powerfactorofthecombination. (04) 3C. Aninductiveloadtakes60Aofasinglephasea.c.supplyof230volt,50Hzatap.f.of0.6lagging. Calculatethevalueofcapacitancetobeconnectedacrosstheloadtoraisethepowerfacterofthe combined circuit to 0.9 lagging. Also calculate the active, reactive and apparent powers after powerfactorimprovement. 4A. A symmetrical 3 phase, RYB sequence, 3 wire, 400V, 50 Hz supply feeds an unbalanced star connectedload.ThebranchimpedancesoftheloadareZ R=(8.66+j5),ZY =(7.07j7.07)and ZB=(10+j17.32) . Calculate the three line currents by converting star connected load to equivalentdeltaconnectedload.Hencedeterminethevoltagesacrosstheoriginalstarconnected impedances.TakeVRYasreference. 4B. With a neat sketch, explain the operation of a StarDelta starter used with 3 phase induction motor.
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5A. A6pole50Hz3phaseinductionmotorrunningonfullloaddevelopsausefultorqueof160Nm andtherotoremfhasafrequencyof120cyclesperminute.Calculatethefollowing: i) Grosspowerdevelopedifthetorquelossinwindageandfrictionis12Nm. ii) Thecopperlossinrotorwindings iii) Theinputtothemotor,ifthestatorlossis800Wand iv) Fullloadefficiency (05) 5B. A30KVA,2400/120V,50Hztransformerhashighvoltagewindingresistanceof4.5andleakage reactance of 10 . The corresponding values on low voltage winding are 0.01 and 0.025 . Theironlossesare1.5KW.Calculate (a) equivalentimpedancereferredtohighvoltageside, (b) totallossesat(i)fullload(ii)60%offullload. (03) 5C. Explainthepurposeofcapacitorandcentrifugalswitchinasinglephaseinductionmotor. 6A. Thetwowattmetermethodisusedtomeasuretotalactivepowerina3phasebalancedcircuit. Indicatethepowerfactorsforthefollowingtypesofreadings: (i)W1andW2arepositiveandequal,(ii)W1ispositiveandW2iszero (iii)W1andW2areequalandoppositeand(iv)W1andW2arepositive,butnotequal (02)

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6B. A series resonant circuit with a resistance is 4 resonates at frequency of 2.9 KHz. The bandwidth is 3x103 rad/sec. Calculate (i) the inductance and capacitance of the circuit, (ii)lowerhalfpowerfrequencyand(iii)Qualityfactor. (04) 6C. With the help of a neat sketch, explain the principle of a Permanent Magnet Moving Coil instrument.WhyitisnotsuitableforACmeasurements? (04)

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2Vx

Vx + 3

4 3A 6V

5V 2

Fig. Q 1C
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t = 10 ms 1 2 10

10 V 0.1 H

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BASIC ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY (ELE 101/102)

Time: 3 hours Note: Answer any FIVE full questions. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed. Max. Marks: 50

1A. 1B.

For the network shown in Fig. Q1 A, determine the equivalent resistance between terminals A and B by star-delta conversion. (04) A coil having a resistance of 20 and an inductance of 0.8 H is connected to a 400 V DC supply through a switch. If the switch is closed at time t = 0, find (i) Time constant of the circuit. (ii) Time taken for the current to reach half of its final value. (iii)Energy stored in the inductance at that instant as in case (ii) above

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In the circuit shown in Fig. Q1 C, determine the voltages at nodes A and B using Node (03) voltage analysis. Determine the currents in 5 and 8 resistances in the network shown in Fig. Q2 A by mesh analysis. (04) A cicular iron ring having a mean circumference of 120 cm and a cross sectional area of 3.14 cm2 has a saw cut equivalent to an air gap of 1.5 mm across its cross section. It is uniformly wound with 2000 turns of copper wire. Calculate the exciting current required to produce a useful flux of 1.2 mWb in the air gap. Assume the relative permeability of iron as 1200 and leakage factor of 1.14. (06) For a pure capacitance circuit connected to a single phase supply, sketch the wave forms of voltage, current and active power. Hence analytically prove that the average power consumed by pure capacitor is zero. (03) A resistance of 35 is connectrd in series with an inductive coil having an internal resistance r and inductance L. When connected across a 230 V, 50 Hz single phase supply, the voltage across the coil is 100 V and the current drawn is 4 A. Find the unknowns r and L. (04) Two magnetically coupled coils have a coefficient of coupling of 0.832 with self inductances of 65 mH and 5 mH respectively Determine (i) Mutual inductance between them (ii) Equivalent inductance when the two coils are connected in (a) series addtion and (b) series opposition

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Three inductive coils, each with an internal resistance of 15 and an inductance of 31.83 mH are connected in delta to a 3-phase, 3 wire, 400V, 50Hz supply. Two wattmeters are connected in any two lines to measure the total power. Calculate (i) Magnitude of the line current, total power absorbed and readings of Wattmeters (ii) Same parameters if the connection is changed to star. (06) A circuit having a resistance of 5, an inductance of 0.4H and a variable capacitance in series is connected across a 110V, 50Hz supply. Calculate (i) The value of capacitance for the circuit to be resonant at the supply frequency (ii) Voltage across the inductance (iii) Upper and lower half power frequency in Hz (04)
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With the aid of phasor diagram, show that a constant magnitude rotating magnetic field at synchronous speed is produced when a three phase balanced winding is supplied from a three phase voltage. The approximate equivalent circuit for a 200/400V, step up transformer has the following parameters referred to the low-voltage side: (i) equivalent winding resistance and reactance = 0.15 and 0.37 respectively, (ii) core loss component = 600 , (iii) Magnetizing reactance = 300 . When the transformer supplying a primary current of 20A, 200 V at a pf of 0.8 lag, calculate (a) The secondary load current (b) Total losses (c) Secondary terminal voltage and (d) efficiency Explain the Double Field Revolving theory applied to single phase Induction Motor and hence show that the starting torque is zero.

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A 3 phase slip ring Induction motor has 80 volts between slip rings at stand still conditions. The rotor resistance and stand still reactance are 1.5 and 5 per phase respectively. Determine the rotor current and power factor (i) at starting with slip rings connected to an external star connected impedance of (5+j2) per phase. (04) (ii) at 5 % slip when the slip rings short circuited Explain how the current range of Measuring Instruments can be extended.
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BASIC ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY (ELE 101/102)

Time: 3 hours Note: Answer any FIVE full questions. Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed. Max. Marks: 50

1A.

Derive expressions for the equivalent star connected resistances for a given delta connected resistance network. Using Node voltage method, determine the current I 1 in the circuit shown below:

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The series RL circuit with a resistance of 50 and inductance of 10 H has a constant voltage of 100 V applied at time t = 0 by closing of a switch. (i) From fundamentals, derive the equations for the circuit current, voltages across resistance and inductance, (ii) Current at time t = 0.5 sec, (iii)The time at which the voltages across resistance and inductance are equal. State and explain the Faradays Laws of Electromagnetic Induction. When two coils are connected in series, their effective inductance is found to be 10 H. When the connections of one coil are reversed, the effective inductance is 6 H. Given the co-efficient of coupling as 0.6, calculate the self inductance of each coil and the mutual inductance. A steel ring of 25 cm mean diameter and of circular cross section with 3 cm in diameter has 1mm air gap in it. It is wound uniformly with 700 turns of wire carrying a current of 2 A. Given that there is no magnetic leakage with negligible fringing effect and iron path takes 35% of total mmf, calculate (i) the magnetomotive force (ii) flux density (iii) reluctance of steel ring (iv) relative permeability of steel

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For a periodic alternating quantity, define the term RMS value and derive expression for the RMS value of a sinusoidal alternating current. Three impedances Z1=345 , Z2=14.1460 and Z3=5-90 are connected in series across an altrnating voltage source. The voltage across Z1 is 27-10 V. Find (i) the voltages across other two impedances and (ii) applied voltage V.

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3C. An unbalanced isolated star connected load with Z R = (4+j8) , ZY = (3+j4) and ZB = (5+j8) is supplied from a 3 phase, 400V, RYB System. Taking VRY as reference and using Mesh analysis, calculate (i) Line currents (ii) Neutral Displacement voltage and (iii) The total active power. 4A. A series circuit consisting of resistance R and capacitance C is connected in parallel with an inductance L. This combination is connected across a variable frequency voltage source. Derive an expression for frequency in Hz at which the circuit resonates. Certain load takes 5 kW at 0.707 power factor lagging from 230 V, 50 Hz single phase supply. An additional load of 2 kW at upf is to be connected in parallel with the existing load. Calculate the combined power factor. Also determine the value of capacitance required to improve the overall power factor to 0.9 lagging. Two wattmeters are connected to measure power in a 3-phase circuit. The reading of the one of the meter is 5kW when the load p.f. is unity. In each phase, a pure inductance is coneected in parallel with existing load to change the power factor to 0.4 lagging, Calculate the new readings of the two wattmeters. The high voltage and low voltage windings of a 2500/250 V single phase transformer has resistances of 4 and 0.035 and reactances of 16 and 0.15 respectively. The low voltage winding is connected to a load of (4+j3) . Neglect no load current. Determine (i) Currents in the two windings (ii) Secondary terminal voltage (iii) % voltage regulation (iv) Power consumed by the load. With a neat sketch explain the working of star-delta starter. Why single phase Induction motor is not self starting? Explain any one method to make it self starting? With a neat sketch explain operation of attraction type Moving Iron type instrument. Write a note on applications of Autotransformer. A 3 phase, 4 pole, 50 Hz, 400 V Star connected Induction Motor runs at a slip of 5% when drawing a line current of 15 A at 0.8 power factor lagging. The stator losses total 250 Watts and friction and windage losses 100 Watts. Determine (i) Rotor speed (ii) Rotor copper losses (iii) Gross torque (iv) Efficiency

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Reg. No.: MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANIPAL (A Constituent Institute of MAHE, Deemed University) I SEMESTER BE (Common to All Branches) DEGREE MAKE-UP EXAMINATION (Revised credit system) 08 January 2007 ELE 101: BASIC ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY Time: 3 hours Note: Answer any FIVE full questions. Q1A. Explain briefly the conventional and non conventional energy sources. (03) Q1B. Consider the circuit shown in Fig Q1B. The switch is closed after 5msec. Hence determine the expression for the current for t>5msec. (03) Q1C. Find r1, r2, Vx using node analysis for the circuit shown in Fig Q1C (04) Q2A. For the circuit shown in Fig Q 2A, Find the current that flows through the impedance z1 using the loop analysis method. (03) Q2B. A mild steel ring has a mean circumference of 600 mm and a uniform cross sectional area of 250 mm2. Calculate the mmf required to produce a flux of 450 Wb. An air gap, 1.0 mm in length is now cut in the ring. Determine the flux produced if the mmf remains constant. Assume the relative permeability of the mild steel remain constant at 220. (03) Q2C. A coil of resistance R and inductance L is connected in series with a capacitor C across a variable frequency source. The voltage is maintained constant at 300 mV and the frequency is varied until a maximum current of 5 mA flows through the circuit at 6 kHz. If under these conditions, the Q factor of the circuit is 105, calculate: (i ) the maximum voltage that can appear across the capacitor (ii) the values of R,L,C. (04) Q3A. Determine the line currents in a star connected load supplied from a symmetrical 3 phase, 400 V system. The branch impedances of the load are Z A = 1030 , ZB = 1045 ZC = 1060 . Assume the phase sequence as ABC. If the two wattmeters W1 and W2 are connected in such way that their current coils are in line A and line C respectively and their potential coils are connected to line B, find their readings. (06) Q3B. A single phase motor takes 10 A at a power factor of 0.866 lagging when connected to a 230 V, 50 Hz supply. Draw the power triangle indicating reactive power, active power and apparent power. A capacitance bank is now connected in parallel with the motor to raise the power factor to 0.95, what is the value of the capacitance. (04) Q4A. Why starters are required for 3 phase induction motor? With a neat sketch, explain star delta starter for a 3 phase induction motor. (05) Q4B. Explain the principle of operation of 3 phase induction motor. A 415 V, 50 Hz, 8 poles, 3 phase induction motor has a output of 50 kW , when running at 720 rpm. The motor has a stator loss of 750 W and friction and windage losses are 1500 W. Determine the (i) slip (ii) gross power in the rotor (iii) the rotor copper loss/phase (iv) efficiency (05) Max. Marks: 50

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Two coils with a coefficient of coupling of 0.5 between them are connected in series so as to magnetize (i) in the same direction (ii) in the opposite direction. The corresponding values of equivalent inductance for (i) is 1.9 H (ii) 0.7 H. Find the self inductance of each coil, mutual inductance between the coils. (03) Explain the principle of operation of a stepper motor. (03)

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Derive an equation for the induced e.m.f. in the primary of the transformer. The primary winding of a transformer has 300 turns. When connected across a 220 V, 50 cps supply. It draws a current of 5A at a power factor of 0.25 on no load. Determine the following (i) The maximum value of the core flux. (ii) Magnetizing reactance. (iii) Core loss component of resistance. (04) Explain with a neat sketch, explain the construction of single phase energy meter. (05)

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The applied voltage in a parallel RLC circuit is given by v = 50 sin(5000 t + ) 4 If the values of R, L, C be given as 20, 1.6mH and 20 F, find the expression for the current supplied by the source and draw the phasor diagram. (05)
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