Code 9A02308 1

II B.Tech I semester (R09) Regular Examinations, November 2010

ELECTRICAL MACHINES-I
(Electrical & Electronics Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) In a rectangular electromagnetic relay, the exciling coil has 1500 turns of resistance 1Ω .
The cross-sectional area of the core A=5cmx5cm, Neglecting reluctance of the magnetic
circuit and fringing, if the coil is excited with 50Hz a.c having a peak to peak value of 100v
and the armature is held at a distance of 1cm, find the average force on the armature.
2. (a) Derive the expression for the voltage induced in a dc generator
(b) The lap wound armature of a 4 pole generator has 51 slots. Each slot contains 20 conduc-
tors. What will be the emf generated in machine when driven at 1500 rpm? The useful
flux per pole is 0.01wb
3. (a) Explain how demagnetizing and cross magnetizing ampere-turns/pole are calculated in dc
machines.
(b) Calculate the ampere turns for each commutating pole of an 8 pole with 107 slots, each
containing 1000 ampere conductors. The interpole air gap is 1.2 cm. The flux density in
the air gap is to be 0.32 T. Neglect iron parts and leakage.
4. (a) Explain the process of voltage building in self excited generator. Also mention the possible
causes of failure of excitation.
(b) A short shunt compound generator delivers a load current of 30 A at 220 V and has
armature, series, field and shunt field resistance of 0.05Ω , 0.03Ω and 200Ω respectively.
Calculate the induced emf and the armature current. Allow 1.0v per brush for contact
drop.
5. (a) Draw and explain the load characteristics of a series generator
(b) Two shunt generators, each with a no load voltage of 200v are run in parallel. Their
external characteristics can be taken as straight lines over this operation range. Generator
1 is rated at 200 kw and its full load voltage 190v. Generator 2 is rated at 100kw at
185v. Calculate the bus bar voltage when the total load is 3000A. How is the load divided
between the two?
6. A 200 volts d.c. series motor runs at 1000 r.p.m when operating at its full load current of 30A.
The motor resistance is 0.5Ω and the magnetic circuit can be assumed unsaturated. What will
be the speed if
(a) The load torque is increased by 44%
(b) The motor current is 20A.
7. (a) What is a starter? Explain the necessity of starter in d.c..motors.
(b) Explain the method to control the speed of a d.c. motor above its rated speed.
8. A 440v d.c. shunt motor takes a no load current of 25A. The resistance of the shunt field and
the armature are 550 Ω and 1.2 Ω respectively. The full load line current is 32A. Find the full
load output and the efficiency of the motor.

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II B.Tech I semester (R09) Regular Examinations, November 2010
ELECTRICAL MACHINES-I
(Electrical & Electronics Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
?????

1. In a rectangular electromagnetic relay, the exciting coil has 1200 turns. Cross-sectional area of the coil
A=6cmx6cm . Neglect the reluctance of the magnetic circuit and fringing effects. With coil currents
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 field when x decreases from 1cm to 0.5cm by integrating the force.
2. (a) Explain the action of commutator in dc generators.
(b) A 4 pole d.c. generator has a wave wound armature with 792 conductors. The flux per pole is
0.12 Wb. Determine the speed at which it should be run to generate 240v on no load.
3. (a) What is armature reaction? Explain the effects of armature reaction. Also explain the methods
to overcome the effects of armature reaction.
(b) A 500 volts, 4-pole, wave wound, 750rpm d.c. shunt generator supplies a load of 195A. The
armature has 720 conductors and shunt field resistance is 100Ω . Find the demagnetizing ampere
turns per pole, if the brushes are given an actual lead of 100 at the load. Also calculate the extra
shunt field turns required to neutralize the demagnetization.
4. (a) What is self excited generator? Explain the process of voltage building in self excited generator.
(b) What are the causes of failure to excite a self excited generator? Also suggest the remedial
measures.
5. (a) Explain the necessity of parallel operation of generators.
(b) Two d.c. compound generators, A and B with an equalizing bar, supply a total load of 500A.
The data relating to the machine are as follows.
Armature resistance, RA =0.05 ohms,RB =0.03 ohms; series field winding , RSA = 0.02 ohms,
RSB =0.01 ohms. Generated emf EA =463V, EB =470v
Calculate :
i. The current in each armature
ii. The current in each series winding
6. (a) A 250V d.c shunt machine has line current of 80A. It has armature and field resistance of 0.1Ω
and 125Ω respectively. Calculate power developed in armature when running as
i. generator and
ii. motor.
7. (a) What is a starter? Explain the necessity of starters in dc motors.
(b) Explain the Ward-Leonard system of speed control of d.c. motors.
8. The no load test of a 45kw, 230v d.c. shunt motor gave the following results:
Input current =14A
Field current =2.55A
Brush drop =2V
Estimate full load current and efficiency.

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II B.Tech I semester (R09) Regular Examinations, November 2010
ELECTRICAL MACHINES-I
(Electrical & Electronics Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain the principle of energy conversion. From the consideration of various energies involved,
develop the model of an eletromechanical conversion device.
(b) Prove that energy and coenergy in a linear magnetic system are given by identical expressions.
2. The armature core of a 4 pole dc machine has 31 slots each designed to accommodate 4 coil sides of a
simplex wave winding. The winding has total of 496 conductors. Find
(a) total numbers of coils
(b) turns per coil
(c) commutator pitch
(d) back, front and total pitches
(e) number of commutator segments.
3. A 4 pole lap wound d.c. generator delivers full load current of 400A. It has shunt field current of 12A
and 123 commutator segments in the commutator ring of the machine. If the brushes are advanced by
3 commutator segments full load , find
(a) the demagnetizing AT/Pole
(b) the cross magnetizing AT/Pole
4. In a 110V, d.c. compound generator, the resistance of the armature, shunt field and series field are
0.06Ω , 25Ω ,and 0.4Ω respectively. The load consists of 200 lamps each rated at 55W, 110V. Find the
total emf generated and the armature current when the machine is connected in
(a) long shunt and
(b) short shunt
5. (a) List and explain the applications of various types of degenerators.
(b) Two shunt generators each with an armature resistance of 0.01Ω and field resistance of 25Ω run
in parallel and supply a total load of 3000A. The emfs are respectively 220V and 240V. Calculate
the bus bar voltage and output of each machine.
6. A 4 pole d.c. shunt motor takes 22.5 A from a 250V supply Ra =0.5Ω and RSH =125Ω . The armatures
is wave wound with 300 conductors. If the flux per pole is 0.02Wb, calculate
(a) speed
(b) Torque developed
(c) Cross power developed.
7. (a) Explain the scheme to control the speed of a dc shunt motor below its rated speed.
(b) A 220 V d.c. shunt motor runs at 500rpm taking a current of 16A from the field winding in 220
ohms. The motor drives a load whose torque is constant. Find the extra resistance to be added
to the field winding to increase the speed to 700rpm.
8. A 200 V d.c. shunt machine has armature and field resistances of 0.2Ω and 200 Ω respectively. The
line current in 40A. Find i) Output as generator ii) Input as a motor iii) Power developed in armature
and iv) Copper losses in both the cases.

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II B.Tech I semester (R09) Regular Examinations, November 2010
ELECTRICAL MACHINES-I
(Electrical & Electronics Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. For a doubly excited magnetic system, the inductances are approximated as follows: L1 =11+3cos2θH;
L2 =7+2 cos2θ H; M=11 cosθ H. The coils are energized with d.c. I1 =0.7A, I2 =0.8A, Find
(a) the torque as a function of θ and its value when θ=-500
(b) the energy stored in the system as a function of θ
(c) the maximum energy stored.
2. (a) With a neat diagram explain the constructional features of a dc machine.
(b) A six pole lap wound dc generator armature has 720 conductors, a flux of 30mwb and running at
a speed of 600rpm. Calculate the e.m.f. generated on open circuit. If the same armature is wave
wound, at what speed it is to be driven to generate 600 volts?
3. (a) Explain the armature reaction in a dc generator. Also explain the methods to overcome the effects
of armature reaction.
(b) A 4 pole 50kw, 250v wave wound, shunt generator has 400 armature conductors. Brushes are
given a lead of 4 commutator segments. Calculate the demagnetizing AT/pole if shunt field
resistance is 50Ω. Also calculate extra shunt field AT/pole to neutralize the demagnetization.
4. (a) Draw and explain occ of a dc shunt generator. Also define the critical field resistance and critical
speed.
(b) A shunt generator has an induced voltage on open circuit of 127V. When the machine is on load,
the terminal voltage is 120V. Find the load current if the field circuit resistance is 15Ω and the
armature resistance is 0.02Ω. Ignore armature reaction.
5. (a) Draw and explain the load characteristics of a DC shunt generator.
(b) Eight shunt generators are running in parallel. Each generator supplies a load current of 400A at
310V. The shunt field current of each generator is 0.04Ω. If one generator is suddenly switched off,
determine the percentage change of terminal voltage, the total load current being kept unchanged.
6. A 20kw, 250V dc shunt motor has a full load armature current of 85A at 1100rpm. The armature
resistance is 0.18Ω. Determine:
(a) the initial torque developed
(b) the internal torque if the field current is suddenly reduced to 80% of its original value
(c) the steady motor speed assuming the load torque to have remained constant.
7. What is the need for speed control of electric motors? List and explain different speed control methods
for dc motors.
8. A 200v shunt motor has Ra =0.1Ω, Rf =240Ω and rotational loss= 236w on full load the line current
is 9.8A with the motor running at 1450rpm. Determine:
(a) the mechanical power developed
(b) the power output
(c) the load torque
(d) the full load efficiency.

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