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PACIFIC SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

BE SEM- III Mid-Sem Examination- Sept-2013

Subject: Electrical Machines-I (130904) Date:26/09/2013
Time: 10:30 Am to 1:00 Pm Total Marks: 60

Instructions:
1. Attempt any five questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

1. (a) Draw a neat sketch of a D.C. Machine and label the component parts.
Name the material used for each component parts.

(b) Mention the reason for compounding D.C. generator. Sketch and explain the
internal and external characteristic of compound generator.

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2. (a) Explain the process of building up of voltage in a d.c. shunt generator and
give the conditions to be satisfied for voltage build-up.

(b) 4-pole, D.C. shunt generator with a shunt field resistance of 100 ohm
and armature resistance of 1 ohm has 378 wave connected conductors in
its armature. The flux per pole is 0.02 Wb. If a load resistance of 10 ohm
is connected across the armature terminals and the generator is driven at
1000 r.p.m. calculate the power absorbed by the load.

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3. (a) Explain the internal and external characteristics of D.C. Shunt Generator.

(b) What is armature reaction? Describe the effects of armature reaction on the
operation of d.c. machines. How the armature reaction is minimized?

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4. (a) Classify the dc machine based on (i) Excitation and (ii) Connections. Derive
the expression of e.m.f. developed in a DC generator.

(b) Prove that when three phase supply is applied across the stator of a three
phase induction motor, a rotating magnetic field of constant magnitude is
produced.

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5. (a) Explain torque and sleep characteristics of three phase Induction Motor.

(b) An 8-pole, 50 Hz, 3-phase slip ring Induction Motor has effective rotor
resistance of 0.08 Ohm/phase. Stalling speed is 650 r.p.m. How much
resistance must be inserted in the rotor phase to obtain the maximum torque
at starting? Ignore the magnetizing current and stator leakage impedance.
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6. (a) Define the term slip of induction motor. Draw and explain the torque slip
Characteristic of a three phase induction motor.

(b) A 3-Phase, 50 Hz, 4-pole Induction motor has a slip of 4%. Determine the
Frequency of rotor e.m.f and speed of motor.
If rotor has a resistance of 1 Ohm and standstill reactance of 4 Ohm, Calculate
the power factor of motor (i) at standstill, and (ii) at a speed of 1400 r.p.m

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7. (a) Induction motor can never run at synchronous speed. Justify. Discuss various
Methods to measure its speed.

(b) Derive the equation of starting torque of three phase Induction motor.
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