Assignment

Subject:-POEMD
Note: - Dont write question number on page &
solve each question on separate page.
1) How the Faradays law and Biot- Savarts law is applied to design of an Electrical Machine?
2) Discuss Briefly about Electrical properties of insulating materials & give their classification with
examples.
3) What are the fundamental requirements of High conductivity materials?
4) Show that use of Aluminum conductor in electrical machines instead of copper conductor results in
reduction of rating by 22 %.
5) Derive the calculation of resistance steps of a DC series motor starter.
6) Derive the calculation of resistance steps of a DC shunt motor starter.
7) Derive the calculation of resistance steps of a Induction motor starter.
8) A 250 V, 37kW, d.c shunt motor has to exert a maximum torque 150 % of full load torque during the
starting period. The armature resistance is 0.2 Ohm & full load efficiency is 84%. The no of studs is 8.
Determine, I) Upper & Lower limits of current during starting II) Resistance of each section
9) Design the sections of a rotor starter for a 75Kw, 3-phase Induction motor using 7 notches. Rotor
resistance per phase is 0.018 . The upper limit is to be full load current for which the slip is 2%.
10)Develop a design procedure for a round wire heating element.
11) Estimate the no. of resistance sections and the resistance of each section for a starter of a
7.5kW,460V d.c series motor. The staring current varies from 1.5 to 2 times full load current. The
efficiency is 80% and the resistance of machine measured between terminals is 1.8 ohm. Assume that
flux increases by 10% as the current rises from 1.5-2 times rated full load current.
12) Explain single & double layer winding & state its advantages.
13) Briefly describe Lap & wave windings for DC machine armature.
14) Describe the Expression for emf generated in fractional pitch distributed winding.

15) Draw a complete developed winding diagram for 4 pole,12 slots,simpolex lap connected dc
generator with commutator of 12 segments.
16) Draw a complete developed winding diagram for 4 pole,16 slots,simpolex lap connected dc
generator with commutator of 16 segments.
17) Draw a complete developed winding diagram for 4 pole, 17 slots, and simplex wave connected DC
generator with commutator of 17 segments. Draw its sequence diagram & Indicate brush positions.
18) Draw a complete developed winding diagram for 4 pole, 13 slots, and simplex wave connected DC
generator with commutator of 13 segments. Draw its sequence diagram & Indicate brush positions.
19) Derive the equation of temperature rise with time in electric machine. Define heating time constant.
20) Show that the cooling curve of electric machines is exponential in nature. Define cooling time
constant
21) Explain Different modes of heat dissipation in Electric machines. What is thermal resistance?
22) The field coil has a heat dissipating surface of 0.15 m2 and the length of mean turn of 1m.it
dissipates loss of 150W, the emissivity being 34 W/m2- 0C.Estimate the final steady temperature rise of
the coil & its time constant if the cross section of the coil is 100*50 mm2.Specific heat of copper is 390
J/kg-0C.the space factor is 0.56, copper weight is 8900 kg/m3.
23) The temperature rise of transformer is 250C after one hour and 37.50C after two hours of cold
conditions. Calculate its steady temperature rise and the heating time constant, if its temperature falls
from the final steady value to 400C in 2.5 hours when disconnected. Calculate its cooling time constant.
The ambient temperature is 300C.
24) Explain the simplified steps for transformer design.
25) What is window Space factor? Find the width of window for optimum output of transformer.
26) What are the advantages of various approaches of computer aided designing?
27) Explain the flow charts for the following parts of transformer,
I.
II.
III.
IV.

Core design
Window dimension design
Yoke design
Efficiency calculation

28) A 3-phase 6-pole alternator with double layer winding,narrow phase spread accommodate in 4-slot
per pole per phase with eight conductor /slot.the coils are short pitched by 2 slots.fundamental flux 3rd
& 5th harmonic fluxes are 0.018wb, 1.7mwb & 0.6mwb respectively.

29) A 4-pole,50 Hz synchronous generator has 48 slots in which double layer winding is housed.each coil
has 10 turns and short pitched by an angle of 360 electrical.
a) Calculate the Line-Line induced EMF for 3-phase Y connected
b) Line-Line Induced emf in volts for 2-phase connection.
30) State the importance of dummy coils.
31) Explain the basic structural parts of an Electromagnetic rotating machine.
32) What are the types of magnetic materials?? Give examples.
33) Find the section resistance of a 6-stud field regulator for a D.C generator to give the limits
of 510 V & 560 V in equal steps. The field is 0.001075 mho. Make use of the following table.

Sr.No
1
2
3
4
5
6

Field Voltage(Volts)
560
550
540
530
520
510

Field Current (Ampere)

0.60
0.55
0.51
0.48
0.455
0.435

34) A 230-V,6 pole,3-phase,50 Hz,15-kW Induction motor drives a constant torque load at
rated frequency, rated voltage and rated kW output and has a speed of 980 rpm. Calculate the
steps in a 5- step rotor resistance starter for a motor having rotor resistance per phase 0.02
Ohm.
35) Explain Different Pitches for DC machine Armature winding.

36) State the importance of Equalizer connection in Lap Winding.

37) The field coils of a D.C machine are excited with 2.5 A at 230 V. The Weight of
Copper in the coils is 60 kg. Estimate the rate at which the temperature will begin to
rise when the coils are excited from cold conditions. Specific heat of copper is 390
J/kg-0C.
38) Why special shaped core laminations are used in power transformer? Why
Interleaving is done in magnetic cores?

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