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1.

Calculate the voltage induced in the armature winding of a 4-pole, lap-wound, dc machine having 728
active conductors and running at 1800 rpm. The flux per pole is 30mWb.
A. 655.2 V C. 720.4 V
B. 468.2 V D. 236.4 V

2. A 4-pole wave-wound armature has 144 slots with two coil sides per slot, each coil having two turns. If
the flux per pole is 20mWb and the armature rotates at 720rpm. What is the induced voltage?
A. 138.24 V C. 69.12 V
B. 34.96 V D. 246.78 V

3. A dc machine has 4-pole, wave-wound armature with 46 slots and 16 conductors per slot. If the
induced voltage in the armature is 480 V at 1200rpm, determine the flux per pole.
A. 48 mWb C. 0.94 mWb
B. 1.2 mWb D. 16.3 mWb

4. A motor is supplying 70 N-m to a load. If the shaft of the motor rotates at 1500rpm, determine the
power developed at the motor.
A. 10,966 W C. 11,937 W
B. 8,206 W D. 96,789 W

5. A 6-pole, lap-wound armature, having 720 conductors, rotates in field of 20.35 mWb. If the armaturer
current is 78 A, what is the armature torque developed?
A. 18.19 N-m C. 181.9 N-m
B. 19.18 N-m D. 191.8 N-m

6. A 230-V shunt motor delivers 30 hp at the shaft at 1120 rpm. If the motor has an efficiency of 87% at
this load, determine calculate the developed torque. If the torque loss due to friction and windage is 7%
of the shaft torque.
A. 204.2 N-m C. 190.8 N-m
B. 168.4 N-m D. 224.4 N-m

7. A motor has a nameplate rating of 15 hp & 1160 rpm. Solve for the rated torque.
A. 103.6 lb-ft C. 121.4 lb-ft
B. 67.8 lb-ft D. 123.3 lb-ft

8. Calculate the efficiency of a 230 Volt shunt motor from the following data: Input current is 19.8 Amp,
balance reading is 14 lbs, tare weight is 2 lbs, brake arm is 2 ft long & Speed is 1100 rpm.
A. 82.4 % C. 82.4 %
B. 81.4 % D. 86.5 %

9. A 230-volt shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.28 ohm and a filed resistance of 115 ohms. At
no-load, the line current is 8 amperes and the speed is 2300 rpm. What is the speed when the line
current is 52 amperes? Assume brush drops of 1 volt at no-load and 3 volts at load condition and
constant flux density.
A. 2154 rpm C. 2178 rpm
B. 2212 rpm D. 2155 rpm
10. A 120 volt dc shunt motor having an armature circuit resistance of 0.2 ohm and field circuit
resistance of 60 ohms draws a line current of 40 at full load. The brush drop is 3-volts and rated speed is
1800 rpm. What is the speed at half load?
A. 900 rpm C. 3600 rpm
B. 1863 rpm D. 720 rpm

11. The no-load armature current of a 220 volts shunt motor is 3 amperes. The no load speed is 950 rpm
and the total resistance of the armature circuit Ra including the brushes is 0.2 ohm. If the motor is
loaded, the flux is reduced by 15% and the resistance of 2 ohms is inserted in the armature, the speed is
then 609 rpm, what is the electromagnetic torque in lb-ft?
A. 63 C. 55
B. 58 D. 60

12. The power input to a 30 Hp 220-volt shunt motor is 2100 watts, taken at no load. The field and
armature resistance is 73 and 0.11 ohms resp.. What is SPL?
A. 1936 Watts C. 1864 Watts
B. 2100 Watts D. 1432 Watts

13. The hysteresis and eddy current losses in a dc machines running at 1000 rpm are 250 Watts and 100
Watts respectively. If the flux remains constant, at what speed will the iron loss be halved?
A. 500 rpm C. 484 rpm
B. 570 rpm D. 524 rpm

14. A 230-V shunt motor, having an armature resistance of 0.05 ohms and a field resistance of 75 ohms,
draws a line current of 7 A while running light at 1120 rpm. Determine the motor efficiency when the
line current at a given load is 46 A.
A. 86.9% C. 88.3%
B. 85.8% D. 83.9%

15. A 230 Volts, 15 Hp D.C. shunt motor has friction and iron loss of 200 W. The armature resistance os
0.3 ohm and shunt field resistance is 115 ohms. What is the maximum efficiency of the motor?
A. 86.9% C. 88.3%
B. 87.4% D. 85.1%

16. A 60 Hp, 230 V shunt motor has a shunt field resistance of 38.3 ohms and an armature resistance of
0.04 ohm. If the resistance in the starter is 0.66 ohm and the brush drop is 3 Volts. What is the input
current to the motor at start?
A. 324 C. 330
B. 328 D. 344

17. A series motor takes 285 amperes and develops 153 lb-ft torque when operating at 1200 rpm.
Calculate the torque for a speed of 1700 rpm under condition the current drops to 210 amperes and the
flux is decreased by 18%.
A. 50 lbs-ft C. 92.4 lbs-ft
B. 30 lbs-ft D. 94.2 lbs-ft
18. A 100 Volt dc series motors run at 400 rpm when taking a current of 55 Amp. Armature resistance is
0.03 ohm, field resistance is 0.003 ohm. If the load torque remains the same, what is the input current
when the field is shunted by a resistor of 0.02 ohm?
A. 62 A C. 76 A
B. 87 A D. 82 A

19. A 10 hp, 230 Volt, 1000 rpm series motor having rated efficiency of 85.5%, armature resistance of
0.15 ohm. What value of starting resistance so that the starting torque is equal to 150% of the rated-load
torque?
A. 4.95 C. 5.94
B. 4.52 D. 4.67

20. A 4 pole, 12 slot lap wound armature has two coil side per slot. Assuming single turn coils and
progressive winding, what is the back pitch?
A. 3 C. 6
B. 5 D. 7

21. In a 12 pole, triplex lap wound dc armature, each conductor can carry 100 A. What is the rated
current of this armature?
A. 600 A C. 3600 A
B. 1200 A D. 2400 A

22. A 400 Volt, 1000 Amp, simplex lap-wound dc generator has 10 poles, 860 conductors. Determine the
number of Amp-turns in the pole face to give full compensation if the pole face covers 70% of pole span.
A. 3,010 AT C. 1,505 AT
B. 6,200 AT D. 3,698 AT

23. A generator armature with 1000 turns rotates at 60 revolutions per second across a pair of pole with
a flux density of 0.2 Tesla. The pole face has an area of 0.1 sq. m. Find the induced emf.
A. 3.97 kV C. 7.95 kV
B. 2.4 kV D. 9.3 kV

24. A 10-kW, 250-V shunt generator, having an armature resistance of 0.1 and a field resistance of
250, delivers full-load at rated voltage and 800 rpm. The machine is now run as a motor while taking 10
kW at 250 V. What is the speed of the motor? Neglect brush contact drop.
A. 774.8 rpm C. 814.6 rpm
B. 804.6 rpm D. 784.6 rpm

25. A self-excited shunt generator supplies a load of 12.5 kW at 125 V. The field resistance is 25 and the
armature resistance is 0.1. The total voltage drop because of brush contact and armature reaction at
this load is 3.5 V. Calculate the induced armature voltage.
A. 129 V C. 135 V
B. 263 V D. 139 V
26. A 420 kW 600-Volt, 580 rpm long shunt generator has an armature resistance of 0.03 ohm, series
field resistance of 0.01 ohm, shunt field resistance of 45 ohms and SPL of 12 kW. Calculate the necessary
driving torque at rated load in lb-ft.
A. 5580 C. 5830
B. 5280 D. 5460

27. A 50 kW, 500 Volt short shunt generator has an armature resistance, series field resistance and shunt
field resistances are 0.05, 0.06 and 253 respectively. What is the armature power generated?
A. 51.76 kW C. 52.13 kW
B. 48.74 kW D. 51.52 kW
28. Assuming a constant field excitation, calculate the no-load voltage of a separately excited generator
the armature voltage is 150 volts at 1800 rpm. What is the voltage if the speed is increased to 2000 rpm?
A. 167 C. 133
B. 120 D. 180

29. A separately-excited dc generator has the following data: armature resistance, 0.04; field
resistance, 100; total core and mechanical losses, 960 W; voltage across the field, 230 V. The generator
supplies a load at a terminal voltage of 230 V. Calculate the maximum value of the generator efficiency.
A. 93.8% C. 93.2%
B. 92.7% D. 98.2%

30. Two shunt generators A & B operates in parallel and their load characteristics may be taken as
straight line. The voltage of generator A falls from 240 Volts at no-load to 220 Volts at 200 Amp while
that of B falls from 245 Volts at no-load to 220 Volts at 150 Amp. Determine the common terminal
voltage when the load is 67 kW.
A. 223 Volts C. 241 Volts
B. 322 Volts D. 315 Volts

DC machines Supplementary Problems


1. Dirt on the motor commutator may produce _____________
A. isolation C. lower torque
B. excessive sparking D. power loss

2. If a motor frame is found excessively hot, which of the following is the LEAST likely cause
A. very high ambient temperature C. inadequate internal ventilation
B. faulty starter D. excessive loading

3. The simplest form of motor controller is.


A. drum switch C. magnetic switch
B. relay D. toggle switch

4. Rapid stopping of motor by momentarily reversing its connections to the supply is


A. jogging C. inching
B. plugging D. sequence operation

5. A dc generator may lose its residual magnetism because of.


A. varying loads C. over-excitation
B. vibrations D. heating or overload

6. The simplest way to shift load from one dc shunt generator running in parallel with another is to
A. adjust their field rheostat C. insert resistance in their armature circuits
B. adjust speed of their prime movers D. use equalizer connections

7. For both lap and wave windings. There are as many commutator bars as the number of
A. poles C. armature conductors
B. slots D. winding elements

8. It is a DC motor that tends to over-speed when the field opened while running
A. shunt motor C. split phase motor
B. series motor D. over-compounded motor

9. In Dc shunt motors, how is the shunt field connected in relation with the armature winding?
A. parallel C. parallel series
B. series-parallel D. series

10. DC shunt motors are commonly used in what application?


A. high starting torque C. constant speed
B. low no-load speed D. high speed

11. Which motor is used to start heavy loads?


A. shunt C. series
B. cumulatively compound D. shaded pole

12. When the load is removed, which motor will run at the highest speed?
A. series C. shunt
B. cumulatively compound D. differentially compound

13. Which motor is suitable for elevator?


A. series C. shunt
B. cumulatively compound D. differentially compound

14. If a self-excited dc generator after being installed fails to build up on its first trial run, the first thing to
do is to.
A. increase the field resistance C. reverse field connections
B. check armature insulation resistance D. increase the speed of prime mover

15. The voltage regulation of over-compound generator always


A. positive C. Zero
B. negative D. high
16. Calculate the current taken by a 500 Volt dc motor at efficiency 80%, driving a pump at efficiency
70% which delivers 1400m3 per minute at an effective head of 15 cm?
A. 231 A C. 123 A
B. 213 A D. 312 A

17. A 240 Volts dc shunt motor has an armature current of 50 ampere, armature resistance of 0.25
running at 1200 rpm. If it is run at 220 Volts, what value of armature current when driving the same load.
The field is adjusted so that the speed remains at 1200 rpm.
A. 55 C. 60
B. 50 D. 57.5

18. A dc shunt motor develops 15 hp at 120 Volts. The armature resistance is 0.061. What is the
armature current?
A. 95.81 Amperes C. 96.15 Amperes
B. 91.85 Amperes D. 98.15 Amperes

19. A dc shunt motor develops 15 hp at 120 V. The armature efficiency is 95%. What is the back emf?
A. 114 Volts C. 118 Volts
B. 122 Volts D. 117 Volts

20. A 120 Volts, 75 hp shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.08 and field resistance of 60.
What current is drawn when its back emf is 114.8 Volts?
A. 65 A C. 63 A
B. 67 A D. 70 A

21. A 440 volt 75 hp shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.185 ohm and field resistance of 350
ohms. The current drawn at full load is 135 amperes. What is the back emf in volts?
A. 415.3 C. 394.8
B. 398.3 D. 417.1

22. A 4 poles lap wound, dc machine has 728 active conductors running at 1800 rpm. The flux per pole is
30mWb, The armature current is 120 A, What is the electromagnetic power developed in the armature
in kw?
A. 72.4 C. 65.5
B. 78.6 D. 62.4

23. The armature and field circuits of a 230 volt shunt motor have resistance of 0.31 and 115 ohms
respectively. It takes 52 Amp when operating at certain load. What is the armature power developed?
A. 14.4 hp C. 7.5 hp
B. 24.6 hp D. 12.4 hp

24. A 500 volt shunt motor running at 720 rpm takes an armature current of 50 amp, its effective
resistance 0.40 ohm. When a resistance of 1.6 ohm is placed in series with the armature, what is the
new speed? Assume that load Torque is constant.
A. 720 rpm C. 750 rpm
B. 600 rpm D. 680 rpm
25. A dc shunt motor runs at 900 rpm from a 460V supply when taking an armature current of 25 A.
Calculate the speed at which it will run from a 230V supply when taking an armature current of 15A. The
resistance of the armature circuit is 0.8 ohm. Assume flux per pole at 230V have to decrease to75% of its
value at 460V
A. 495 C. 585
B. 485 D. 595

26. A 230V shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.28 ohm and a field resistanceof 115 ohms, At
no-load, the line current is 8 amperes and the speed is 2300 rpm. What is the speed when the line
current is 52 ampere? Assume brush drops of 1 volt at no-load and 3 volts at load condition and
constant flux density.
A. 2154 rpm C. 2178 rpm
B. 2212 rpm D. 2155 rpm

27. The no-load armature current of a 220 volts shunt motor is 3 amperes. The no-load speed is 950 rpm
and the total resistance of the armature circuit Ra including the brushes is 0.2 ohms is inserted in the
armature, the speed is then 609 rpm, what is the electromagnetic torque in lb-ft?
A. 63 C. 55
B. 58 D. 60

28. A 6-pole , lap-wound armature, having 720 conductors, rotates in field of 20.35 mWb. If the armature
current is 78A, What is the torque developed by the armature?
A. 18.19 N-m C. 181.9 N-m
B. 19.18 N-m D. 191.8 N-m

29. The armature of dc machine running at 1200 rpm carries 45 A in current. If the included armature
voltage is 130V, What is the torque developed by the armature?
A. 46.5 N-m C. 45.6 N-m
B. 4.65 N-m D. 456 N-m

30. A motor has a nameplate rating of 15 hp and 1160 rpm. Solved for the rated torque?
A. 103.6 lb-ft C. 121.4 lb-ft
B. 67.8 lb-ft D. 123.3 lb-ft

31. The armature of dc motor has 648 conductors, 65% of which are directly under the pole where the
flux density is 48,000 lines per square inch. If the core diameter is 7 inches and its length is 4 inches and
the current in each conductor is 20 Amp. What is the torque exerted in the armature in lb-ft?
A. 41.8 C. 120.4
B. 143 D. 133.4

32. The armature of a motor has of 400 active conductors, the flux density in field being 3000 gauss. The
axial length of the armature is 20.32 cm. The current is 30 amperes. Determine the total force exerted in
the armature.
A. 731.5 N C. 0.07 N
B 645.9 N D. 439.2 N
33. A dc motor takes an armature current of 105 Amp at480 volts when running at 720 rpm. The
resistance of the armature circuit is 0.2 ohm and field resistance is 96 ohms. What is the torque
developed in the armature?
A. 668 N-m C. 752 N-m
B. 610 N-m D. 639 N-m

34. An electric motor developeds 20 metr ic HP at a speed of 600 rpm. What is the torque?
A. 240 N-m C. 210 N-m
B. 290 N-m D. 260 N-m

35. A dc shunt motor develops 7.8 hp at 120 volt, the armature efficiency is 93%. What is the armature
effective resistance?
A. 0.1 ohm C. 0.16 ohm
B. 0.06 ohm D. 0.05 ohm

36. A Certain shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.05, It draws 50 amperes at a terminal voltage
of 120 volts. Assume other miscellaneous losses of 1%. Determine the output horsepower of the motor.
A. 8.5 hp C. 6.8 hp
B. 7.1 hp D. 7.8 hp

37. Calculate the efficiency of a 230 Volt shunt motor from the following data. Input current is 19.8 Amp
Balance reading is 14 lbs, tare weight is 2 lbs., brake arm is 2 ft long & speed is 1100 rpm.
A. 82.4% C. 84.2%
B. 81.4% D. 86.5%

38. A 240 volt dc motor on brake test took 52 Amp when running at 1500 rpm. The spring balance at the
end of the 76 cm brake arm reads 93.5 N. What is the efficiency of the motor at this load?
A. 0.85 C. 0.90
B. 0.95 D.0.86

39. The shaft power of a shunt motor is 7.8 hp. Its armature draws 50 Ampere from 120 volts. The field
winding draws 1.2 Amp. What is the efficiency of the motor? (BP Oct. 1998)
A. 94.7% C. 96.5%
B. 93% D.98.2%

40. A 15 hp 220 volt, 1200 rpm shunt motor takes 50 Amp. Its armature resistance is 0.1 ohm and field
resistance is 220 ohms. Brush contact voltage drop is 2 volts. Friction and windage loss is 400 watts and
stray load loss of 1% of the output. Calculate the efficiency
A. 91.8% C. 90.4%
B. 92.4% D. 94.6%

41. A 250-V, 10-hp shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.5 ohm and field resistance of 250 ohm.
The motor takes a current of 5 A on no-load and 37.1A on rated load. Determine its rated load efficiency.
A. 88.4% C. 86.5%
B 76.4% D. 79.7%

42. A shunt motor runs at 1100 rpm, at 230 V, and draws a line current of 40A. The output power (at the
shaft) is 10.8 hp. The various losses are : core loss, 200W; friction and windage loss, 180 W; electrical loss
due to brush contact, 37 W; stray-loss load, 37 W. The armature and the field circuit resistance are 0.25
and 230 , respectively. Calculate the motor efficiency
A. 89.56% C. 87.89%
B. 88.69% D. 92.48%

43. A440 volt shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.8 ohm and field resistance of 200 ohms. What
is the armature power developed when giving an output of 7.46kW at 85% efficiency
A. 7.56 kW C. 7.46 kW
B. 8.46 kW D. 7.23 kW

44. in a 5hp, 230 volt, 1500 rpm shunt motor, the resistance of the armature including brushes is 0.175
ohm and that of the shunt field is 610 ohms. The stray power losses when the motor delivers rated load
at rated voltage is 305 watts. The efficiency is rated load is nearest to
A. 98% C. 90%
B. 89% D. 85%

45. A 15 hp 220-volt shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.07 ohm and a shunt resistance of 200
ohms. The overall efficiency at rated output is 89%, What is the rotational loss?
A. 688 watts C. 921 watts
B. 1,383 watts D. 242 watts

46. A 5 Hp, 230 V shunt motor takes 18 Amperes when operating at full load. The shunt field resistance is
115 ohms and the armature resistance is 0.25 ohm. Calculate the starter resistance if the starting torque
is limited to 1.5 times the full load torque ( take a 3-V brush drop).
A. 13.94 C. 9.46
B. 9.2 D. 9.33

47. A 60 Hp, 230 V shunt motor has a shunt field resistance of 38.3 ohms and an armature resistance of
0.04 ohm. If the resistance in the starter is 0.66 ohm and the brush drop is 3 volts. What is the input
current to the motor at the instant it is started?
A. 324 C. 330
B. 328 D. 344

48. A dc series motor develops 180 lb-ft of torque when the current is 30 Amp. The load increases so
that the motor current to 50 Amp. The torque now is. . .
A. 500 lb-ft C. 64.8 lb-ft
B. 300 lb-ft D. 108 lb-ft

49. A series motor takes 285 ampere and develops 153 lb-ft torque when operating at 1200 rpm.
Calculate the torque for a speed of 1700 rpm under condition the current drops to 210 amperes and the
flux is decreased by 18%
A. 50 lb-ft C. 92.4 lb-ft
B. 30 lb-ft D. 94.2 lb-ft

50. A 100 volt dc series motor run at 400 rpm when taking a current of 55 Amp. Armature resistance is
0.03 ohm, field resistance is 0.03 ohm. If the load torque remains the same, What is the input current
when the field is shunted by a resistor of 0.02 ohm?
A. 62 A C. 76 A
B. 87 A D. 82 A

51. If the armature of an eight-pole dc machine were wound with a simplex wave winding, How many
Parallel paths would there be?
A. 16 paths C. 8 paths
B. 2 paths D. 4 paths

52. In a 4 pole, 35 slot dc armature, calculate the coil span


A. 8 slots C. 10 slots
B. 7 slots D. 9 slots

53. A 4 pole, 12 slot lap-wound dc armature has two coil side/slot. Assuming single turn coil, calculate
the back pitch for progressive and retrogressive winding.
A. 5 & 3 C. 7 & 5
B. 3 & 5 D. 6 & 4

54. In a 10 pole, lap wound dc armature, the number of active armature conductor per pole is 50. The
number of compensating conductor per pole required is
A. 5 C. 50
B. 500 D. 10

55. A 4 pole dc generator with simplex lap winding has 48 slots and four element per slot. The flux per
pole is 2.5 X 106 maxwells and it turns at 1,500 rpm. What is the output voltage?
A. 60 volts C. 225 volts
B. 360 volts D. 120 volts

56. A 4 pole dc generator with duplex lap winding has 48 slots and four element per slot. The flux per
pole is 2.5 X 106 maxwells and it turns at 1,500 rpm. What is the output voltage?
A. 60 volts C. 225 volts
B. 480 volts D. 120 volts

57. A separately excited generator generates 230 volts when driven at 1200 rpm, if the flux is decrese by
10%. What is the new emf with speed remains the same.
A. 230 volts C. 207 volts
B. 256 volts D. 253 volts

58. A shunt generator when running light as a motor at 1000 rpm takes 12 Amp from 115-volt mains. The
field current is 7 Amp, and the armature resistance is 0.03 ohm. Determine stray-power loss of the
machine at this particular value of flex and speed.
A. 574.25 W C. 575.25 W
B. 576.25 W D. 577.25 W

59. A 20-kW 220-volt shunt generator has an armature resistance of 0.07 ohm and a shunt resistance of
200 ohms. Determine the power developed in thje armature when it delivers its rated output.
A. 27.9 kW C.19.2 kW
B. 20.83 kW D. 25.7 kW
60. The pulley of an old gen-set has a diameter of 20 inches. The belt exerts a pull of 353 lbs on the pully
the gen-set runs at 900 rpm. What is the approx kW rating of the gen-set?
A. 75 C. 200
B. 250 D. 35

61. A288 volt shunt generator has constant losses of 2880 watts. The armature circuit resistance is 0.20
ohm and field resistance of 144 ohms. If the generator is delivering power at maximum efficiency, then
its armature current is.
A. 10 A C. 130 A
B. 120 A D. 64 A

62. A 400-kW, 600volt, dc shunt generator has an armature resistance of 0.03 ohm. The field resistance
is 48 ohms. The stray power loss for this machine at rated voltage and speed is 7200 watts, What is the
maximum efficiency?
A. 93.4% C. 95.3%
B. 96.3% D. 98.5%

63. A shunt generator delivers 195 Amp of terminal of voltage 250 volts. The armature resistance and
shunt field resistance are 0.02 and 50 ohms respectively. The iron and friction losses equal to 950 watts.
What is the overall efficiency?
A. 94% C. 96%
B. 98% D.95%

64. A 440 volt long shunt generator has a full-load current of 200 Amp. Its armature resistance, series
field resistance and shunt field resistance of 0.02, 0.04 and 100 respectively. The stray load losses
are 2000 watts.What is the full-load efficiency of generator?
A. 97% C. 98%
B. 95% D. 93%

65. A 25 kW, 500 volts long shunt compound generator delivers a full load. It has armature, series field
and shunt field resistance of 0.05, 0.03 and 250 respectively. What is the generated voltage allowing
3V for brush contact drop?
A. 496 V C. 503 V
B. 507 V D. 484 V

66. A 420 kW 600-volt 580 rpm long shunt generator has an armature resistance of 0.03 ohm, series field
resistance of 0.01 ohm and shunt field resistance of 45 ohms and SPL of 12 kW. Calculate the necessary
driving torque at rated load in lb-ft.
A. 5580 C. 5830
B. 5280 D. 5460

67. A 50kW, 500 volt short shunt generator has an armature resistance, series field resistance and shunt
field resistance are 0.05 ohm, 0.06 ohm and 253 ohms respectively. What is the armature power
generated?
A. 51.76 kW C. 52.13 kW
B. 48.74 kW D. 51.52 kW
68. A 50-kW 460-volt shunt generator has a voltage regulation of 8.7 percent. Calculate the no-load
terminal voltage.
A. 475 C. 505
B. 500 D. 490

69. Two shunt generators A & B operates in parallel and their load characteristics may be taken as
straight line. The voltage of generator A fails from 240 volts at no-load to 220 volts at 200 Amp while that
of B falls from 245 volts at no-load to 240 volts at 150 Amp. Determine the common terminal voltage
when the load is 67 kW.
A. 223 volts C. 241 volts
B. 322 volts D. 315 volts

70. Two shunt generators A & B, with ratings of 250 and 400 kW respectively having equal no-load
voltage of 260 volts and full-load voltage of 240 volts, calculate the load of each when the total load
shared is 600 kW.
A. 231 kW & 369 kW C. 242 kW & 358 kW
B. 238 kW & 362 kW D. 234 kW & 366 kW

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