EEE 43 Final Exam Reviewer

1st Semester

A.Y. 2017-2018

Problem 1

A 3 MVA, slow-speed, 3-phase synchronous generator rated at 6.6 kV has 32 poles. Its direct-
and quadrature-axis synchronous reactances are measured by the slip test are 9.6 Ohms and 6
Ohms respectively. The armature resistance of the generator is negligible.

a) Determin the excitation emf needed to maintain 6.6 kV at the terminal when supplying
a load of 2.2 MW at 0.85 pf lagging
b) Determine the maximum power can the generator supply at the rated terminal voltage
if the field becomes open-circuited.

Problem 2

Consider a synchronous generator-motor set whose data is given below.

Generator: 1200 kVA, 3-phase, 4.4 kV, 2-pole, 60 Hz, wye-connected, Xs=5.4 Ω/phase.

Motor: 1000 kVA, 3-phase, 4.4 kV, 24-pole, 60 Hz, wye-connected, Xs=3.2 Ω/phase.

The set is operating at rated terminal voltage and frequency with the motor drawing 750 kW at
unity power factor.

a) Compute the excitation emfs of both machines.

b) With the excitation emfs held fixed at these values determine the maximum torque that
the motor can supply.

For the conditions in (b) determine:

c) The armature current

d) The terminal voltage
e) The power factor
Problem 3

The saturation characteristic of a DC shunt generator for a speed of 900rpm is as follows:

Field Current (A) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Open-circuit voltage (V) 53 106 150 192 227 252 270

The generator is connected as separately-excited with an armature resistance of 1 Ω and a field

resistance of 50 Ω.

a) If the field voltage is set to 75 V, calculate the terminal voltage and load current if the
load is rated 1kW. Show the handwritten solution.

b) Repeat part (a) if the voltage is varied between 75 V and 300 V. Use either a
spreadsheet or Matlab (or Octave) to solve the terminal voltages. On your answer
sheets, show a plot of the terminal voltage against the field voltage; label the important
points.

c) The generator is run at 1000 rpm. Discuss how you would expect the saturation
characteristic of the machine to change.

d) Suppose you reconnect the machine as a self-excited DC motor. You apply 200 V DC on
the terminal. Calculate the electrical power delivered to the motor and the power
developed [across the armature net of armature resistance loss].

Problem 4

At the steady state, a 400-HP, 2.3kV, 60-Hz, 6-pole Y-connected wound rotor induction motor
draws a line current of 25 A and power of 15KW without external shaft load. The stator
resistance is 0.42 Ω / phase and the rotor resistance referred to the stator is 0.23 Ω / phase. The
total leakage reactance of the stator and rotor is 1.8 Ω /phase. With rated voltage and
frequency applied, the motor is loaded until its slip reaches 3.0%. Determine the following:

a) The magnetizing reactance, the stator leakage reactance and the rotor leakage
reactance (all values must be referred to the stator)
b) The rotational losses
c) Stator input current and power factor
d) Developed power and efficiency
e) Starting inrush current and power factor
f) Starting torque
 g) Maximum output torque
h) Additional series rotor resistance (referred to the stator) that must be connected to
have the maximum torque at startup

Problem 5

For a 400 V, 60 Hz, three-phase inductor motor with the following per phase impedance
referred to the stator:

R1 = 0.2 Ω R2e = 0.1 Ω X1 = 0.5 Ω X2e = 0.2 Ω Xm = 20 Ω

a) Plot the torque vs. slip for this motor

b) Plot the Developed power vs. slip for this motor

For various values of starting resistors (from 0 to 0.2 Ω, you may pick your increment) inserted
in the rotor circuit

c) Plot the torque vs. slip curves

d) Plot the Developed power vs. slip curves

Note: Cover the range of slip values for motor, generator, and braking operations. You are
allowed to use any suitable calculating and plotting tool/software. Indicate accordingly which
tool/ software was used.

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