NEW ERA UNIVERSITY College of Engineering and Technology Department of Electrical Engineering

EE 481L ELECTRICAL MACHINES LABORATORY F 10:00 1:00pm

EXPERIMENT # 4

*SPEED REGULATION OF ALTERNATOR*

NAME : Jecer C. Nuruddin YR/COURSE : BSEE/4TH YEAR GROUP NO : II LEADER: Costales Kerubin Date Performed: 03/01/12 Date Submitted: 10/01/12

Engr. Reynaldo M. Dela Cruz Instructor

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OBJECTIVES 1. To learn the actual procedure in determining the Efficiency of an alternator. 2. To observe the actual characteristic of it.

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EQUIPMENTS 1 AC Motor 1 EE Resistive Pnel Boeard 1 Tachometer 1 DWM 1 AC Plug with Banana Plug 2 Connecting wires Alligator Clips 4 Connecting wires banana Plug

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PROCEDURE 1. Connect the circuit shown in figure 4.1 2. Measure Terminal voltage at NO load Vn and speed AT NO LOAD at switch off. 3. Turn on the switch and Measure terminal voltage at full load Vm, speed at full load at each setting of load using DWM. 4. Compute %SR in each setting of load.

VI. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM Fig.4.1 The experimental circuit of alternator and load.