Unit-II

D.C. Generators
Tutorial Questions
1. An 8 pole DC generator has per pole flux of 40mWb and winding is
connected in lap with 960 conductors. Calculate the generated EMF on open
circuit when it runs at 400 rpm. If the armature is wave wound at what
speed must the machine be driven to generate the same voltage.
2. Draw a developed diagram of a simple single layer lap-winding for a 4pole generator with 16 coils. Hence, point out the characteristics of a lapwinding.
3. Draw a developed diagram of a simplex 2-layer wave-winding for a 4-pole
d.c.generator with 34 armature conductors. Hence, point out the
characteristics of a simple wave winding.
4. A 4-pole d.c. generator runs at 750 r.p.m. and generates an e.m.f. of 240
V. The armature is wave-wound and has 792 conductors. If the total flux
from each pole is 0.015 Wb, calculate the leakage coefficient.
5. A shunt generator delivers 195 A at terminal p.d. of 250 V. The armature
resistance and shunt field resistance are 0.02 and 50 respectively. The
iron and friction losses equal 940 W. Find
(a) E.M.F. generated (b) Cu losses (c) output of the prime motor
(d) commercial, mechanical and electrical efficiencies.
6. The OCC of a dc generator when separately excited and driven at 1100
rpm is given by
Field amperes : 0.5 1.0 1.5 2
2.5 3
3.5
O.C. voltage( V ): 61.5 123 165 198 220 238 253
If the generator is shunt connected with total field circuit resistance of
80ohms, determine
(a) The no load emf and
(b) The output resistance when the terminal voltage is 200 V, if the armature
resistance is 0.1ohm
7. A long shunt compound generator delivers a load current of 50 A at 500 V.
Its armature resistance is 0.05 ohm, series field resistance of 0.03ohm and
shunt field resistance of 250ohms. Calculate the generated emf neglecting
brush drop.

8. A separately excited generator when running at 1200 rpm supplies a

current of 200A at 125 V to circuit of constant resistance. What will be the
current when the speed drops to 1000 rpm if the field current is unaltered?
Armature resistance is 0.04 ohm and the total voltage drop at the brushes is
2V. Ignore the change in armature reaction.
9. The magnetization curve of a d.c. shunt generator at 1500 r.p.m. is:
If (A) : 0 0.4 0.8 1.2
1.6
2.0 2.4 2.8 3.0
E0 (V) : 6 60 120 172.5 202.5 221 231 237 240
For this generator find (i) no load e.m.f. for a total shunt field resistance of
100 ohms (ii) the critical field resistance at 1500 r.p.m. and (iii) the
magnetization curve at 1200 r.p.m. and there from the open-circuit voltage
for a field resistance of 100 ohms
10. A long-shunt, compound generator delivers a load current of 50 A at 500
V and the resistances of armature, series field and shunt field are 0.05 ohm
and 250 ohms respectively. Calculate the generated electromotive force and
the armature current. Allow 1.0 V per brush for contact drop.
11. A 4-pole 50 KW, 250 V wave wound, shunt generator has 400 armature
conductors. Brushes are given a lead of 4 commutator segments. Calculate
the demagnetizing ampere turns/pole if shunt field resistance is 50 ohms.
Also calculate extra shunt filed turns/pole to neutralize the demagnetization.
12. A 22.38 kW, 400-V, 2-pole wave-wound d.c., shunt motor has 840
armature conductors and 140 commutator segments. Its full-load efficiency
is 88% and the shunt field current is 1.57A. If brushes are shifted backward
through 1.5segments from the geometrical neutral axis, find the
demagnetizing and distorting amp-turn /pole.
13. A 2-pole lap connected motor armature has 880 conductors and delivers
120A.The brushes have been displaced through 4 angular degrees from the
geometrical axis. Calculate
i. demagnetizing amp-turns/pole
ii. cross-magnetising amp-turns/pole
iii. the additional field current for neutralizing the demagnetization of the
field winding has 1100 turns/pole.
14. A compensated generator has an inter pole air gap of 0.082 m and a flue
density in the inter pole air gap of 0.36T the ratio of pole arc to pole pith is
0.65. If the armature ampere turns per pole is 16200, determine the ampere
turns/pole for the compensating winding and for the inter pole winding.

15. A 250-V, 25-kW, 4-pole d.c. generator has 328 wave-connected

armature conductors. When the machine is delivering full load, the brushes
are given a lead of 7.2 electrical degrees. Calculate the cross magnetising
amp-turns/pole