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EX/ML/11C/64/2012 (OLD)
(c) The R-L-C series circuit is shown in the figure below :
BACHELOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING EXAMINATION, 2012
(1st Year, 1st Semester, Old Syllabus)
ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY - I

Time : Three hours Full Marks : 100

(50 marks for each part)

v = Vm Sin 314t volts,

Use a separate Answer Script for each part.
The current through the circuits is 10A and the voltage
across the capacitor is 100V. Find the value of PART - I
capacitor C. 4 Answer any three questions.

8. (a) Explain clearly the phenomena of electrical resonance 1. (a) Why it is not advisable to drive a d.c. series motor
in both A.C. series and parallel circuits. Evaluate the through a belt? Explain. 4
p.f. and draw the phasor diagram for both the
(b) How demagnetisation gets established in a D.C.
phenomena. 10
generator? 3
(b) An ac series circuit consisting of pure resistance 25Ω,
(c) Why resistances are necessary at start of a D.C. motor
inductance 0.15H and capacitance of 80µF, supplied
and not at full load? 3
from a 230V, 50Hz, 1-phase source. Find the current
and p.f. of the circuit. Draw the phasor diagram. 6 (d) Give the pole strength m and field intensity H in LMTµ
system. 4
(e) Justify why a constant voltage is assumed across a
9. Write short notes on any two of the following : 16
Carbon bush at all loads. 4
(a) Leakage Flux and Fringing effect in a magnetic circuit.
(b) Eddy current and Hysteresis loss.
(c) Admi Hance,Conductance and Susceptance of an ac 2. (a) Show that a D.C. motor develops maximum
electric circuit. mechanical power when the armature voltage drop
equals half the applied voltage. 8

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(b) A 4 pole shunt motor has 472 wave connected armature PART - II
conductors. The flux per pole for a field current of 2.0 Answer any three questions
amp is 36 mwb and for 4 amp is 42 mwb. The field
Allquestions carry equal marks.
resistance is 125Ω.
Two marks for neatness.
Calculate the no load speed of the motor with a terminal
voltage 500 V no load armature resistance drop is
negligible. 8 5. (a) Write down the units of the following : 3
(i) MMF (ii) Permeability. (iii) Reluctance.
3. (a) Calculate the current taken by a D.C. motor 450V
MMF
efficiency 80% driving a fan efficiency 70% delivers (b) Show that f = where
1250m 3 of air per minute at a pressure of 76m of Hg. S
at constant temperature. 8
φ = magnetic flux
(b) In a system of measurement of variable frequency what
is the condition to be fulfilled between the shunt and MMF = magnetomotive force
the meter so that the reading remains independent of S = reluctance 5
frequency. 8
(c) Compare electric and magnetic circuits. 8

4. (a) Derive the speed tarque characteristic of D.C. shunt

and series motor and sketch them. 8 6. (a) State and explain Thevenin’s theorem in solving
(b) A 4 pole series wound fan motor runs normally at 600 electrical networks. 8
rev per minute on a 250V supply taking 20 Amp. The (b) State and prove Maximum power transfer theorem in
field coils are all connected in series. Estimate the connection with electrical circuit. 8
speed and the current taken by the motor if the coils
are reconnected in two-parallel groups of two in series
the load torque increase as the square of the speed. 7. (a) Deduce the expression for Delta to star conversion. 6
Assume that the flux is directly proportional to the (b) Define RMS, Average and Peak values of alternating
current and ignore losses. 8 current. 6

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