EEE F211/INSTR F211 (Electrical Machines Lab)

Orientation

Electrical Machine Lab Team

BITS Pilani EEE Deptt.
Pilani Campus
Some Precautions & Safety Measures
1. Dress : No loose clothes ----- x

2. Foot Wear

All students have to wear full shoes with rubber sole. (sandals, slippers– x )

3. Do not touch any live terminals or wires. For changing any connections you must
switch off the supply. ( Always start with minimum excitation)

4. Beware of the dynamic machinery and consciously keep a distance.

5 . Before switching on the supply, get your circuit connections approved by the
instructors.
6. Be generally alert. ( No lackadaisical approach)
Instructions: Operations Of Lab Components
1. Always report in the lab on Time

2. Thoroughly and critically read the instruction set (lab manual) and come prepared to
conduct the experiments.

3. Make the connections with proper gauge of wires as per the circuit diagram and get it
verified by the Instructor.

4. Carry out the experiments as per the steps given in the lab Manual.

5. All computations are to be done in the lab itself. Get the result/ findings verified by
the instructor. Support the conclusion/ inferences with the help of graphs, if
necessary.

6. If you miss any lab turn (approach the instructor with proper reason, in advance), you
can conduct the make-up experiment with instructors permission and in time slot
allotted by instructor. He needs to submit the writeup separately.
 Contd.
7. Submit one writeup per batch after the experiment is done on next turn,having :
Aim of the experiment, neat & properly labeled circuit diagram, NPR’s (name plate rating of
machines), Aim of the experiment, Circuit Diagram, Observation Table, Calculations, Graph,
Results & Precautions .

8. If you have any suggestions / innovative idea to conduct the experiment

differently from that given in manual, meet your lab instructor before the lab
turn and discuss with him.
 First Cycle – Experiments
1. O.C and S.C Tests on a Single Phase Transformer

2. No load Tests on a DC Shunt Motor (Swinburne’s & Speed

Control )
3. Load Test on 3 Phase Induction Motor.
4. No load tests on DC Shunt Generator (O.C Test to Find
Critical Speed )
5. Transformer Design/ Open Lab/Measurement of armature
resistance.
Expt. -1 (Panel No 1 and 2)

125V/2A
LPF
0- 2A

1A
0-125V

1A
 25V/10A
UPF 0-10A

1A
0-25V

1A

Transformer Rating : 2 kVA,

230V/115 V
Transformer Name Plate Rating (Panel No 1):

Transformer Rating : 2 kVA, 230V/115 V

PANEL NO 2
Transformer Name Plate Rating (Panel No 2):

Transformer Rating : 2 kVA, 230V/115 V

 Circuit Diagram: Exp 2 (Panel No. 4 & 5)

272Ω/1.7A
0-2A

0-5A
90Ω / 5A

7A

7A 0-250V

Ensure Ra (ext) at it’s maximum value while switching ON the DC supply mains

Do not switch OFF the supply mains until the two tests are over (Swinburne’s & speed
control Tests).
SWINBURNE’S TEST

Readings
Applied Voltage V =
Armature Current Iao =
Foild Current If =
SPEED CONTROL OF DC MOTOR
PANEL NO 4
DC Shunt Machine (Panel No. 4)
Name plate rating of DC Machine(Panel 4)

N=1400 rpm
PANEL NO 5
DC Shunt Machine (Panel No. 5)
Name plate rating of Panel No. 5
EXPERIMENT NO – 3
LOAD TEST ON THREE PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR.
 Experiment No. 4 (K K Gupta Electrical Machines Lab)

Circuit Diagram ( OCC)

100Ω /5A
7A

0-300V

272Ω /1.7A

7A

0-2A
2A

272Ω /1.7A

2A

Note for Panel 11: Voltmeter Range (0-250V), All other ranges are same for both the panels.
OPEN CIRCUIT TEST
DC Shunt Motor coupled
with DC Shunt Generator

Panel Machine Rating

No.

8 DC Motor -
Generator set
(coupled)
Motor-220V,
20.3A, 5H.P,
1450 rpm
Generator- 220V,
11.8A, 2.6KW
1450rpm
DC Shunt Motor coupled
with DC Shunt Generator

Panel Machine
No. Rating

11 DC Motor -
Generator set
(coupled)
Motor-230V,
28A, 5.5KW,
1450 rpm
Generator-
160V, 29A,
4.65KW
1450rpm
DC Shunt Motor coupled with DC
Shunt Generator
EXPERIMENT NO -5 (K K Gupta Electrical Machines Lab)
A.DESIGN OF A SINGLE PHASE SMALL TRANSFORMER
B.STUDY OF OPEN LAB MACHINES.
C.MEASUREMENT OF ARMATURE RESISTANCE OF DC SHUNT MOTOR.

MEASUREMENT OF ARMATURE RESISTANCE

Measurement of Ra

25A 0-25A

25A
0-25V

Observation Table:
Va (V)
Ia (A)

Ra= Va/Ia Ohm

Note:

1. Mark the DC Machines / Instruments with proper

polarity.
2. DC Machines on panel number 7 and 13 have four
point starter.

After completing the experiment, disconnect the circuit and

keep the wires at the proper place
 Lab Record
Every Batch will submit a lab record containing the following

1) Aim of the experiment

2) Circuit Diagram
3) Observation Table
4) Calculations/graph
5) Results & precautions

Go round the lab ( take instructor’s help) and familiarize yourself with LAB. (e.g.
How AC/DC power is being supplied to the panels.)