EE-3011 Electrical Machines

Assignment-1 (Transformers)
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1. The core pf a 100 kVA, 11000/550 V, 50 Hz, 1-phase core type transformer has a cross-section
of 20 cm×20 cm. Find (i) the no. of H.V. and L.V. turns per phase and (ii) the e.m.f. per turn if
the maximum core density is not to exceed 1.3 T. Assume a stacking factor of 0.9.
2. A 1-phase transformer has 400 primary and 1000 secondary turns. The net cross-sectional
area of the core is 60 cm2. If the primary winding be connected to a 50 Hz supply at 520 V,
calculate (i) the peak value of flux density in the core (ii) the voltage induced in the
secondary winding.
3. A 25 kVA transformer has 500 turns on the primary and 50 turns on the secondary winding.
The primary is connected to 3000 V, 50 Hz supply. Find the full-load primary and secondary
currents, the secondary e.m.f. and the maximum flux in the core. Neglect leakage drops and
no-load primary current.
4. (i) A 2200/200 V transformer draws a no-load primary current of 0.6 A and absorbs 400 W.
Find the magnetizing and iron loss currents.
(ii) A 2200/250 V transformer takes 0.5 A at a p.f. of 0.3 on open circuit. Find the magnetizing
and working components of no-load primary current.
5. A transformer has a primary winding of 800 turns and a secondary winding of 200 turns.
When the load current on the secondary is 80 A at 0.8 p.f. lagging, the primary current is 25
A at 0.707 p.f. lagging. Determine the no-load current of the transformer and its phase with
respect to the voltage.
6. In no-load test of single-phase transformer, the following test data were obtained:
Primary voltage: 220 V; Secondary voltage: 110 V; Primary current: 0.5 A; Power input: 30 W.
Find the following (i) the turns ratio (ii) the magnetizing component of no-load current (iii)
its working (or loss) component (iv) the iron loss.
7. A 250/500 V transformer gave the following test results:
Short-circuit test: with low-voltage winding short-circuited: 20 V, 12 A, 100 W
Open-circuit test: 250 V, 1 A, 80 W on low-voltage side.
Determine the circuit constants, insert these on the equivalent circuit diagram and calculate
applied voltage and efficiency when the output is 10 A at 500 V and 0.8 power factor lagging.
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Assignment-2 (D.C. Motors)
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1.A 220 V d.c. machine has an armature resistance of 0.5 Ω. If the full load armature
current is 20 A, find the induced e.m.f when the machine acts as (i) generator (ii)
motor.
2. A 220 V d.c. series motor is running at a speed of 800 r.p.m. and draws 100 A.
Calculate at what speed the motor will run when developing half the torque. Total
resistance of the armature and field is 0.1 Ω. Assume that the magnetic circuit is
unsaturated.
3. A 240 V d.c. shunt motor runs at 800 r.p.m and takes armature current of 2 A. Find
the resistance required in series with the shunt winding so that the motor may run at
950 r.p.m when taking armature current of 28 . Assume flux is proportional to field
current. Shunt field resistance is 160Ω, armature resistance is 0.4 Ω.
4. A 240 V series motor takes 40 A when giving its rated output at 1500 r.p.m. Its
resistance is 0.3Ω. Find what resistance must be added to obtain rated torque (i) at
starting (ii) at 1000 r.p.m
5. Determine the developed torque and shaft torque of 220 V, 4-pole series motor with
800 conductors wave-connected supplying a load of 8.2 kW by taking 45 A from the
mains. The flux per pole is 25 mWb and its armature circuit resistance is 0.6 Ω.
6. A 200 V, d.c. shunt motor takes 4 A at no-load when running at 700 r.p.m. The field
resistance is 100 Ω. The resistance of armature at standstill gives a drop of 6 volts
across armature terminals when 10 A were passed through it. Calculate (a) speed on
load (b) torque in N-m (c) efficiency. The normal input of the motor is 8 kW.
7.A 20 kW, 250 V d.c. shunt generator has armature and field resistances of 0.1 Ω and
125 Ω respectively. Calculate the total armature power developed when running (i) as
a generator delivering 20 kW output (ii) as a motor taking 20 kW.
8. The armature circuit resistance of a 18.65 kW 250 V series motor is 0.1 Ω, the brush
voltage drop is 3 V, and the series field resistance is 0.05 Ω. When the motor takes 80
A, speed is 600 r.p.m. Calculate the speed when current is 100 A.