P.V.

P SIDDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

BRANCH : Electrical Electronics Engineering REGULATION : PVP20
Course: B. Tech SUBJECT : ELECTRICAL MACHINES-I
Subject Code: 20EE3303 Year and Semester: II Year -I Sem
QUESTION BANK
UNIT I

Q.
QUESTION CO LEVEL
NO.
1 Relate the concept of field energy and co-energy in the linear case CO2 L3

Illustrate the energy conversion in doubly excited magnetic field

2 CO2 L3
system and derive the necessary relations
a) Demonstrate the properties of Series magnetic circuits.
b) A cast steel DC Electromagnet shown in figure has a coil of
1000 turns on its central limb. Determine the current that the
coil should carry to produce a flux of 2.5mwb in the air gap.
Neglect leakage. Dimensions are given in cm the magnetization
of cast steel is
Flux Density 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.2
2
(wb/m ) CO2
3 Amp-turn 300 540 650 900 1150 L3
(H) CO2

5
1 mm
60 5 5
30
5
5

Develop the necessary relations used for energy conversion in a singly

4 CO2 L3
excited magnetic field system.
Demonstrate an electromechanical energy conversion device with the
5 CO2 L3
help of a block diagram.
a) Compare the electric circuit with a magnetic circuit.
b) Calculate the M.M.F required to produce a flux of 5 mWb CO2 L3
across an air gap of 2.5 mm of length having an effective area of
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100 cm2 of a cast steel ring of mean iron path of 0.5 m and cross-
sectional area of 150cm2 .The relative permeability of cast steel is CO4 L3
800. Neglect leakage flux.
CO2 L3
a) Sketch and discuss about the B-H curve of a ferro-magnetic
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material .
 b) An iron ring of mean length 10 mm with an air gap of 2mm has CO2 L3
a winding of 500 turns. The relative permeability of iron is 600.
When a current of 3A flows in the winding. Determine the flux
density, Neglect fringing.
a) Demonstrate the properties of Parallel magnetic circuits.
b) A cast steel magnetic structure made foe a bar of section 80 mm
X 20 mm is as shown in figure. Determine the current that the
500 turn magnetizing coil on the left limb should carry so that
flux of 2 m wb is produced in the right limb. Take 𝜇2 = 600 CO2
8 and neglect leakage. 25 cm 25 cm L3

∅ 15 ∅ CO2
cm ∅

a) Define the terms i) Magnetomotive force ii) Permeance and iii)

Reluctance.
b) A coil of 100 turns is wound uniformly over an insulating ring with
9 a mean circumference of 2m and uniform cross sectional area of CO2
0.025𝑐𝑚2 .If the coil is carrying a current of 2A, Compute
a)M.M.F of the circuit b)magnetic field intensity c)magnetic flux
density d)total flux.
a) Discuss in few word about leakage flux
10 b) Describe the following terms related to magnetic circuit CO2 L3
i)Flux density ii) Coercive force iii) Residual Flux

UNIT II

Q.
QUESTION CO LEVEL
NO.
a) Illustrate the internal and External characteristics of dc
series and shunt generators. CO2 L3
b) Calculate the flux per pole required for a 4 pole generator
1
with 360 conductors generating a 250 V at 1000 r.p.m when
armature is CO4 L3
i) lap connected ii)Wave connected
a) Interpret that the generated voltage in a DC generator
armature winding is AC voltage? And how it is converted in CO2 L3
to DC voltage?
2 b) A 4 pole lap wound DC shunt generator has a useful flux per CO4 L4
pole of 0.07 wb. The armature winding consist of 220 turns
each of 0.004 ohm resistance. Calculate the terminal voltage
when running at 900 rpm if the armature current is 50 A?
 a) Discuss the voltage build-up process in DC shunt generators.
Also, explain the various possible reasons for failure of CO2 L3
voltage build-up process.
b) An 8-pole DC shunt generator with 778 wave connected
3 armature conductors and running at 500rpm supplies a load
of 12.5ohm resistance at terminal voltage of 250V.The
armature resistance is 0.24ohm and field resistance of
250ohm.Calculate the armature current, induced E.M.F and CO4 L4
flux per pole.
a) Sketch the internal and external characteristics of compound
DC generators. CO4 L3
b) A short shunt compound D.C generator supplied 7.5kW at
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230V.The shunt field, series field and armature resistances
are 100Ω ,0.3Ω and 0.4Ω respectively. Calculate the induced CO4 L4
e.m.f and the load resistance.
a) Demonstrate the armature reaction in DC generator and its
effect.
b) A 220V, 4 pole, lap connected DC shunt generator having CO2 L3
the shunt field resistance of 110 ohms supplies a load current
5 of 80A at full load. The MNA is found to be shifted by
200(electrical) at full load. Find the
i) demagnetizing AT/Pole at full load CO4 L4
ii) excess turns required in field winding on each pole
to neutralize demagnetizing effect.
a) Illustrate the procedure for paralleling of DC generators.
b) Two Shunt-wound generators running parallel each have an CO2
armature resistance of 0.03Ω and field resistance of 60Ω.
CO4 L3
The combined external load current is 4500 A. The fields of
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the generators are so excited that the electromotive force L4
induced in the one machine is 500 V and in the other
machine is 510 V. Calculate the bus bar voltage and output
of the each machine?
a) Determine the critical speed from the magnetization
characteristics of a D.C shunt generator.
b) The open circuit characteristics of a dc shunt generator
driven at 1000 rpm is as follows
CO2
Field current (A): 0 1 2 3 4 6 8 10 L3
7 Emf (V) : 4 115 230 315 360 405 430 450 CO4
Based on the above, Calculate i) The emf to which the L4
machine will excite with shunt field resistance of 50Ω. ii)
The additional resistance in the field circuit to reduce the
emf to 392 V. iii) Critical resistance of shunt field circuit at
600 rpm.
CO2 L3
a) Demonstrate the purpose of compensating winding? Explain
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in detail.
 b) 4-pole, D.C. shunt generator, with a shunt field resistance of
100 ohms and an armature resistance of 1 ohm, has 378
wave-connected conductors in its armature. The flux per C04
pole is 0.02 Wb. If a load resistance of 10 ohms is connected L4
across the armature terminals and the generator is driven at
1000 r.p.m., calculate power absorbed by load.
With the help of neat sketches, explain the phenomenon of
9 commutation in DC machines. State and discuss the methods CO2 L3
adopted for minimizing sparking at the brushes.
a) Illustrate the significance of lap winding and wave winding
in the emf equation of a DC machine? CO2 L3
b) A armature is wound with lap winding and 8 poles. There
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are 72 slots on the armature surface and 8 conductors per
slot. Find the value of EMF induced if flux per pole is Co4 L3
60mwb and generator is rotated at 300 rpm.

UNIT III

Q.
QUESTION CO LEVEL
NO.
a) Estimate the torque equation of the D.C motor.
b) Determine the total torque developed in a 220V, 4 pole D.C CO2 L3
1 shunt motor with lap winding, accommodated in 60 slots,
each containing 20 conductors. The armature current is 50 A CO4 L4
and flux per pole is 23mWb.
a) Develop the condition for maximum efficiency in dc motor.
b) A 230V d.c. shunt motor takes 3A on no-load running at
CO2 L3
1500rpm. The armature resistance is 0.8Ω and shunt field
2
resistance is 150Ω calculate CO4 L4
i) output ii) torque developed when the input is 6.5 kW
iii) efficiency of the motor
a) Demonstrate the process of controlling the speed of a DC
shunt motor
b) b) The no-load armature current of a 230V, dc shunt motor CO2 L3
3 is 0.2A at a speed of 1200rpm. If the full load armature
current is 40A, find the full load speed and torque developed. CO4 L3
Assume that the armature resistance is 0.25ohm and the field
flux remains unaltered.
a) Find the efficiency of D.C shunt machine using CO2
Swinburne’s test.
b) When running on no-load, a 400V D.C shunt motor takes a L3
4 5 A. Armature resistance is 0.5Ω and field resistance 200Ω
. Determine the output of the motor and efficiency when CO4 L4
running on full load and taking a current of 50A. Also, find
the percentage change in speed from no-load to full load.
 a) Demonstrate the speed control process of a DC series motor.
b) A 10 KW, 250 V, D.C shunt generator has a total no-load CO2 L2
rotational loss of 400 W. Ra and Rsh are 0.5 ohm and 250
5
ohm. Calculate shaft power, input and efficiency at rated
load. Also, calculate maximum efficiency and CO4 L4
corresponding power output.
Illustrate the functions of NVC and OLC in 4 Point starter. What
6 CO2 L3
are the advantages and limitations of this starter on 3-point starter?
The Hopkinson’s test on two shunt machines gave the following
results for full-load. Line voltage=250V; current taken from the
supply system excluding field currents=50A; motor armature
7 CO4 L4
current =380A; field currents 5 A and 4.2 A. Calculate the efficiency
of the machine working as a generator. Armature resistance of each
machine is 0.02 Ω.
a) Sketch the different characteristics of shunt motor.
b) A 6-pole DC motor has a wave connected armature with 87
slots, each slot containing 6 conductors. The flux per pole is CO2 L3
8 20 mwb and the armature has a resistance of 0.13 ohm when
the motor is connected to 240V supply and the armature CO4 L4
draws a current of 80A driving a load of 15KW. Calculate
(i) Speed (ii) Armature Torque and (iii) Shaft Torque.
a) Sketch the different characteristics of series motors.
b) A 200 V DC series motor runs at 500 rpm when taking a CO2 L3
9 current of 25 A. The resistance of armature is 0.5 Ω and that
field is 0.3 Ω. If the current remains constant, calculate the CO4 L4
resistance necessary to reduce the speed to 250 rpm.
a) Predict the efficiencies of DC series machines using field
test.
CO2 L3
b) When running on no load, a 400 V shunt motor takes 5 A.
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Armature resistance is 0.5 Ω and field resistance is 250 Ω. CO4 L4
Find the output of the motor and efficiency when running on
full load and taking a current of 50 A.

UNIT IV

Q.
QUESTION CO LEVEL
NO.
a) Illustrate the construction and operating principle of the
transformer.
CO3 L3
b) The primary winding of a 50Hz, single-phase transformer
1
has 480 turns and it is fed from a 6400V supply, the CO5 L4
secondary winding has 20 turns. Determine the peak value
of flux in the core and secondary voltage.
 a) Demonstrate the process of evaluating the efficiency and
regulation of a single-phase transformer.
CO3
b) Calculate i) active and reactive components of no-load L3
2 current and ii) no load current of a 440/220 V single phase
transformer if the power input on no load to the high voltage L4
CO5
winding is 80 W and power factor of no-load current is 0.3
lagging.
Sketch the vector diagrams of a transformer when CO2 L3
connected to
3
i) Leading power factor load ii) Lagging power factor load
iii) Unity power factor load.
A 50 kVA, 2200/110V transformer when tested gave the
following results:
OC Test, measurements on the LV side: 400W, 10A, 110V
SC Test, measurements on the HV side: 808W, 20.5A, 90V
4 CO5 L4
Compute all the parameters of the equivalent circuit referred
to the HV and LV sides of the transformer. Also, calculate
% voltage regulation and efficiency at full load and 0.85 pf
lagging.
A 20 KVA distribution transformer has maximum efficiency
of 98% at 15 KVA, unity power factor. Find its all day
efficiency for the following load cycles.
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i) Full load - 12 hours/ day and no-load rest of the day
ii) Full load - 4 hours/ day, 0.4 full load rest of the day
Assume unity power factor.
a) Sketch the no-load phasor diagram of a transformer and
derive expressions for magnetizing and core-loss
components of no-load current.
CO3 L3
b) The efficiency of a 250 KVA, single phase transformer is
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96% when delivering full load at 0.8 power factor lagging CO5 L4
and 97.2% when delivering half full load at unity power
factor. Determine the efficiency at 75% of full load at 0.8
power factor lagging.
a) Develop the equations for the currents supplied by each
transformer when two transformers are operating in parallel
with equal voltage ratios.
CO3 L3
b) Two transformers A and B are connected in parallel to a load
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of (2+j1.5) . The Impedance in secondary are ZA = CO5 L4
(0.15+j0.15) , ZB= (0.1+j0.1) . Their no load terminal
voltage are EA=(207+j0) V, EB= (205+j0) V. Find power
output and Power factor of each transformer.
Demonstrate the performance of the transformer by
8 CO3 L3
conducting the Sumpner’s test.
CO3
a) Derive the condition for maximum efficiency of a L3
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transformer L4
CO5
 b) A single phase 150 kVA transformer has efficiency of 96 %
at full load, 0.8 pf and at half load, 0.8 pf lagging. Determine
maximum efficiency of transformer and corresponding load.
a) Find voltage regulation of a transformer. Discover the
causes that changes secondary terminal voltage of a
transformer, as it is loaded? CO3 L3
b) A single phase step down transformer has a turn ratio of 3.
The resistance and reactance of the primary winding are 1.2
10
ohm and 6 ohms and those of secondary winding are 0.05
ohm and 0.03 ohm respectively. If the high voltage winding
is supplied at 230V, 50Hz with low voltage winding short CO5 L4
circuited, Determine i) Current in the low voltage winding
ii) Total Copper losses iii) Power factor

UNIT V

Q.
QUESTION CO LEVEL
NO.
a) Illustrate the working of single-phase auto transformer with
neat diagrams.
1 b) find an expression for saving of copper in it when compared CO3 L3
to ordinary two winding transformer.

a) Explain the operation of three-phase transformer. Describe

the process of converting three phases to two-phase and its
advantages. CO3 L3
b) Two single phase furnaces is working at 110V are connected
2
to a 3.3 kV, 3-phase supply through Scott connected
transformers. Determine the currents in 3-phase lines when CO5 L4
the power taken by each furnace is 500 kW at a power factor
of 0.8 lagging. Neglect the losses.
a) Explain how the 300 phase displacement is introduced
between primary and secondary line voltages of star/delta
connected transformers? CO3 L3
3 b) A 3-φ, 1200 kVA, 6.6 kV/1.1kV transformer has Delta/Star
connection. The per phase resistance is 2Ω & 0.03 Ω on CO5 L5
primary & secondary respectively. Calculate the efficiency
on full load at 0.9 pf lagging, if iron losses are 20 kW.
What is the significance of Y-Y, Y-Delta and Delta-Y, Delta-Delta
4 CO3 L3
connections in 3-phase transformers?
a) Illustrate the operation of V-V connection in 3-phase
transformer CO3 L3
5 b) A 500 kVA load at 0.8 power factor lagging is supplied by
three single phase transformers connected in delta-delta. CO5 L4
Each transformer rating is 100 kVA, 2000/200 V. If one of
 the transformer is defective calculate kVA load carried by v-
v connection also calculate percentage increase in load on
each transformer.
a) With the help of sketches, demonstrate the working of on
load tap changer. CO3 L3
6 b) Calculate the turn-ratio (primary to secondary) of a
11,000/415 Volts, delta/Star connected three phase CO5 L4
transformer.
a) State the advantages of single 3-phase unit transformer over
bank of single-phase transformers.
b) It is desired to transform 2400V, 5000KVA three phase CO3 L3
7 power to two phase at 600V by Scott-connected
transformers. Determine the voltage and current ratings of CO5 L4
both primary and secondary of each transformer. Neglect
transformer no-load currents
a) A Single phase 50 kVA, 250 V/500 V two winding
transformer has an efficiency of 95 % at full load, unity
power factor. If it is reconfigured as a 500V / 750V auto CO5 L4
8 transformer, determine is its efficiency at its new rated load
at unity P.F. CO3 L3
b) Develop the expression for inductive and conductive power
transfer in an auto transformer .
a) Demonstrate the working of an off-load tap-changer with the
help of a neat-schematic diagram. CO3 L3
b) A 3-φ, 1200 kVA, 6.6/1.1 kV transformer has Delta/Star
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connection. The per phase resistance is 2Ω & 0.03 Ω on
primary & secondary respectively. Calculate the efficiency CO5 L4
on full load at 0.9 pf lagging, if iron losses are 20 kW.
A 3 phase transformer bank consisting of three numbers of
1-phase transformers is used to step-down the voltage of a
3-phase, 6600 V transmission line. If primary line-current is
10 CO5 L4
10 Amp, Calculate the secondary line voltage, line current
and output kVA for the following connections. i) Y/ ∆ and
ii) ∆/Y. The turn’s ratio is 12. Neglect losses

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