Assignment - 4

Sub : Basic Electrical Engg (KEE-201T)

B.Tech. First year

Session 2021-22

EVEN SEM

DIRECT CURRENT GENERATOR

Formula:

Generated Emf Eg = for Lap Winding

Generated Emf Eg = for Wave Winding

For DC shunt generator:

Eg = Vt + Ia ra + 2Vb ; Ia = Ish + IL ; Ish = ; IL = ; PL = Vt .IL

Where Eg = Generated emf, φ = Flux per pole, Z = total no. of conductors

N = Speed in rpm, P = no. of poles, Vt = terminal voltage, Ia = armature current,

IL = Line (load) current , Ish = Shunt field current, Rsh = Shunt Field resistance ,

ra =Armature Resistance; Vb = Brush voltage drop, P L= Power output , RL = Load

resistance

Q1. A 4 - pole, wave generated armature in a DC generator has 51 slots with 12

conductors per slot. It is driven at 900rpm. If the useful flux per pole is 25mWb, calculate
the value of the generated emf.

Ans: 459V

Q2. An 8 - pole, DC generator running at 1200 rpm and with a flux of 25mWb per pole
generates 440V. Calculate the numbers of conductors, if the armature is i) lap wound
ii) wave wound.

Ans: i) 880 ii) 220

Q3. A 4-pole DC shunt generator has a useful flux per pole of 0.07Wb. The armature has
400 lap wound conductors, each of resistance 0.002 Ω ohm and is rotated at 900 rpm. If
the armature current is 50 A, calculate the terminal voltage.

Ans: 417.5V

Q4. An 8-pole DC generator has 500 armature conductors and a useful flux per pole of
0.05Wb. i) What will be the emf generated, if it is lap-connected and runs 1200 rpm? ii)
What must be the speed at which it is to be driven to produce the same emf, if it is wave
wound?

Ans: i) 500V ii) 300 rpm

Q5. A separately excited 4 - pole, 900 rpm wave wound DC generator has an induced emf
of 240V at rated speed and rated field current. When connected to a load, the terminal
voltage is observed to be 200V. If the armature resistance is 0.2 Ω and the flux per pole is
10 m Wb, compute the armature current and the number of conductors.

Ans : 200A, 800

Q6. A 4- pole DC shunt generator with lap connected armature has field and armature
resistance of 80 Ω and 0.1 Ω respectively. It supplies power to 50 lamps rated for
100Volts, 60 Watts each. Calculate the armature current and the generated emf by
allowing contact drop of 1V per brush.

Ans: 105.12V

Q7. A 4- pole DC shunt generator with a shunt field resistance of 100 ohm and armature
resistance of 1 Ω has 120 wave connected conductor in its armature. The flux per pole is
60mWb. If a load resistance of 20Ω is connected across the armature terminals and
armature is driven at 1000 rpm, calculate the voltage across the load terminals.

Ans: 226.41Volts

DIRECT CURRENT MOTOR

Formula:
Back Emf Eb = for Lap winding;

Back Emf Eb = for Wave winding

For DC shunt motor:

Vt = Eb + Ia ra + 2Vb; Ia = IL - Ish ; Ish = ; PL = Vt .IL

For dc series motor:

Vt = Eb + Ia ( ra + Rse) + 2Vb

Where Eb = Back emf, φ = Flux per pole, Z = total no. of conductors

N= Speed in rpm, P = no. of poles, Vt = terminal voltage, Ia = armature current,

IL = Line current , Ish = Shunt field current, Rsh = Shunt Field resistance , ra =Armature
Resistance; Vb = Brush voltage drop, P L= Power output

Q1. A DC shunt motor operating at 200V DC has armature resistance of 0.5 Ω. If its
armature current is 25 A, calculate the back emf. Ans: 187.5 V

Q2. A 4- pole lap wound armature DC shunt motor has flux per pole of 25 mWb. The
number of armature conductor is 200. The motor draws armature current of 20A when
connected across a 200V dc supply. Calculate the back emf and the speed of the motor if
the armature resistance is 0.4 Ω. Ans: 192V, 2304 rpm.

Q3. A 4- poles, lap wound armature DC shunt motor draws 40A armature current. The
armature conductor is 400. Flux per pole is 20mWb. Calculate the gross torque developed
by the armature of the motor. Ans : 50.83 Nm.

Q4. A 4 - pole lap wound DC motor has 480 conductors. The flux per pole is 24mWb and
the armature resistance is 1 Ω. If the motor is connected to a 200V dc supply and running
at 1000 rpm on no load, calculate i) back emf ii) armature current iii) power output
iv) lost torque

Ans: i) 192V ii) 8A iii) 1536W iv) 14.67 Nm

Q5. A 60HP, 110V DC series motor has armature winding resistance of 0.18 Ω and series
winding resistance of 0.13 Ω. The rated current is 45 A at 450 rpm. Determine the speed
of the motor when the motor current is 50 A.

Ans: 398.6 rpm

Q6. A 200V DC shunt motor has armature resistance 0.2 Ω and shunt field resistance
200Ω. If the no load and the full load current drawn by the motor are 5A and 40 A
respectively then calculate the full load speed, assuming that the no load speed is 1000
rpm.

Ans: 964.85 rpm

THREE PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR

Formula:

• Synchronous speed Ns = rpm

• Rotor speed Nr = Ns (1 – s) rpm
• Slip Speed = Ns – Nr rpm

• Absolute slip s =

• Percent Slip( % s) =
• Rotor Frequency f' = s .f Hz
• Air Gap Power Pg = Pi – Stator Loss [ Pi = Total Stator Input]
• Rotor copper loss = s. Pg

• Mechanical power developed in rotor Pm = Pg (1 – s)

• Output power Po = Pm – Mechanical loss

• BHP = HP
• Total Stator Input Pi =

Where VL = Line Voltage, I L = Line current , cos Ф = power factor

• Efficiency

Numericals:

1. A three phase, 50 Hz induction motor has a full load speed of 960 rpm. Calculate

i) Slip ii) Number of poles iii) Frequency of rotor induced emf

iv) Speed of revolving magnetic field in the air gap (synchronous speed)

2. A 20 HP, 440V, 50Hz 3 - phase induction motor works on 50 Hz supply. Determine

i) Speed of revolving magnetic field ii) Motor speed at a slip of 5% iii) Frequency of
current in rotor circuit when slip is 7.5%.

3. The power input to a 500V, 50Hz, 6-poles, 3- phase squirrel cage induction motor
running at 975 rpm at 40 KW. The stator losses are 2KW. Calculate i) Slip ii) Rotor
cu loss iii) BHP iv) Efficiency.
4. A 6 poles, 50 Hz, 500V, 50Hz, 3 -three phase induction motor running on full load with
4% slip develops 14.92KW with power factor being 0.86 lag. The friction and windage
losses are 200W and stator copper and stator iron losses amounts to 1620Watts.
Calculate: i) Slip ii) Rotor cu loss iii) BHP iv) Efficiency.

v) Rotor copper loss vi) Efficiency vii) Line current viii) Rotor frequency.

5. The power input to rotor of 440 V, 50 Hz, 3- phase, 6- pole induction motor is 50 KW.
The rotor emf makes 120 cycles per minute. Stator iron and stator copper losses are 1KW
and friction and windage losses are 2KW respectively. Calculate i) Slip ii) Rotor
speed iii) Rotor cu loss iv) Mechanical power developed v) Output torque.

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