Grp-1

1. Explain critical resistance?

2. What is Armature reaction?

3. What are the factors which affect the speed of a dc motor and how?

4. A 10 kW,250V dc 6-pole lap wound shunt generator runs at 1200 rpm. When delivering full
load.The armature has 600 conductors.Full load copper loss is 800W.Neglect brush drop and shunt
current.Find the flux per pole.

5. A 250 V ,4 pole wave wound dc series moor has 982 conductors.The armature and series field
resistance is 0.9 Ω.The motor draws 50 A current.Find the speed of the motor and torque developed if
the flux per pole is 30 mWb.

6. A 250V dc shunt motor runs at 900 rpm.The armature resistance is 0.3 Ω and armature current is
45A.Find the new speed of the motor if the flux is reduced by 10%.

Grp-2

1. What are hysteresis and eddy current losses? How can they be minimised?

2. What is Armature reaction?

3. Briefly explain what are the methods to control the speed control of DC series motor.?(no need to
draw the circuit)

4. A 10 kW,230V dc 4-pole wave wound shunt generator runs at 1000 rpm. When delivering full
load.The armature has 700 conductors.Full load copper loss is 600W.Neglect brush drop and shunt
current.Find the flux per pole.

5. A 250 V ,4 pole,lap wound dc series moor has 800 conductors.The armature and series field
resistance is 0.75 Ω.The motor draws 35 A current.Find the speed of the motor and torque developed
if the flux per pole is 20 mWb.

6. A 250V dc shunt motor runs at 1200 rpm.The armature resistance is 0.4 Ω and armature current is
50A.Find the new speed of the motor if the flux is reduced by 15%.

Grp-3

1. How does the voltage build up in DC generators?

2. Give one application for DC(Series,Shunt and compound) motor specifying the characteristics.

3. What is the significance of back emf in a dc motor?

4. A 110V shunt generator has a full load current of 100A, shunt field resistance of 50Ω and

constant losses of 500W.If full load efficiency is 85% find the armature resistance and the load current
at maximum efficiency.

5. A 4-pole ,250V dc shunt motor is lap connected with 120 slots with 8 conductors in each slot. The
flux per poleis 20 mWb and the motor draws a current of 25A.The armature resistance is 0.1Ω and
field resistance is 125Ω. The rotational losses are 810 W.Find (a) Gross torque (b) Useful torque
(c) Efficiency.
6. A d.c series motor having a resistance of 2 Ω drives a fan which the torque varies as the square of
the speed.At 220V,the set runs at 500 rpm and takes 40 A.The speed is to be raised to 800 rpm by
increasing the voltage.Determine the necessary voltage and the corresponding current assuming the
field to be unsaturated.

Grp-4

1. Explain the conditions for voltage build up in DC generators.

2. What is back emf in a dc motor?Explain its significance.

3. Give one application for DC(Series,Shunt and compound) motor specifying the characteristics.

4. A 22kW,220V long shunt dc generator runs at 1200rpm.The armature resistance is 0.04Ω,the shunt
resistance is 100 Ω and the series resistance is 0.05 Ω.If the overall efficiency is 87% ,find the copper
loss.iron and friction losses and the torque exerted by the prime mover.

5. A 4-pole ,250V dc shunt motor is lap connected with 140 slots with 8 conductors in each slot. The
flux per poleis 30 mWb and the motor draws a current of 30A.The armature resistance is 0.2Ω and
field resistance is 140Ω. The rotational losses are 900 W.Find (a) Gross torque (b) Useful torque
(c) Efficiency.

6.A d.c series motor having a resistance of 1.5 Ω drives a fan which the torque varies as the square of
the speed.At 220V,the set runs at 450 rpm and takes 30 A.The speed is to be raised to 700 rpm by
increasing the voltage.Determine the necessary voltage and the corresponding current assuming the
field to be unsaturated.