FEDERALUNIVERSITY,

OYE-EKITI
FACULTYOFENGINEERING
ELECTRICALANDELECTRONI CSENGINEERINGDEPARTMENT
2020/2021SESSI ONSECONDSEMESTERASSI GNMENT-
TEST
COURSETI TLE:ELECTROMECHANI CALDEVICESANDMACHI NESII
COURSECODE:EEE346 CREDI
TUNI
TS:
2
I
NSTRUCTI
ON:Answeral
l quest
ions.
QUESTI
ON1
(
a)(
i) Whatdoyouunderstandby‘
sl
ip’
ini
nducti
onmotorsandwhati
sit
simpor
tancei
nthe
det
erminati
onofthepar
ameter
sofinduct
ionmotor
s?
[
1mar
k]
(i
i
)Gi veanaccountoft helossest hatoccurina3-phasei
nducti
onmot orandexpl
ainhowt heyv
ary
witht hel oad. [2
mar ks]
(b)A220- V, 3-phase,4-pol
e,50-Hz,st
ar-connectedi
nducti
onmotori
sr at
ed3.73kW.Theequival
ent
cir
cuit paramet ersare:
R1=0. 45Ω, X1=0.8Ω, R2’
=0.4Ω, X2’
0.8Ω,andBo=- mhos.
Thestatorcor el
ossis50W andr otati
onal l
ossis150W.Forasli
pof0.04,fi
nd:
(
i)i
nputcur
rent
, [
1mar
k]
(
ii
)powerf
act
or, [
1mar
k]
(
ii
i)ai
r-
gappower
, [
1mar
k]
(
iv)mechani
cal
power
, [
1mar
k]
(
v)el
ect
romagnet
ict
orque, [
1mar
k]
(
vi)out
putpower
,and [
1mar
k]
(
vii
)ef
fi
ciency
. [
1mar
k]

QUESTI
ON2
(
a)(i) Asy
nchronousmotordesi
gnedt
ooperateinUni
tedStat
esofAmerica(
USA)i
sbr
oughtt
oNi
geri
a.
Ifi
nUSAi tr
unsat1800rpm,atwhatspeedwil
li
truninNi
ger
ia? [2
mar
ks]
(ii
)Whati
stheef
fectofi
ncr
easei
nexci
tat
ionofasy
nchr
onousmot
or? [
2
mar
ks]
(ii
i
)Whati
smeantbyV-
cur
vesofasy
nchr
onousmot
or? [
1
mar
k]

(
b)Amanuf act
uringpl
anttakes200kW at0.6powerfactorfr
om a600V,60c/
s,3-phasesy st
em.Itis
desir
edtoraisethepowerf act
oroftheentir
esystem t
o0.9bymeansofasy nchronousmot or,which
at thesamet i
meisdri
vingaloadrequi
ri
ngt hesy
nchronousmotort
ake80kW from theli
ne.
(i) Whatshouldbetherati
ngofthesynchronousmotorinvol
tsandamper
es? [3
mar
ks]
(ii
)Whatwi
l
lbet
hepowerf
act
oroft
hesy
nchr
onousmot
or? [
2
mar
ks]
QUESTION3
(
a)( i
) Bywhatt estsisthesy nchronousr eactanceofasy nchr
onousmachi nedetermined? [1
mark]
(i
i)Two- r
eact ancetheoryisappl iedonlytosalient-
polemachi
nes.Statet her
eason. [1
mark]
(i
ii
)Whatar et helossest hattakepl aceinanalternator
? [3
marks]
(
b)A50kVA, 550-V,single-
phaseal ternatorhasanef fecti
vear
matureresistanceof0.22Ω.Whenthefiel
d
cur
rentis115A,t heemfonopenci rcui
tis320Vandonshor tcircuitwit
hthesamef i
eldcur
rent,
thearmaturei s170A.Fi ndt hesy nchronousimpedanceandr eactance.Towhatv al
uewil
lthevol
tage
ri
se whenf ul
lloadcur r
entat0. 8powerf actorlaggi
ng550Vist hr
ownof f
?
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5mar
ks]

QUESTION4
(a)A3- phase,8-pole,6600Vsy nchr
onousmot orhasasy nchr
onousi mpedanceof( 0.66+j 6.6)Ω per
phase. Whenex cit
edt ogiv
eagener at
ede.m.f.of4500Vperphase, itt
akesaninputof2500kW.
(a)Calculat
et heelect
romagneti
ctorque,t
heinputcur r
ent,
powerfactorandloadangle. [2
marks]
(b)Ifthemot orwer etobeoperati
ngatani nputcur r
entof180ampsatuni typowerfact or
,what
wouldthenbet hevalueofgenerat
ede.m.f,undertheseconditi
ons.
[2mar ks]
(c)Calculat
eal sothemechanicaloutputandef f
ici
encyifmechanical,exci
tati
onandi ronlosses
tot
al50kW. [1
mark]

(
b)A6- pol
e,50Hz ,singl
e-phaseal t
ernatorhas54sl ot
s,onl
y36ofwhi charewound.Thenumberof
conductorsperslotis12andcoi lsarefull
-pi
tched.Thefl
uxperpol
eis0.04Wbsi
nusoi
dall
ydi
str
ibut
ed.
Calculat
e:
(i) t hedist
ributi
onf act
or,and [
3
marks]
(ii
) t hermsv alueoft heter
mi nalv
oltageonopenci r
cui
t. [
2
marks]

QUESTI
ON5
(
a) Descr ibebr i
eflyt heef fectofv ary i
ngex cit
ati
onupont hearmat ur
ecurrentandpowerf actorofa
synchronousmot orwheni nputpowert ot hemot orismai nt
ainedconstant.
[3mar ks]
(
b) Det ermine t he equi valent ci rcui t paramet er
s of a 10- h.p, 230-
V, thr
ee-phase, four-
pole,
wye-connect ed,doubl esqui rrel
-cagei nduct i
onmot or(NEMAdesi gnC)fr
om thefoll
owingtestdata:
No-loadtest: f
=60Hz ;V=229. 9V; I=6.36A; P=512W
Locked-rotortestatf 1=15Hz : V=24V; I
=24. 06A;P=721W
Locked-rotortestatf 2=60Hz : V=230V; I=110A; P=27,225W
Averaged. c.statorwi ndingr esi
st ancebet weenst atortermi
nals=0.42Ω.
Table1-I EEETestCodef orEmpi ricalRat i
osLeakageReact ances
Squirrel-Cage: DesignCl ass WoundRot or
Reactance A B C D
Ratio
X1/XL 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.
5 0. 5
X2/XL 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.
5 0. 5 [7mar ks]

QUESTI
ON6
(
a) ( i
) Ment ionfour(4)specifi
cappl
icati
onsofasy nchr onousmot or. [
2
mar ks]
(i
i
) I temisethev ari
oustorquesdevelopedbyasy nchr onousmot or
. [
2
mar ks]
(
b) A400- V,50- Hz,3-Φ,37.3kW,star-
connectedsynchr onousmot orhasaf ul
l
-loadeffi
ciencyof88%.
Thesy nchronousi mpedanceoft hemot ori
s(0.2+j 1.6)Ωperphase.Ift
heexcitat
ionoft hemotori
s
adjustedtogi vealeadingpowerfactorof0.9,
calculatef orf
ull
-l
oad
(i
) t heinducedemf , [3marks]
(i
i
) t hetot al
mechani calpowerdevel
oped. [3marks]

QUESTION7
(
a)( i
) Whati
smeantby“
armaturer
eacti
on”ofasynchr
onousmachi
ne? [
1
mark]
(i
i
)Whent hel
oadonanal
ternat
orisvar
ied,
itst
erminalv
olt
agei
sal
sof
oundt
ovar
y,expl
ainwhythi
s
i
sso? [
2marks]

(
b)A3- phase,50-
Hz,20-
polesali
ent-
poleal
ter
natorwit
hst
ar-
connect
edstat
orwi
ndi
nghas180slot
son
thest at
or.Eachslotconsi
stsof8conduct ors.Thef
luxperpoleis25mWbandi ssinusoi
dal
l
y
dist
ribut
ed.Thecoi
lsareful
l
-pi
tched.Cal
cul
ate:

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ter
nat
or, [
2
mar
ks]
(ii
) windingfact
or, [
2mar
ks]
(ii
i
)generatedemfperphase,and [
2
mar
ks]
(iv
)l i
nev ol
tage. [
1mar
k]

QUESTION8
(
a.)(i
) Namet hetwotypesofal ternatorsdependi
ngont herot orconst
ructi
on. [
1
mark]
(i
i)Whatar etheconditi
onst obemetf orpropersynchronizati
onofalter
nators? [
2
marks]
(i
ii
)Whati sthemax i
mum speedt hata50-Hzalter
natorcanat tai
n? [
1mark]
(
b.)Asingle-
phaseacgener atorwi ndinghasanef fect
iveresistanceof0.2Ωandsy nchr
onousi
mpedance
of2.2Ω.Findthegeneratedemfwhent heloadis50ampsatat erminalvol
tageof500Vat
(
i) Uni
typowerf actor [
2
marks]
(
ii
) 0. 87powerf actorlagging [
2
marks]
(
ii
i) 0. 8powerf actorleading. [
2
marks]

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