ZIMBABWE MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT HIGHER EDUCATION EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (HEXCO) HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SUBJECT: Machines and Drives PAPER NO: 720/S04 DURATION: 3 hours REQUIREMENTS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE 1, Answer any five (5) questions, 2. All questions carry equal marks. This paper consists of 4 printed pages. Scanned with CamScannerMACHINES AND DRIVES NO: 720/80: PAPI QUESTION 1 A 37.3kW 4-pole 50Hz induct n and windage torque of tion machine has a frictio1 al rotor circuit loss. Calculate: 22Nm. The stator losses equ: a) The input power to the stator when delivering full Joad output at a speed or) 1440 rev/min. "0 Ci at a speed of b) The gross output torque and stator output power when running spe ) and the windage and friction (4 marks) 1560 rev/min. The stator losses are as in (a) torque is unchanged. Pm 2 432 < =e iS QUESTION 2 r with core Analyse withthe aid of diagram, the operation of@ single Phase MOYF “99 marks) Josses operating as two motor. (20 ms UESTION 3 A3 phase 400V, SOHz, 4 pole star connected reluctance motor has negligible e and Xd (g-ax1s armature resistance and Xd (d-axis synchronous reactanc! tively. For a Joad torque of g0Nm, synchronous reactance) of 82 and 20 respec calculate: a) Load angle (8 marks) b) __Line current (8 marks) (4 marks) c) _ Input power factor Neglect rotational losses. QUESTION 4 a) Draw and explain Torque-Speed characteristics with volts/hertz control of an induction motor. (10 marks) Ky ped torque as a function of slip speed indicating b) Draw graph showing develo forward generation, forward motoring and reverse plugging. (10 marks) som wr Ap Scanned with CamScannerPAPER N 20/804 ~ MACHINES AND Drives UESTION (6 marks) a) State any three (3) types of stepper motors. » j ) List any two (2) uses of stepper motors. ib) (a marks) ¢) ; . ) Identify the five (5) advantages of using stepper motors. (10 marks) UESTION 6 from a 600V de source: tor is tant for the motors | he field cw 250A. The the A dc separately excited motor is powered by a de chopper ible ripple. ee on resistance is R, = 0,050. The back emf cons! ae .527V/Arad/sec. The average armature current is Ia = ly =2.5A. The armature current is continuous and has a negligi! duty cycle of the chopper is 60%, determine: a) The input power from the source. © (4 marks) b) The equivalent input resistance of the chopper drive. (4 marks) c) The motor speed. (8 marks) d) The developed torque (4 marks) QUESTION 7 A 6600V 3 phase star connected synchronous motor draws a full load current of 80A at 0.8 pf leading, the per phase armature resistance and reactance are 2.20 and 200 respectively. If the stray losses of the machine are 3200W, calculate: a) The induced emf - (14 marks) (4 marks) (2 marks) b) Output power = Wy Tekin = Wd, c) Efficiency Scanned with CamscannerPAPER NO: 720/S04 - MACHINES AND DRIVES QUESTION 8 4 230V, 1500 rpm, 20A separately ~ excited de motor is fed from a 3 phi A ao tne motor armature resistance is 0.6. A full converter Cony oer tOlig source through a delta-star transformer motor terminal Sane ees citer’ the converter firing angle is zero. ge is rated ransformer phase turns ratio from primary to secondary. (7 marks) a) Calculate the t Calculate the firing angle delay of the converter when: The motor is running at 100rpm at rated torque. (Q marks) 900) rpm at half the rated torque. (4 marks) b) i) ii) The motor is running at tC olf Scanned wth CamScanner