Q1) Consider a direct current (DC) shunt generator operating at the rated conditions

of 20 kW and 250 V with the armature and field resistances of 0.1Ω and 125Ω,
respectively. With the aid of equivalent circuit, calculate the total armature
power developed and armature power loss when it is operated

(i) as a generator delivering 20 kW output.

(ii) as a motor taking 20 kW input.

Q2 ) Assume that a direct current (DC) generator with 6-pole consists of 600
conductors on its armature with the flux per pole of 0.02 Wb. Determine the
rotational speeds (in rad/s) required by the (i) lap-wound and (ii) wave-wound
DC generator in order to produce an electromotive force (emf) of 300 V.

Q3) A compound DC generator is deployed to supply to a load of 250 lamps with

each has the rated power and voltage of 100 W and 250 V,
respectively. Suppose that the armature, series and shunt windings of this
generator have the resistance of 0.06 Ω, 0.04 Ω and 50 Ω, respectively, while
the voltage drop per brush is 1V. With the aids of equivalent circuits,
determine the generated electromotive force (emf), the power developed by
armature and the overall efficiency if the machine is connected in

(i) Long shunt.

(ii) Short shunt.

4) Speed control of a DC Shunt motor using Ward – Leonard speed control

5) A 250 V shunt motor has an armature – circuit resistance of R A = 0.22Ω and a field
resistance of RF = 170Ω. At no load the speed is N 1 = 1200 rpm. The armature
current is IA1 = 3A. At full load the line current is I L2= 55A and the flux is reduced
by 6% due to the effect of armature reaction. Calculate:

(i) the full – load armature current.

(ii) the back emf at full load.
(iii) the full load speed.

6) A 240 V shunt motor runs at a speed (N1) 850 rev. per min. when the armature current
IA1= 70 A. The armature resistance RA = 0.1Ω. A resistance R is placed in series with
the armature to reduce the speed to N2 = 650 rev. per min. The armature current is
then
IA2 = 50 A. Calculate:

(i) The total voltage drop in the armature circuit

(ii) The total armature circuit resistance.

(iii) The additional resistance to be added.