MODEL QUESTION PAPER

Hall Ticket No.: SRIT R20

SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

(AUTONOMOUS)
III B. Tech I Sem – Semester End Examinations – Regular –DEC-2023
INDUCTION AND SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES
[R204GA02501]
(Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60

PART-A Mark
(Answer the following, 5 X 2 = 10 Marks) s CO BL
1 a) Explain why an induction motor is called generalized transformer. [2M] CO1 L1
b How is the induction motor operation affected if the external [2M] CO1 L1
) resistance in the rotor circuit is not fully cut off?
c) What are the advantages of using fractional pitch windings? [2M] CO1 L1
d [2M] CO1 L1
) Explain about synchronizing alternators with infinite bus bars.
e) List different methods for starting of synchronous motors. [2M] CO1 L1

PART-B
(Answer all five units, 5 X 10 = 50 Marks)

UNIT-1
2 a) Explain in detail about Crawling of Induction motor. [5M] CO L2
1
b A 3-phase, 50 Hz, 500 V, 6-pole IM gives an output of 37.3 kW at [5M] CO L3
) 955 r.p.m the p.f is 0.86. Frictional and windage losses total 1492 2
kW, stator losses amount to 1.5 kW. Determine line current,
efficiency and rotor copper losses for this load.
OR
3 a) Draw and explain the power flow diagram of 3-phase induction [5M] CO L2
motor. 1
b A 3-phase induction motor has a starting torque of 150% and a [5M] CO L3
) maximum torque of 250% of the full-load torque. Neglect stator 2
resistance and assume constant rotor resistance. Compute: (i) The
slip at a maximum torque. (ii) Full load slip. (iii) Rotor current at
starting in terms of full-load rotor current.

UNIT-2
4 a) Explain in detail about cascade connection of speed control of 3- [5M] CO L2
phase induction motor. 1
b The rotor resistance and stand still reactance of a 3-phase [5M] CO L3
) induction motor are 0.02 Ω / phase and 0.1 Ω / phase respectively. 2
At normal voltage, the full-load slip is 3%. Estimate the
percentage reduction in stator voltage to develop full-load torque
at half full-load speed. Also calculate the power factor.
OR
5 a) Explain the construction of rotor resistance starter and also [4M] CO L2
explain the calculation of steps of rotor resistance starter. 2
b A 3-phase induction motor has a ratio of maximum torque to full [6M] CO L3
) load torque as 2.5:1. Determine the ratio of starting torque to full 2

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 load torque, if star-delta starter is used. The rotor resistance and
stand still reactance per phase are 0.4Ω and 4Ω respectively.

UNIT-3
6 a) Explain principle and construction features of salient pole and [5M] CO L2
round machines. 3
b Explain in detail about synchronous reactance and impedance [5M] CO L2
) with phasor diagram. 3
OR
7 a) Describe E.M.F and MMF method of voltage regulation in [5M] CO L2
alternators 4
b The no-load test performed on a 1000 kVA, 3000 V, 50 Hz, three- [5M] CO L3
) phase star connected alternator gave the following readings: 4

If 15 30 50 75 90 120 150
(A)
Vph 345 690 1200 1675 1900 2130 2200
(V)
The effective armature resistance is 0.25 ohms. When short-circuit
test was conducted, a fi eld current of 50 A was required to
circulate the full-load current. Determine the percentage voltage
regulation of the alternator on full-load at 0.8 lagging power
factor by mmf method.

UNIT-4
8 a) Explain power flow equation in alternator with its torque [6M] CO L2
equation. 5
b Describe synchronizing alternators with infinite bus bars. [4M] CO L2
) 5
OR
9 a) Discuss the load sharing between alternators with change in [5M] CO L2
excitation and prime mover speed on any one alternator. 5
b A 2-pole, 50 Hz, turbo alternator is excited to generate the bus- [5M] CO L3
) bar voltage of 11 kV on no-load. The machine is star connected 5
and the short circuit current for this excitation is 1000 A.
Calculate the synchronizing power per degree of mechanical
displacement of the rotor and the corresponding synchronizing
torque.

UNIT-5
1 a) Explain the principle of operation of a 3-phase synchronous [5M] CO L2
0 motor? 6
b An industrial load of 800 kW is operating at 0.6 lag pf. It is [5M] CO L3
) desired to improve the power factor to 0.92 lag by connecting a 6
synchronous motor driving a load of 200 kW with an efficiency of
91%. Determine the kVA rating of the synchronous motor and the
power factor at which it is operating.
OR
1 What is the necessity of a starting method of synchronous motor? [10M CO L2
1 Explain different methods of starting of synchronous motors. ] 6

*CO refers the Course Outcome (CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, CO5 and CO6)
*BL refers the Blooms Level (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6)

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