EE1102 - Basic Electrical Engineering Quiz 3: DC Machines

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Scan / click for YouTube playlist on DC Machines. A. 53791 AT/pole

B. 53520 AT/pole

C. 54235 AT/pole

D. 54703 AT/pole

4. A 230 V, 9 kW, 930 rpm separately excited DC motor

has an armature resistance 0.027 Ω. When the mo-
tor operates at rated speed and with rated terminal
1 DC Machines voltage , the electromagnetic torque developed by the

1. A DC shunt generator delivers 360 A at 250 V. The ar- motor is 70 Nm. Neglecting the rotational losses of the

mature and shunt winding resistances are 0.03 Ω and machine, the current drawn by the motor from 230 V

60 Ω respectively. Determine the EMF generated. supply is

A. 260.800 V A. 29.73 A

B. 239.075 V B. 33.93 A

C. 263.534 V C. 27.25 A

D. 260.925 V D. 29.00 A

2. A 4 pole DC generator, having wave wound armature 5. A short shunt compound generator delivers a current

winding has 30 slots, and 20 conductors per slot. Flux of 440 A at 230 V. The armature, series and shunt field

per pole is 28 mWb. What is the emf generated when resistances are 0.04 Ω, 0.045 Ω and 50 Ω respectively.

motor is driven at 370 rpm. Determine the EMF generated. Allow a brush contact
drop of 1 V per brush.
A. 207.200 V
A. 267.400 V
B. 202.200 V
B. 250.728 V
C. 188.552 V
C. 192.175 V
D. 214.700 V
D. 269.600 V
3. A 31.7 kW, 480 V, 4 pole wave wound DC shunt mo-
tor has 820 armature conductors and 120 commutator 6. A 210 V DC shunt motor takes 2 A at no load. It

segments. Its full load efficiency is 97.0 % and the draws 24 A when running at full load at 1490 rpm.

shunt field current is 1.5 A. If the brushes are shifted The armature and shunt resistance are 0.52 Ω and 220

backward 1.6 segment from geometrically neutral axis. Ω, respectively. The no load speed in rpm is

Find the distorting ampere turns per pole. A. 1597.88 rpm

 B. 1467.08 rpm A. 1404 W

C. 1576.08 rpm B. 898 W

D. 1563.28 rpm C. 966 W

7. A 6 pole wave wound motor armature has 825 conduc-
tors and delivers 145 A. The brushes have been dis-
placed through 3.35 angular degrees from geometrical
axis. Find additional field current for neutralising de-
magnetising effect if there are 1460 turns in shunt field
winding.
D. 959 W
11. A separately excited DC motor has an armature re-
sistance of 0.3 Ω. It runs from a 240 V DC supply
drawing an armature current 16 A at 1290 rpm. For
the same field current, the torque developed (in Nm)
for an armature current 8 A will be

A. 0.381 A A. 12.88 Nm

B. 0.328 A B. 15.16 Nm
C. 11.06 Nm
C. 0.755 A
D. 13.94 Nm
D. 0.376 A
12. A 500 V DC shunt motor draws a line current of 6 A,
8. A break test is conducted on a DC motor. The spring
on no load. If armature resistanc is 0.3 Ω and field
balance reading are 5 kg and 32 kg. The diameter of
resistance is 230 Ω, determine the efficiency of the ma-
drum is 44 cm. The speed of the motor under these
chine running as a generator delivering a load current
loading is 910 rpm, when supplied at 220 V, taking
of 35 A at 500 V.
current of 30 A from the mains. Find efficiency.
A. 84.987 %
A. 80.951 %
B. 85.187 %
B. 76.961 %
C. 65.000 %
C. 84.111 %
D. 81.000 %
D. 83.031 %
13. A separately excited generator when running at 970
9. A DC generator has armature induced emf of 220 V rpm supplieS 50 A to a resistive load at 240 V. What
when flux per pole is 14 mWb, and speed is 530 rpm. will be the load current when the speed drops to 420
Calculate the emf generated when speed is 1180 rpm rpm, if field current is unchanged. Given armature re-
but flux per pole is 20 mWb. sistance is 0.8 Ω.
A. 692.733 V A. 25.149 A
B. 692.630 V B. 21.649 A

C. 699.730 V C. 23.849 A

D. 709.811 V D. 20.249 A

14. A 4 kW, 210 V DC shunt motor has armature resis-

10. A 5 kW 430 V short shunt compound DC generator
tance of 0.8 Ω and shunt field resistance 90 Ω. At no
has a full load efficiency of 71.0 %. If the resistance
load, the motor draws 5 A from 210 V supply and runs
of armature and interpole is 1.4 Ω and that of series
at 1140 rpm. The rotational loss of the machine is
and shunt winding are 0.3 Ω and 240 Ω respectively.
Calculate the combined bearing friction loss, windage A. 8.326 W
and core losses of the machine. B. 5.946 W

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 C. 4.646 W A. 1490.000 rpm
D. 11.966 W B. 1850.000 rpm
15. A 4 pole wave wound motor armature has 660 conduc- C. 1480.800 rpm
tors and delivers 115 A. The brushes have been dis-
D. 1390.000 rpm
placed through 1.8 angular degrees from geometrical
axis. Calculate Demagnetising ampere turns per pole. 19. A 8 pole DC generator has induced emf of 210 V
A. 224 AT/Pole when driven at a speed of 260 rpm.The armature is
B. 196 AT/Pole lap wound and has 10 conductors. The armature re-

C. 115 AT/Pole sistance is 0.8 Ω. The pole shoe has diameter of 21

cm, each pole substends an angle of 25 degrees at the
D. 190 AT/Pole
center. The length of pole is 25 cm. Determine the
16. A 11 kW, 260 V, DC shunt motor with an armature flux density in the air gap.
resistance of 0.75 Ω and field resistance 260 Ω takes
A. 0.873 Wb/m2
4.2 A, when running light at rated voltage and rated
speed. What is machine efficiency as generator with B. 0.423 Wb/m2
output of 11 kW at rated voltage and speed. C. 0.300 Wb/m2
A. 88.876 %
D. 0.983 Wb/m2
B. 81.536 %
C. 78.536 % 20. A 8 pole lap connected DC machine has an armature
resistance of 0.55 Ω, and generate 50 volt on no load at
D. 78.679 %
rated speed. Determine the armature resistance, when
17. A belt driven DC shunt generator runs at 1460 rpm same machine is re-wound using simplex wave connec-
delivering 8 kW, at 200 V bus. The belt breaks follow- tion.
ing which the machine operates as a motor drawing 2
A. 0.880 Ω
kW power. The armature and field resistance are 0.19
Ω and 54 Ω respectively. The speed when working as B. 2.200 Ω
a motor will be
C. 1.800 Ω
A. 1193.41 rpm
D. 2.134 Ω
B. 1259.41 rpm
C. 1393.41 rpm Scan / click the QR code to submit your answers.
D. 1549.41 rpm

18. A DC shunt motor is running at 1390 rpm, when ex-

cited with 200 V DC. Neglecting losses and saturation,
the speed of motor when connected to a 180 V DC
supply is

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