AC GENERATORS

1. A 56-pole alternator is operated at 200 rpm. What frequency is generated?

2. At what speed should a 6-pole alternator be driven to develop 40 cycles?

3. An alternator operates at a speed of 176.5 rpm. How many poles does it have if the voltage is generated at
50 cycles?

4. Calculate the average voltage generated in a 6-turn pitch coil of a 25-cycle alternator if the flux per pole is
7.2 x 105 maxwells.

5. In Prob. 4, what is the effective voltage if the waveform is sinusoidal?

6. If the alternator of Prob. 4 has a total of 240 coils and the winding is Y-connected, what is the effective
voltage between? (Neglect the phase displacement of series-connected coils in the same pole-phase group)

7. A 72-slot stator has a half-coiled 4-pole 3-phase winding. How many coils are there (a) per phase (b) per
group?

8. A 144-slot stator has a whole coiled 12-pole 3-phase winding. Calculate the number of coils: (a) per phase
(b) per group.

9. A 90-slot stator has a 3-phase 6-pole whole-coiled winding. Each coil of which spans from slot 1 to slot
14. Calculate: (a) the pitch factor; (b) the distribution factor.

10. The following information is given in connection with an alternator: slots = 144; poles = 8, rpm = 900;
turns per coil = 6, Φ = 1.8 x 106; coil span = slots 1 to 16; winding = whole-coiled 3-phase, winding
connection = star. Calculate: (a) the voltage per phase; (b) the voltage between terminals.

12. What voltage would be generated between terminals in the alternator of Prob. 10 if the winding is
connected for 6-pole operation?

13. A 3-phase alternator has a rating of 5,000 kVA at 13,200 volts. Calculate the full-load line current.

14. If the alternator of Prob. 13 delivers a load of 3,600 kW at a power factor of 0.82, calculate the line
current.

15. The voltage of an alternator rises from 460 volts at full-load to 535 volts at no-load. Calculate the percent
regulation.

16. A 3-phase Y-connected alternator delivers a unity power-factor load at 230 volts. If the synchronous-
reactance voltage drop is 60 volts per phase, calculate the percent regulation, neglecting the resistance
voltage drop.