ASSIGNMENT-2 Submission date: 24/02/2012

Q.1: The armature winding of a 4-pole, 250 V d.c. shunt motor is lap connected. There are 120 slots, each slot containing 8 conductors. The flux per pole is 20 mWb and current taken by the motor is 25 A. The resistance of armature and field circuit are 0.1 and 125 respectively. If the net iron and mechanical losses amount to be 810 W find, (i) Gross torque (ii) useful torque and (iii) efficiency. Q.2: A 6-pole, 500-V wave-connected shunt motor has 1200 armature conductors and useful flux/pole of 20 mWb. The armature and field resistance are 0.5 and 250 respectively. What will be the speed and torque developed by the motor when it draws 20 A from the supply mains? Neglect armature reaction. If magnetic and mechanical losses amount to 900 W. Find, (i) Useful torque (ii) output in kW and (iii) efficiency at this load. Q.3: why it is necessary to use starter for starting of dc motor? Draw the diagram of three point starter and explain the function of each component. Q.4: A 220 V shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.5 and takes an armature current of 40 A on certain load. By how much the main flux be reduced to raise the speed by 50 %, if the developed torque is constant? Q.5: A 240V shunt motor has an armature current of 15 A when running at 800 rpm against full load torque. The armature resistance is 0.6 . what resistance must be inserted in series with the armature to reduce the speed to 400 rpm at the same torque. Q.6: A 10kW, 240 V dc shunt motor draws a line current of 5.2 A while running at noload speed of1200 rpm from 240 V dc supply. It has an armature resistance of 0.25 and field resistance of 160 . Estimate the efficiency of the motor when it delivers rated load. Q.7: Explain ward-leonard method of speed control along with neat diagram. Q.8: When on normal full-load, a 500 V, d.c. shunt motor runs at 800 r.p.m. and takes an armature current 42 A. The flux per pole is reduced to 75% of its normal value by suitably increasing the field circuit resistance. Calculate the speed of the motor if the total torque exerted on the armature is (a) unchanged (b) reduced by 20%. The armature resistance is 0.6 and the total voltage loss at the brushes is 2 V.