Electrical Power And Control Department Course Title: Electrical Machines 1 Course Code: EE321 Prof. Dr.

Magdy El Attar Eng. Mona Ibrahim

Sheet (6) Voltage Build Up in Shunt Generators

1. The following table gives the characteristic of a dc generator at 300 rpm: Field current (A) Open circuit voltage (V) 0 7.5 0.2 93 0.3 135 0.4 165 0.5 186 0.6 202 0.7 215

The field resistance of the machine is adjusted to 354.3 Q and the speed is 300 rpm. If the generator is run self-excited: a) Determine graphically the no-load voltage. b) Determine the critical field resistance. c) Determine the critical speed for the given field resistance d) What additional resistance must be inserted in the field circuit to reduce the no-load voltage to 175 V?
2. The open circuit characteristics data of a shunt generator at 1000rev/min are given below Field current (A) Open circuit voltage (V) 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 220 5.0 230

6.0 242

100

134

160

180

200

210

a) Determine the critical field resistance for self excitation at 1000rev/min b) Determine the critical field resistance for self excitation at 1200rev/min c) Total field resistance if the induced voltage is 230V at 1200rev/min

3. The open circuit data of 500kW, 500V,shunt, six pole dc generator obtained at 1200 rev/min are given

below:
Field current (A) Open circuit voltage (V) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 490 6.5 500 7 510

7.5 520

8 525

10

100

200

300

390

450

The armature resistance including that of brushes is 0.02 a) Calculate the resistance of the shunt field circuit when the no load voltage is the rated voltage at a speed of 1200 rev/min. b) With the resistance of the shunt-field as in part (i), neglecting the effect of armature reaction, determine the terminal voltage when the armature current is 1000A and the speed is 1200 rev/min c) If the demagnetizing mmf of armature reaction corresponding to a field current of 0.4A, how would the answer in part (b) be affected?