ELECTRICAL MACHINE DESIGN
Unit-I April 2005 1. Give details of ISS on induction motor testing.(6) 2. Mention the various leakage fluxes that are present in a three phase induction motor and show how the leakage reactance is calculated from the leakage fluxes.(9) 3. Explain the use of loss curves in the design of electrical machines.(6) 4. Find the AT/pole required for the single gap of a 2 pole generator in the following particulars: 200V on no load at 2000 rpm: armature length, 32cm; effective gap length, 0.8cm; pole arc, 30 cm; and 200 armature conductors. April 2008 1. Explain magnetisation curve.(8) 2. Discuss in detail about M.M.F and leakage reactance calculations of electrical apparatus.(7) 3. Explain Unbalanced magnetic pull.(8) 4. Derive the iron losses in electrical apparatus.(7) April 2010 1. Explain the performance prediction of electrical apparatus from thermal rating.(8) 2. Discuss various methods employed for calculation of mmf.(7) 3. Calculate the mmf req for the air gap length of a machine having core length of 0.32m including 4 ducts of 10mm each, pole arc of 0.29m, slot pitch of 65.4 mm, slot opening of 5mm, air gap lenth of 5mm, flux per pole of 52 mWb. Given Carters co-eff is 0.18 for opening/gap=1 and is 0.28 Opening/ gap=2.(10) 4. How is leakage reactance calculated?(5) Nov-2010 1. Determine the air gap length of a dc machine from the foll data. Length of core=.0.12m, no of ducts=1, width of duct=10mm, slot pitch=25mm, slot width=10mm, Vcs=kcd=0.32, gap density at pole centre =0.7wb/m2, field mmf/pole=3900AT mmf req in iron parts=800 AT. 2. A 250V, 1 KW single element resistor is made from 0.2 mm thich nickel chrome strip. The timpt rise of strip is not to exceed 300 C over the ambient tempt of 30C. Calculate the length and width of strip. Assume emissivity =0.9, radiating efficiency=0.75, resistivity of nickel chrome=1*10-6m.
April 2011 1. What are the items to be mentioned in the rating plates of rotating machinery? 2. The foll data refers to a 20KW , 2-pole dc motor. Air gap=2.5mm, Area under each pole=20*10-3m, air-gap flux density=0.8Wb/m2, vertical displacement of rotor=0.4mm.Calculate the unbalanced magnetic pull acting downwards if the poles are located 45 with horizontal axis.(11) Given data: P=2, B=0.8Wb/m2, Ap=20*10-3m2 Lg=2.5mm ,=45 e=0.4mm ,P=20KW April 2012 1. How the mmf of a section of magnetic ckt is det? Or How to find total mmf in series cirucuit?(6) 2. What are the factors which impose limitations on design of electrical machine?(5) 3. Calculate the mmf req for air gap of a dc machine with an axial length of 20cm(no ducts) and pole arc of 18cm. The slot pitch=27mm, slot opening=12mm, air gap=6mm and the useful flux/pole=25 m Wb . Take carters co-eff for slot as 0.3. 4. Exp the constructional features of a rotating machine. 5. Compare the conducting properties of copper and aluminium as used in electrical machines ad state their relative merits. Nov 2003 1. Mention the properties and specifications of commonly used insulating materials in Electrical Engg.(7) 2. Briefly discuss the details of Indian-standard specifications for outdoor type distribution transformers.(8) 3. What are rating plates? Enumerate the items displayed in the rating plates of i)Transformers ii) DC machines and iii) AC machines.(9) 4. Explain the usefulness of magnetization curves in the design of electrical machines.(6) April 2004 1. What are the various items that are req to be mentioned in the rating plates of rotating machines? Also list important specifications as per ISI of i)transformer ii) dc machine. 2. Give the classification of insulating materials used in electrical machines in relation to their thermal stability as per ISI. 3. Explain the use of loss curves in the design of electrical machines. 4. Explain the terms : Carters coeff , gap contraction factor for slots and for ducts and gap expansion factor .
Nov 2004 1. What is meant by standard specifications? Mention the help given by standardisation of machine specifications to the consumer and to the designer.(7) 2. What are the desired properties of insulating materials used in electrical machines (8) 3. What is a magnetisation curve? How is it made use of in the design of electrical machines? 4. What is Carters coeff? What is its usefulness in the design of dc machines?(8) UNIT II April 2008 1. Derive the output eq of D.C motor and D.C. Generator.(8) 2. A 5KW , 250 V, 4 pole , 1500 rpm shunt generator is designed to have a square pole face. The loadings are average flux density in the gap=0.42 wb/m2 and ampere conductors per metre 15000, efficiency 0.87, ratio of pole arc to pole pitch 0.66. Find the main dimensions of the machine.(7) 3. Write the design steps to design field system of D.C. machine.(7) 4. Find the minimum number of poles for a 1200 kw generator if the avg value between commutator segments is not to exceed 15 and the armature mmf per pole is not to exceed 10,000A.(8) April 2010 1. Derive the output eq of a D.C. machine.(5) 2. Find the main dimensions and the number of poles of a 37kw , 230V , 1400rpm dc shunt motor so that a square pole face is obtained. The avg gap density is 0.5wb/m2 and the ampere conductors per meter is 22000. The ratio of pole arc to pole pitch is 0.7 and the full load efficiency is 90%.(10) 3. Explain the procedure for the design of shunt field coil of a dc machine.(8) 4. Explain the factors affecting choice of poles in the design of DC machine.(7) Nov 2010 1. Derive an expression for o/p eq of dc machine(11) 2. Find the main dimensions , no of poles and length of air gap of a 600 kw, 500 V, 900 rpm generator. Assume Bar=0.6 wb/m2 and ac=35000 amp.cond/m. the ratio of pole arc to pole pitch is 0.75 and the efficiency is 91% .The foll are the design constraints. Peripheral speed=40m/s Freq of flux reversal = 50Hz Current/ brush arm = 400 A Armature mmf per pole = 7500 AT
Mmf of air gap is 50% of armature mmf and gap contraction factor is 1.15. April 2011 1. Draw the winding diag in developed form for a 4 pole, 12 slot simplex lap connected d.c. generator with commutator having 12 segments. Indicate the position of brushes. 2. Determine the max output that can be obtained from 375 rpmdc generator without exceeding a peripheral speed of 40m/s, an avg emf of 7V in each conductor, and an electric loading of 45000 ampere conductors metre. April 2012 1. Find the main dimensions and number of poles of 37kw, 230V, 1400 rpm shunt motors that a square pole face is obtained. The avg gap density is 0.5 Wb/m2 and the ampere conductors per metre are 22000. The ratio of pole arc to pole pitch is 0.7 and the full load efficiency is 90%(11) 2. Draw the winding diagram in a developed form for a 4pole , 13 slot simplex wave connected dc generator with a commutator having 13 segments. The number of coil sides per slot is 2. Indicate the position of brushes.(11) April 2012 1. Explain various cooling methods available in transformer.(6) 2. Derive the output eq of a three phase transformer(5) 3. Determine the dimensions of the core and yoke for a 100 KVA, 50 Hz , single phase, core type transformer. A square core is used with distance between the adjacent limbs equal to 1.8 times the width of laminations. Assume voltage per turn of 14 V , max flux density 1.1Wb/m2, window space factor 0.32 and the current density 3 A/mm2. Take stacking factor=0.9. Flux density in the yoke to be 80% of flux density is core.(11) Nov 2003 1. Discuss the factors to be considered in the choice of poles and speed for a dc machine.(7) 2. A 4 pole armature with lap connected coils has 72 slots and 6 coil sides per slot. Determine the winding pitches and the connections to the 9 equalizer rings.(8) 3. Derive the o/p eq of a dc machine(7) 4. A 350kw, 500 V, 450 rpm , 6 pole dc generator is built with an armature of diameter, 87 cm and a core length of 32 cm. The lap wound armature has 660 conductors. Calculate the specific electric loading and specific magnetic loading.(8). April 2004 1. Explain the factors that are to be considered in the choice of number of poles of a dc machine.(7)
2. Find the number of poles and main dimensions of a 1000 kw, 500 V, 300 rpm dc generator from the following data: avg gap density=0.7Wb/m2, specific electric loading=39000, Ampere conductors per metre core length to pole pitch=1.1.(8) 3. Explain the method of design of commutator and brushes in a DC machine.(7) 4. Obtain suitable dimensions for the commutator and brushes of a 1200 kw, 440 V,300 rpm dynamo. The external diameter of armature is 170cm and the machine has 12poles and 540 armature coils. Make suitable assumptions.(8) Nov 2004 1. Define the term specific electric loading and specific magnetic loading as applied to electric machines. What are the considerations in the choice of these for dc machines(7) 2. Find the main dimensions of a 200 kw , 250 V, 6 pole , 1000 rpm dc generator. The avg value of flux density in the gap is 0.58 Wb/m2 and the ampere conductors per metre of armature periphery are 31000. The efficiency is 91%. Assume the ratio of length of core to pole pitch=0.75. 3. Determine the height of the coil, no of turns, size of the wire and exciting current in a field coil of a 440V, 6 pole, dc machine given the foll data: Mmf per coil=7500, Depth of winding=5cm, length of mean turn=125cm, Copper space factor=0.6, Power radiated from outer surface=1500Wb/m2, Resistivity=0.02 ohm/m and mm2.
