Electromechanical Systems

Tutorial 5: Direct current machines

1. A four-pole armature is wound with 564 conductors and driven at 800 rpm, the flux per pole
being 20 mWb. The current in each conductor is 60 A. Calculate the total current, the e.m.f.
and the electrical power generated in the armature if the conductors are connected: a)
wave; b) lap.

2. An eight-pole lap-connected armature has 96 slots with 6 conductors per slot and is driven
at 500 rpm. The useful flux per pole is 0.09 Wb. Calculate the generated e.m.f.

3. A four-pole armature has 624 lap-connected conductors and is driven at 1200 rpm.
Calculate the useful flux per pole required to generate an e.m.f. of 250 V.

4. A six-pole armature has 410 wave-connected conductors. The useful flux per pole is 0.025
Wb. Find the speed at which the armature must be driven if the generated e.m.f. is to be
485 V.