POKHARA UNIVERSITY

Level: Bachelor Semester – Spring Year : 2009

Programme: BE Full Marks: 100
Course: Electrical Circuits and Machine Pass Marks: 45
Time : 3hrs.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far
as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.

1. a) Calculate the effective resistance between A and B of the circuit 7

shown below.
4ohm 6ohm 8ohm
A

4ohm 6ohm 6ohm 4ohm

4ohm 10ohm
10ohm
B
6ohm

b) Apply Kirchoff's current low to determine current Is in the electric 8

circuit shown below. Take Vo= 16 V

+ 4ohm
+ +
6ohm 1/4V1 8ohm
Is V1 V0
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2. a) Calculate the average and rms value of voltage of a full wave 7

rectified sine wave of waveform:
e

Em

o T1 /4  3/4 2 
1
 b) Two impedances, one inductive, and the other capacitive are 8
connected in series. A voltage of 12030 0 V of frequency 50 Hz is
impressed across the combination, and the current flowing is
3  15 0 A . If one of the impedance is 10+ j 48.3 ohm find the
other. Find also the values of L & C in the impedances.
3. a) A coil of resistance 40 ohm and inductance of 0.75 henry forms part 8
of a series combination circuit for which resonant frequency is 55
Hz. If the supply voltage is 250V, 50Hz. Find (i) line current (ii)
Power factor (iii) apparent power, reactive power and power
consumed. (iv) Voltage across the coil.
b) A balanced, star connected load is supplied from a symmetrical 7
3   , 400 v system. The current in each phase is 30 A and lags by
300 behind the voltage.
Find,
i) the impedance in each phase.
ii) the total power drawn
Drawn the phasor diagram.
4. a) What are the practical application of electrolysis and describe each 7
briefly.
b) A 500 V, 10 pole dc generator runs at 750 rpm, supplying a load at
8
rated voltage. The armature has 600 conductors, and is lap wounded.
If the armature resistance is 0.15 ohm, find the useful flux per pole.
5. a) Describe the open circuit and short circuit texts performed on a 7
transformer.
b) The following test data is obtained on a 5 KVA, 220/400 V single
8
phase transformer.
OC test 220V 2A 100W (on LV side)
SC Test 40 V 11.4 A 200W (on HV side)
Determine the percentage efficiency and voltage regulation at full load 0.9
power factor lag.
6. a) Give the principle of operation (working principle) of a 3-phase 7
induction motor.
OR

2
 Describe the different methods of speed control of a d.c. motor. 8
b) Explain the different methods of excitation of alternates.
OR
Deduce the expression showing the relationship between speed, frequency
and number of poles of synchronous machine.
7. Write short notes on: (Any Two) 2×5
a) Electro-mechanical energy conversion
b) Armature Reaction in a dc machine
c) Mesh analysis methods of a circuit