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This Study Resource Was: Past Board Exam Questions in DC Machines DC Generators
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A 4-pole DC generator with duplex lap winding has
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48 slots and four elements per slot. The flux per pole The armature of a shunt generator has 0.05 ohm
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is 2.5 x 106 Maxwell and it runs at 1500 rpm. What effective resistance. Each brush has an effective
is the output voltage? resistance of 0.01 ohm. The terminal voltage is 100
volts while the current is 40 amperes. What is its
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A. 60 V C. 225 V efficiency?
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armature resistance including brushes is 0.026 ohm volts. Its armature circuit resistance is 0.95 ohm and
and the resistance of the shunt field resistance is 52 its field coils are separately energized. If the load is
ohms. What is the induced electromagnetic force at rated 2 kW at 115 V. Neglecting the effect of
sh is
A. 221.36 V C. 224.56 V
A. 1,518 W C. 1,670 W
B. 226.02 V D. 227.05 V
B. 2,180 W D. 2,000 W
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1989 10. EE Board Exam April 1992
The field current of a 180 kW, 250 volts DC shunt A compound dynamo supplies a load of 20 kW at
generator is 6 A when running full-load at rated 400 V through a feeder having a resistance equal to
terminal voltage. If the combined armature and 0.1 ohm. The shunt and series resistances are 85
brush resistance is 0.02 ohm, solve for the ohms and 0.06 ohm respectively. Determine the total
mechanical efficiency of the generator. electromagnetic force when the generator is
connected long shunt. Assume a brush contact drop
A. 92.13% C. 93.73% of 1 V per brush and an armature resistance of 0.1
B. 94.05% D. 91.87% ohm.
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A. 418.34 V C. 415.76 V What is the solution to reduce rotor friction to a large
generator?
B. 412.50 V D. 421.44 V
A. use sulfur hexafluoride gas in rotor chamber
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B. use hydrogen gas in the rotor chamber
A compound dynamo supplies a load of 20 kW at
400 V through a feeder having a resistance equal to C. use lubricating oil in the rotor chamber
0.1 ohm. The shunt and series field resistances are
D. apply vacuum in the rotor chamber
85 ohms and 0.06 ohm respectively. Determine the
total electromotive force when the generator is 16. EE Board Exam April 1995
connected short-shunt. Assume a brush contact
drop of 1 V per brush and an armature resistance of Interpoles are connected in ____ with the armature
0.1 ohm. and compensating windings are connected in ____
with the armature.
A. 415.48 V C. 416.23 V
A. shunt, shunt C. series, shunt
B. 411.42 V D. 412.42 V
B. shunt, series D. series, series
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Two shunt DC generators G1 and G2 are rated at
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100 and 150 kW at 110 V respectively. Their external The generator‟s ripples in the dc emf generated are
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load characteristics may be considered as straight reduced by using
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line. The drop in the terminal voltage from no-load to A. equalizer ring
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full-load is 10 volts for G1 and 20 volts for G2.
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Calculate the no-load voltages of these generators B. commutator with large number of segments
when they are operated in parallel to supply a load
C. quality carbon brushes
of 2000 A, which is divided between them in
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conductor?
A four-pole dc generator has an armature containing
A. 0.24 V C. 0.12 V 4 elements per slot and 48 slots per pole. The
armature is simplex lap-wound. The flux per pole is
B. 60 V D. 120 V
2,500,000 Maxwell and the speed of the armature is
14. REE Board Exam October 1998 1500 rpm. Calculate the total voltage generated in
the armature?
One of those listed is not of dc generator winding.
A. 120 V C. 960 V
A. drum C. gramme-ring
B. 480 V D. 240 V
B. progressive D. lap
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DC MOTORS full-load torque at 1,200 rpm, what value of
resistance must be added to the armature circuit?
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A. 0.833 ohm C. 0.827 ohm
A DC shunt has a full load rating of 15 hp, 230 volts,
57.1 amperes, 1400 rpm. The armature circuit B. 0.802 ohm D. 0.862 ohm
resistance is 0.13 ohm and the field circuit resistance
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is 115 ohms. Neglecting the effect of armature
reaction, determine the no-load line current. A 10-hp power 220 V DC shunt motor has an
armature and field resistance of 0.25 ohm and 100
A. 6.74 A C. 7.45
ohms respectively. The full-load efficiency is 83%.
B. 5.62 A D. 8.64 A Determine the value of starting resistance in order
that the starting current will not exceed 200 percent
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of full-load value.
The nameplate rating of a shunt motor is 150 hp, 600
A. 2.88 ohms C. 2.15 ohms
volts, 205 A, 1700 rpm. The resistance of the shunt
field circuit is 240 ohms and the total armature circuit B. 2.59 ohms D. 2.45 ohms
resistance is 0.15 ohm. Calculate the speed
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regulation of the motor.
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The shaft power of a shunt motor is 7.8 hp. It draws
A. 4.07% C. 5.25%
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50 A from 120 V. The field winding draws 1.2 A.
B. 4.89% D. 5.18% What is the efficiency of the motor?
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A belt-driven 150 kW shunt wound DC generator is B. 93% D. 98.2%
running at 450 rpm and is supplying full-load to a bus
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A. 8.5 hp C. 6.8 hp
A. 395 rpm C. 402 rpm
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B. 7.1 hp D. 7.8 hp
B. 388 rpm D. 358 rpm
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volts, 57.1 amperes, 1400 rpm. The armature circuit 26 A from a 260 V supply when running at 500 rpm
resistance is 0.13 ohm and the field circuit resistance on full load. In order to control the speed of the motor
is 115 ohms. Neglecting the effect of armature a 1.2-ohm resistor is connected in series with the
reaction, determine the no-load speed. armature. Calculate the speed at which the motor
will run when supplying full load torque.
A. 1392 rpm C. 1441 rpm
A. 438 rpm C. 424 rpm
B. 1264 rpm D. 1380 rpm
B. 445 rpm D. 472 rpm
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The nameplate rating of a shunt motor is 150 hp, 600
volts, 205 A, 1700 rpm. The resistance of the shunt The input and output powers of a 220 V, shunt motor
field circuit is 240 ohms and the total armature circuit are 30 and 28 kW respectively. The field and
resistance is 0.15 ohm. If the motor is to be deliver armature circuit resistances are 40 ohms and 0.0125
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ohm respectively. Determine the efficiency of the is operating at full-load. The length of the brake arm
motor if the output power is reduced to 10 kW. is 3 ft and the tare weight of the brake is 3.75 lbs.
A. 83.56% C. 84.93% A. 26.86 lbs C. 28.76 lbs
B. 88.67% D. 86.48% B. 62.76 lbs7 D. none of these
30. EE Board Exam April 1988 35. EE Board Exam April 1990
The pony brake test of an elevator door drive shunt The armature of a DC motor has 648 conductors,
motor, the ammeter and voltmeter measuring the 65% of which are directly under the pole shoes
input read 34 A and 220 V. The speed of the motor where the flux density is 48,000 lines per square
is found to be 910 rpm and the balance on a 2 ft inch. If the core diameter is 7 inches and its length 4
brake arm read 27.2 pounds. The tare weight of the inches and the current in each conductor is 20
arm is found to be positive 2.3 pounds. Determine amperes, calculate the torque exerted by the
the efficiency of the motor at this load. armature.
A. 87.03% C. 84.45% A. 41.7 lb-ft C. 78.2 lb-ft
B. 86.05% D. 88.32% B. 34.7 lb-ft D. 56.1 lb-ft
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In a brake test of an elevator door motor, the A 20-hp, 110 V DC shunt motor has an efficiency of
ammeter and voltmeter measuring the input read 34 88% and the exciting current of 4 amperes and an
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A at 220 V. The speed of the motor is found to be armature resistance of 0.04 ohm. What starting
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910 rpm and the balanced on a 0.61 m brake arm resistance is required for full-load torque?
reads 11.9 kg. The dead weight of the arm is found
A. 0.98 ohm C. 0.95 ohm
to be 1.09 kg. What is the output hp of the door
motor?
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Calculate the force that will be exerted on the scale a 240-volts line was 50.9 amperes when the scale
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in a pony brake test when a 20-hp, 1,400 rpm motor reading on the brake was 24.0 pounds and the
is operating at full load. The length of the brake arm speed of the motor was 1,103 rpm. The resistance
is 3 ft and the tare weight of the brake is 3.75 lbs. of the armature including the brushes is 0.28 ohm
and that of the shunt field is 265.5 ohm. (Assume 2-
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B. 28.76 lbs D. 36.33 lbs efficiency under the consideration of the test.
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C. limit the starting current of the motor
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0.70 ohm and current of 50 amperes at 120 volts.
Determine the counteremf.
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D. prevent large voltage drop during starting
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B. 116.5 V D. 118.3 V
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If you try to start a DC compound motor the shunt
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field of which is open, what would happen?
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A. it will overspeed
A DC shunt motor develops 15 hp at 120 V. The
armature efficiency is 95%. What is the armature
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core is 10 cm and the air gap is 2 cm. Both have
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same cross section of 1.5 sq cm. A current of ½
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If a current of 5 A flows through a long wire of radius ampere flows through the windings to produce 2351
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0.004 meter, what is the magnetic intensity produced maxwells flux. How many turns are there in the coil?
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0.02 meter away from the surface of the wire?
A. 19.70 AT/m rs e
C. 66.34 AT/m
A. 4,120 turns C. 2,500 turns
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B. 5,000 turns D. 1,250 turns
B. 39.80 AT/m D. 33.17 AT/m
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241. REE Board Exam October 1997, October
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The relative permeability of a certain silicon steel is diameter. The flux density in the air gap is 10,000
4500. A certain magnetic loop consists of a silicon lines per square inch. If the impedance of the voice
steel of 10 cm square, 20 cm long and an air gap of coil is a pure resistance, what will be the maximum
¼ cm, what is the reluctance of the magnetic circuit? thrust delivered to the core if the impressed signal is
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A certain laminated steel core has a permeability of 247. REE Board Exam October 1997
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3000. The length is 5 cm and the cross section is 2 A small single-phase transformer has 10.2 watts at
sq. cm. What is its reluctance? no load. The core has a volume of 750 cubic cm. The
A. 7500 C. 1200 maximum flux density is 10,000 gauss and the
hysteresis constant of the core is 5 x 10-4. Using the
B. 8.33 x 10-4 D. 2.5 Steinmetz law to find the hysteresis, determine the
eddy current loss.
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A. 4.55 W C. 3.55 W
A magnetic circuit consists of silicon steel of 3000
permeability, of 10 cm length and a cross section of B. 5.55 W D. 2.55 W
1.5 sq. cm and an air gap of the same cross section
and of 2 cm length. A ½ ampere current flows 248. REE Board Exam October 1998
through the 5000 turn coil. What is the field intensity A magnetic coil produces 100,000 Maxwell with
at the air gap? 2,000 turns and with a current of 2 A. The voltage is
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cut-off and the flux collapses in 0.01 sec. What is the The energy (Wo) stored is dependent in the
average voltage that will appear across the coil? inductance (L) of the coil and the current flowing. If
the inductance were doubled with the same current
A. 20 kV C. 2,000 kV
flowing, what would be the resulting stored energy?
B. 200 V D. 2 kV
A. 2.0 Wo C. 1.0 Wo
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B. 0.5 Wo D. 4.0 Wo
A magnet which generates 800 Maxwell of flux, is
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inserted through a coil of 1000 turns. It is then
withdrawn within 0.15 sec. What is the voltage that A 6.0 H coil whose resistance is 12 ohms is
appears across the coil? connected in series with a 24 ohms resistor and to a
144 V battery and a switch. The switch is closed at t
A. 0.22 V C. 533 V
= 0. Determine the energy stored in the magnetic
B. 53.3 V D. 0.0533 V field at steady state.
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A conductor, 50 mm long, moves at a velocity of 2.5
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meters per second across a magnetic field of 0.90
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Wb/m2. What is the voltage generated?
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Two coils of inductances 4 and 6 Henry are
A. 0.125 V C. 0.1125 V
connected in parallel. If their mutual inductance is 3
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B. 0.0648 V
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D. 0.072 V Henry, calculate the equivalent inductance of the
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combination
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if mutual assist and if mutual inductance opposes the
A piece of conductor 10 cm long moves across a self-inductance respectively.
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conductor?
B. 3.75 H & 0.94 H D. 16 H and 4 H
A. 0.24 V C. 60 V
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B. 0.12 V D. 120 V
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What is the coefficient of coupling of two coils whose A. to increase the rate of heat dissipation
mutual inductance is 1 H and whose self-
B. to make the assembly of the device easier
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A. 1.549 C. 0.645
D. to reduce eddy currents
B. 2.400 D. 0.912
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253. EE Board Exam April 1992
A permanent magnet is one where the material‟s
The total inductance of two coils, A and B when
domain remains aligned even after the external
connected in series aiding is 0.5 H and 0.2 H when
magnetic field is removed. Which of the following
connected in series opposing. Coil A when isolated
materials is not a permanent magnet?
from coil B has a self-inductance of 0.2 H. Calculate
the self-inductance of coil B. A. cobalt
A. 0.16 H C. 0.20 H B. alnico cobalt hard ferrite silicon iron
B. 0.12 H D. 0.15 H C. hard ferrite
254. REE Board Exam October 1996 D. silicon iron
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259. REE Board Exam April 1997 B. 80 volts D. 8 volts
Electromotive force is usually measured in what Unsolved problem
unit?
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A. Newton C. Kilogram
A DC current of 50 amperes flows through a long
B. Volt D. Ampere straight conductor. Determine the force on a
magnetic pole of 50 unit pole strength placed 5 cm
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from the conductor?
What is the symbol for magnetic flux density?
A. 100 dynes C. 100 dynes
A. H C. B
B. 1000 dynes D. 200 dynes
B. E D. Q
261. REE Board Exam April 1995
Those magnetic materials are best suited for making
armature and transformer cores which have ____
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permeability and ____ hysteresis loss.
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A. high, low C. high, high
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Permanent magnets are normally made of
A. cast iron C. aluminum
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