UNIVERSAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

DOKIPARRU (V), MEDIKONDURU (M), GUNTUR-522438

Affiliated to JNTU, Kakinada & Approved by AICTE, New Delhi

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK-I
Subject: BEE Name of the Faculty: Y H M REDDY
Year & Sem:- I Year - II Semester Branch:-ECE – A & B

UNIT-I (DC MACHINES)

1. a. What is the principle of operation of DC. generator and derive its E.M.F. equation? (5M)

b. A six-pole lap-wound motor is connected to a 250V DC supply. The armature has 500
conductors and a resistance of 1 ohm. The flux per pole is 20 mWb. Calculate (i) the speed, (ii)
torque developed when the armature current is 40A. (5M)
or

2. a. Discuss with suitable diagrams different types of DC generators and their field of
applications.
(3M)
b. What are the different types of DC motors and write the voltage & current equations? Show
the connection diagram of each type and their field of applications.
(5M)
c. Draw and explain power flow diagrams of a DC generator and a DC motor. (2M)

3. a. Explain the necessity of starter in a DC motor and describe three point starter with a neat
sketch.
(5M)
b. A 12-pole DC shunt generator has 50 slots on its armature with 12 conductors per slot with
wave winding. The armature and field winding resistance is 0.5 ohm and 60 ohm respectively.
The generator is supplying a resistive load of 15 ohm at terminal voltage of 300 V when running
at a speed of 625 rpm. Find the armature current, the generated EMF and the flux per pole.
(5M)

or
4. a. Derive the torque equation of DC motor from the fundamentals. (4M)
b. Describe Swinburne’s test with the help of a neat diagram to find out the efficiency of a DC
machine. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of this test? (6M)

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5. a. Explain No load characteristics of separately excited DC generator. (5M)
b. In a break test on DC motor, the effective load on the brake drum was 23 kg, the effective
diameter of the drum 45 cm and the speed 960 rpm. The input of the motor was 28A at 230 V.
Calculate the efficiency of the motor. (5M)
or
6. a. With neat sketches explain speed control methods for DC Motors (7M)
b. Compare the differences between lap winding and wave winding.
(3M)

7. a. Draw a neat sketch of the various parts of DC Generator and explain its function. (6M)
b. Explain various losses in a DC Machine.
(4M)
or
8. a. A shunt generator supplies 195 A at 220 V. Armature resistance is 0.02 ohm, shunt field
resistance is 44 ohm. If the iron and friction losses amount to 1600 watt, find (i) EMF
generated; (ii) copper losses
(5M)
b. A 220 V DC series motor takes 50 A. Armature resistance 0.1 ohm, series field resistance
0·08 ohm. If the iron and friction losses are equal to copper losses at this load, find the
efficiency. (5M)

UNIT-II (TRANSFORMERS)

1. a. Explain the necessity for conducting OC and SC tests on a single phase transformer and how
they are useful. (5M)
b. The primary and secondary of a 25 kVA transformer has 500 and 40 turns, respectively. If
the primary is connected to 3000 V, 50 Hz mains, calculate (i) primary and secondary currents
at full load; (ii) The secondary emf and (iii) The maximum flux in the core. Neglect magnetic
leakage, resistance of the winding and the primary no-load current in relation to the full load
current. (5M)

or
2. a. Describe the voltage regulation of a single phase transformer. Explain how it is determined.
(5M)
b. A single phase transformer with a ratio of 6600/400 V (primary to secondary voltage) takes to
no-load current of 0·7 A at 0·24 power factor lagging. If a current of 120 A at a power factor of
0·8 lagging is supplied by its secondary. Estimate the current drawn by the primary winding.
(5M)

3. a. What are the losses that occur in a transformer and how can these losses be reduced? (5M)
b. A 20 kVA, 2500/500 V, single phase transformer has the following parameters :

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 H.V. winding L.V. winding
R1 = 8 ohm R2 = 0.3 ohm
X1 = 17 ohm X2 = 0.7 ohm
Find the voltage regulation and secondary terminal voltage at full load for a power factor of
(a) 0.8 lagging (b) 0.8 leading
The primary voltage is held constant at 2500 V. (5M)
or
4. a. Explain the working principle of transformer and derive its E.M.F. equation. (5M)
b. A 500 kVA, 600/400V, one-phase transformer has primary and secondary winding resistance
of 0.42 ohm and 0.0011 ohm, respectively. The primary and secondary voltages are 600 V and
400 V, respectively. The iron loss is 2·9 kW. Calculate the efficiency at half full load at a power
factor of 0·8 lagging.
(5M)

5. a. Explain Sumpner’s test for testing two single phase transformers? Also explain why this test is
beneficial. (5M)
b. A 15 kVA, 440/230 V, 50 Hz, single phase transformer gave the following test results:
Open Circuit (LV side) 250 V, 1.8A, 95 W.
Short Circuit Test (HV side) 80 V, 12.0 A, 380 W.
Compute the parameters of the equivalent circuit referred to LV side.
(5M)
or
6. a. Two similar 250 KVA, single phase transformer gave the following results when tested by
back-back method.
The main wattmeter W1 = 5 KW
Primary series circuit wattmeter W2 = 7.5 KW.
Find the individual transformers efficiencies at 75 % of full load & 0.8 power factor lead.
(5M)
b. Explain the operation of transformer on load with leakage impedances of the coils.
(5M)

UNIT-III (SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS & MOTORS)

1. a. Explain the principle of operation of synchronous Generator, describe its equivalent circuit. (5M)
b. Describe the constructional details of salient pole alternator with neat sketches. (5M)

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2. a. Explain the synchronous impedance method for determining regulation of alternator. (5M)
b. Derive the e.m.f. equation for an alternator, explain the meaning of
(i) Distribution factor
(ii) Coil span factor. (5M)