CODE No.

: 16BT60205 SVEC-16
SREE VIDYANIKETHAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to JNTUA, Ananthapuramu)
III B.Tech II Semester (SVEC-16) Regular Examinations May - 2019
ELECTRICAL MACHINE DESIGN
[Electrical and Electronics Engineering]
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Answer One Question from each Unit
All questions carry equal marks

1. a) Explain the principles of design of electrical machines. What are the CO1 7 Marks
limitations in the design?
b) What are the desirable properties of magnetic materials? Explain in brief CO4 7 Marks
the magnetic materials. Explain in brief the characteristics and
applications of sheet steels.
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2. a) What are the desirable properties of insulating materials? Explain the CO5 7 Marks
classification of insulating materials based on thermal consideration with
two examples in each class.
b) Explain clearly the factors which impose limitations in the design / choice CO3 7 Marks
of Specific electrical and magnetic loadings.

3. a) Discuss the choice of number of poles used in a DC machine CO1 7 Marks

b) Calculate the main dimensions of a 20H.P. 1000 r.p.m, 400V DC motor. CO2 7 Marks
Average value of flux density = 0.37tesla, specific electric loading =
16,000AC/metre. Efficiency 90%. Choose a suitable pole number and
justify the selection.
(OR)
4. a) A 500 kW, 460V, 8 pole, 375 r.p.m DC compound generator has an CO5 9 Marks
armature diameter of 1.1m and a core length of 0.33m. The ampere
conductors per meter is 34000. The internal voltage drop is 4% of
terminal voltage. The field current is 1% of output current. The ratio of
pole arc to pole pitch is 0.7. The voltage between adjacent commutator
segments at no load should not exceed 15V and the slot loading should
not exceed 1500A. The diameter of commutator is 0.65 of armature
diameter and the minimum allowable pitch of commutator segment is
4mm. Suggest suitable type of armature winding. Find the number of
slots, number of coils, number of commutator segments, number of
conductors per slot and the number of turns per coil in the winding.
b) A 8 pole, 500V DC shunt generator, with all the field coils connected in CO4 5 Marks
series, requires a mmf of 5000AT/pole. The poles are of rectangular
dimensions 120 x 200mm2 and available winding area is 120 x 25mm2.
Determine:
i) the area of cross section of the wire.
ii) number of turns.
iii) mmf supplied by the field.
A conductor of round cross section is used. Resistivity is 0.02Ω-mm2/mt
and the insulation of the wire increases the diameter by 0.2mm. Allow a
voltage drop of 50 volts in the field regulator.
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5. a) Derive the output equation of power and voltage of a 3 phase core type CO1 7 Marks
transformer.
b) Calculate the main dimensions for a 250kVA, 6600/415V, 50Hz, 3 phase CO2 7 Marks
core type transformer.
Assume the following data:
Emf / turn = 10V, maximum value of flux density = 1.1 tesla. Current
density 2.5A/mm2, window space factor = 0.3, overall height = overall
width, stacking factor = 0.9. Use a 3 stepped core, the width of largest
stamping is 0.9. Net iron area = 0.6d2. Where d = diameter of the
circumscribing circle.
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6. a) Derive an expression for the leakage reactance of the primary of a CO1 7 Marks
transformer. State clearly the assumptions made.
b) A single phase, 240V, 50Hz transformer is built from stampings having a CO3 7 Marks
relative permeability of 1000. The length of flux path is 1.8m, the area of
cross section of the core is 1.8 x 10-3 mt2 and the primary winding has
650 turns. Estimate the maximum value of flux and the no load current of
the transformer. The iron loss at working flux density is 2.6 watts/kg. Iron
weights 7.8 x 103 kg/mt3. Stacking factor 0.9.

7. a) Discuss the various factors which influence the selection of air gap, stator CO1 7 Marks
and rotor slots in an induction motor.
b) Determine the main dimensions, turns/phase, no. of slots, conductor area CO4 7 Marks
and slot area in an induction motor, rated for 250H.P 400V, 3 phase,
1410 r.p.m (sliping induction motor). Assume Baverage = 0.5 tesla. Specific
electric loading 30,000 AC/m. Efficiency 0.9, pf = 0.9, winding factor =
0.955. Current density = 3.5 A/mm2. Slot space factor = 0.4, Ratio of core
length to pole pitch = 1.2. The machine is delta connected.
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8. a) Discuss the procedure for the design of the rotor of a single phase CO5 7 Marks
induction motor.
b) What is a short circuit ratio in a synchronous machine? How does it CO1 7 Marks
influence the design of alternators?

9. Write short notes on:

i) Peripheral velocity and its influence on design of machines. CO3 4 Marks
ii) Advantages of salient synchronous machine. CO1 4 Marks
iii) Design of the short circuit ratio for salient synchronous CO3
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machine.
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10. Answer the following:
i) Design the rotor of salient synchronous machine. CO3 5 Marks
ii) Design the shape of pole face of salient synchronous machine. CO3 5 Marks
iii) Estimation the air gap length of salient synchronous machine. CO3 4 Marks
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