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1) Design a 250kW, 400V, 625A, 600 rpm, lap wound dc compound

generator, provided with suitable commutating winding to ensure
sparkles commutation and permissible limit of following quantities
should not exceed the value given below:
 Peripheral speed of armature, 25m/sec
 Voltage between commutator segments, 15V
 Iron losses, 3kW
 Total losses at full load, 18kW
 Temperature rise of any part, 50°C.
Bav = 0.63 Tesla, ac = 33000 amp conductors/m
Field Armature Cu loss = 5% of output
Ratio of pole arc to pole pitch = 0.7
Gross length of armature, L = pole arc (square pole face)
2) A 15 KW, 230 V, 4- pole dc machine has the following data: armature
diameter = 0.25 m, armature core length = 0.125 m, length of air gap at pole
center = 2.5 mm, flux per pole = 11.7 x 10-3 Wb, (pole arc/pole pitch) = 0.66.
Calculate the mmf required for air gap (i) if the armature surface is treated as
smooth (ii) if the armature is slotted and the gap contraction factor is 1.18.

3) Determine the air-gap length of a dc machine from the following particulars:

gross-length of core = 0.12m, number of ducts = one and is 10 mm wide, slot
pitch = 25 mm, slot width = 10 mm, carter's coefficient for slots and ducts =
0.32, gap density at pole center = 0.7 Wb/m2; field mmf/pole = 3900 AT, mmf
required for iron parts of magnetic circuit = 800AT