ELECTRICAL MACHINE 2

UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT

1 A 2-pole alternator rotates at 3000 rpm. What is the frequency of the generated
emf?
2 What do you mean by positive and negative voltage regulation of a synchronous
alternator?
3 Explain the term cogging.
4 What are the advantages of having field winding on the rotor and armature winding
on the stator in case of synchronous machines?
5 What is a distributed winding and distributed factor?
6 Explain why 3Φ synchronous machines run at constant speed such as synchronous
speed Ns= 120f/P, where the symbols having their usual meanings?
7 A 3-phase, star connected alternator is rated at 1600 kVA, 13500 V. The armature
effective resistance and synchronous reactance are 1.5Ω and 30Ω respectively per
phase. Calculate the percentage regulation for a load of 1280 kW at power factor of
i. 0.8 lagging
ii. 0.8 leading.
8 The OCC of a 3 phase, 50 Hz synchronous machine is given by the following data:
Field 40 80 100 120 140 170 240
current
(amp)
Voc (line) 1000 190 2200 2450 2600 2750 3000
0
Under short circuit condition a field current of 40 A gives the full load stator current.
The armature resistance and leakage reactance per phase are known to be 0.01 and
0.12 pu. When the machine is operating as motor drawing full load current at the
rated terminal voltage of 3.3 kV and 0.8 pf leading. Calculate the field current
required.
9 Explain EMF equation of alternator. A 3Φ, 50 Hz, 8-pole alternator has a star-
connected winding with 120 slots and 8 conductors per slot. The flux per pole is 0.05
Wb, sinusoidally distributed. Determine the phase and line voltages.
10 A 3-phase, 4 pole, star-connected synchronous generator runs at 1500 rpm. The
stator has 80 slots and 18 conductors per slot. The flux in the stator yoke is 0.006
Wb. Determine generated phase and line voltages, if the winding factor is 0.96.
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UNIT 2 ASSIGNMENT

1 Draw V-Curve and inverted V-Curve of 3-phase synchronous motor.

2 Define “cogging” phenomenon in induction motor
3 What do you mean by pull in torque and pull-out torque?
4 Why is synchronous motor not self-starting?
5 What are the effects of hunting?
6 A 1500 kVA, 3-phase, star connected 6.6 kV, 8-pole, 50 Hz synchronous generator
has a reactance of 0.6 pu and negligible resistance. Calculate the synchronizing
power per mechanical degree at full load and 0.8 power factor lagging.
7 A salient-pole synchronous motor has Xd = 0.85 p. u. and Xq= 0.55 p. u. It is
connected to bus-bars of 1.0 p.u. voltage, while its excitation is adjusted to 1.2
p.u. Calculate the maximum power output, the motor can supply without loss of
synchronism. Compute the minimum p.u. excitation that is necessary for the
machine to stay in synchronism while supplying the full-load torque (i.e., 1.0 p.u.
power).
8 A 1500 kVA, star connected, 2300 V, 3 phase salient pole synchronous generator
has reactance Xd = 1.95 Ω and Xq = 1.40Ω per phase. All losses may be neglected.
Find the excitation voltage for operation at rated kVA and power factor of 0.85
lagging.
9 A 20 kW, 400 V, 3-phase, star-connected synchronous motor has per phase
impedance of (0.15 + j0.90) Ω. Determine the induced emf, torque angle and
mechanical power developed for full load at 0.8 pf lagging. Assume 92 %
efficiency of the motor. Draw
phasor diagram.
10 A 5 MVA, 11 kV, 50 Hz, 4 pole, star-connected synchronous generator with
synchronous reactance of 0.7 p.u. is connected to an infinite bus. Find
synchronising power and the corresponding torque per unit of mechanical angle
displacement:
i. At no load
ii. At full load of 0.8 p.f. lagging
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UNIT 3 ASSIGNMENT

1 Draw torque-slip characteristics curve of an induction machine.

2 Draw the equivalent circuit of induction motor.
3 Explain how a Rotating Magnetic Field (RMF) is produced in a 3-phase induction
motor? Develop suitable expression.
4 Explain the principle of operation of a 3-phase induction motor.
5 Develop the equivalent circuit for a 3Φ induction motor.