Assignment-I ( Synchronous Machine)

Department of Electrical Engineering

(Branch: 5th Semester EE)

1. Choose correct answer (Multiple Choice Type Questions)

a) The advantage of salient poles in an alternator is

A. Reduced windage loss
B. Reduced bearing loads and noise
C. Reduced noise
D. Adaptability of low and medium speed operation

b) In an alternator when the load power factor is unity

A. The armature flux will be demagnetising

B. The armature flux will be crossmagnetising
C. The armature flux will reduce to zero
D .The armature flux will have square wave form
E. None of the above

c) In an alternator, the armature reaction will be completely magnetizing in case the load power
factor is
A. Zero lagging
B. Zero leading
C. 0.866
D. Unity
d) In an alternator zero power factor method is used to find the
A. Synchronous impedance
B. Efficiency
C. Armature resistance
D. Voltage regulation

e) Hydrogen is used in large alternators mainly to

A. Reduce distortion of waveform
B. Cool the machine
C. Strengthen the magnetic field
E. Reduce eddy current losses

f) Non-salient pole type of rotor construction is usually provided in the alternators used in

A. Hydropower stations
B. Thermal power stations
C. Either of the above
D. None of the above

g) An alternator coupled to which prime mover will usually have the highest rotating speed
A. Steam engine
B. Reciprocating diesel engine
C. Franci’s turbine
D. Steam turbine
 h) When a three-phase alternator supplies capacitive load, armature reaction flux will be
A. Opposing the main magnetic field
B. Helping the main magnetic field
C. Either (a) or (b)
D. None of the above

i) In power generating stations (Thermal stations), the usual number of poles employed in
alternators are
A. Twenty-four
B. Thirty-two
C. Forty-eight
D. Two

j) A commercial alternators have

A. Stationary armature and rotary field

B. Rotating armature and stationary field
C. Both armature and field rotary
D. Both armature and field fixed

2. Answer the following questions (Short Answer Type Questions)

a. Why almost all large size Synchronous machines are constructed with rotating field system
type?
b. Explain armature reaction of an alternator and its effect on main flux at various power
factor.
c. Define the term voltage regulation of Alternator. What is the necessity for predetermination
of voltage regulation? Name the various methods for predetermining the voltage regulation
of 3-phase Alternator.
d. What are the advantages and disadvantages of estimating the voltage regulation of an
Alternator by EMF method? Why this method considered as pessimistic method?
e. Draw single line block diagram of Brush-less excitation of Alternator.

f. Draw phasor diagram of Alternator for both leading and lagging load.

g. Which type of pole generators are used in Hydro-electric plants and why? Why do
cylindrical Alternators operate with steam turbines?
h. How do you calculate Synchronous reactance experimentally with suitable tests. Write
down the steps for calculation of voltage regulation by synchronous impedance method.