MODEL QUESTION PAPER

Hall Ticket No.: SRIT R20

SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

(AUTONOMOUS)
III B. Tech I Sem – Semester End Examinations – Regular –DEC-2023
INDUCTION AND SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES
[R204GA02501]
(Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60

PART-A Mark
(Answer the following, 5 X 2 = 10 Marks) s CO BL
1 a) Give the expressions of rotor frequency at the time of starting [2M] CO1 L1
and at running condition.
b Why is it not possible to run an induction motor on [2M] CO1 L1
) synchronous speed?
c) Write the EMF equation of an alternator. [2M] CO1 L1
d Write short notes on parallel operation of synchronous [2M] CO1 L1
) generator.
e) Write the power flow equation in synchronous motors. [2M] CO1 L1

PART-B
(Answer all five units, 5 X 10 = 50 Marks)

UNIT-1
2 a) Describe the principle of operation of 3-phase induction [5M] CO L2
motor. Explain why the rotor is forced to rotate in the 1
direction of rotating magnetic field.
b A 3-phase, 6-pole, 50 Hz induction motor has a slip of 1% at [5M] CO L3
) no load and 3% at full load. Find: 2
(i) No load speed.
(ii) Full load speed.
(iii) Frequency of rotor current on full load.
OR
3 a) Derive the torque equation of an induction motor. Mention the [5M] CO L2
condition for maximum torque. 1
b Explain in detail about crawling of an induction motor. [5M] CO L2
) 1

UNIT-2
4 a) Explain about stator resistance starter in detail. [5M] CO L2
2
b Explain in detail about the cascade connection operation for [5M] CO L2
) speed control of 3-phase induction motor. 2
OR
5 A 415 V, 29.84 kW, 50 Hz, delta-connected motor gave the [10M CO L3
following test data: ] 2
No-load test: 415 V, 21 A, 1250 W
Locked rotor test: 100 V, 45 A, 2730 W
Construct the circle diagram and determine: (i) The line
current and p.f for rated output. (ii) The maximum torque.
Assume stator and rotor copper losses equal at standstill.

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 UNIT-3
6 a) Describe Two- reaction theory of synchronous machines. [5M] CO L2
3
b A 2200 V, 50 Hz, star connected alternator has an effective [5M] CO L3
) resistance of 0.5 per phase. A field current of 30 A produced 3
the full-load current of 200 A on short circuit and a line-to-
line emf of 1100 V on open circuit. Determine the power
angle of the alternator when it delivers full load at 0.8 lagging
per factor.
OR
7 a) Derive the expression for excitation emf in loaded salient pole [5M] CO L1
alternator when the armature current is lagging. 4
b A 10 KVA, 380 V, 50-Hz, 3-∅ star connected salient pole [5M] CO L3
) alternator has X = 12 Ω and X = 8 Ω and Ra= 1 Ω/ph. The
d q 4
generator delivers rated load at 0.8 pf lagging. Determine the
excitation voltage (E) of the generator.

UNIT-4
8 a) Describe Two- reaction theory of synchronous machines. [5M] CO L2
5
b A 2200 V, 50 Hz, star connected alternator has an effective [5M] CO L3
) resistance of 0.5 per phase. A field current of 30 A produced 5
the full-load current of 200 A on short circuit and a line-to-
line emf of 1100 V on open circuit. Determine the power
angle of the alternator when it delivers full load at 0.8 lagging
per factor.
OR
9 a) Explain the effect of change in excitation on synchronous [5M] CO L2
motor during loading, by keeping mechanical load as 5
constant.
b Describe V and inverted V curves of synchronous generator [5M] CO L2
) with neat sketch. 5

UNIT-5
1 a) Derive the power flow equation in synchronous motor and [5M] CO L1
0 condition for maximum power input. 6
b A 6600 V, 3-∅, star connected synchronous motor works at [5M] CO L3
) constant voltage and constant excitation. Its synchronous 6
impedance is 2+j20 Ω per phase. When the input is 1000 kW,
the power factor is 0.8 leading. Find the power factor when
the input is increased to 1500 kW.
OR
1 a) Explain the construction and working of AC series motor. [5M] CO L2
1 6
b What are the applications of Reluctance motor. [5M] CO L1
) 6
*CO refers the Course Outcome (CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, CO5 and CO6)
*BL refers the Blooms Level (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6)

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