Electrical Machines (Synchronous Machines)

29. The power factor of a synchronous motor

(a) Improves with increase in excitation and may even become leading at high excitations
(b) Decreases with increase in excitation
(c) Is independent of its excitation
(d) Increase with loading for a given excitation

30. A 3-φ, salient pole alternator has direct axis reactance as 0.6 pu and quadrature axis
reactance as 0.3 pu, when its terminal voltage is 1.0 pu, excitation voltage is 1.1 pu. To deliver
maximum power, the rotor angle should be

(a) 90o (b) 29.88o

(c) 61.12o (d) 79.88o

31. The ‘V ’ curve of an alternator as shown in figure for rated armature current Ia of the
machine is

(a) More stable at A

(b) More stable at B

(c) Equally stable at A and B

(d) Not stable at A and B

32. A turbo generator, connected to an infinite bus is operating at 0.8 power factor lag. If its
excitation is increased, with steam input kept constant then it would

1. Feed more leading KVAR to the bus

2. Feed more lagging KVAR to the bus.
3. Feed more real power to the bus.
4. Start operating at power factor < 0.8.
From these, the correct answer is

(a) 2 and 4 (b) 1, 3 and 4

(c) 1 and 4 (d) 2, 3, and 4

33. An alternator supplying for inductive load at 1000 rpm, the load current is 30 A. The load
current for 900 rpm with other things are same.

(a) Less than 30 A (b) Greater than 30 A

(c) Equal to 30 A (d) None of these

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34. In a 3-phase, double layer winding with 9 slots per pole, phase spread is kept constant at
60o (elec). If the number of slots per pole is double the new distribution factor will be
____________ times the old distribution factor. (For small , sin  , in rad).

(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4

35. A turbine generator set has a regulation constant of 6% on the generator rating of 120
MVA, 50 Hz. The generator frequency decreases by 0.01 Hz. The increase in turbine output
for steady-state operation is
(a) 0.8 MW (b) 0.4 MW
(c) 0.2 MW (d) 40 MW

36. A three-phase Y-connected synchronous generator is rated as 126 MVA, 13.8 kV lagging
and 60 Hz. It has a synchronous reactance of 0.9 and the resistance is negligible. If it is
operated at 50 Hz with the same armature and field losses as it has at 60 Hz, then rated
voltage and apparent power rating of the generator are respectively.

(a) 13.8 kV, 126 MVA (b) 11.5 kV, 105 MVA
(c) 16.56 kV, 151.2 MVA (d) 11.5 kV, 151.2 MVA

37. A generator with the frequency – power characteristics show in figure is supplying a load.
Load 1 consumes a real power of 1000 kW at 0.8 pf lagging, while load 2 consumes a real
power of 800 kW at 0.707 pf lagging. The operating frequency of the system before and
after the second load is connected are respectively.

(a) 60 Hz, 61 Hz
(b) 61 Hz, 60 Hz
(c) 60 Hz, 60 Hz
(d) 60 Hz, 59.2 Hz

38. A 500 kVA, 1100 V, 50 Hz, Y connected 3 phase. Alternator has stator resistance of 0.1
ohm/phase and synchronous impedance of 1.5 ohm/phase. The alternator is supply full load
at unity power factor. The induced emf per phase for this condition is

(a) 769 V (b) 832 V

(c) 692 V (d) 935 V

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39. A 44 MVA, 10.5 kV, Y connected three phase salient pole synchronous generator has xd =
1.83  and xq = 1.21 . It delivers the rated load at 0.8 pf lagging. The armature resistance
is negligible, the load angle of the given alternator is ______________ (Degrees)

40. A salient pole synchronous generator has direct-axis synchronous reactance of 0.95 pu
and quadrature-axis synchronous reactance of 0.7 pu. The armature resistance is negligible
and the generator delivers rated kVA at unity power factor and rated terminal voltage. What
is the value of excitation voltage?

(a) 1.22 pu (b) 1.42 pu

(c) 1.36 pu (d) 0.97 pu

41. A salient pole synchronous generator has a terminal voltage of 1 pu and delivers a load
current of 1 pu at 0.8 pf lag. Xq = 0.75 pu. The angle by which the induced emf leads the
terminals voltage is _____________ degrees

42. A 440 V, 50 Hz, 4-pole, star-connected alternator has a rated full load current of 50A. Its
resistance per phase can be neglected. To induce rated voltage on no load, a field current of
2A is needed. When short circuited, the field excitation needed to circulate rated current in
the phase is 1.5A. When the machine is delivering rated load at rated voltage and a leading
phase angle of 30o, the field current is ________________ A.

43. The phasor diagram showing the phase quantities of a 3-phase salient pole synchronous
generator is shown below. (All symbols have their usual meanings). Iq, in terms of voltages,
Xq and  is ? ( Rated voltage / Phase, 440/ 3 V)

V cos 
(a)
Xq
V sin 
(b)
Xq

(c)
E  V cos 
Xd
V
(d)
Xq

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