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ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF BHUTAN

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PHUENTSHOLING :: BHUTAN

AUTUMN SEMESTER EXAMINATION: 2017

Class :BE (EE) Third Year and Second Year Inservice

Module : Electrical Machines II
Module Code: EMC301
Max. Marks : 50
Max. Time : 3 Hrs

General Instructions:
1. Answer all the questions
2. Support your answer with neat sketches
3. There are 6 questions
4. This paper has 5 printed pages

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Question 1 Choose the correct answer [0.5 x10 =5]

1.1 Rotor slot of squirrel cage induction motor are skewed slightly, so
as to
(a) Increase the mechanical strength of rotor
(b) Make the rotor construction simpler
(c) Eliminate locking tendency of the rotor and to reduce the
noise
(d) Save the amount of copper required

1.2 A 5000 kVA, 1100 V, 50Hz, star connected 3- alternator has
armature resistance of 0.01/phase and synchronous reactance of
0.15/phase. The generated emf per phase is
(a) 769.2V (b) 832.6V (c) 692.4V (d) 935.5V

1.3 If the rotor of a 3 phase slip ring induction motor is fed from
balanced 3 phase supply with the stator short circuited, then
frequency of stator currents would be
(a) sf (b) (2-s) f (c) (1-s) f (d) (s-1) f

1.4 For satisfactory performance of a 3 phase 420V, 60Hz induction

motor, the supply voltage at 50Hz should be equal to
(a) 420V (b) 380V (c)350V (d) 400V

1.5 The purpose of starting winding in a single phase induction motor

is to ……………
(a) Reduce losses
(b) Limit temperature rise of the machine
(c) Produce rotating flux in conjunction with main winding
(d) None of the above

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1.6 The crawling in the induction motor is caused by
a) Improper design of the machine
b) Low supply voltage
c) High loads
d) Harmonics developed in the motor.

1.7 The direction of rotation of ordinary shaded pole single phase

induction motor
a) can be reversed by reversing the supply terminal
connections to the stator
b) cannot be reversed
c) can be reversed by open-circuiting the shaded rings
d) can be reversed by short-circuiting the shading rings

1.8 To enable a dc series motor work satisfactorily with an ac supply,

the following modifications should be done
a) The yoke and the poles should be completely laminated
b) Only the poles should be made of laminated sheets
c) The air gap between the stator and the rotor be reduced
d) Compensating poles should be introduced

1.9 An over-excited synchronous motor behaves as …………….

(a) a resistor (b) an inductor
(c) a capacitor (d) none of the above

1.10 Under which of the following methods, an induction

motor draws largest starting current?
a) Star-Delta starting
b) Auto-transformer starting
c) Direct on line starting
d) Reduced voltage starting

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Question 2 Answer the following in brief sentences [1 x 10 =10]
2.1 Why the air gap between stator core and rotor of an induction
motor made very small?
2.2 What is the condition for producing maximum torque in a 3 phase
induction motor?
2.3 How is the mechanical power output represented in the circuit
model of an induction motor?
2.4 Why do you require starters for starting a 3 phase induction
motors?
2.5 Why is primary winding in Schrage motor provided on its rotor and
secondary on stator?
2.6 What conditions are required to be fulfilled for successful parallel
operation of alternators?
2.7 How is the starting winding disconnected when single phase
induction motor runs upto rated speed?
2.8 What do you mean by plugging?
2.9 How can the distribution of load between two alternators operating
in parallel be varied?
2.10 Why the Schrage motor is provided with a large number of
commutator bars and brushes?

Question 3 [4, 6]
3.1 Compare Squirrel cage Induction motor with wound rotor induction
motor.
3.2 A 15 kW, 400V, 4 poles, 50Hz, 3 phase star connected induction
motor gave the following test results:
No load test Blocked rotor test
Line voltage 400V 200 V
Line current 9A 50 A
Power input 1310 watts 7100 watts
Stator and rotor ohmic losses at standstill are assumed equal.
Draw the induction motor circle diagram and calculate
(a) Line current, power factor, slip, torque and efficiency at full load
(b) Maximum possible power factor and the corresponding line
current
(c) Maximum power output and maximum power input
(d) Slip at which maximum torque occurs, maximum torque and
(e) Starting torque.
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Question 4 [5, 3]
4.1 With a neat sketch, explain Kramer system of speed control of
Induction motor.

4.2 How does a synchronous motor differ from a 3 phase induction

motor?

Question 5 [3, 2, 5]
5.1 What is linear Induction motor? What are its advantages?

5.2 A properly shunted centre zero galvanometer is connected in the

rotor circuit of a 6 pole, 50 Hz wound rotor induction motor. If the
galvanometer makes 90 complete oscillations in one minute, calculate
the rotor speed.

5.3 A 3-phase star connected, 50Hz synchronous generator has direct-

axis synchronous reactance of 0.6 p.u. and quadrature-axis
synchronous reactance of 0.45 p.u. The generator delivers rated kVA
at rated voltage. Draw the phasor diagram at full load, 0.8 pf lagging
and hence calculate the open circuit voltage and voltage regulation.
Resistive drop at full load is 0.015 p.u.

Question No.6 [2, 5]

6.1 What are the needs of operating alternators in parallel? Explain
each condition briefly.

6.2 Two identical 2,000 KVA alternators operate in parallel. The

governor of the first machine is such that the frequency drops
uniformly from 50 Hz on no-load to 48 Hz on full-load. The
corresponding uniform speed drop of the second machine is 50 to
47.5 Hz. (a) How will the two machines share a load of 3,000 kW?
(b) What is the maximum load at unity p.f. that can be delivered
without overloading either machine?

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