Code No: RR210205 Set No.

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
ELECTRO MECHANICS-I
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Derive the force in a singly excited relay in the linear case.
(b) The magnetizing curve of the iron portion of a cylindrical ironclad solenoid
magnet is given in the following table. The exciting coil has 1100 turns and
carries a steady current of 2.5 A. Find direction and magnitude of electrical
energy flow if plunger is made to move from a gap of 0.2 to 1 cm.

Flux,Wb 0.001 0.00175 0.0023 0.0025 0.0026 0.00265

[8+8]
MMF,AT 60 120 210 300 390 510

2. Design a lap winding for 32 conductor, 4 pole d. c. machine. Show also the brush
positions. [12+4]

3. (a) Explain the purpose of laminating the armature core of a d. c. machine.

(b) The diameter of a commutator ring of a lap wound d. c. motor is 25 cms. The
brush width is 1.8 cm and width of mica insulation is 0.2 cm. If the speed of
the motor is 200 rpm, determine the time of commutation. [6+10]

4. (a) What is critical field resistance? How do you calculate the critical field resis-
tance practically.
(b) When a shunt generator fails to build up voltage, then how to rectify the fault.
[8+8]

5. A 4-pole 250V DC shunt motor has lap connected 960 conductors. The flux per
pole is 20mWb. Determine the torque developed by the armature and the useful
torque in Nm when current drawn by the motor is 32A. The armature resistance
is 0.1Ω and shunt field resistance is 125Ω. The rotational losses of the machine
amount to 825W. Derive the formula used. [10+6]

6. (a) A 220V shunt motor takes 60A when running at 800rpm. It has an armature
resistance of 0.1Ω. Find the speed and armature current if the magnetic flux
is weakened by 20%, contact drop per brush = 1V. Total torque developed
remains constant.
(b) A 220V series motor runs at 800 rpm, when taking a current of 15A. The
motor has Ra = 0.3Ω and Rf = 0.2Ω. Find the resistance to be connected in
series with armature if it has to take the same current at the same voltage at
600 rpm. Assume flux is proportional to current. [8+8]

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7. (a) Explain, with a neat circuit diagram, why no load test is considered convenient
and economical for testing d.c. shunt machines. Is it possible to conduct the
same on series machines? Why?
(b) In a brake test, on a shunt motor, the tensions of the two sides of the brake
were 3.1 and 0.2. The radius of the pulley was 8 cm. The input current was
2.5A at 220V. The motor speed was 1150 rpm. Calculate
i. the torque
ii. the h.p. output &
iii. the efficiency. [8+8]

8. (a) How are large series machines tested, explain?

(b) The Hopkinson’s test on two DC shunt machines gave the following results for
full load. Line voltage 250V, line current 45A excluding field currents; motor
armature current 385A; field current 5A and 4A. Calculate the efficiency of
each machine. Armature resistance of each machine is 0.015 Ω. [8+8]

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Code No: RR210205 Set No. 2
II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
ELECTRO MECHANICS-I
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Derive expression for the forces developed in linear electromagnetic system.
(b) All energy conversion devices use magnetic field as a coupling medium rather
than electrical field. Explain Why? [10+6]

2. Design a lap winding for 32 conductor, 4 pole d. c. machine. Show also the brush
positions. [12+4]

3. A 4-pole lap wound d. c. generator delivers a full load current of 400 A. It has
shunt field current of 12 A and 123 commutator segments in the commutator ring
of the machine. If the brushes are advanced by 3 commutator segments on full
load, find

(a) The demagnetizing AT/pole;

(b) The cross-magnetizing AT/pole. [8+8]

4. (a) What is critical field resistance? How do you calculate the critical field resis-
tance practically.
(b) When a shunt generator fails to build up voltage, then how to rectify the fault.
[8+8]

5. (a) Derive an expression for the torque of a DC motor.

(b) Explain the armature reaction in dc motors. [8+8]

6. (a) Explain about series-parallel method of Speed Control of D.C. Series Motors.
(b) A 500V, d.c. shunt motor takes a current of 5 A on no-load. The resistances
of the armature and the field circuits are 0.22 ohm and 250 ohm respectively.
Find
i. The efficiency when loaded and taking a current of 100A.
ii. The percentage change of speed. State precisely the assumptions made.
[6+10]

7. (a) Enumerate the principal losses that occur in a DC generator and where ap-
propriate, state the general form of the physical law upon which each loss
depends?
(b) Calculate the efficiency of a self excited DC shunt generator from the following
data.
Rating : 10 KW, 250 V, 1000 rpm. Armature resistance = 0.35 Ω, voltage

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drop at brushes = 2V. Winding and frictional losses = 150 W, Iron loss at
250 V = 180 W Open circuit characteristic:
EMF (V) : 11 140 227 285 300 312
[8+8]
Field current (A) : 0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.4

8. (a) Outline the steps to estimate the efficiency of given two d.c. machines by con-
ducting Hopkinson’s test. Draw schematic diagram to illustrate the method.
(b) In a Hopkinson’s test on a pair of 500V, 100KW, shunt generators, the follow-
ing data was obtained. Auxiliary supply 30A at 500V
Generator output Current 200 A
Field currents 3.5 A and 1.8A
Armature circuit resistances of each machine 0.075 Ω
Voltage drop at brushes (each machine) : 2 V
Calculate the efficiency of each machine acting as a generator. [8+8]

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Code No: RR210205 Set No. 3
II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
ELECTRO MECHANICS-I
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) What are the significances of energy and co-energy of Energy conversion sys-
tem?
(b) Derive expression for the magnetic force developed in linear electromagnetic
system. [8+8]

2. A 4-pole wave connected armature has 51 slots. Draw a developed winding diagram
and show the brush positions. Assume any other data required. [12+4]

3. (a) Explain the purpose of laminating the armature core of a d. c. machine.

(b) The diameter of a commutator ring of a lap wound d. c. motor is 25 cms. The
brush width is 1.8 cm and width of mica insulation is 0.2 cm. If the speed of
the motor is 200 rpm, determine the time of commutation. [6+10]

4. What is the procedure to connect two series generators parallel? [16]

5. (a) How does a DC motor automatically adjust input to match the mechanical
load on the motor?
(b) Explain the armature reaction in D.C shunt motors, indicating also a few
remedies to its adverse effects. [8+8]

6. (a) A 220V shunt motor takes 60A when running at 800rpm. It has an armature
resistance of 0.1Ω. Find the speed and armature current if the magnetic flux
is weakened by 20%, contact drop per brush = 1V. Total torque developed
remains constant.
(b) A 220V series motor runs at 800 rpm, when taking a current of 15A. The
motor has Ra = 0.3Ω and Rf = 0.2Ω. Find the resistance to be connected in
series with armature if it has to take the same current at the same voltage at
600 rpm. Assume flux is proportional to current. [8+8]

7. (a) The following readings were obtained in a brake test conducted on a DC shunt
motor, supply volts = 240V, armature current = 35A, shunt field current =
4A, load on one band = 60 Kgf and load on the other band is 15 Kgf. Diameter
of brake pulley = 0.35m, speed = 1000 rpm. Determine
i. Output torque
ii. Horse power output.
iii. Efficiency.

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(b) A 200V shunt motor has a 5-step starter. The maximum current during start-
ing should not exceed 40A. Armature resistance is 0.5Ω. Find the resistance
of different steps. [8+8]

8. (a) What are the various methods of finding inertia of a motor? Explain any one
method to calculate inertia experimentally?
(b) A retardation test is carried out on a 1000 rpm DC machine. The time taken
for the speed to fall from 1030 rpm to 970 rpm is
i. 36 seconds with no excitation.
ii. 15 seconds with full excitation and
iii. 9 seconds with full excitation and armature supplying an extra load of
10A at 219 V. [6+10]

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Code No: RR210205 Set No. 4
II B.Tech I Semester Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
ELECTRO MECHANICS-I
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Derive the force in a doubly excited system in the linear magnetic system.
(b) The magnetizing curve of the iron portion of a cylindrical ironclad solenoid
magnet is given in the following table. The exciting coil has 1200 turns and
carries a steady current of 2.25 A. Calculate magnetic field energy and co-
energy for an air-gap of 0.3 cm for the linear case.

Flux,Wb 0.001 0.00175 0.0023 0.0025 0.0026 0.00265

MMF, AT 60 120 210 300 390 510
[8+8]
2. Give the developed view of a 13 slot, 2 coil sides/slot, 4-pole, D.C. wave winding.
[16]
3. (a) Explain the purpose of laminating the armature core of a d. c. machine.
(b) The diameter of a commutator ring of a lap wound d. c. motor is 25 cms. The
brush width is 1.8 cm and width of mica insulation is 0.2 cm. If the speed of
the motor is 200 rpm, determine the time of commutation. [6+10]
4. The load characteristics of two shunt generators are as follows:
Machine: IArmature current In amperes 0 283 566 850
Machine: IIArmature current In amperes 0 200 400 600
Terminal voltage 500 490 480 470
If the above machine works in parallel to supply a total load of 400 KW, determine
(a) The load taken by each machine and
(b) The amount by which the open circuit emf of the machine must be raised by
field regulation so that the two machines share the 400 KW load equally?
[8+8]
5. (a) Develop the general expression for the speed of a motor in terms of supply
voltage, armature resistance and flux per pole.
(b) Discuss the applications of series motors and compound motors. [8+8]
6. (a) What are the different methods of speed control of DC motor? Explain.
(b) A 220V DC shunt motor draws a no load armature current of 2.5A when
running at 1400rpm. Determine its speed when taking an armature current of
60A if armature reaction weakens the flux by 3%. (Assume Ra = 0.2Ω) [8+8]

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7. (a) Enumerate the principal losses that occur in a DC generator and where ap-
propriate, state the general form of the physical law upon which each loss
depends?
(b) Calculate the efficiency of a self excited DC shunt generator from the following
data.
Rating : 10 KW, 250 V, 1000 rpm. Armature resistance = 0.35 Ω, voltage
drop at brushes = 2V. Winding and frictional losses = 150 W, Iron loss at
250 V = 180 W Open circuit characteristic:
EMF (V) : 11 140 227 285 300 312
[8+8]
Field current (A) : 0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.4

8. (a) Outline the steps to estimate the efficiency of given two d.c. machines by con-
ducting Hopkinson’s test. Draw schematic diagram to illustrate the method.
(b) In a Hopkinson’s test on a pair of 500V, 100KW, shunt generators, the follow-
ing data was obtained. Auxiliary supply 30A at 500V
Generator output Current 200 A
Field currents 3.5 A and 1.8A
Armature circuit resistances of each machine 0.075 Ω
Voltage drop at brushes (each machine) : 2 V
Calculate the efficiency of each machine acting as a generator. [8+8]

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