O.C.C. OF SEPERATELY EXCITED D.C.

GENERATOR
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What is the principle of a dc generator?

What is Flemings right hand rule?
What are the main components of a dc generator?
What is the purpose of a commutator in a dc generator?
What are the methods to improve commutation
What is the standard direction of rotation of a dc generator?
What is the voltage regulation of an ideal dc generator?
What is meant by normal neutral plane?
What is the function of inter poles?
Expand OCC. What is the other name for it?

DC SHUNT GENERATOR CHARACTERISTICS

Viva Voce Questions:1. What is the principle of a dc generator?
2. What is Flemings right hand rule?
3. What are the main components of a dc generator?
4. What is the purpose of a commutator in a dc generator?
5. Name the e various characteristics of a dc generator
6. Define critical resistance.
7. Define critical speed of a shunt generator?
8. How is critical resistance determined?
9. What are the conditions for build of voltage in a shunt generator?
10. What happens if a dc machine is operated at a speed below rated speed?
11. What is the type of voltage induced in the armature of a dc generator?
12. What is meant by build-up of voltage?
13. What is the standard direction of rotation of a dc generator?
14. What is the voltage regulation of an ideal dc generator?
15. What is meant by normal neutral plane?

D.C SERIES GENERATOR CHARACTERISTICS

Viva Voce Questions:1. At high loads, how does the series generator behave?
2. How is the series generator started?
3. What are the indications of an overload?
4. How can we say that field and armature connections are correct?
5. How can loss of residual magnetism be corrected?
6. Give some applications of series generator.
7. What happens if series resistance is more than critical field resistance?
8. Define critical resistance.
9. What are the different types generators?
10. What is the function of commutator?

SWINBURNES TEST ON D.C. SHUNT MOTOR

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What can be the reasons, if the motor blows out the fuses at the time of starting?
At the time of starting, why should the motor field rheostat be kept in its
Minimum position?
At the time of starting, why should be the generator field rheostat is kept to its
maximum?
5. Why does the speed fall slightly when the d.c shunt motor is loaded?
6. What will happen if the field current of the d.c shunt motor get interrupted?
7. The wave form of induced emf in the armature conductors of a d.c motor will be in
which shape?
8. Explain what happens when a d.c. motor is connected across an a.c. supply?
9. What is the function of inter pole?
10. What is the function of commutator?
11. How the inter pole windings are connected?
12. What are the advantages of Swinburnes test?
13. What are the disadvantages of Swinburnes test?
14. What are the applications of a dc shunt motor?

LOAD TEST ON D.C. SHUNT MOTOR

Viva Voce Questions:-

1. What is a D.C. motor?

2. What is the working principle of a d.c motor?
3. How the direction of the d.c motor changed?
4. What is back emf?
5. What is the significance of the back emf?
6. What is the formula for back emf?
7. What is the relationship between Eb and V?
8. What is the condition for maximum power?
9. What is the condition for maximum efficiency?
10. What are the main parts of the d.c motor?
11. Write the power equation of the motor?
12. Does the speed have any relationship between the back emf and flux?
13. On what factors the speed of the motor depends?
14. What are the methods for controlling the speed?
15. Why should the d.c motor be not started directly from mains?

LOAD TEST ON D.C. SERIES MOTOR

Viva Voce Questions:1. What is the principle of a motor?

2. What is the condition for maximum power in a DC motor?
3. Define Torque?
4. Write the torque equation of a DC motor?
5. What is the shaft torque equation of a DC motor?
6. Shaft torque T sh =(9.55 output power)/N, N-m
7. What are different compound motors?
8. What are the characteristics of series motors?
9. Give some application of DC series motors?
10. What type of starter is used for DC series motor?
11. What is the range of speed obtained by series parallel system of speed
control of series motors?
12. What happen if the direction of current at the terminals of a series
motor is reversed?

HOPKINSONS TEST ON D.C. MACHINES

Viva Voce Questions:1. What are the methods of testing dc machines and under which test is Hopkinsons test
is classified?
2. Why Hopkinsons test is called a regenerative test?
3. What is the formula for efficiency if the machines are identical?
4. What are the advantages of Hopkinsons test?
5. What is the disadvantage of Hopkinsons test?
6. State the reason as to why the voltmeter reading across the switch shows zero
value in Hopkinsons test?
7. What is the assumption while calculating efficiency of two machines?
8. How can you overcome the losses in both the machines?
9. Which machine has higher iron loss?
10. Which machine has more armature losses?
11. At which load is the Hopkinsons test is conducted?
12. What is the input to the motor?
13. Compare Swinburnes test and Hopkinsons test?
14. Why is a starter necessary for starting shunt motors?
15. What is the condition of motor-generator set in Hopkinsons test?
16. What is meant by floating?

SPEED CONTROL OF D.C. SHUNT MOTOR

Viva Voce Questions:1. Write down an expression, relating speed with the back emf developed in case
of D C motors?
2. What is the basic relationship between back emf and applied voltage to the motor?
3. What are the various methods for the speed control of DC motors?
4. In DC machine, the brushes are made of which material?
5. Which material is used to manufacture the commutator segments?
6. Define regulation of a DC motor?
7. What is the condition for maximum power in a DC motor?
8. What are the applications of shunt motors?
9. What are the applications of DC series motors?
10. How the speed of a dc motor is controlled?
11. What is the chief advantage of Ward Leonard system of DC motor speed control?
12. What is the speed range obtained by series parallel system of speed control of series
motors widely used in traction works?
13. In rewinding the armature of a DC motor, progressive connections are changed to
retrogressive ones .Will it affect the operation in any way?

OPEN CIRCUIT AND SHORT CIRCUIT TESTS ON SINGLE PHASE

TRANSFORMER
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What is the purpose of OC & SC test?

Why are transformers rated in KVA?
Why is the OC test conducted on LV side?
Why is the SC test conducted on HV side?
Why an L.P.F wattmeter is is used in OC test?
Why is a UPF wattmeter is used in SC test
What are the advantages of transformer tests?
What is the applied voltage V Sc under sc test?
Why iron loss are neglected in SC test
What is the value of primary current in OC test and why copper losses are neglected?
What are the readings of wattmeter obtain practically in OC & SC test
What is the output of transformer in SC test and what indicates the input power
What are the components of core loss?
What is the condition for maximum efficiency?
Name the various types of transformers
Under what condition is DC supply applied to the primary of transformers?
Why are iron core transformers not used for high frequency applications?
What are the components of equivalent circuit of a transformer?

PARALLEL OPERATION OF SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMERS

Viva Voce Questions

1. Why is parallel operation of transformers necessary?

2. What are the conditions to be satisfied for parallel operation of transformers?
3. If the two secondarys of the transformers in parallel are not connected with proper
polarity and a voltmeter is connected in series with the winding then the reading will
be?
4. Why is the rating of the transformer expressed in KVA?
5. If a 100KVA transformer has Z eq =2, then the other transformer of 500KVA in
parallel must have Z eq of?
6. Can two transformers of different sizes be operated in parallel?
7. At no-load if E a and E b are the secondary voltages of transformers A nd B and
their equivalent impedances are Z a and Z b then circulating current is ?
8. When is the circulating current produced in the parallel operation of two transformers?
9. What is the effect of circulating currents when two transformers are
connected in parallel?
10. What is the permissible value of the circulating current?
11. How do we eliminate circulating currents?
12. What is the KVA carried by each transformer in case of equal voltage ratios?
13. Among transformers and rotating machines, which one has higher efficiency