NEETS MODULE 5-Generators and Motors UNCLASSIFIED ASSIGNMENT 1 ‘Textbook assignment: “Generators and Motors,” pages 1-1 through 4-18. IL-1, In generators, what principle is used to convert mechanical motion to electrical energy? 1, Atomic reaction 2. Electrical attraction 3.__ Magnetic repulsion 1.2. When you use the left-hand rule for generators, what finger? indicated by the middle 1. Direction of flux 2.__ Direction of motion D 4. “Direction of the magnetic field | 1-5. The output voltage ofan elementary generator is coupled from the armature to the brushes by what devices? 2, Interpoles 3. Terminals 4. Pigtails 1-4, An elementary generator consists of a single coil rotating in a magnetic field. Why is NO voltage induced in the coil as it passes through the neutral plane? i Flux lines are too dense 4. Flux lines are being cut in the wrong direction 1-5. What components cause(s) a generator to produce a de voltage instead of an ac voltage at its output? 1 The brushes 2. The armature 3___The slip rings The commutator 1 UNCLASSIFIEDNEETS MODULE 5-Generators and Motors UNCLASSIFIED 1-6. When two adjacent segments of the commutator on a single-loop de generator come in contact with the brush at the same time, which of the following conditions will occur? C The cutput volage will be 2e5>> 2. The output voltage will be maximum negative 3. The output voltage will be maximum positive 1-7, Inan elementary, single-coil, de generator with one pair of poles, what is the ‘maximum number of pulsations produced in one revolution? Lone 3 hree 4, Four 1-8. Ifan elementary de generator has a two coil armature and four field poles, what is the total number of segments required in the commutator? 6 ara 1-9. How can you vary the strength of the magnetic field in a de generator? 1. By varying the armature current 2.__By varying the speed of armature rotation jee MME cleeiromamnetis Held coils By varying the polarity of the field poles 1-10. Under which of the following conditions does sparking occur between the brushes and the commutator? 1, When operating under normal conditions Wherrtere Te improper commutation 3 hen there is ai excessive load current When commutation is in the neutral plane UNCLASSIFIEDNEETS MODULE 5-Generators and Motors UNCLASSIFIED I-11, Distortion of the main field by interaction with the armature field defines what term? 1, Commutation 2, Mutual reaction ature reaction, Mutual induction 1-12. Distortion of the main field by interaction with the armature field can be compensated for by the use of 1 slip ris mm a 4. special brushes 1-13. Motor reaction in a de generator is a physical force caused by the magnetic interaction between the armature and the field. What effect, if any, does this force have on the operation of the generator? T._Tetends to oppose the rotation of the armature LHe tendS to aid The FORMICA OF Tre armature 3. It causes the generator to vibrate 4. None 1-14. In de generators, copper losses are caused by which of the following factors? 1,___Reluctance in the field poles 2. Resistance im the armature windin aictance in the armature and field windings 4. Allofthe above 1-15, Eddy currents in armature cores are kept low by which of the following actions? L._Using powdered iron as a core material 2, Limiting armature current Insulating the core a TAMING the Tron mn The cove) 3 UNCLASSIFIED