2019 Full Exam Solution
2019 Full Exam Solution
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Faculty of Engineering.
Electrical Engineering Dept. Allowed Time: Three Hours.
Final-Term Exam of (Electrical Machines Control – EE 2422). of pages [8 pages]
For 4th Grade Electrical Engineering Dept. students. Full Mark: [90]
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- Answer the following questions and assume properly any missing data.
- Choose the correct answer then fill in its corresponding circle in your answer sheet.
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Points from 1 to 50 have 0.5 mark each. Points from 51 to 60 have 2 marks each.
Points from 61 to 80 have 0.75 mark each. points from 81 to 85 have 1.25 mark each.
points from 86 to 89 have 1.5 mark each. Points from 90 to 93 have 1 mark each.
points from 94 to 100 have 2 mark each.
Part-I
(1) Electric drive is becoming more and more popular because:
(a) It is simple, clean, compact and reliable.
(b) It provides easy control, flexibility in layout, easy starting and facility for remote control.
(c) It is cheaper in initial as well as in maintenance cost. (d) All of these.
(2) The main drawback of electric drive is that:
(a) It is cumbersome drive. (b) It is costlier in initial as well as in maintenance cost.
(c) Electrical power supply failure makes the drive standstill. (d) All of these.
(3) Which of the following alternatives will be cheaper in initial cost:
(a) One motor of 100 kW. (b) Four motors of 25 kW each.
(c) Five motors of 20 kW each (d) 10 motors of 10 kW each.
(4) The selection of an electric motor is governed by:
(a) Nature of load to be handled. (b) Environmental conditions.
(c) Nature of electric supply available. (d) All of the these.
(5) The least significant electrical characteristic in selection of electric motor for an active load is
(a) Starting characteristics. (b) Braking. (c) Running characteristics. (d) Efficiency.
(6) A typical active load is
(a) Hoist. (b) Blower. (c) Pump. (d) Lathe.
(7) An elevator drive is required to operate in
(a) One quadrant only. (b) Two quadrants. (c) Three quadrants. (d) Four quadrants.
(8) With the increase in speed of a dc motor
(a) Both back emf as well as line current increase. (b) Both back emf as well as line current fall.
(c) Back emf increases but line current falls. (d) Back emf falls and line current increases.
(9) When a dc motor is connected to normal dc voltage and then stopped forcibly,
(a) The motor will burn. (b) Only the field winding will burn.
(c) Nothing will happen to the motor. (d) Back emf increases.
(10) If the flux of a dc motor approaches zero, its speed will
(a) Approach infinity. (b) Approach zero. (c) Remain unchanged. (d) Between 0 and infinity.
(11) An unsaturated dc shunt motor drives a constant torque load at a speed at 1000 rpm taking an
armature current of 20 A when 230 V is applied to the motor. If the applied voltage is reduced to
115 V, the motor runs at:
(a) 500 rpm taking an armature current of 20 A. (b) 1000 rpm taking an armature current of 20 A.
(c) 500 rpm taking an armature current of 40 A. (d) 1000 rpm taking an armature current of 40 A.
(12) A dc shunt motor drives a load at rated speed and supply voltage. If both the load and voltage are
halved, the speed of the motor will be
(a) Almost doubled. (b) Almost halved. (c) The rated speed. (d) Slightly less than the rated speed.
(13) DC shunt motor has
(a) High starting torque and suitable for heavy-duty applications. (b) Almost constant speed.
(c) Torque varying nearly as the square of the current. (d) Dangerously high speed at no load.
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(14) The shunt motor with armature shunted through a resistance as compared to with armature not
shunted has no-load speed
(a) Lower. (b) Higher. (c) Equal. (d) None of these.
(15) For the same series armature resistance. The speed-torque characteristic of a shunted armature dc
shunt motor as compared to when it is not shunted has a slope
(a) Equal. (b) Higher. (c) Smaller. (d) None of these.
(16) In an unsaturated dc series motor
(a) Torque is proportional to armature current. (b) Torque is proportional to field current.
(c) Torque is proportional to the square root of the armature current
(d) Torque is proportional to the square of the armature current.
(17) The demand for a large increase in torque of a dc series motor is met by a
(a) Large decrease in current. (b) Large decrease in speed.
(c) Large increase in speed. (d) Small decrease in speed.
(18) T is the load torque of a dc series motor having linear magnetization and negligible armature resis-
tance. Speed of the motor is √ √
(a) Inversely proportional to T . (b) Directly proportional to T .
(c) Inversely proportional to T 2 . (d) Directly proportional to T 2 .
(19) An electric train employing a dc series motor is running at a fixed speed, when a sudden slight drop
in the mains voltage occurs. This would result in
(a) Drop in speed and rise in current. (b) Rise in speed and drop in current.
(c) Rise in speed and rise in current. (d) Drop in speed with current unaltered.
(20) A dc series motor is running at rated speed without any additional resistance in series. If an additional
resistance is placed in series, the speed of motor
(a) Increases. (b) Decreases. (c) Remains unchanged. (d) Oscillates around the rated speed.
(21) Which of the following dc motors will have least percentage increase of input current, for the same
percentage increase in torque?
(a) Cumulative compound. (b) Differential compound. (c) Shunt. (d) Series.
(22) For very sensitive and wide speed control, the preferable control method is
(a) Field control. (b) Armature control. (c) Multiple voltage control. (d) Ward-Leonard system.
(23) If the terminal voltage of a dc shunt motor is halved with the load torque varying as the square of
speed, then
(a) Speed is halved and armature current is doubled.
(b) Speed is halved and armature current remains unaltered.
(c) Speed remains unaltered and armature current is doubled.
(d) Speed is doubled and armature current is is halved.
(24) A dc shunt motor has external resistances of Ra and Rf in the armature and field circuits respectively.
Armature current at starting can be reduced by keeping
(a) Ra maximum and Rf minimum. (b) Ra maximum and Rf maximum.
(c) Ra minimum and Rf minimum. (d) Ra minimum and Rf maximum.
(25) For dc shunt motor, speed control by variation of armature voltage with field excitation constant is
best suited for
(a) Constant power drive. (b) Variable power drive.
(c) Constant torque drive. (d) Variable torque drive.
(26) In a Ward-Leonard drive, if the field current of the dc generator is suddenly reduced, the controlled
dc motor operates
(a) In the motoring mode. (b) In dynamic braking mode.
(c) In counter-current braking mode. (d) In regenerative braking mode.
(27) In a Ward-Leonard drive, operating at N rpm, the generator field is gradually changed to equal but
negative value. The drive finally operates in
(a) Regenerating mode at −N rpm. (b) Motoring mode at −N rpm.
(c) Regenerating mode at +N rpm. (d) Motoring mode at +N rpm.
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(28) In Ward-Leonard system, the lower limit of speed is imposed by
(a) Armature resistance. (b) Field resistance. (c) Residual magnetism of the generator. (d) None.
(29) In Ward Leonard method of speed control, the direction of rotation of the motor is reversed usually
by reversing the connections of the
(a) Generator field terminals. (b) Generator armature terminals.
(c) Motor armature terminals. (d) Motor field terminals.
(30) Ward-Leonard controlled dc drives are usually used for ........ duty loads.
(a) Light (b) Medium (c) Heavy. (d) Medium intermittent.
(32) A dc separately excited motor runs from 220 V supply. If the motor is braked by plugging with
field excitation kept constant and a resistance of 10 Ω is inserted in the armature circuit, the initial
braking current is (neglecting all losses)
(a) 22 A. (b) 11 A. (c) 44 A. (d) Zero.
(33) A dc shunt motor, running lightly at 1000 rpm, is operated under plugging. With plugging connec-
tions left as it is, the final speed of the motor will be
(a) Zero. (b) 1000 rpm. (c) -1000 rpm (d) -2000 rpm.
(34) The dynamic braking is generally used with ....... dc motors.
(a) Series. (b) Shunt. (c) Compound. (d) all.
(35) For non-reversing dc drives, it is preferable to use
(a) Plugging. (b) Regenerative braking.
(c) Dynamic braking with separate excitation. (d) Dynamic braking with self-excitation.
(36) During rheostatic braking the braking torque is proportional to
(a) Speed. (b) l/speed. (c) (Speed)2 . (d) square root of speed.
(37) A dc separately excited motor runs from 220 V supply. With the field excitation kept constant, the
machine is taken off from dc supply and fed to a load with resistance of 10 Ω. Neglecting all losses,
the initial current is
(a) 22 A. (b) 11 A. (c) 44 A. (d) Zero.
(41) In machine tool drive applications, the speed of a separately-excited dc motor is required to be
controlled both below and above the rated speed of the motor. which one of the following methods
is best suited for this purpose? (Va : armature voltage; If : field current; If r : field current at rated
speed).
(a) If = If r , Va variable. (b) Va fixed, If variable.
(c) Va and Vf variable with If ≤ If r . (d) Va and Vf variable with If ≥ If r .
(42) The value of dc motor terminal voltage fed from a single phase semi-controlled rectifier under con-
tinuous current mode is
(a) Vπm (1 + cosα) (b) Vπm (1 − cosα) (c) V2π
m
(1 + cosα) (d) V2π
m
(1 − cosα)
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(43) A single phase fully controlled rectifier is fed by a voltage Vm sinωt. The average output voltage is
(a) 2Vπm cosα (b) Vπm cosα (c) 3V
2π
m
cosα (d) 2V
3π
m
cosα
(44) Turn on time of an SCR (ton ) is related to its turn-off time (tof f ) in the following way
(a) ton > tof f (b) ton < tof f (c) ton depends on L/R ratio of load (d) tof f increases with ton
(45) the ideal no-load speed of a controlled rectifier fed dc motor to no-load speed of pure dc supply fed
dc motor ratio is given by
(a) 0.5π (b) 2/π (c) π (d) 0.5
(46) Half-controlled rectifier is ..... and gives .... power factor compared to fully-controlled rectifier
(a) cheaper, higher (b) expensive, higher (c) cheaper, poor (d) expensive, poor
(47) For controlled rectifier fed dc motor, the armature voltage in discontinuous mode depends on
(a) firing angle (b) armature inductance (c) motor speed and load torque (d) all of these
(48) For controlled rectifier fed dc motor, the armature voltage in continuous mode depends on
(a) firing angle (b) armature inductance (c) motor speed and load torque (d) all of these
(49) In a single-phase fully controlled rectifier, if α and β are firing and extinction angles respectively,
then the load current is discontinuous if
(a) (β − α < π) (b) (β − α > π) (c) (β − α = π) (d) (β − α = 3π
2
)
(50) In a single-phase half-controlled rectifier with discontinuous conduction and extinction angle β > π,
freewheeling diode conducts for
(a) α (b) β − π (c) α + π (d) β
(51) A motor driving a colliery winder has to deliver a load rising uniformly from zero to maximum of
1500 kW in 20 sec during the acceleration period, 750 kW for 40 sec during the full speed period and
the deceleration period (with regenerative braking) of 10 sec. When the regenerative braking takes
place the kW which is returned to the supply falls from an initial value of 250 to zero. The period
of rest before the next load cycles starts in 20 sec. The suitable rating for the motor will be:
R
(a) 1500 kW. (b) 856 kW. (c) 648 kW. (d) 1256 kW.
R
(a) 214.72 N.m (b) 118.12 N.m. (c) 462.15 N.m. (d) 198.85 N.m.
R
(a) 350 Nm (b) 470 Nm (c) 589 Nm (d) 150 Nm
Part-II
(80) A 3-phase induction motor is controlled by voltage and frequency control such that the ratio V /f is
constant. At 50 Hz, the starting torque is 150 Nm. At 25 Hz, the starting torque
(a) will be less than 150 Nm. (b) will be more than 150 Nm. (c) very small. (d) very large.
(81) A 3-phase, single-cage 5 kW, 6-pole, 950 rev/min, 50 Hz induction motor takes five times full-load
current in a direct-on-line start. The starting torque is
(a) 188.4 Nm (b) 125.6 Nm (c) 62.8 Nm (d) 31.4 Nm
(82) The full-load slip of a 2-pole induction motor at 50 Hz is 0.04. The slip at which the motor will
develop rated torque if the frequency is reduced to 25 Hz, 3 Hz respectively is
(a) 0.08,0.08 (b) 0.08,0.67 (c) 0.67,0.08 (d) 0.08,0.75
(83) When a particular induction motor is started at its full-rated voltage, its starting torque is 20%
greater than the load torque. By how much could the supply voltage be reduced before the motor
would not start
(a) 9% (b) 8.3% (c) 40% (d) 14.4%
(84) A 4-pole, 60 Hz induction motor runs with a slip of 4%. The speeds of rotation of the rotor current
wave relative to the rotor and stator surfaces are
(a) 72 rev/min,1800 rev/min (b) 1800 rev/min,72 rev/min
(c) 72 rev/min,1728 rev/min (d) 1728 rev/min,72 rev/min
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(85) A 4 pole induction motor with unbalanced 3 phase 50 Hz supply, is rotating at 1440 rpm. The
frequency of the induced negative sequence current in the rotor is
R
(a) 48 Hz (b) 52 Hz (c) 98 Hz (d) 100 Hz
R
(a) Xs (b) Rs (c) Rr (d) None of them
R
(a) 2.3 Ω, 117 A (b) 3.2 Ω, 117 A (c) 0.26 Ω, 89 A (d) 0.62 Ω, 89 A
R
(a) 1.55 (b) 0.772 (c) 3.1 (d) 1.0
(100) The additional external rotor resistance which, at normal voltage and frequency will permit maximum
torque to be developed at starting
(a) 1.13 Ω (b) 5.08 Ω (c) 1.69 Ω (d) 0.565 Ω
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