Drill Problems on DC Generators

1. A DC generator has no-load output voltage of 120 volts. Its armature

circuit resistance is 0.95 ohm and its field coils are separately
energized. If the load is rated at 2 kW at 115 V. Neglecting the effect
of armature reactions, what will be the actual load current?
A. 15.90 A B. 6.6 A C. 16.67 A D. 10.89 A
2. (EE/Oct’96). If the armature of an eight-pole machine were wound
with a simplex wave winding, how many parallel paths would there
be?
A. 16 paths B. 8 paths C. 2 paths D. 4 paths
3. (EE/Mar’98). A four pole,DC generator with lap winding has 48 slots
and 4 elements per slot. How many coils does it have?
A. 48 B. 384 C. 192 D. 96
4. A six-pole dc generator has an armature winding with 504
conductors connected in six parallel paths. Calculate the generated
voltage if each pole produces 1.65 x 106 maxwells and armature
speed is 1800 rpm.
A. 230 V B. 240 V C. 250 V D. NOTA
5. (EE/Oct’98). A 4-pole DC generator with duplex lap winding has 48
slots and four elements per slot. The flux per pole is 2.5 x 106
maxwells and it runs at 1500 rpm. What is the output voltage?
A. 60 V B. 360 V C. 225 V D. 120 V
6. A four-pole generator having a wave wound armature winding has
51 slots, each slot containing 20 conductors. What will be the
generated voltage of the machine when driven by 1500 rpm,
assuming that the flux per pole to be 7.0 mWb?
A. 237 V B. 227 V C. 220 V D. 357 V
7. Calculate the voltage generated by a four pole dc machine given the
following particulars; number of slot in armature = 55, number of
conductor per slot = 4, flux per pole = 2.62 x 106 maxwells, speed =
1200 rpm, and number of parallel paths in armature = 2.
A. 230 V B. 240 V C. 250 V D. NOTA
8. A four-pole machine generates 250 V when operated at 1500 rpm.
The flux per pole is 1.85x106 maxwells, the number of armature
slots is 45 and the armature winding has two parallel paths. If the
speed is decreased to 1350 rpm, what flux should the excitation be
adjusted if the generated voltage is to remain the same.
A. 1.056x106 maxwells B.2.056x106 maxwells
C. 3.056x106 maxwells D. NOTA
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9. An 8-pole dc shunt generator with 778 wave connected armature
conductor and running at 500 rpm supplies a load of 12.5 
resistance at terminal voltage of 250 V. The armature resistance
is 0.24  and the field resistance is 250 . Find the flux per pole
develop.
A. 3.98 mWb B. 9.83 mWb C. 8.93 mWb D. NOTA
10. (EE/Oct’86). The no-load voltage of a 50-kW, 220 volts, and shunt
generator in the FEU laboratory is 232 volts and rated load voltage
is 220 volts. The armature resistance including brushes, is 0.026
ohm and the resistance of the shunt field resistance is 52 ohms.
What is the induced electromagnetic force at rated load?
A. 221.36 V B. 226.02 V C. 224.56 V D. 227.05 V
11. A shunt generator has a no load terminal voltage of 270 and a
voltage of 240 when it delivers 180 ampere. Assume a straight line
external characteristics and determine the load resistance when
the current is 120 ampere.
A. 2.08  B. 3.08  C. 4.08  D. NOTA
12. A short shunt compound generator has a shunt field resistance of
77, a series field resistance of 0.008, a commutating pole
winding resistance of 0.005 and an armature resistance
including brushes of 0.02 . When the armature current is 128
ampere, the generated emf is 234.2 V, what is the power delivered
to the load?.
A. 28.75 kW B. 31.2 kW C. 35.0 kW D. NOTA
13. A 10 kW, 250 V, 6 pole dc shunt generator runs at 1000 rpm when
delivering full load. The armature has 534 lap connected
conductors. Full load copper loss is 0.64 kW. The brush drop is 1
V. Determine the flux per pole.
A. 10 mWb B. 20 mWb C. 30 mWb D. NOTA
14. (EE/Apr’92). A compound dynamo supplies a load of 20 kW at 400
V through a feeder having a resistance equal to 0.1 ohm. The
shunt and series field resistance are 85 ohms and 0.06 ohm
respectively. Determine the total electromotive force when the
generator is connected long shunt. Assume a brush contact drop
of 1 V per brush and an armature resistance of 0.1 ohm.
A. 418.34 V B. 412.50 V C. 415.76 V D. 421.44 V

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15. (EE/Oct’96,Apr’97). A DC generator has no-load output voltage of
120 volts. Its armature circuit resistance is 0.95 ohm and its field
coils are separately energized. If the load is rated at 2 kW at 115
V. Neglecting the effect of armature reaction, what power could be
delivered to the load?
A. 1,518 W B. 2,180 W C. 1,670 W D. 2,000 W
16. A long shunt compound generator has a shunt field resistance
with 1200 turn per pole and a series field with 4.5 turns per pole. If
the shunt field and series field ampere-turns are respectively 1200
and 196. What is the power delivered to the load when the
terminal voltage is 230 V.
A. 8976 W B. 9786 W C. 9868 W D. NOTA
17. A short shunt compound generator has a full load current of 60
ampere. If the series-field resistance is 0.04 and a diverter
carries 24 ampere. What is the diverter resistance?
A. 0.6  B. 0.06  C. 0.006  D. NOTA
18. The regulation of A 250 V shunt generator is 6 %. What is the no
load voltage.
A. 265 V B. 255 V C. 245 V D. NOTA
19. The rotational loss in a generator has found to be 780 W when the
generated emf was 132 V. What is the rotational loss for the
generated voltage of 126V.
A. 473.4 W B. 744.5 W C. 843.4 W D. NOTA
20. A 10 kW, 220 V short shunt compound generator is operated at no
load at the proper armature voltage and speed, from which the
stray power loss calculation are determined to be 705 W. The shunt
field resistance is 110 , the armature resistance is 0.265 ,
and the series field resistance is 0.035 . Assume a 2V brush
drop and calculate the full load efficiency.
A. 83.94 % B. 89.37% C. 87.93% D. NOTA
21. A 250 V shunt generator has a rated armature current of 40 A and
the following losses at full load; friction and windage loss = 200 W,
core loss = 260 W, shunt field loss = 100 W, brush contact loss =
80 W, armature copper loss = 400 W. Assuming the maximum
efficiency occurs when the approximated constant losses are
equal to those losses that vary as the square of the load. What is
the armature current for the condition of maximum efficiency.
A. 47.33 A B. 473.3 A C. 4.733 A D. NOTA

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22. A 250 V shunt generator has a full load armature current of 40
ampere, under which condition the losses are; friction and windage
= 200 W, shunt field = 100 W, core loss = 260 W, brush contact
loss = 120 W, armature copper loss = 400 W. For operation at
maximum efficiency when the constant and losses are equal to
those losses that vary as the square of the load. What is the
maximum efficiency?
A. 90.29 % B. 92.09% C. 91.02% D. NOTA
23. A 25 kW series generator has an efficiency of 85 % when
operating at rated at rated load. If the stray power loss is 20 % of
the full load loss, calculate the efficiency of the generator when
delivering a load of 15 kW. Assuming that the stray power loss is
substantially constant and the other losses vary as the square of
the load.
A. 88.47% B. 87.84% C. 84.87 % D. NOTA
24. EE/Oct’80). The field current of a 100 kW, 250-volt shunt generator
is 5 amperes when delivering power at rated terminal voltage and
rated load current. The combined armature and brush resistance is
0.01 ohm. Determine the efficiency of the generator.
A. 97.2% B. 94.3% C. 98.2% D. 94.7%
25. (EE/Apr’87, Oct’89). The field current of a 180 kW, 250 volts DC
shunt generator is a 6 A when running full load at rated terminal
voltage. If the combined armature and brush resistance is 0.02
ohm, solve for the electrical efficiency of the generator.
A. 92.13% B. 94.05 % C. 93.73% D. 91.87 %
26. (EE/June’90). The field circuit of a 200,000 watts, 230-V shunt
generator is a 8 A when running full load at rated terminal voltage.
If the combined brush and armature resistance is 0.03 ohm, solve
for the electrical efficiency of the generator.
A. 85.34 % B. 89.14 % C. 88.91 % D. 87.82 %
27. (EE/Apr’97). The armature of a shunt generator has 0.05 ohm
effective resistance. Each brush has an effective resistance of 0.01
ohm. The terminal voltage is 100 volts while the current is 40
amperes. What is the efficiency?
A. 95.15% B. 97.65% C. 97.30% D. 96.52%

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