Assignment 2

EXERCISE PROBLEMS ON D.C. MOTORS

Q1. A 440-V, shunt motor has armature resistance of o.8ohms and field resistance of
200ohms. Determine the back e.m.f. when giving an output of 7.46kW at 85 percent
efficiency. E b=425.8 V
Q2. A 4 pole, 32 conductors, lap-wound dc shunt generator with terminal voltage of
200 volts delivering 12 amps to the load has r a = 2 and field circuit resistance of
200ohms. It is driven at 1000r.p.m. Calculate the flux per pole in the machine. If the
machine has to be run as a motor with the same terminal voltage and drawing 5 amps
from the mains, maintaining the same magnetic field, find the speed of the machine.
Q3. A d.c. motor takes an armature current of 110A at 480V. The armature circuit
resistance is 0.2ohms. The machine has 6 poles and the armature is lap-connected
with 864 conductors. The flux per pole is 0.05Wb. Calculate (1), the speed and (2)
the gross torque developed by the armature.
Q4. Determine developed torque and shaft torque of 220-V, 4-pole series motor with
800 conductors wave-connected supplying a load of 8.2kW by taking 45A from the
mains. The flux per pole is 25mWb and its armature circuit resistance is 0.6ohms.
Q5. A 220-V d.c. shunt motor runs at 500r.p.m. when the armature current is 50A.
Calculate the speed if the torque is doubled. Given that Ra = 0.2ohms.
Q6. A 500-V, 37.3kW, 1000r.p.m. d.c. shunt motor has on full-load an efficiency of
90 percent. The armature circuit resistance is 0.24ohms and there is total voltage
drop of 2V at the brushes. The field current is 1.8A. Determine (1) full-load line
current (2) full load shaft torque in N-m and (3) total resistance in motor starter to
limit the starting current to 1.5 times the full-load current.
Q7. A d.c. series motor takes 40A at 220V and runs at 800r.p.m. If the armature and
field resistance are 0.2ohms and 0.1ohms respectively and the iron and friction losses
are 0.5kW, find the torque developed in the armature. What will be the output of the
motor?
Q8. The armature winding of a 200-V, 4-pole, series motor is lap-connected. There
are 280 slots and each slot has 4 conductors. The current is 45A and the flux per pole
is 18mWb. The field resistance is 0.3ohms; the armature resistance 0.5ohms and the
iron and friction losses total 800W. The pulley diameter is 0.41m. Find the pull in
Newton at the rim of pulley.
Q9. A 4-pole, 240V, wave connected shunt motors gives 11.19kW when running at
1000r.p.m. and drawing armature and field currents of 50A and 1.0A respectively.
It has 540 conductors. Its resistance is 0.1ohms. Assuming a drop of 1 volt per brush,
find (a) total torque (b) useful torque (c) useful flux/pole (d) rotational losses and (e)
efficiency.
Q10. A 460-V series motor runs at 500r.p.m. taking a current of 40A. Calculate the
speed and percentage change in torque if the load is reduced so that the motor is
taking 30A. Total resistance of the armature and field circuits is 0.8ohms assume
flux is proportional to the field current.
Q11. A 4-pole series motor has 944 wave-connected armature conductors. At a
certain load, the flux per pole is 34.6mWb and the total mechanical torque developed
is 209N-m. Calculate the line current taken by the motor and the speed at which it
will run with an applied voltage of 500V. Total motor resistance is 3ohms.
Q12. A dc series motor operates at 800r.p.m. with a line current of 100A from 230-
V mains. Its armature circuit resistance is 0.15ohms and its field resistance is
0.1ohms. Find the speed at which the motor runs at a line current of 25A, assuming
that the flux at this current is 45 percent of the flux at 100A.
Q13. A 230-V dc shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.5ohms and field
resistance of 115ohms. At no load, the speed is 1,200r.p.m. and the armature current
2.5A. on application of rated load, the speed drops to 1,120r.p.m. Determine the line
current and power input when the motor delivers rated load.
Q14. A 220-V, dc shunt motor takes 4A at no-load when running at 700r.p.m. The
field resistance is 100ohms. The resistance of armature at standstill gives a drop of
6 volts across armature terminals when 10A were passed through it. Calculate (a)
speed on load (b) torque in N-m and (c) efficiency. The normal input of the motor is
8kW.
Q15. The input to 230-V, dc shunt motor is 11kW. Calculate (a) the torque developed
(b) the efficiency (c) the speed at this load. The particulars of the motor are as
follows:
No-load current = 5A; No-load speed = 1150r.p.m. Armature resistance = 0.5ohms;
shunt field resistance = 110ohms.
Q16. The armature circuit resistance of an 18.65kW 250-V series motor is 0.1ohms,
the brush voltage drop is 3V, and the series field resistance is 0.05. When the motor
takes 80A, speed is 600r.p.m. Calculate the speed when the current is 100A.
Q17. A 220-volt dc series motor is running at a speed of 800r.p.m. and draws 100A.
Calculate at what speed the motor will run when developing half the torque. Total
resistance of the armature and field is 0.1ohms. Assume that the magnetic circuit is
unsaturated.
Q18. A 20-hp (14.92kW); 230-V, 1150-r.p.m. 4-pole, d.c. shunt motor has a total of
620 conductors arranged in two parallel paths and yielding an armature circuit
resistance of 0.2ohms. When it delivers rated power at rated speed, it draws a line
current of 74.8A and a field current of 3A. Calculate (1) the flux per pole (2) the
torque developed (3) the rotational losses (4) total losses expressed as a percentage
of power.
Q19. A 220V, 15kW, 850r.p.m. shunt motor draws 72.2A when operating at rated
condition. The resistances of the armature and shunt field are 0.25ohms and
100ohms respectively. Determine the percentage reduction in field flux in order to
obtain a speed of 1650r.p.m. when armature current drawn is 40A.
Q20. A 220V shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.5ohms and takes an
armature current of 40A on a certain load. By how much must the main flux be
reduced to raise the speed by 50% if the developed torque is constant? Neglect
saturation and armature reaction.