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Em Lab-I Questions

The document contains 11 sections, each with two parts - a question about DC motors and generators and an instruction to conduct a test on a DC machine and draw characteristics or determine efficiency. The tests include load tests, brake tests, speed control tests, efficiency tests, and other experimental analyses of DC motor and generator behavior and performance. The questions cover topics like motor and generator applications, starters, speed control, losses, efficiency testing procedures, and motor and generator operating principles.

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Em Lab-I Questions

The document contains 11 sections, each with two parts - a question about DC motors and generators and an instruction to conduct a test on a DC machine and draw characteristics or determine efficiency. The tests include load tests, brake tests, speed control tests, efficiency tests, and other experimental analyses of DC motor and generator behavior and performance. The questions cover topics like motor and generator applications, starters, speed control, losses, efficiency testing procedures, and motor and generator operating principles.

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1.

a) Why is the field rheostat of dc motor kept at minimum resistance position and that of
generator in maximum resistance position?
b) Conduct a test on Magnetization Characteristics of DC Shunt Generator and draw the
OCC characteristics.

2. a) The efficiency of DC machine is generally higher when it works as a generator than


when it works as a motor. Is this statement true or false? Justify your answer with
proper reasons.
b) Conduct a load test on DC Series Generator and determine the internal and external
characteristics.

3. a) What is the need for starters and what are the types of starters?
b) Conduct a load test on DC shunt Generator and draw the internal and external
characteristics.

4. a) What is the reason the presence of residual magnetism in the field poles?
b) Conduct a load test on DC Compound Generator and determine the internal and
external characteristics.

5. a) What are the applications of DC shunt motor?


b) Conduct a Brake test on DC Shunt Motor and determine its efficiency.

6. a) What are the applications of DC compound motor?


b) Conduct a Brake test on DC Compound Motor and determine its efficiency.

7. a) What are the factors affecting the speed of a DC shunt motor?


b) Conduct a test on Speed Control of DC Shunt Motor.

8. a) What is the purpose of Swinburne’s test?


b) Conduct a Swinburne’s test on DC Shunt Machine and determine its efficiency at
desired loads.
9. a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of Hopkinson’s test?
b) Conduct a Hopkinson’s test on DC Shunt Generator and determine its efficiency.

10. a) What are the constant losses in a DC machine?


b) Conduct a test on Separation of losses on DC Shunt Motor.

11. a) Why a DC series motor has a high starting torque?


b) Conduct a Field test on DC Series Machines. Determine its losses and efficiency.

1. a) Give the applications of each type of DC motor and dc generator.


b) Conduct a test on Magnetization Characteristics of DC Shunt Generator and draw the
OCC characteristics.

2. a) What is the difference between MI and MC type instruments?


b) Conduct a load test on DC Series Generator and determine the internal and external
characteristics.

3. a) What is the use of commutator and brushes?


b) Conduct a load test on DC shunt Generator and draw the internal and external
characteristics.

4. a) What do you mean by stray losses in DC machine?


b) Conduct a load test on DC Compound Generator and determine the internal and
external characteristics.

5. a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of Brake test?


b) Conduct a Brake test on DC Shunt Motor and determine its efficiency.
6. a) What are the protective devices incorporated in DC starters?
b) Conduct a Brake test on DC Compound Motor and determine its efficiency.

7. a) What are the methods of speed control of DC motors?


b) Conduct a test on Speed Control of DC Shunt Motor.

8. a) What are the losses in DC machine?


b) Conduct a Swinburne’s test on DC Shunt Machine and determine its efficiency at
desired loads.

9. a) Conduct a Hopkinson’s test on DC Shunt Generator and determine its efficiency.


b) What are the disadvantages of Hopkinson’s test as compare to Field test?

10. a) How is the eddy current loss minimized in DC machine?


b) Conduct a test on Separation of losses on DC Shunt Motor.

11. a) Why DC series motor should never be started without load?


b) Conduct a Field test on DC Series Machines. Determine its losses and efficiency.

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