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The document provides information on DC motors, including formulas and example calculations for determining properties such as torque, speed, power, and efficiency. It addresses DC motors operating as generators and motors, and includes 12 tutorial problems covering topics like armature power, flux per pole, torque, speed, efficiency, and how motor parameters change with load.

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Tutorial 2

The document provides information on DC motors, including formulas and example calculations for determining properties such as torque, speed, power, and efficiency. It addresses DC motors operating as generators and motors, and includes 12 tutorial problems covering topics like armature power, flux per pole, torque, speed, efficiency, and how motor parameters change with load.

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EE042-3-2-IES/VE2 Chapter 2 – DC Motors

Tutorial 2

1. A 25-kW, 250-V, d.c. shunt generator has armature and field resistances of 0.06 Ω and
100 Ω respectively. Determine the total armature power developed when working as,
a) A generator delivering 25 kW output.
b) A motor taking 25 kW input.
[26.25 kW, 23.8 kW]

2. A 4 pole, 32 conductor, lap-wound d.c. shunt generator with terminal voltage of 200 V
delivering 12 A to the load has Ra = 2 Ω and field circuit resistance of 200 Ω. It is
driven at 1000 rpm. Determine 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 A from the mains,
maintaining the same magnetic field, find the speed of the machine.
[0.4238 Wb, 850 rpm]

3. Determine developed torque and shaft torque of 220 V, 4-pole series motor with 800
conductors wave-connected supplying a load of 8.2 kW by taking 45 A from the mains.
The flux per pole is 25 mWb and its armature circuit resistance is 0.6 Ω.
[286.2 Nm, 270.5 Nm]

4. A 220 V d.c. shunt motor runs at 500 r.p.m. when the armature current is 50 A.
Calculate the speed if the torque is doubled. Given that Ra = 0.2 Ω.
[476 rpm]

5. A 500 V dc shunt motor draws a line-current of 5 A on light-load. If Ra = 0.15 Ω and Rf


= 200 Ω, determine the efficiency of the machine running as a generator delivering a
load current of 40 A.
[87.83 %]

6. A d.c. series motor takes 40 A at 220 V and runs at 800 r.p.m. If the armature and field
resistance are 0.2 Ω and 0.1 Ω respectively and the iron and friction losses are 0.5 kW,
determine the torque developed in the armature. What will be the output of the motor?
[99.3 Nm, 7.82 kW]

7. A 4-pole, 220-V shunt motor has 540 lap-wound conductors. It takes 32 A from the
supply mains and develops output power of 5.595 kW. The field winding takes 1 A.
The armature resistance is 0.09 Ω and the flux per pole is 30 mWb. Calculate (a) the
speed and (b) the torque.
[804.4 rpm, 66.5 Nm]

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8. A 4-pole, 240 V, wave connected shunt motor gives 1119 kW when running at 1000
r.p.m. and drawing armature and field currents of 50 A and 1.0 A respectively. It has
540 conductors. Its resistance is 0.1 Ω. 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.
[111 Nm, 106.9 Nm, 12.9 mWb, 460 W, 91.4 %]

9. A 250-V shunt motor runs at 1000 r.p.m. at no-load and takes 8A. The total armature
and shunt field resistances are respectively 0.2 Ω and 250 Ω. Calculate the speed when
loaded and taking 50 A. Assume the flux to be constant.
[9666 rpm]

10. A 230-V d.c. shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.5 Ω and field resistance of
115 Ω. At no load, the speed is 1200 rpm. and the armature current 2.5 A. On
application of rated load, the speed drops to 1120 rpm. Determine the line current and
power input when the motor delivers rated load.
[35 A, 8050 W]

11. The input to 230-V, d.c. shunt motor is 11 kW. Calculate (a) the efficiency (b) the
speed at this load (c) the torque developed. The particulars of the motor are as follows:
No-load current = 5 A
No-load speed = 1150 r.p.m.
Arm. Resistance = 0.5 Ω
Shunt field resistance = 110 Ω
[79.6 %, 1031 rpm, 87.1 Nm]

12. The armature circuit resistance of a 18.65 kW 250-V series motor is 0.1 Ω, the brush
voltage drop is 3 V, and the series field resistance is 0.05. When the motor takes 80 A,
speed is 600 r.p.m. Calculate the speed when the current is 100 A.
[474 rpm]

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