Unit 2 Tutorial-1
Unit 2 Tutorial-1
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4. A 6-pole DC machine has 300 conductors and each conductor is capable of carrying 80 A. The flux per pole
is 0.015 Wb and the machine is driven at 1800 rpm. Calculate the emf, total current, armature power and
electromagnetic torque for both lap and wave wound.
Ans: Wave: E = 405 V, I = 160A, Pa = 64.8 kW and Te=343.5 Nm
Lap: E= 135 V, I = 480A, Pa = 64.8 kW and Te= 343.5 Nm
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14. A 230 V DC shunt machine has armature circuit resistance of 0.5 Ω and field circuit resistance of 115 Ω.
If this machine is connected to 230 V mains and the line current is 40 A. Calculate the EMF generated in
case of motoring and generating modes.
Ans: Eg= 251 V and Eb = 211V.
15. Repeat the problem 14 for a DC series machine with field resistance of 0.5 Ω.
Ans: Eg= 270 V and Eb = 190 V.
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19. The emf per turn for a single phase, 2310/230V, 50 Hz transformer is appx. 13 volts. Calculate (a) the
number of turns and (b) the net cross-sectional area of the core for a maximum flux density of 1.4 T.
Ans: 179 and 17 turns, and 412 cm2
20. A 1-phase transformer has 400 primary and 1000 secondary turns. The net cross sectional area of the
core is 60 cm2. If the primary is connected to a 50 Hz supply at 500 V, determine (a) the peak value of
the flux density in the core and (b) the voltage induced in the secondary winding.
Answer:
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24. Find out the primary and secondary currents of the 20 kVA, 3300/220 V transformer.
Ans: 6.06 and 90.91 A
25. A 100 kVA, 50 Hz, 2200/220 V transformer is designated to operate a maximum flux density of 1 T
and an induced voltage of 15 volts per turn. Determine the number of turns of primary and secondary
windings, currents in primary and secondary windings. Also, calculate the cross-sectional area of the
core.
Ans: N1= 146, N2 = 14, I1= 45.45 A, I2 = 454.54 A, A = 678.7 cm2
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30. A 3-phase 50 Hz, 400 V induction motor has 6 poles and operates with a
slip of 3% at a certain load. Determine (i) the speed of the rotor. (ii) the frequency of rotor current
when the slip is 3%. (iii) the speed of the rotor magnetic field with respect to the stator magnetic field.
(iv) the speed of the rotor magnetic field with respect to stator. (v) the speed of the rotor magnetic
field with respect to the rotor. (vi) frequency of rotor currents at standstill. (vii)
Ans: 970 rpm, 1.5 Hz, zero, 1000 rpm, 30 rpm, 50 Hz and 50 Hz.
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33. The rotor input of the Induction Motor is 120 kW has a stator copper loss of 3 kW, rotor copper loss of 6
kW, mechanical loss of 2 kW and a stator core loss of 1.7 kW. Calculate the motor output and efficiency.
(Neglect rotor core loss)
Ans: 112 kW and 89.8%.