UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM

AND ENERGY STUDIES

End Semester Examination, May 2018

Program: B.TECH( ECE, Chem-I&II, ASE,Electrical , PSE, ASE-AVE, APE-Gas-I &II) Semester – II
Subject (Course): Basic Electrical & Electronics Engineering Max. Marks: 100
Course Code : ECEG1001 Duration : 3 Hrs
No. of page/s: 04

Note : All questions are compulsory for Section A and B ,

SECTION A
1. An electrically driven pump lifts 80 m3 of water per minute through a height of 12 m .
Allowing an overall efficiency of 70 % for the motor and pump , calculate the input
power to motor . If the pump is in operation for an average for an average of 2 hours per
day for 30 days , calculate the energy consumption in kWh and the cost of energy at the [4] CO1
rate of Rs 3.75 per kWh . Assume of 1 m3 of water has a mass of 1000 kg and g = 9.81
m/s2.

2. A 4 – pole DC Shunt Generator running at 1,500 rpm has an armature with 90 slots
having 6 conductors per slot . The flux per pole is 6 X 10-2 Wb . Determine the induced
emf of the DC Generator if the coils are lap connected . If the current per conductor is [4] CO2
100 A , determine the electrical power output of the machine .

3. Explain all the types of filters used in DC-power supply design with neat sketch [4] CO3
4. What is the difference between ordinary transformer and Center tapped transformer.
[4] CO3
Mention the parameters that get changed when using center tapped transformer.
5 (I) Find the equivalent resistance between points X and Y of Fig.1

CO1,
[2+2]
CO3

Fig.1
 (II) Find the output voltage and Diode current for the following network shown in Fig 2.

Fig.2

SECTION B
6. A circuit having a resistance of 6 Ω and inductive reactance of 8 Ω is connected in
parallel with another circuit having a resistance of 8 Ω and a capacitive reactance of 6 Ω
. The parallel circuit is connected across 200 V , 50 Hz supply .
Calculate :
(i) supply current [8]
CO1
(ii) power factor of the whole circuit
(iii) power consumed .
(iv) the resistance and reactance of a series circuit which will take the same current at the
same p.f. as the parallel circuit .
7. (a) Why is a parallel circuit arrangement best for house wiring?
(b) What are the disadvantages of poor power factor in a.c circuit . How we can improve the CO1,
[4+4]
power factor for any installation/equipment ? CO2

8. A base current of 50  A is applied to the transistor as shown in figure 3 below and a

voltage of 5V is dropped across RC . Calculate  for the transistor.

[8] CO3

Fig 3

9. Why CE-Amplifier is preferred over CC and CB? Explain working of CB-Configuration

[8] CO3
Transistor (NPN), draw the input and output characteristics and mention its applications
10. (a) Give the analogy between electric and magnetic circuits . What are the major points
of
differences between them . CO2,
[4+4]
CO3
(b) For a particular NPN transistor with Emitter bias VBE = 0.7 V and β =100,
RB= 430 KΩ, RC= 2KΩ, RE=1 KΩ, VBB= 10 V, VCC= 20 V find IB, IC and VCE.
SECTION C
2 X 20
(Attempt any Two Questions)
11. (a) Using Thevenin’s Theorem , determine the current through 5 Ω resistance connected
between terminal A and D in the network of Fig 4 below
[10,10] CO32

Fig 4

(b) The iron loss of a 80 kVA , 1000/250 V , single phase , 50 Hz transformer is 800 W .
The copper loss when primary carries 50 A is 400 W . Estimate :

(i) Area of cross – section of limb if working flux density is 1 wb/m2 and there are 1000
turns on the primary ,
(ii) Current ratio ( primary and current)
(iii) Efficiency at full load and 0.8 power factor lagging,
(iv) Efficiency for a load when copper loss will be equal to iron loss and power factor
remains 0.8 lagging
12 (a) Derive the output equation from the given circuit and implement the same by using [10,10]
logic gates.

CO4

Fig 5
 (b) Implement Full adder by using two Half adders and realize the Sum and Cout outputs by using
NAND gates.
13. (a) Explain with reference to three-phase , the terms ‘Phase sequence’ , and ‘balanced (6+4+ CO2,
load’ . What will happen if the phase sequence of the supply is changed for 3-phase 10] CO4
induction motor .

(b) A balanced three-phase star connected load is supplied from a three-phase , 400 V ,
50 Hz supply . The resistance of each coil is 6 Ω and reactance is 8 Ω . Find the value of
phase current , line current and the total power consumed .
(c) Design a Bridge rectifier circuit for which Vrms is given as 81.3 V with turn’s ratio
10:1. Find the DC output Voltage VDC, Maximum Value of AC input Vm, Primary &
secondary Voltages of Transformer V1 & V2 and Ripple factor. Consider the load
resistor to be 1KΩ.

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UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM
AND ENERGY STUDIES

End Semester Examination, May 2018

Program: B.TECH( ECE, Chem-I&II, ASE,Electrical , PSE, ASE-AVE, APE-Gas-I &II) Semester – II
Subject (Course): Basic Electrical & Electronics Engineering Max. Marks: 100
Course Code : ECEG1001 Duration : 3 Hrs
No. of page/s: 04

Note : All questions are compulsory for Section A and B ,

SECTION A

1. An electric crane raises a load of 5 tonnes to a height of 30 meters in one minute .

Calculate the HP (metric) of the motor and the current taken from a 230 v supply if the
[4] CO1
efficiency of the crane is 75 % and of the motor is 85 % .

2. (a) A 3300/300 V single – phase 300 kVA transformer has 1100 primary turns . Find:
(i) Transformation ratio
(b) secondary turns
[4] CO2
(c) Voltage/turn
(d) Secondary turn when it supplies a load of 200 kW at 0.8 power factor lagging

3. Explain all the blocks used in DC-Power supply design with neat sketch. [4] CO3
4. What is the difference between ordinary transformer and Center tapped transformer.
[4]
Mention the parameters that get changed when using center tapped transformer.
5 (I) Which of the following law/rule can be used to determine the direction of rotation of
D.C. motor ?
(a) Lenz’s law (b) Fleming’s Right Hand Rule
(c) Faradays’s Laws (d) Fleming’s Left Hand Rule
(II) The transformer ratings are usually expressed in terms of CO1,
[1+1+2]
2,3
(a) volts (b) amperes
(c) kW (d) kVA
(III) Find ID, VD and VR for the following circuit and also determine the value of the
Load resistor that results in 10 mA diode current when E is considered as 7V.
 Fig.2

Fig 1

SECTION B

6. A balanced three – phase load of 3 kW at a power factor of 0.8 lagging is connected

across a three – phase supply . If the line current is 12.5 A , calculate the resistance and
[8]
reactance in each branch of the star connected load . What will be the line current and CO1
the power loss if the same load is connected in delta ?

7. (a) Give the limitations of Superposition Theorem .

(b) A series circuit consisting of resistance 10 Ω , inductive reactance 20 Ω and

capacitive reactance Xc Ω , is connected to 100 V , 50 Hz supply . It is observed that
current in the circuit is maximum . Find ,
(i) The value of capacitance and inductance in the circuit [2,6] CO1
(ii) The impedance of the circuit
(iii) Power factor of the circuit
(iv) The value of maximum current .
(v) Power consumed by the circuit .
8. A base current of 50  A is applied to the transistor as shown in figure 2 and a voltage
of 5V is dropped across RC . Calculate  for the transistor.

[8] CO3

Fig 2

9. The BJT amplifier shown in the figure has hfe =100, VBE=0.7V. Calculate the value of
[8] CO3
R1 and RC such that its IC=1mA and VCE=2.5 V
 Fig 3

10. (a) Derive an expression for induced e.m.f. in a transformer in terms of frequency , the
maximum value of flux and the number of turns on the windings
[4+4] CO2
(b) What is PN-junction Diode? Discuss the behavior of a PN junction under forward
and reverse biasing and also sketch V-I characteristics of a PN Junction.
SECTION C
2 X 20
(Attempt any Two Questions)
11. (a) A mercury vapour lamp unit consists of a 25 μF condenser in parallel with a series
circuit containing the resistive lamp and reactor of negligible resistance . The whole unit
takes 400 W at 240 V , 50 Hz and unity power factor . What is the voltage across the [10+10] CO1,
2
lamp ?

(b) Find the value of adjustable R which results in maximum power transfer across the
terminal A – B of the circuit show in Fig 4 below and determine the maximum power .

Fig 4
12 A) Derive the Boolean equations for F1 and F2, minimize the equations by using
CO4
Boolean laws and Design the circuit by using logic gates.
 B) Implement a Full adder by using two Half adders and realize the Sum and C out
outputs by using NAND gates.
13. (a) Explain the principle of operation of dc motors , What is back emf in dc motors ?
What is its significance ?
(b) Convert the following
i. (F67.5A)16 = ( )8
ii. (101011.1001)2 = ( )10
CO2,
iii. (9309.124)10 = ( )16 CO4
iv. (101011)8= ( )2
v. (679)8=( )10
(c). For a particular NPN transistor with Emitter bias VBE = 0.7 V and β =200, RB= 50
KΩ, RC= 300Ω, RE=10 KΩ, VBB= 10 V, VCC= 20 V find IB, IC and VCE

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