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Reg No.:_______________ Name:__________________________
APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
THIRD SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2018
Course Code: EE205
Course Name: DC MACHINES AND TRANSFORMERS
Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
PART A
Answer all questions, each carries 5 marks. Marks
1 The armature of a 250 V, 10kW, 4 pole lap connected generator was
reconnected in wave. Find the new voltage, current and power ratings. (5)
2 Derive the E M F equation of a DC generator. (5)
3 Why a starter is required to start a DC motor? What is the essential element of a
starter? (5)
4 Draw the phasor diagram of a transformer on no load. Show the two
components of the no load current and write their names. (5)
5 What is meant by negative voltage regulation? For what type of load you may
get negative voltage regulation? (5)
6 A 1000/800V, 8kVA autotransformer supplies rated current to a load on low
voltage side. Draw a schematic diagram and mark input current, output current
and current in the section of the winding common to high voltage and low
voltage sides. (5)
7 Find the rated line currents on high voltage and low voltage sides of a 500kVA
11kV/400V delta-star transformer. (5)
8 What is meant by vector group? What is Yd1 vector group? (5)
PART B
Answer any two full questions, each carries 10 marks.
9 Draw the developed view of a double layer lap winding of a 4 pole 12 slot
armature. Commutator and brushes need not be drawn. (10)
10 Draw the developed view of mmf and flux distribution of a loaded 2 pole
machine. (10)
11 The table shows OCC of a dc shunt generator at a speed 1000 rpm. What is the
residual voltage? Find the critical resistance. Also find the maximum voltage
build up at 1000 rpm and critical speed for a field resistance of 300 Ω. (You
can find the answers by carefully observing the table. If necessary you may
draw a rough sketch. Graph sheet is not required)
If 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
E 10 50 100 150 190 220 245 260 275 285 300 (10)
PART C
Answer any two full questions, each carries 10 marks.
12 A 250 V shunt motor has resistances 0.2 Ω and 250 Ω. The motor is driving a (10)
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constant load torque and running at 1000 rpm drawing 10 A current from the
supply. Calculate the new speed and armature current if an external armature
resistance of value 10 Ω is inserted in the armature circuit. Also find the
stalling current. Neglect armature reaction and saturation.
13 a) During Swinburne’s test a 250V DC machine was drawing 3A from the 250V
supply. The resistances are 250 Ω and 0.2 Ω. Find the constant loss of the
machine. Also find the efficiency of the machine when it is delivering a 20A at
250V. (5)
b) Why transformers are rated in kVA not in KW? (5)
14 Develop the equivalent circuit of a transformer. (10)
PART D
Answer any two full questions, each carries 10 marks.
15 Two standard tests were conducted on a 10kVA, 1000/200V transformer.
Current in one test was 2A. Voltage in one test was 15V. Power factors were
0.8 and 0.2. Find the efficiency at 90% full load and 0.8 power factor. (10)
16 a) What are the necessary and desirable conditions for successful parallel
operation of two single phase transformers? (5)
b) Can a Yd transformer be operated in parallel with a Dy transformer? What
additional condition is to be satisfied over and above the conditions listed in
question 16 a). (5)
17 In Scott connection prove that the 3-phase currents will be balanced if the 2-
phase currents are balanced. Assume upf load. (10)
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