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Efficiency of DC Generators

This document contains 4 problems about calculating the efficiency and power losses of DC shunt generators. Problem 1 asks to calculate the efficiency of a 100 kW, 250 V generator with a 5 A field current and 0.01 ohm armature and brush resistance. Problem 2 asks for the efficiency of a generator with a 0.05 ohm armature and 0.01 ohm brush resistance operating at 100 V and 40 A. Problem 3 asks to calculate the efficiency at half load of a 15 kW, 230 V generator tested at 254 V and 2 A with given resistances. Problem 4 asks to find the brake horsepower of an engine driving a generator supplying 100 A at 200 V with given resistances where copper and iron losses are

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Efficiency of DC Generators

This document contains 4 problems about calculating the efficiency and power losses of DC shunt generators. Problem 1 asks to calculate the efficiency of a 100 kW, 250 V generator with a 5 A field current and 0.01 ohm armature and brush resistance. Problem 2 asks for the efficiency of a generator with a 0.05 ohm armature and 0.01 ohm brush resistance operating at 100 V and 40 A. Problem 3 asks to calculate the efficiency at half load of a 15 kW, 230 V generator tested at 254 V and 2 A with given resistances. Problem 4 asks to find the brake horsepower of an engine driving a generator supplying 100 A at 200 V with given resistances where copper and iron losses are

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Power Losses and Efficiency

DC Generator
1. The field current of a 100 kW, 250-V shunt
generator is 5 A when delivering power at rated
terminal voltage and rated load current. The
combined armature and brush resistance is 0.01
ohm. Determine the efficiency of the generator.

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2. The armature of a shunt generator has 0.05-ohm
effective resistance. Each brush has an effective
resistance of 0.01 ohm. The terminal voltage is 100
V while the current is 40 A. What is its efficiency?

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3. A 15 kW, 230 V, shunt generator was run light as
a motor to determine its stray power losses at rated
load. The applied voltage across the armature,
computed for test was 254 V and the armature
current drawn is 2 A. The armature and shunt field
resistance are 0.25 and 100 ohms, respectively.
Calculate the generator efficiency at half-load.
Assume stray power losses to be constant.

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4. A shunt generator supplies 100 A at 200 V. The
armature and shunt resistances are 0.025 ohms and
100 ohms, respectively. If the copper losses are
equal to the iron losses at this load, find the brake
horsepower of the engine driving the generator.

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