PRACTICE PROBLEM

(D.C MOTOR)
1. A 4-pole, 240V, wave connected shunt motor gives 11.19k W when running at 1000rpm and
drawing armature and field current of 50A and 1A respectively. It has 540 conductors. Its resistance
is 0.1 Ω. Assuming a drop of 1V per brush, determine
(a) Gross torque (b) Useful torque
(c) Useful flux per pole (d) efficiency

2. A 220V, D.C. shunt motor runs at 500rpm when the armature current is 50A. Calculate the speed if
the torque is doubled. Assume Ra=0.2 Ω.

3. Find the Gross torque and useful torque of 220V, 4-pole series motor with 800 wave connected
armature conductors. It is supplying a load of 8.2kW while drawing 45A from mains. Flux per pole is
25mWb and Ra=0.6 Ω.

4. A 440V, 4-pole, lap connected shunt motor has a no load input current of 15A, and a shunt field
current of 10A. At full load it takes a current of 150A. If armature resistance is 0.1 Ω, flux per pole at
no load is 0.05Wb, Z=750 and Vb=2V. Calculate

(i) No-load speed (ii) Full load speed (iii) Speed Regulation

If Armature reaction weakens the field by 1.5% on full load.

5. A 220V, D.C. shunt motor takes 60A when running at 800 rpm. It has an armature resistance of 0.1
Ω. Determine the speed and armature current if the magnetic flux is weakens by 20%. Assuming a
brush drop of 2V and torque remain constant.

6. A DC Shunt motor takes an armature current of 50A at its rated voltage of 240V. It has an armature
resistance of 0.2 Ω. If an external resistance of 1 Ω is inserted in series with the armature with field
unchanged, then calculate the percentage increase/decrease in speed for the same load torque.

7. A 250V, D.C. shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.5 Ω and field resistance of 250 Ω. When
driving a constant torque load at 600 rpm, the motor draws 21A. What will be the new speed of the
motor if an additional 250 Ω resistance is inserted in series in the field circuit?

8. A 15k W, 4-pole, 230V dc shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.2 Ω and 882 lap connected
armature conductors. It delivers its rated load at 1150 rpm, while drawing an armature current of
73A, at a field current of 1.6A. Calculate the developed torque. Also find the new operating speed if
the field flux reduces by 80% for the same torque developed.

9. A 230 V DC shunt motor with constant field drives a load whose torque is proportional to speed.
When running at 750rpm it takes 30A. Find the speed at which it will run if a 10 Ω resistance is
connected in series with the armature. Neglect armature resistance.

10. A 440 V DC shunt motor has a no load speed of 2000rpm. It is running at 1000 rpm at full load
torque, reduced armature voltage and rated field current. If load torque is reduced to 50% of rated
value with armature voltage and field current held constant as previous, the speed increases to 1050
rpm. Find the armature voltage drop at full load.
 PRACTICE PROBLEM
(D.C MOTOR)
11. A 230V, 1000rpm DC shunt motor has field resistance of 115 Ω and armature circuit resistance of
0.5 Ω. At no load, the motor runs at 1000 rpm, with armature current of 4A and rated field flux.
(i) For a developed torque of 80Nm, compute armature current and speed.
(ii) If it is desired that motor develops 8 kW at 1250 rpm, determine the value of external
resistance that must be inserted in series with the field winding.

12. A 230VDC shunt motor has field resistance of 115 Ω and armature circuit resistance of 0.4 Ω. This
motor drives a constant torque load and takes an armature current of 20A at 800rpm. If motor speed
is to be raised from 800rpm to 1000 rpm, find the resistance that must be inserted in the shunt field
circuit.

13. A 45kW, 250V, 4-pole lap connected dc shunt motor has 32 slots with 10 conductors/slot. The
armature and shunt field resistances are 0.05 Ω and 125 Ω respectively. The flux per pole is 0.03Wb.
If the full load efficiency is 85% find at full load
(i) Useful torque at shaft (ii) the speed

14. A 230V series motor develops torque of 310N-m at 800 rpm. The torque lost due to iron and
friction loss is 10N-m. If the efficiency is 85% find the current drawn by armature at 800rpm.

15. A 200 V DC series motor runs at 700 rpm when operating at its full load current of 20A. The
motor resistance is 0.5 Ω and the magnetic circuit can be considered to be unsaturated. What will be
the speed if
(i) the load torque is increased by 44%
(ii) The motor current is 10A.

16. A 220 V DC series motor runs at 800 rpm when taking a current of 20A. The armature and series
field resistances are 0.3 Ω and 0.2 Ω respectively. Find the resistance that must be inserted in series if
it has to take the same current at the same voltage at 600 rpm.

17. A 440 V series motor has a load resistance of 0.8 Ω. It takes 110A to give the rated output at 800
rpm. Determine the resistance to be added to obtain rated torque
(i) At starting (ii) At 600 rpm.

18. A 240 V DC series motor runs at 800 rpm to give a total torque of 110N-m. The current taken by
the motor at this torque is 90A. If the total resistance of the motor is 0.6 Ω, find the torque developed
when motor runs at 1200 rpm.

19. In a DC series motor, before saturation if the armature current increased by 10%, what is the %
change in Torque?

20. A 4 pole, DC series motor has 900 wave connected armature conductor. At a certain load, the flux
per pole is 35mWb and total mechanical torque developed is 210N-m. Calculate the line current
taken by the motor and the speed of the motor if the applied voltage is 500V. The total motor circuit
resistance is 3.3 Ω. Allows 1V per brush voltage drop.