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Electrical Engineering Discussion Questions

This document contains 20 discussion questions about electrical machines and transformers. The questions cover topics such as: the components of a transformer; laws governing transformer operation; types of power losses in electrical machines; methods to reduce power losses; the need for cooling in electrical machines; differences between variable and constant power losses; electrical steel; generator components; transformer equations; and calculations related to transformers, generators, and DC machines involving voltage, current, flux, and power losses.

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Electrical Engineering Discussion Questions

This document contains 20 discussion questions about electrical machines and transformers. The questions cover topics such as: the components of a transformer; laws governing transformer operation; types of power losses in electrical machines; methods to reduce power losses; the need for cooling in electrical machines; differences between variable and constant power losses; electrical steel; generator components; transformer equations; and calculations related to transformers, generators, and DC machines involving voltage, current, flux, and power losses.

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Discussion Questions 4 for BEng 21 (EE, ME, ETE) December 2022

1. What does an electrical transformer consist of?


2. State two laws that govern the operation of an electrical transformer.
3. What is power loss? Describe three types of power losses that take place in an electrical machine.
4. Describe the different measures that are taken to reduce the power losses in electrical machines.
5. Why is it necessary to provide cooling for electrical machines?
6. Cooling does not reduce the power losses in a machine. Discuss.
7. Differentiate between variable power losses and constant power losses in electrical machines.
8. What is electrical steel?
9. How does silicon addition to electrical steel improve the characteristics of the core?
10. What are the main parts of a generator?

11. The e.m.f. induced in the primary and secondary windings of an electrical transformer is given by the equations
E1 = 4.44fN1Φm and E2 = 4.44fN2Φm; respectively. Explain what happens to E1 and E2 when N1 is increased by
20%.

12. The primary winding of a single phase transformer is connected to a 240-V, 50-Hz supply. The secondary
winding has 150 turns. If the maximum value of flux in the core is 5.5 mWb, determine the following:
(i) The number of turns on the primary winding
(ii) The secondary induced e.m.f. and
(iii) The flux density in the core if its effective cross-sectional area is 40 cm 2.

13. The core of a transformer has eddy current loss of 800 W at rated frequency and peak magnetic flux density. If
the frequency is increased by 15% and the peak magnetic flux density is reduced by 10%, calculate the new
value of eddy-current loss. Assume sinusoidal variation of magnetic flux in the core.

14. The hysteresis power loss of a transformer was found to 500 W when supplied at 230 V, 50 Hz. What will be
the hysteresis power loss of the transformer when it is connected to a 120 V, 60 Hz supply

15. A generator has the following power losses at full load:


Core loss: 750 W; Rotational loss: 1000 W; Copper loss: 2500 W. Determine the total power loss of the
generator at half load.

16. A 20-pole, 50-Hz, 3-phase, A.C generator has 240 slots in its armature. All the coils per phase are connected in
series and each slot accommodates six conductors. Assume single layer winding with full pitch coils and a flux
per pole of 0.025 Wb. Calculate the generated e.m.f.s per phase (assuming sinusoidal distribution of magnetic
flux density in air gap).

17. The armature of a six-pole D.C machine is wound with 498 conductors. The flux and the speed are such that the
average e.m.f generated in each conductor is 3 V. The current in each conductor is 100 A. Find the total current
and the generated e.m.f if the winding has the following number of parallel groups: (a) 2 and (b) 6.

18. A 50 hp, 2000 rpm, d.c. motor is supplied at 300 V. If the efficiency of the motor at this load is 92%, determine
the motor power loss, the shaft torque the supply current.

19. In the magnetic circuit shown below, the relative permeability of the ferromagnetic material is 1500. Magnetic
leakage and fringing can be neglected. All dimensions are in centimeters and the magnetic material has a square
cross-sectional area.
(a) Draw a labeled electrical
circuit equivalent of the magnetic
circuit
(b) Determine the magnetic
flux density in the air gap.
20. The two conductors of a 300 A d.c. transmission line are placed 4 meters apart. Calculate the force acting per
one meter length of the conductors.

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