CO2 - Explain the Working of AC and DC Machines
PART A
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1. Outline the essential parts of DC machine. 2
2. Write down the emf equation for DC generator. 2
3. How Eddy current loss is produced? 2
4. State Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction. 2
5. List the application where a stepper motor can be used. 2
6. Outline the principle of DC motor. 2
7. State the significance of back EMF. 2
8. State the reason for not having self-starting capability in single-phase induction motor. 2
9. List the different types of starter used in DC motors. 2
10. How to reverse the direction of rotation of three phase induction motor? 2
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11. Specify the different types of losses in a DC machine. 2
12. State Lenz’s law. 2
13. List the different types of DC motor. 2
14. List the applications of squirrel cage induction motor. 2
15. Outline the relationship between speed and torque in a DC motor. 2
16. List the advantages of slip ring induction motor. 2
17. List the application where a servo motor can be used. 2
18. State the relationship between speed and armature current in a DC motor. 2
19. Recall the term Slip in Induction Motor. 2
20. Give the reason for wide usage of Induction motors in Industries. 2
PART B
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1. Explain the construction and working of dc machine with the diagram and assess the major parts
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with its functional significance.
2. Consider a 4 pole DC generator having 480 conductors and driven at a speed of 1000 rpm. The
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flux per pole is 0.016Wb. Find the emf, generated when it is lap wound and wave wound.
3. Derive the emf equation of a DC generator. 8 Link
4. Derive the torque equation of a DC motor. 8 Link
5. A 4 pole, lap wound dc generator has a useful flux of 0.07wb per pole. Calculate the generated
emf, when it is rotated at a speed of 900r.p.m with a wind turbine. Armature consist of 440
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conductors. Also calculate the generated emf. if lap wound armature is replaced with wave
wound armature.
6. A DC shunt generator has shunt field winding resistance of 100Ω. It is supplying a load of 5KW
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at a voltage of 250V. If its armature conductor resistance is 0.22Ω. Calculate emf of generator.
7. A DC series motor delivers a load of 20KW at 400V, its armature and series field resistance are
0.3Ω and 0.2Ω respectively. Calculate the back emf and armature current. Allow 1.1 V per brush 8 Link
for contact drop.
8. A 4 pole DC motor has a wave wound armature with 594 conductors. The armature current is
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40A and flux per pole is 7.5mWb, Calculate the torque developed by motor.
9. A 4 pole 3 phase induction motor operates from a supply whose frequency is 50HZ. Calculate (i)
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the speed of a stator magnetic field (ii) the speed of rotor when the slip is 0.04.
10. Explain the characteristics of DC shunt and series motor and sketch the graphical representation
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of the concerned characteristics.
11. Write short notes on servo motor. 8 Link
12. Explain the construction and working of a stepper motor with neat sketch. 8 Link
13. Discuss the working principle of three phase induction motor with a neat sketch. 16 Link
14. Describe the working principles of single-phase induction motor with neat sketch. 16 Link
15. Explain any four types of single-phase induction motor based on the starting mechanism with
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neat diagram.