ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025 B.E / B.

.Tech DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, April / May 2013 Regulations -2008 Fourth Semester Electrical and Electronics Engineering EE2259: Electrical Machines Laboratory -I Time : 3 Hours Maximum marks: 100

1. Conduct a suitable experiment to obtain the magnetization characteristics at 1200 rpm and find the critical speed of the given DC Machine which delivers electrical power, has a parallel field winding and capable of building its own field. Also verify whether the machine is able to build up the voltage below the critical speed. Identification & Circuit Diagram (30) Connection & Execution (30) Calculation (20) Graph and Result (10) Vivavoce (10) Total (100)

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2. Conduct a suitable experiment on the given DC Machine which has a parallel field winding, delivers electrical power and is excited by a DC source. Plot the terminal characteristics of the machine. Identification & Circuit Diagram (30) Connection & Execution (30) Calculation (20) Graph and Result (10) Vivavoce (10) Total (100)

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3. Identity the different ways of connecting the two field windings of a DC machine which is based on the principle that when a conductor is rotated in a magnetic field, a voltage will be generated in the conductor. Plot the voltage-current characteristics of DC machine when the flux produced by both the field windings aid each other.

Identification (10)

Two Circuit Diagram (15+15)

Two Connection (15+15)

Graph and Result (20)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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4. Plot the performance characteristics at 30%, 50%, 80% and 100% of full load on the given DC machine which converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. The DC machine has both shunt field and series field winding.

Identification & Circuit Diagram (30)

Connection & Execution (30)

Calculation (20)

Graph and Result (10)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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5. Plot the speed-torque characteristics of the DC machine which is used for constant speed applications like lathes, centrifugal pumps and blowers.

Identification & Circuit Diagram (30)

Connection & Execution (30)

Calculation (20)

Graph and Result (10)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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6. Conduct a suitable experiment to determine the efficiency and to obtain the performance characteristics at 30%,60%,90% and 100% of full load on the given DC machine with a series field winding and very high starting torque.

Identification & Circuit Diagram (30)

Connection & Execution (30)

Calculation (20)

Graph and Result (10)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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7. By indirect testing of the given DC machine predetermine the efficiency of the machine when it works as motor and plot the efficiency curve. Also plot the efficiency curve of the given DC machine when it works as generator for 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% and 120% of the full load.

Identification & Circuit Diagram (25)

Connection & Execution (15)

Calculation (40)

Graph and Result (10)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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8. For a specific application in a paper manufacturing unit it is required to run a DC shunt motor below the rated speed and also above the rated speed. Is it possible to do speed control above as well as below the rate speed on the DC shunt motor? If it is possible then experimentally prove and plot the characteristics. Circuit Diagram (30) Connection & Execution (30) Calculation (10) Graph and Result (20) Vivavoce (10) Total (100)

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9. Predetermine the efficiency of the two identical shunt machines which are coupled mechanically and also connected electrically in parallel. Plot the efficiency versus load power characteristics of both the machines.

Identification & Circuit Diagram (30)

Connection & Execution (30)

Calculation (20)

Graph and Result (10)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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10. Conduct a load test on the given static machine which consists of two electric circuits interlinked by a common magnetic circuit and plot the efficiency versus load power characteristics.

Identification & Circuit Diagram (30)

Connection & Execution (30)

Calculation (20)

Graph and Result (10)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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11. Conduct a load test on the given static three phase machine which works under the principle of mutual induction and plot the efficiency versus load power characteristics.

Identification & Circuit Diagram (30)

Connection & Execution (30)

Calculation (20)

Graph and Result (10)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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12. By conducting suitable test on the given single phase static machine draw its equivalent circuit referred to the supply side.

Identification & Circuit Diagram (20)

Connection & Execution (30)

Calculation (30)

Graph and Result (10)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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13. Predetermine the efficiency of the machine which transfers energy from one circuit to another without a change in frequency. Plot the efficiency and regulation characteristics.

Identification & Circuit Diagram (20)

Connection & Execution (30)

Calculation (30)

Graph and Result (10)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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14. Conduct a back to back test on a two identical static machines and plot the regulation and efficiency characteristics. Identification & Circuit Diagram (30) Connection & Execution (30) Calculation (20) Graph and Result (10) Vivavoce (10) Total (100)

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15. Conduct a suitable experiment to measure the iron losses in the static electrical machine and separate it into hysteresis and eddy current loss by using variable frequency approach. Identification & Circuit Diagram (30) Connection & Execution (30) Calculation (20) Graph and Result (10) Vivavoce (10) Total (100)

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16. By conducting a direct load test on the given single phase static machine determine the efficiency of the machine under different load conditions. Plot the efficiency versus load power characteristics. Identification & Circuit Diagram (30) Connection & Execution (30) Calculation (20) Graph and Result (10) Vivavoce (10) Total (100)

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17. Conduct a suitable experiment to pre-determine the secondary terminal voltage under Full Load and Half Load conditions and also determine the constants of the equivalent circuit by conducting a suitable experiment. The Power factor of the load may be assumed to be 0.95 leading.

Identification & Circuit Diagram (30)

Connection & Execution (30)

Calculation (20)

Graph and Result (10)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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EXTERNAL EXAMINER

18. Identity the different ways of connecting the two field windings of a DC machine which is based on the principle that when a conductor is rotated in a magnetic field, a voltage will be generated in the conductor. Plot the voltage-current characteristics of DC machine when the flux produced by both the field windings opposes each other.

Identification (10)

Two Circuit Diagram (15+15)

Two Connection (15+15)

Graph and Result (20)

Vivavoce (10)

Total (100)

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EXTERNAL EXAMINER

19. Conduct a suitable experiment to obtain the magnetization characteristics at 1200 rpm and find the critical speed of the given DC Machine which delivers electrical power, has a parallel field winding and excited by a separate source. Identification & Circuit Diagram (30) Connection & Execution (30) Calculation (20) Graph and Result (10) Vivavoce (10) Total (100)

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20. Conduct suitable experiment to predetermine the efficiency characteristics of the DC machine when working as a generator and motor excluding the stray losses. Identification & Circuit Diagram (20) Connection & Execution (30) Calculation (30) Graph and Result (10) Vivavoce (10) Total (100)

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