EM308 ELECTRICAL POWER & MACHINES

USCI UNIVERSITY JAN APRIL 2015

ASSIGNMENT 1 REQUIREMENTS
1. Consists 5%
2. The assignment should be WORD processed on one-side of A4 paper.
3. Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12
4. Properly and securely bound (Stapled three times at the side), no combbinding
5. The assignment MUST be submitted on 10 February 2015 by 11.00 am.
6. Late submission of assignments will be penalized.
7. Name of the Student, Student ID, must be reflected on a separate cover sheet
attached to the assignment.
8. No tolerate for plagiarism/cheating
9. This is an individual assignment. Students are allowed to discuss the questions
together for better understanding of the problem given. If any assignment found
to be copied, a mark of 0 will be given to the student who copied and the student
who allowed him/her to copy.

EM308 ELECTRICAL POWER & MACHINES

USCI UNIVERSITY JAN APRIL 2015

QUESTION 1
The following Figure shows a simplified rotor and stator for a DC motor. The mean path length
of the stator is 50 cm, and its cross sectional area is 12 cm2. The mean path length of the rotor is
5 cm, and its cross sectional area may be assumed to be 12 cm2. Each air gap between the rotor
and the stator is 0.05 cm wide, and the cross sectional area of each air gap is 14 cm2. The iron of
the core has a relative permeability of 2000, and there are 200 turns of wire on the core. If the
current in the wire is adjusted to be 1 A, determine the resulting flux density in the air gap.

(18 marks)
QUESTION 2
The Figure below shows a simple single phase AC power system with three loads. The
impedance of these loads are:
Z1 = 530

Z2 = 545

Z3 = 5-90

Answer the following questions about this power system. The V is given as 1200 V
(a)

Assume that the switch shown in the Figure is open, and calculate the current I, the
power factor, and the real, reactive and apparent power being supplied by the source.
(12 marks)

(b)

Assume that the switch shown in the Figure is closed, and calculate the current I, the
power factor, and the real, reactive and apparent power being supplied by the source.
(10 marks)

(c)

Discuss and state your opinion on the current flowing from the source when the switch is
close.
(2 marks)

EM308 ELECTRICAL POWER & MACHINES

USCI UNIVERSITY JAN APRIL 2015

Figure Question 2
QUESTION 3
A simple power system is shown below. This system contains a 480 V generator connected to an
ideal 1:10 step up transformer, a transmission line, an ideal 20:1 step down transformer, and a
load. The impedance of the transmission line is (20 + j60) , and the impedance of the load is
1030 . The base values for this system are chosen to be 480 V and 10 kVA at the generator.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Determine the base voltage, current, impedance, and apparent power at every point in the
power system.
(22 marks)
Illustrate the per unit equivalent circuit
(8 marks)
Determine the active power supplied to the load in the system
(6 marks)
Determine the active power lost in the transmission line.
(4 marks)