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Assignment by Electrical Mentor

Sa
(ESE)

Author: BNSS Shankar, M.Tech (IITK)

Paper Code: ESE DCM01-CON
Branch: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Subject: D.C Machines (Conventional)
Instructions:
1.
The following assignment will have 30 conventional questions. I will suggest the students
to finish this assignment in one week. You can solve the questions in the order as per
your wish
2.
These assignments will give good practice to write conventional questions for the
students who are preparing for ESE.
3.
Try to write down the answers in loose A4 sheets and arrange them in one file. If you get
any doubt while solving the questions, show your work to your teacher and get clarify
your doubt.
4.
If you practice all of these assignments on conventional questions, I am very sure that
your expertise in the domain knowledge will improve as we as it will be easy in the
exam. All the best and start the assignment

01.
(A)

A 4 pole winding with 1470 conductors is to be wound on a standard armature with 37

slots and 147 commutator sectors. How will the winding be arranged?

(B)

A 4 pole wave connected armature has 2940 conductors, 147 commutator sectors, and 37
slots. (i) How will the winding be arranged? (ii) What will be the speed for an induced
voltage of 500 V and a flux of 5 mWb?

(C)

For 6 polar D.C machine armature has 36 number of slots and the type of winding is a
double layer simplex lap winding. (i) How many coils are present? (ii) What is the coil
span in terms of number of slots? (iii) If each coil has 4 turns, then what is the total
number of armature conductors presents? (iv) How many parallel paths will be there in
the armature? (v) Altogether how many brushes will be there?

02.
(A)

(B)

A commutator winding has 8 coils each of resistance 0.2 . (i) What will be the
resistance between two adjacent sectors?
What type of fault is indicated if the resistance between adjacent sectors is
(ii) less than (i),
(iii) Greater than in (i)? How would such faults be located?
Find ampere turns per pole of field excitation required for the single gap of a 2 pole
generator with the following particulars:
200 V on no load at 2000 rpm; armature length = 32 cm; effective gap length = 0.8 cm;
pole arc = 30 cm; 200 armature conductors

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(C)

03.
(A)

For 4 pole d.c machine armature winding with a double layer progressive simplex wave
winding with 23 number of slots answer the following: (i) How many coils are present?
(ii) What is the coil span in terms of number of slots? (iii) What is commutator pitch in
terms of commutator segments? (iv) How many coils are there between two consecutive
commutator segments? (v) How many parallel paths are present?
(i) A 6 pole, 2 circuit, wave connected armature has 250 conductors and runs at 1200
rpm. The e.m.f generated on open circuit is 600 V. Find the useful flux per pole
(ii) A 8 pole, lap connected armature has 960 conductors, a flux of 40 mWb, per pole,
and a speed of 400 rpm. Calculate the e.m.f generated on open circuit
(iii) If the armature in (ii) were wave connected for 2 circuits, at speed must it be driven
to generate 400 V?
(iv) A 4 pole generator has a flux of 40 mWb per pole and a lap connected armature with
740 conductors. Find the e.m.f generated on open circuit at 1000 rpm

(B)

A 1500 kW, 550 V, 16 pole generator runs at 150 rpm. What must be the useful flux per
pole if there are 2500 conductors lap connected and the full load copper losses are 25
kW? Calculate the area of the pole shoe if the air gap density has a uniform value of 0.9
Wb/m2 and find the no load terminal voltage, neglecting armature reaction and change in
speed.

(C)

(i) Clearly mention the purpose of providing inter poles in large d.c machines. Comment
on the polarity of the inter pole for motor and generator modes.
(ii) Why and what for, is the compensating winding provided in large d.c machines?
How are inter pole coil and compensating windings connected in d.c machine?

04.
(A)
(B)

(C)

05.
(A)

(B)

Prove that torque produced in a shunt motor is proportional to armature current Ia and in
case of series motor, it is proportional to I a2
A 4 pole generator supplies a current of 143 A. It has 492 armature conductors. (i) wave
connected, (ii) lap connected. When delivering full load, the brushes are given an actual
lead of 10o. Calculate the demagnetizing armature ampere turns per pole. The field
winding is shunt connected and takes 10 A. Find the number of extra shunt field turns
necessary to neutralize the demagnetization
A 4-pole, lap wound, d.c machine has total number of 800 armature conductors and
produces 0.03 Wb flux per pole when field is excited. If the machine is driven by a prime
mover at 1000 rpm, calculate the generated emf across the armature. If the generator is
loaded to deliver an armature current of 50 A, Calculate the prime mover and
electromagnetic torques developed at this load current. Neglect frictional torque.
(i) A dc shunt motor is driving a constant torque load. If the voltage across the motor is
halved, explain how the armature current and speed would be changed.
(ii) Specify the condition for DC machine so that its rotor does not draw any current
Determine per pole the number (i) of cross ampere turns, (ii) of back ampere turns and
(iii) series turns to balance the back ampere turns in the case of direct current generator

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having the following data: 500 conductors; total current of 200 A; 6 pole, 2 circuit wave
winding; angle of lead 10o; leakage coefficient 1.3
(C)

06.
(A)

(B)

(C)

07.
(A)

(B)
08.
(A)

(B)

09.
(A)

A 4-pole, lap wound, d.c machine has a total number of 800 armature conductors and an
armature resistance of 0.4 . If the machine is found to run steadily as motor at 1000 rpm
and drawing an armature current of 10 A from a 220 V D.C supply, calculate the back
emf, electromagnetic torque and the load torque.
A DC motor with permanent magnetic field is running with 200 V dc supply and
consuming 2 A current. A voltmeter is connected across its armature and DC supply is
disconnected. The voltmeter reads 190 V just after disconnected. Calculate the armature
resistance of the machine
Calculate the ampere turns for each commutating pole of an 8 pole generator with 107
slots, each containing 1000 ampere conductors. The inter pole air gap is 1.2 cm. The flux
density in the gap is to be 0.32 Wb/m2. Neglect iron parts of the circuit and leakage
A dc motor is to be selected for driving a load having a large torque of short duration
followed by a long no load period. A fly wheel of suitable inertia is already mounted on
the load shaft. Suggest the most suitable dc motor for this application and explain your
choice
A 350 kW, 500 V generator has 8 poles, an armature diameter of 130 cm and a core
length of 35 cm. A 4 circuit wave connected winding is accommodated in 114 slots with
6 coil sides per slot. Taking commutating poles with an axial length of 20 cm and a gap
of 1 cm, and assuming a specific permeance = 6, find the necessary excitation of, and
number of turns for, each inter pole
Explain differential compounding of DC machine. Which type of compounding is not
commonly used? Why? Explain with relevant characteristics for a motor and generator
(i) Explain how a separately excited d.c generator and a d.c shunt generator be operated
below the knee of its magnetization curve.
(ii) Explain different methods of electrical braking of d.c motors and compare their
advantages and disadvantages
A 220 V generator is to have a maximum exciting current of 5 A and a minimum exciting
current of 2.5 A. The regulator is to have 10 steps with equal current changes per step.
The following high resistance wires are available: 5.4 A wire of 2.0 /m, 3.6 A wire of
3.5 /m and 2.8 A wire of 5.0 /m. Find the minimum quantity of material to be used.
A series motor has an armature resistance of 0.7 and field resistance of 0.3 . It takes a
current of 15 A from a 200 V supply and runs at 800 rpm. Find the speed at which it will
run, when connected in series with a 5 resistance and taking the same current at the
same supply voltage.

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(B)

10.
(A)

(B)

11.
(A)

(B)

12.
(A)

(B)

(C)

13.
(A)

A 6 pole generator has 1000 shunt turns and 12 series turns per pole. For a terminal
voltage of 220 V on no load and 240 V when supplying 300 A as a shunt machine, the
exciting current has to be increased from 2 to 5 A. Find the resistance of the diverter
when the generator supplies this load as a compound machine. The series winding has a
resistance of 0.005 /pole
A 37.3 kW dc motor has a full load speed of 1145 rpm. The armature current at full load
is 75 A and the friction, windage and core losses are 8000 W. If the flux in each pole of
the motor is reduced to 60% of its rated value and armature current of 75 A, what is the
electromagnetic torque developed by the motor?
The hysteresis and eddy current losses in a motor running at 1000 rpm are 250 W and
100 W respectively. If the flux remains constant, at what speed will the total iron losses
be halved?
Two 100 h.p motors have each a full load efficiency of 0.84. The running light losses of
motor A are 430 W and of motor B are 520 W. Find the half load efficiency of each
motor.
One of two similar 250 V shunt machines A and B, running light takes 6 A. When A is
mechanically coupled to B, the input to A is 7 A when B is unexcited, and 9 A when it is
separately excited to generate 250 V. Calculate the friction and windage loss, core loss of
each machine
(i) The poles of dc machine are laminated even though the field winding current is dc.
Explain why?
(ii) Explain the various speed control methods of d.c series motors including the case
when two identical d.c series motors are available
A shunt motor takes a current I at a speed n. Find the current at speed 3n (i) with field
control (ii) with voltage control when (x) the output is constant and (y) the torque is
constant
A 230 V, 10 hp dc series motor draws a line current of 36 A when delivering rated power
at its speed of 1200 rpm. The armature resistance is 0.2 and field resistance is 0.1 .
Neglecting saturation of magnetic core and rotational losses, find
(i) the speed of this motor when it draws a line current of 20 A
(ii) developed torque under the condition of part (i)
(iii) While running under condition of part (i), the dc voltage supply is suddenly removed
and replaced by resistance of 5 . Find the armature current immediately after this
change over
A 220 V dc shunt motor takes 20 A at full load running at 2500 rpm. The armature
resistance is 0.4 and shunt field resistance is 176 . The machine is converted into a
long shunt differentially compound motor by augmenting an additional series field
winding with 0.1 resistance. There is a 11% change in the total flux when compound

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(B)

motor develops the same torque. Assume rotational losses to be constant under all
loading conditions.
The open circuit characteristic of a separately excited generator driven at 600 rpm is as
given in the following figure

Fig 1
Where 100% represents 517 V and a field current of 8 A. Find the voltage to which the
machine will excite as a shunt generator on open circuit with a field resistance of 60
(i) at 600 rpm (ii) at 500 rpm (iii) At what speed will the machine just fails to excite?
14.
(A)

(B)

15.
(A)

(B)

Two DC series motors with different air gaps but otherwise identical run at 700 and 750
rpm respectively when taking 50 A at 500 V. The total resistance of each motor is 0.36
. If the motors are now mechanically coupled and connected in series electrically to a
500 V dc supply and together takes 50 A current. Calculate the speed at which the
coupled set will run
The open circuit characteristic of a shunt generator running at 850 rpm is as given in the
figure 1 where 100% represents an induced emf of 100 V and field current of 4 A. Find
the open circuit voltage of the machine at which a field resistance of (i) 22 (ii) 30
(iii) Find the field resistance Rf for normal voltage at normal speed. (iv) Find the critical
speed with Rf in the circuit. (v) Find the critical resistance at normal speed
A 240 V dc shunt motor has constant torque of 5 Nm/A and its armature circuit resistance
is 0.5 . At what speed in rad/s and in rpm should the motor be driven so as to obtain
regenerative braking torque of 250 Nm
A series generator having an external characteristic which is a straight line through zero
to 50 V at 200 A, is connected as booster between a station bus bar and a feeder of 0.3
resistance. Calculate the voltage between the far end of the feeder and the bus bar at a
current of (i) 160 A (ii) 50 A

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16.
(A)

(B)

17.
(A)

(B)

18.
(A)

(B)

19.
(A)

(B)

A 400 V dc shunt motor, with an armature resistance of 0.2 runs at 1000 rpm and takes
an armature current of 60 A. If the field flux density is suddenly increased by 20%, obtain
at this instant, new value of armature current and torque in terms of initial torque
What is operating mode of dc shunt machine under these conditions. State the
assumptions made, if any.
In a 110 V, compound generator, the resistance of the armature, shunt and series
windings are 0.06 , 25 and 0.04 respectively. The load consists of 200 lamps each
rated at 55 W, 110 V. Find the total emf and armature current when the machine is
connected (i) long shunt (ii) short shunt. (iii) How will the ampere turns of the series
winding be changed if in (i) a diverter of resistance 0.1 be connected in parallel with
the series field winding? Ignore armature reaction and brush contact drop
Find the useful flux per pole on no load of a 250 V, 6 pole, shunt motor having a 2
circuit, wave connected winding with 110 turns. At normal working temperature the
overall armature resistance including brushes is 0.2 . The armature current is 13.3 A at
the no load speed of 908 rpm
A 400 V shunt motor draws 30 A while supplying the rated load at a speed of 120 rad/s.
The armature resistance is 1.0 and the filed winding resistance is 250 . Determine the
external resistance that must be inserted in series with the armature circuit so that
armature current does not exceed 150% of its rated value when the motor is plugged.
Find the braking torque at the instant of plugging
(i) Armature control is superior to field control scheme in case of a dc shunt motor.
Explain
(ii) What are the various conditions which have to be fulfilled before a shunt dc generator
will generate rated voltage across the armature terminals?
Find the no load and full load speeds, and the speed regulation expressed as percentage of
the no load speed, for the 4 pole, 220 V, shunt motor having the following data:
Field current 5 A, armature resistance 0.04 , flux 40 mWb, 160 armature conductors, 2
circuit wave connection, full load current of 95 A, no load current of 9 A. Neglect
armature reaction

A 4 pole d.c series wound motor takes 20 A from 250 V d.c supply to run at 600 rpm
when all the four field coils are in series. If the load torque increase as the square of
speed, find the new speed and the input current when the field coils are connected in two
parallel groups of the two coils in series each. Assume that the flux is proportional to the
current and ignore losses
A 220 V shunt motor with an armature resistance of 0.5 is excited to give constant
main field. At full load the motor runs at 500 rpm and takes an armature current of 30 A.
If a resistance of 1 is placed in the armature circuit, find the speed at (i) full load to
torque (ii) double full load torque (iii) find also the starting torque

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20.
(A)

(B)

21.
(A)

Identify the various losses that occur in the d.c shunt machine.
A d.c machine is connected across a 240 V line. It rotates at 1200 rpm and is generating
230 V. The armature current is 40 A.
(i) Is the machine functioning as a generator or as a motor? (ii) Find the resistance of the
armature circuit (iii) determine the electromagnetic torque (iv) If the load is thrown off,
what will be the generated voltage and the speed of the machine, assuming that there is
negligible effect of armature reaction
A 240 V, 4 pole d.c shunt motor running at 1000 rpm gives 15 h.p with an armature
current of 50 A and a field current of 1.0 A. The armature winding is wave connected and
has 540 conductors. Its resistance is 0.1 and the drop at each brush is 1 V. Find (i)
useful torque (ii) total torque (iii) useful flux per pole (iv) rotational losses (v) efficiency
A fan has the following speed/load characteristics:
Speed, rpm
Input, h.p

700
2.9

800
3.9

900
5.2

1000
6.7

1100
8.6

It is coupled to a 4 pole, 230 V shunt motor having a 2 circuit armature winding with 666
conductors and a flux per pole of 0.01 Wb. The armature resistance is 0.27 and the no
load loss is 600 W. Find the operating speed of the set and the efficiency of the motor
(B)

22.
(A)

(B)

A separately excited dc motor is used as an adjustable speed drive over the speed range 0
to 2N rpm. Speed is varied from 0 to N by varying armature voltage from 0 to V at
constant flux. Speed is varied from N to 2N by varying flux with armature voltage
maintained constant at V. (i) Draw armature current vs speed curve for the entire speed
range for a constant load torque. (ii) Draw torque vs speed curve for the entire speed
range for a constant load torque
A retardation test on a d.c motor gave the following results: With field unexcited, the
speed fell from 1525 rpm 1475 rpm in 43 second. With field normally excited, the same
speed drop occurred in 26 second. With an average load of 1.1 kW supplied by the
armature, the same speed drop occurred in 20 second. Determine the moment of inertia of
the rotating parts at 1500 rpm, and the core loss for normal excitation at this speed
Two adjustable speed separately excited dc motors have maximum speeds of 1000 rpm
and minimum of 500 rpm. Speed adjustment is obtained by field flux controls. Motor A
drives a load torque requiring constant developed power over the speed range and motor
B drives a load requiring constant torque. All losses, armature circuit resistance drop and
armature reaction may be neglected and magnetic circuit can be assumed to be linear. If
the developed powers are
(i) equal at 1000 rpm and armature currents are each 200 A, what will be the armature
currents at 500 rpm?
(ii) equal at 500 rpm and armature currents are each 800 A, what will be the armature
currents at 1000 rpm?

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23.
(A)

(B)

24.
(A)

The Hopkinsons test on two shunt machines gave the following test results for full load:
Line voltage, 250 V; line current, excluding field currents, 50 A; motor armature current
380 A; field currents, 5 A and 4.2 A. Calculate the efficiency of each machine. Armature
resistance of each machine 0.02
A 220 V d.c shunt motor has armature and field resistance as 0.8 and 200 . During
Swinburnes test, current drawn from the supply is found to be 2.5 A. Estimate the
efficiency of the machine, (i) When it is running as a motor drawing a line current of 40
A from the 220 V supply. (ii) When it is running as a generator delivering a load current
of 40 A at 220 V.

Diagrams (a) and (b) show two ways of connecting a direct current voltage changer set.

Fig (a)
Fig (b)
If 20 kW are to applied to the low voltage network, find the rating of the machines in
each case, taking the efficiency of each machine as 87%
(B)

25.
(A)

(B)

State and explain how armature current and speed of a dc separately motor will be
affected by each of the following changes in its operating conditions:
(i) Halving armature voltage and field current with load torque remaining constant
(ii) Halving armature voltage and field current with power developed remaining constant
(iii) Doubling flux with armature voltage and load torque remaining constant
(iv) Halving both, armature voltage ad field flux, when developed power remaining
constant
(v) Halving armature voltage with flux remaining constant and load torque proportional
to speed squared
A 4 section starter, for a 500 V shunt motor with an armature resistance of 0.4 and full
load current if 80 A, is designed for an upper limit of 100 A. Calculate the percentage
speed at which the first changeover occurs (a) with normal starter (b) with the started
modified to make the initial current (i) 120 A; (ii) 80 A. Show the speed changes
graphically
A dc shunt motor has the armature resistance of 0.04 and the filed winding resistance
of 10 . Motor is coupled to an overhauling load with a torque of 400 Nm. Following
magnetization curve was measured at 600 rpm:

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Field current, A 2.5 5

7.5 10
12.5
15
17.5
20 22.5
25
Back emf, V
25
50 73.5 90
102.5 110
116
121 125
129
Motor is braked by self excited dynamic braking with a braking resistance of 1 . At
what speed, the motor will hold the load?
26.
(A)

(B)

27.
(A)

(B)

28.
(A)

(B)

29.
(A)

(B)

A 220 V, 500 A, 600 rpm separately excited motor has armature and field resistance of
0.02 and 10 respectively. The load torque is given by the expression
TL = 2000 2 N Nm, where N is the speed in rpm. Speeds below the rated are obtained by
armature voltage control and above rated are obtained by field control.
(i) Calculate motor terminal voltage and armature current when the speed is 450 rpm
(ii) Calculate field winding voltage and armature current when the speed is 750 rpm
Two shunt generators, operating in parallel, supply a total load current of 100 A. First
generator gives 250 Von no load and 230 V at a load current of 600 A. The second
generator gives 260 V on no load and 230 V at a load current of 500 A. Assuming linear
load characteristics for both generators, find the current supplied by each generator and
the common bus bar voltage
Show that a dc generator with more drooping characteristic shares less load as compared
with the other operating in parallel with it
(i) A 400 V, 80 A, 1200 rpm dc shunt motor has armature circuit resistance of 0.2 . For
obtaining regenerative braking torque of 200 Nm, find the speed at which the dc machine
must run. (ii) Repeat part (i) in case an external resistance of 0.8 is inserted in the
armature circuit
(i) Why are the compound generators, to be operated in parallel, usually over
compounded?
(ii) Explain clearly the importance of an equalizer for the satisfactory parallel operation
of compound generators
A 400 V, 750 rpm, 70 A dc shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.3 . When
running under rated conditions, the motor is to be braked by plugging with armature
current limited to 90 A. What external resistance should be inserted in series with the
armature? Calculate the plugging and total braking torques (i) at the time of plugging and
(ii) when the speed has fallen to 300 rpm. Neglect rotational losses and saturation

Find the values of five steps in a 6 stud starter for a 5 h.p, 200 V shunt motor. The
current is not to exceed twice the full load current. Full load efficiency is 88%. Armature
copper loss constitutes half the total loss. Field current is 0.6 A
The following test figures were obtained for a 250 V shunt motor.

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Full load brake test: V = 250 V, I = 21 A, N = 1490 rpm, spring balance readings, 1 =
186 N, 2 = 9.34 N. Pulley diameter 30.5 cm,
No load test: Ia = 1.24 A, If = 1.2 A; resistance of armature determined from Ia = 21 A, Va
= 15.1 V. The accuracy obtainable from each spring balance and from the tachometer is
1.5% and from each voltmeter and ammeter 1%. Determine the possible upper and lower
limits, due to instrument errors, of the figure obtainable in the calculation of efficiency (i)
by the load method and (ii) by the summation of losses method
30.
(A)

(B)

(C)

A series motor having a resistance of 1 between terminals drives a fan for which the
torque varies as the square of the speed. At 220 V the set runs at 300 rpm and takes 25 A.
The speed is to be raised to 400 rpm by increasing the voltage. Find the voltage and
current for the limiting cases when the field is (i) saturated (i.e, flux constant) (ii)
unsaturated (i.e, flux directly proportional to current)
The shunt winding of a compound motor is to limit the speed to twice the normal speed.
Calculate, in terms of the excitation at normal load and speed, the ampere turns for which
the shunt winding must be designed. At top speed, assume the motor to be unsaturated,
with a voltage drop of 2%. At normal load and speed, assume that 75% of the excitation
is needed for the air gap, and the voltage drop is 10%
Which parts of a dc machine are laminated if it is to be operated through a power
electronics converter? Name these parts and give their constructional details

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Answers to selected numerical questions

01.
01.
02.
02.
03.
03.
04.
05.
06.
06.
07.
08.
09.
10.
11.
11.
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14.

(A)
Wave connections with 147 active coils and one dummy coil
(B)
(i) With 147 active coils and 1 dummy coil (ii) 1020 rpm
(A)
(i) 0.175 (ii) Short circuit: Lowest across faulty coil (iii) Open circuit:
resistance across faulty coil = 1.4
(B)
2000
(A)
(i) 0.04 Wb (ii) 256 V (iii) 156 rpm (iv) 494 V
(B)
0.0895 Wb; 994 cm2; 559.2 V
(B)
(i) 1040; 104 turns (ii) 520; 52 turns
(B)
(i) 2778 (ii) 1390 (iii) 9
(B)
9750
(C)
Compound motor
(A)
9980 AT, 14
(B)
5.4 A wire, 7.35 m; 3.6 A wire, 4.18 m; 2.8 A wire, 2.94 m
(B)
0.108
(B)
570 rpm
(A)
0.846 for A and 0.833 for B
(B)
250 W; 500 W
(A)
(i) (x) I (y) 3I (ii) (x) I/3 (y) I
(B)
(i) 545 V (ii) 390 V (iii) about 350 rpm
(B)
(i) 110 V (ii) 81 V (iii) 25 (iv) 575 rpm (v) 37

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15.
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26.
27.
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29.
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30.
30.

(B)
(i) 8 V (ii) 2.5 V
(B)
(i) 120.4 V, 104.4 A (ii) 120.3 V, 104.6 A (iii) reduced to 71.5%
(A)
24.8 mWb
(B)
1030 rpm, 1014 rpm, 1.55%
(B)
(i) 427 rpm (ii) 317 rpm (iii) 5 full load torque
(B)
(i) 106 Nm (ii) 110 Nm (iii) 13 mWb (iv) 450 W (v) 0.915
(A)
1005 rpm, 0.87
(A)
117 kgm2, 1.46 kW
(B)
(i) 200 A, 100 A; (ii) 800 A, 1600 A
(A)
Motor: 92.04%; Generator: 92.02%
(A)
11.3 and 9.8 kW; 23 and 20 kW
(B)
(i) Ia: twice; m: same (ii) Ia: twice; m: half (iii) Ia: half; m: half (iv) Ia: twice;
m: same (v) Ia: one fourth; m: half
(A)
(a) 50%; (b) (i) 59.5% (ii) 36%
(B)
1005 rpm
(A)
(i) 164 V and 329 A (ii) 181.3 V and 181.5 A
(B)
- 42.86 A, 142.86 A, 251.43 V. The machine with - 42.86 A is working as dc
shunt motor
(B)
(i) 1290.81 rpm (ii) 1454.41 rpm
(B)
8.356 , (i) 434.30 Nm, 772.09 Nm (ii) 307.51 Nm, 645.3 Nm
(A)
1.60, 1.06, 0.70, 0.46, 0.30
(B)
(i) 84%, 76% (ii) 83.3%, 82.7%
(A)
(i) 44.3 A, 304.5 V; (ii) 33.3 A, 378.3 V
(B)
26%

End of the Assignment

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