CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

K.R. PURAM, BENGALURU-560036.

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Subject name: Electric Motors Semester: IV

Subject code: 17EE44

QUESTION BANK FOR MODULE-1

Sl. RBT
QUESTIONS COs Marks
No. Levels

1. a) Draw a neat sketch of four point starter of dc shunt motor. CO1 L1 04M
b) Explain the characteristics of dc shunt motor. List its applications. CO1 L2 05M
c) A 230 V dc shunt motor runs at 800 rpm and takes armature current of
50 A. Determine the resistance to be added to the field circuit to increase CO1 L2 06M
speed from 800 rpm to 1000 rpm at an armature current of 80 A. Assume
flux proportional to field current. Given armature resistance and field
resistance to be 0.15  and 250  respectively.

2. a) Give the symbolic representation of power flow in dc machines. CO1 L1 04M

b) Derive an expression for the torque in a dc motor. CO1 L2 05M
c) Explain the different methods of speed control of dc series motor with
CO1 L2 06M
relevant circuit diagrams.

3. a) Find the condition for maximum efficiency of a dc motor. CO1 L1 04M

b) Explain the characteristics of dc series motor. Mention its applications. CO1 L2 05M

c) Explain the operation of three point starter with a neat sketch. CO1 L2 06M

4. a) What is the necessity of starter for dc motors? CO1 L1 04M

b) Explain the different methods of controlling speed of dc shunt motor with CO1 L2 05M
relevant circuit diagrams.

c) A series motor with an unsaturated magnetic circuit and 0.5  total

resistance, when running at certain speed takes 60 A at 500 V. If the load CO1 L2 06M
torque varies as the cube of the speed, determine the resistance required to
reduce the speed by 25%.

5. a) What is the action of no-volt coil in three point starter during supply CO1 L1 04M
failure?

b) With a neat diagram, explain Ward Leonard method of speed control for CO1 L2 05M
dc shunt motor.
 c) A dc series motor of resistance 1.5  runs at 750 rpm at 220 V with a 06M
current of 20 A. Determine the speed at which it will run when connected
CO1 L2
in series with a 4.5  resistance and taking the same current.

6. a) How overload release in three point starter functions during overloading CO1 L1 04M
condition?

b) What is back EMF ? Explain its significance in dc motor. CO1 L2 05M

c) A 4 pole dc shunt motor takes 22 A from 220 V supply. The armature and
shunt field winding resistances are 0.5  and 100  respectively. The CO1 L2 06M
armature is lap connected with 300 conductors, if the flux/pole is 20m wb,
determine the speed and torque developed.

7. a) What are the advantages and limitations of four point starter? CO1 L1 04M
b) Explain the various losses occurring in dc motor. CO1 L2 05M

A 10 kW, 250 V dc shunt motor with an armature resistance of 0.8  and

c)
a field resistance of 275  takes 3.91 A, when running light at rated CO1 L2 06M
voltage and rated speed. Determine the machine efficiency at rated
voltage and speed as a

i. generator when delivering an output of 10 kW

ii. motor drawing an input of 10 kW.

QUESTION BANK FOR MODULE-2

Sl. RBT
QUESTIONS COs Marks
No. Levels

1. a) What are the advantages & disadvantages of Swinburne’s test? CO2 L1 04M

b) A 500 V, dc shunt motor when running on no load takes 5 A. Armature

resistance is 0.5  and shunt resistance is 250 . Determine the output in CO2 L2 05M
kW and efficiency of the motor when running on full load and taking a
current of 50 A.

c) With a neat circuit diagram, explain the procedure of conducting CO2 L2 06M
Swinburne’s test on dc motor.

2. a) What are the advantages of back to back test over other tests? CO2 L1 04M

b) A 500 V shunt motor takes 4 A on no load. The armature resistance

including that of brushes is 0.2  and the field current is 1 A. Determine CO2 L2 05M
the output and the efficiency when the input current is i) 20 A and
ii) 100 A.
CO2 L2 06M
 c) With a neat circuit diagram, explain the procedure of conducting brake
test on dc motor.

3. a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of brake test? CO2 L1 04M

b) Obtain the equation for efficiency of the machines both as generator and CO2 L2 05M
motor in field test.

c) With neat circuit diagram, explain the procedure for conducting field test CO2 L2 06M
on dc series motor.

4. a) The Hopkinson’s test on two shunt machines has following results on full CO2 L1 04M
load: Load voltage is 250 V, Current drawn from supply excluding field
current is 50 A, Motor Armature current is 380 A, generator field current
is 5 A, motor field current is 4.2 A. Find the stray losses of each machine,
given Ra to be 0.02 .

b) With a neat circuit, explain the procedure of conducting Hopkinson’s test CO2 L2 05M
on two identical shunt machines.

c) Derive the efficiency equation of the dc machines both as generator and CO2 L2 06M
motor in regenerative test.

Name & Signature of Course Instructor

[Manasa G P]