209SE/8

APRIL 2016

Coventry University

Faculty of Engineering and Computing

209SE/8

Electrical Engineering
Instructions to candidates

Time allowed: 3 Hours 0 minutes

Answer: Any 5 questions

Total number of questions in this paper: 8

All questions carry equal marks

Start each question on a new page and carefully identify your answers
with the correct question number

For this examination you will be supplied with the following:

Answer Books

You must hand in this question paper at the end of the examination

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Q1.
A 230 V, 50 Hz ac power supply is connected to an inductive load with a resistance of 8 

and an inductance of 0.05 H.

(a) Calculate:

(i) The impedance of the load in polar form. (3 marks)

(ii) The magnitude and phase angle of the load current. (3 marks)

(iii) The apparent power and power factor. (3 marks)

(iv) The real power supplied to the load. (3 marks)

(v) The reactive power supplied to the load. (3 marks)

[Ans:(𝑖)17.62∠63°, (𝑖𝑖)13.05∠ − 63°, (𝑖𝑖𝑖)𝑆 = 3001.5𝑉𝐴, 𝑝𝑓 =

0.453 𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔, (𝑖𝑣)1.363𝑘𝑊, (𝑣). 674𝐾𝑉𝐴𝑅

(b) A capacitor is connected in parallel to the load to increase the power factor to unity.

(i) Determine the required capacitor value. (3 marks)

(ii) Determine the change in supply current from the uncorrected to the corrected power

factor system. (2 marks)

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: (𝑖)𝐶 = 161𝜇𝐹, (𝑖𝑖)5.92∠0°

Q2

(a) A 200V shunt DC motor has an armature resistance of 0.4 and field resistance of 200.

When the motor connects to a 200V supply, it rotates a constant load at a speed of 500

rpm, and a 25A of current flows in the armature. Calculate:

(i) Total current draws from the supply. (3 marks)

(ii) The motor back e.m.f. (2 marks)

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: (𝑖)26𝐴, (𝑖𝑖)190𝑉

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(b) Determine the new field resistance and new back emf of the motor if the motor speed

increases from 500 rpm to 700 rpm. Assume the magnetization curve is linear in the stator

pole and no saturation occurs. (15 marks)

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: (𝑖)𝑅𝑓(𝑛𝑒𝑤) = 286.5Ω, (𝑖𝑖)185.67𝑉

Q3.

(a) A balance three-phase star-connected load is supplied by a 415V, 50Hz four-wire system

and each load component consumes 12kW, 10kW and 8 kW respectively as shown in

Figure Q3(a).

IA
A
+
VA0 12kW

N IN
N
VC-240 
 10kW
+ 8kW
+ VB-120 B
IB
IC
C
Figure 3(a)

Calculate:

(i) The phase voltage. (2 marks)

(ii) Current in each supply line. (3 marks)

(iii) Current in the neutral line. (3 marks)

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: (𝑖)239𝑉, (𝑖𝑖)𝐼𝐴 = 50.08∠0°, 𝐼𝐵 = 41.74∠120°, 𝐼𝐶 = 33.39∠240°𝐴, (𝑖𝑖𝑖)𝐼𝑁 = 14.47∠30°𝐴

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(b) A symmetrical 440V, three-phase system supplies a star-connected load as shown in

Figure 3(b) with following impedances:

ZA = 50, ZB = j15, ZC = -j15.

Calculate:

(i) The line current IA, IB and IC. (3 marks)

(ii) The voltage drop across each load. (6 marks)

(iii) The potential of neutral line with respect to ground level. (3 marks)

IA
A
+
50
 VAB0
VCA-240
N IN


+ -j15 j15
+
B
IB
VBC-120 IC
C

Figure 3(b)

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: (𝑖)𝐼𝐴 = 29.33∠ − 30°, 𝐼𝐵 = 73.83∠ − 131.45°, 𝐼𝐶 = 73.83∠71.5°𝐴

(𝑖𝑖)𝑉𝑅 = 29.33∠ − 30°, 𝑉𝐿 = 1107.45∠ − 41.45°, 𝑉𝐶 = 1107.45∠ − 18.5°

(𝑖𝑖𝑖) 0 𝑉

Q4

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(a) Draw and label clearly a torque-speed curve for a typical induction motor operated at its

rated voltage and frequency. Add another two curves at reduced supply source value but

with constant V/f ratio. State your assumption. (5 marks)

Answer:

(b) Draw a fully labelled per phase equivalent circuit of the rotor of a three-phase induction

E2
motor and show that rotor current, I 2  . (3 marks)
R2
 jX 2
s

Where

E2 = Induced voltage across a rotor phase with rotor at standstill

R2 = Rotor resistance per phase

X2 = Rotor leakage reactance per phase

s = Slip

Answer:

Show the math.

(c) The per-phase parameters of the equivalent circuit for a 400 V, 33 kW, 60 Hz, three-phase,

star-connected, four-pole, 1755 rpm induction motor are:

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R1 = 0.2Ω, X1 = j0.5Ω, Xm = j20Ω, R′2 = 0.1Ω, X′2=0.2Ω.

Assume the equivalent model with magnetization reactance component nearest to the ac

source.

When the motor operates at full load at rated speed, the mechanical losses (windage and

friction) are 650W and iron losses are 300W.

Calculate:

(i) The synchronous speed. (2 marks)

(ii) The slip. (2 marks)

(iii) The input current. (2 marks)

(iv) The input power. (2 marks)

(v) The mechanical output power. (2 marks)

(vi) The efficiency of the motor. (2 marks)

𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓: (𝒊)𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝒓𝒑𝒎, (𝒊𝒊)𝟎. 𝟎𝟐𝟓, (𝒊𝒊𝒊)𝟓𝟕. 𝟑∠ − 𝟐𝟏° (𝒊𝒗)𝟑𝟔𝟗𝟏𝟖𝑾, (𝒗)𝟑𝟑𝒌𝑾, (𝒊𝑽)𝟖𝟗. 𝟒%

Q5

(a) A 2300V, 90kW, 50Hz, eight-poles, Y-connected synchronous motor has a synchronous

inductance of 6.63mH per phase and armature resistance of 1 per phase at rated power

factor of 0.85 leading. At full load, the motor efficiency is 90%. Calculate:

(i) The phase current. (3 marks)

(ii) The synchronous impedance. (2 marks)

(iii) The induced back e.m.f.. (3 marks)

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(iv) The power angle (2 marks)

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: (𝑖)29.38∠31.79°, (𝑖𝑖)1 + 𝑗2.08Ω, (iii)1336.83∠ − 2.89°, (iv) − 2.89°

(b) Draw a phasor diagram to represent all the quantities obtained from (a). Assume the

terminal voltage is the reference phase. (4 marks)

Answer:

(c) Describe two common applications of the synchronous motor. (6 marks)

Answer:Oops….you need to figure out this.

Q6

(a) A three-phase, 50Hz, 600 MVA generator has a rated terminal voltage of 22 kV (line).

The stator winding is star-connected and has a resistance of 0.014Ω/phase and a

synchronous reactance of 0.1594Ω/phase. Calculate the voltage regulation and power

angle for a load at following power factor:

(i) Unity. (8 marks)

(ii) 0.8 lagging (6 marks)

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: (𝑖) 3.7%, 11.1° , (𝑖𝑖)14.4%, 7.68°

(b) Draw the phasor diagram for both cases. (6 marks)

Answer:(i)

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Answer:(ii)

Q7

A three legs core is shown in Figure Q7 has a depth of 5 cm, and there are 200 turns of

winding on the leftmost leg. The relative permeability of the core is 1500 and independent of

flux. Assume a 4% increase in the effective area of the air gap due to fringing effects.

L R

C

Figure Q7

Calculate:

(a) The total reluctance of the core. (6 marks)

(b) The flux exists in each of the three legs of the core. (9 marks)

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(c) The flux density in each of the legs and air gap. (5 marks)

𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓: (𝒂)𝟏𝟕𝟎. 𝟐 𝒌𝑨𝒕(𝑾𝒃−𝟏 ), (𝒃)𝝓𝑳 = 𝟐𝟑𝟓𝒎𝑾𝒃, 𝝓𝑪 = 𝟏𝟓𝟔𝒎𝑾𝒃, 𝚽𝑹 = 𝟕𝟗𝒎𝑾𝒃,

(𝒄)𝑩𝑳 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟐𝟐𝑻, 𝑩𝑪 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟎𝟖𝑻, 𝑩𝑹 = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟕𝟔𝑻

Q8

(a) A three phase, 460V, 60Hz, six-pole induction motor has the following per phase

equivalent circuit parameter:

R1 = 0.2, X1 = 0.2, R2’ = 0.28, X2’ =1.055, Xm = 33.9

When the motor is connected to the three-phase, 460V, 60Hz supply, calculate:

(i) The starting torque. (5 marks)

(ii) The breakdown torque. (5 marks)

(iii) The speed when the motor drives a 1.8N.m load. Assume that near synchronous

speed, the motor torque proportional to slip and negligible mechanical loss.

(6 marks)

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: (𝑖)261.5𝑁𝑚 (𝑖𝑖)𝑠𝑏 = 0.22, 𝑇𝑏 = 571.5𝑁𝑚

(𝑖𝑖𝑖) 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑, 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑝 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝑁𝑟 = 1199.6𝑟𝑝𝑚

(b) Describe the dynamic braking of a three-phase induction motor using DC injection method.

(4 marks)

Answer:Oops….you need to figure out this.

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