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Alternator
Review Problem
1. The no. of cycles generated in a 10 pole alternator in
one revolution is
a. 2 c. 5
b. 10 d. 20
2. Calculate the electrical displacement between adjacent
slots of a 16 pole alternator with 144 slots.
a. 30 c. 35
b. 20 d. 25
3. If the alternator winding has a fractional pitch of 5/6; the
pitch factor kp is
a. 0.833 c. 0.966
b. 0.972 d. 0.951
4. A 6-pole, 3 phase alternator has 72 slots and a coil span
of 1 to 10, what is the pitch factor?
a. 0.924 c. 0.939
b. 0.966 d. 0.985
5. Calculate the distribution factor for a 36-slot 4 pole three
phase winding.
a. 0.924 c. 0.951
b. 0.960 d. 0.975
6. The following information is given in connection with an
alternator; slots = 144; rpm = 900; turns per coil = 6; ф =
1.8 x 106; coil span = slots 1 to 16; winding is whole-
coiled 3 phase; winding connection = star. What is the
voltage generated between terminals?
a. 1,276 V c. 2,210 V
b. 635 V d. 1,100 V
7. A 4-pole alternator, on open circuit generates 200 V at
50 hz when the field current 4 A. Determine the
generated voltage at a speed of 1200 rpm and a field
current of 3 A.
a. 40 V c. 240 V
b. 60 V d. 120 V
8. Synchronous impedance test is taken on a 3-phase
generator. Under short circuit condition, the currents in
the three lines are 26.2 A, 23.7 A, and 27.4 A. What
current should be used for the test?
a. 26.2 A c. 23.7 A
b. 27.4 A d. 25.8 A
9. A generator is rated 100MW, 13.8 kV and 90% power
factor. The effective resistance to ohmic resistance is
1.5. The ohmic resistance is obtained by connecting two
terminals to a 6 V dc source. If the current is 43.8
amperes, what is the percent resistance per phase?
a. 1.5% c. 4.5%
b. 6% d. 6.9%
10. A 150 kVA, 1000 V three phase alternator has an
open circuit emf of 1000 V. When the alternator is short
circuited at the same excitation, the armature current is
460 Amperes. What is the synchronous impedance?
a. 1.26 c. 2.17
b. 2.23 d. 3.23
11. A 60 MVA, 69.3-kV, three phase synchronous
generator has a synchronous reactance of 15 ohms per
phase and negligible armature resistance. The generator
is delivering rate power at 80% power factor lagging at
rated terminal voltage to an infinite bus bar. If the
generated emf is 36 kV per phase, what is the maximum
three phase power that the generator can deliver
 a. 96MW c. 136 MW
b. 288MW d. 256MW
12. A single phase 2,400 V synchronous generator
delivers 90 A at a 80% pf. The ZS = 0.04 + j1.8 ohm.
What is the regulation in percent?
a. 4.3 c. 6.3
b. 2.1 d. 8.4
13. A 3 phase star connected alternator is rated at 200
kVA, 13.5 kV. The armature effective resistance and XS
are 0.5 ohm and 10 ohm respectively per phase.
Calculate the percent regulation at full load for pf of 0.8
leading.
a. -5.06% c. -0.61%
b. -0.45% d. -4.7%
14. A 25 kVA alternator has a total loss of 2,000 W
when it delivers rated kVA to a load at a power factor of
0.76. Calculate its percent efficiency.
a. 90.48% c. 92.32%
b. 91.58% d. 89.12%
15. A 25 kVA, 220 V, 3-phase alternator delivers rated
kVA at a pf of 0.84. The effective ac resistance between
armature winding terminals is 0.18 ohm. The field takes
9.3 A at 115 V. If friction and windage loss is 460 W and
the core loss is 610 W. Calculate the percent efficiency.
a. 87.82% c. 84.27%
b. 86.41% d. 88.33%
16. Out of the following conditions, the one which does
not have to be met by alternators working parallel is the
machine must
a. have equal rating
b. be the same terminal voltage
c. have the same phase rotation
 d. operate at the same frequency
17. Two exactly similar alternators are rated 20 MW
each. They are running in parallel. The speed load
characteristics of the driving turbines are such that the
frequency of alternator one drops uniformly from 50 Hz
on no load to 48 Hz on full load, that of the alternator two
from 50 Hz to 48.5 Hz. How will the machine share a
load of 30,000 kW?
a. 14.56 MW, 15.44 MW
b. 12.80 MW, 17.20 MW
c. 17.47 MW, 12.5 MW
d. 16.92 MW, 13.08 MW
18. Two generating units rated 250 MW and 400 MW
has speed regulation of 6% and 6.4% respectively from
no load to full load. They are operating in parallel to
share a load of 500 MW. Determine the load shared by
each unit.
a. 190 & 310 MW c. 220 & 280 MW
b. 225 & 275 MW d. 240 & 260 MW
19. A generator at no-load operates at 61.2 hz, with
slope 1 mhz/W. Load 1 = 1200 W and load 2 = 900 W.
Find the frequency before and after adding the load 2.
a. 60 & 59 hz c. 61.2 & 59.2 hz
b. 60 & 59.1 hz d. 61.3 & 59.3 hz
20. A 250 MW, 60 hz turbine generator set has a speed
regulation of 5% based on its rating. The generator
frequency decreases from 60 hz to a steady value of
59.7 hz. Determine the increase in the turbine power
output?
a. 275 MW c. 25 MW
b. 12.5 MW d. 300 MW
Prepared By:
Engr. Jeffrey P. Landicho
Power Line Review Center