Lesson 3

ASSESSMENT:
1. A 4 pole DC generator with duplex tap winding has 48 slots and four elements
per slot. The flux per pole is 2.5 x 106 maxwells and it runs at 1500 rpm. What
is the output voltage?
2. The armature of a 4 pole, 128 slots shunt generator is lap wound with four
conductors per slot. The flux per pole is 50 mWb. The armature and shunt field
resistances are 0.04 ohm and 50 ohms respectively. Determine the speed of
the machine when supplying 400 A at a terminal voltage of 250 V
3. A DC generator has no load output voltage of 120 V. its armature circuit
resistance is 0.95 ohm and its field coils are separately energized. If the load
is rated 2 kW at 115 V. Neglecting the effect of armature reaction, what power
could be delivered to the load?
4. The prony brade test of an elevator door drive shunt motor, the ammeter and
voltmeter measuring the input read 34 A and 220 V. The speed of the motor is
found to be 910 rpm and the balance on a 2 ft brake arm read 27.2 pounds.
The dead weight of the arm is found to be positive 2.3 pounds. Determine the
efficiency of the motor at this load.
5. A shunt motor was tested by means of a prony brake having a length arm of
3.5 feet and a dead weight of 5.7 lbs. The current drawn by the machine from
a 240 V line was 50.9 A when the scale was 24 lbs and the speed of the motor
was 1215 rpm. Calculate the rotational losses of the motor. The armature and
shunt field resistances of the machine are 0.25 ohms and 120 ohms,
respectively.