ELECTRICMACHINEIIQUESTIONBANK

PARTA
(MultipletypeQuestions)

Alternator
1. Themaximumpossiblespeedinrpmatwhichanalternatorcanbedriventogeneratevoltageat60Hz
and50Hzrespectively
i) 2000,2400
ii) 3000,3600
iii) 2400,2000
iv) 3600,3000
2. PitchFactorfor5/6shortpitchcoil
i)
0.966
ii) 0.833
iii) 1.0
iv) 3.454
3. ArmaturereactionMMFandleakagereactanceofasynchronousmachinearedeterminedby
i)
opencircuittestonly
ii) Zeropowerfactortest
iii) opencircuittest&zeropowerfactortest
iv) opencircuittestandshortcircuittest
4. Shortpitchwindingresultsin
i) Higherterminalvoltage
ii) higherefficiency
iii) Higherpowerfactor
iv) bettervoltagewaveform
5. Themaximumpossiblespeedatwhichanalternatorcanbedriventogenerate50Hzand4000Vis
i) 4000r.p.m.
ii) 3600r.p.m.

iii) 3000r.p.m.
iv) 1500r.p.m.
6. Shortpitchwindingresultsin
i) higherterminalvoltage
ii) higherefficiency
iii) higherpowerfactor
iv) bettervoltagewaveform.
7. Whatistheothernameofdistributionfactor?
i) Breadthfactor
ii) Windingfactor
iii) Pitchfactor
iv) Noneofthese

SinglePhaseInductionMotor
8. Inashadedpolemotor
i) therotorrunsfromtheshadedportiontotheunshadedportionofthepolewhilethefluxinthe
formerleadsthatinthelatter
ii) therotorrunsfromtheshadedportiontotheunshadedportionofthepolewhilethefluxinthe
formerlagsthatinthelatter
iii) therotorrunsfromtheunshadedportiontotheshadedportionofthepolewhilethefluxinthe
formerleadsthatinthelatter

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iv) therotorrunsfromtheunshadedportiontotheshadedportionofthepolewhilethefluxinthe
formerlagsthatinthelatter.

In a single phase induction motor, maximum starting torque may be obtained with auxiliary winding
connectedinserieswith
i) resistor
ii) inductor
iii) capacitor
iv) RandL
CapacitorStartandrun1Phaseinductionmotorisbasicallya
i) 1phaseinductionmotor
ii) 2phaseinductionmotor
iii) 3phaseinductionmotor
iv) shadedpolemotor
Inacomparativestudyofthetorqueslipcharacteristicsofabalancedpolyphaseinductionmotorandthat
ofasinglephaseInductionMotor,itisfoundthatwhenslipiszero,
i) thetorqueiszeroonboththecharacteristics
ii) thetorquehasanonzeropositivevalueonboththecharacteristics
iii) thetorqueiszeroontheformerandhasanonzeronegativevalueonthelatter
iv) thetorquehasanonzeropositivevalueontheformerandhasanonzeronegativevalueonthelatter
Indoublerevolvingfieldtheory,theslipoftheforwardmotorisS.thentheslipofthebackwardmotoris
i) 2S
ii) S
iii) 2S
iv) S2
Inashadedpolemotor,shadingcoilsareusedto
i) Reducewindinglosses
ii) Reducefrictionlosses
iii) Producerotatingmagniticfield
iv) Protectagainstsparking
Asinglephaseselfstartingmotorhastwostatorwindings
i) placedat180electandfedwithoutofphasevoltages.
ii) placedat90electandfedwithinphasevoltages.
iii) placedat45electandfedwithoutofphasevoltages.
iv) placedat90electandfedwithoutofphasevoltages.
Thedirectionofrotationofsinglephaseinductionmotorcanbereversedby
i) reversingtheleadsofthemainwinding
ii) reversingtheleadsoftheauxiliarywinding
iii) reversingthesupplyleads
iv) either(i)or(ii).
Acapacitorstartandcapacitorruninductionmotorissuppliedfrom
i) singlephasesupply
ii) 2phasesupply
iii) 3phasesupply
iv) noneofthese.
Theparametersx1,x2,r2oftheequivalentcircuitofsinglephaseinductionmotorcanbedeterminedfrom
i) noloadtest
ii) blockedrotortest
iii) dcstatorresistancetest
iv) noneofthese
Whichoneiscorrectforsinglephaseinductionmotor?

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Theresistanceofmainwindingishigherthanthatofauxiliarywinding
Theresistanceofauxiliarywindingishigherthanthatofmainwinding
Theresistanceofmainwindingisequaltoresistanceofauxiliarywinding
Theresistanceofmainwindingismaybeequalorhigherthanthatofauxiliarywinding

PARTB
(ShortAnswerQuestions)
SynchronousMachine
1) Whatisdistributionfactor?Whataretheadvantagesifdistributingawindinginslots?
2) Explainwhycylindricalrotoralternatorshavesmalldiameterandlargecorelength
3) Whilesalientpolealternatorshavelargediameterandsmallcorelength?

4) Brieflyexplainthestaticexcitationprocessusedinsynchronousmachinewithneatdiagram.
5) WhattypesofalternatorsareusedinThermalpowerstationsandhydelpowerstations?Drawthegeneral
phasordiagramofacylindricalrotoralternatorshowingvariousmmf,emf,flux,currents,voltage,voltage
dropsetc.developedinthemachine.

6) Describethebrushlessexcitationsystemsusedinalternators

InductionMotor
7) Analyzingequivalentcircuitofsinglephaseinductionmotorfindexpressionfor
i)Totalrotorcopperloss

ii)Mechanicalpowerdeveloped:Pm=(1s)(PgfPgb)
a. Pm=grossmechanicalpowerdeveloped
b. Pgf=airgappowerforforwardfield
c. Pgb=airgappowerforbackwardfield
8) A 230 V, 50 Hz, 1phase induction motor has the following impedances for the main and auxiliary
windings:
i. Mainwinding,Zm=2870
ii. Auxiliarywinding,Za=4245
a)Computetheinputcurrentatstarting.
b)Now a capacitor is connected in series with the auxiliary winding so thatmaximum starting
torqueisobtained.Findvalueofthiscapacitance.
9) Apurelysinglephaseinductionmotordoesnothavestartingtorquebuthasrunningtorque.Why?

10) NamethevariousmethodsofstartingsinglephaseIMandmentionwhichmodeofstartingwillprovide
highstartingaswellasrunningtorque.

11) Explaintheprincipleofoperationofcapacitorstartcapacitorruntypesinglephaseinductionmotorwith
necessarydiagramsandphasor.

12) Explain why single phase induction motor (SPIM) is extensively used although its performance figures
arenotasgoodasthethreephaseinductionmotor.Explainthedoublerevolvingfieldtheory.

13) What methods are adopted to start a single phase induction motor. Explain with the help of electrical
connection diagram and phasor diagram, the principle of operation of capacitor start and capacitor run
motor.

PARTC

(LongAnswerQuestions)
SynchronousMachine
1) Deriveequationforemfinsynchronousgenerator.
2)
Drawthephasordiagramofexcitationvoltage(Ef),terminalvoltage,fieldmmf,armaturemmf,showing
thesynchronousimpedance.Fromphasordiagramdrawthecircuitmodelofsynchronousmachine.
3)
A3phase,12pole,500rpm,starconnectedalternatorhas144slotswith8conductorsperslots.The
coils are full pitched and the flux per pole is 0.08 Wb. Determine the phase and line emfs. What will be the
phasevoltageifthecoilsareconnectedtoformabalancedtwophasewinding?
4)
Asynchronousgeneratorhas48slotsdoublelayerwinding.Eachcoilhas10turnsandisshortpitched
byanangleto36electrical.Themachinehas4polesandthefundamentalfluxperpoleis0.025Wb.Findthe
linetolineinducedemf(involts),ifthemachineishavingthreephasestarconnection.
5)
A2pole,threephasestarconnectedACgeneratorwithuniformlydistributedwindingoftotal60turns.
Ineachoftheseturnsetvolts(rms)isinduced.Calculatethephaseandlinevoltageforthefollowingtwocases:
(a)
phasespreadis120withfullpitchwinding
(b)
phasespreadis60withfourfifthoffullpitchwinding

InductionMotor

6)
Explain double revolving field theory of 1phase induction motor. From there draw the torquespeed
characteristics.
7)
Explainthecrossfieldtheoryofsinglephaseinductionmotor.
8)
Explainwhyasinglephasesinglewindinginductionmotorproducesnostartingtorque.
9)
A220v,4pole,50Hz1phaseinductionmotorgavethefollowingtestresults

BlockRotortest:110v,10amp,400watt
Noloadtest:220v,4amp,100watt
i)Findtheparameterofequivalentcircuit.NeglectR0.
ii)Considerthespeedofthemotoras1440rpm.Determinethea)linecurrentb)powerfactor.

10)
Explain how the equivalent circuit parameters of a single phase induction motor can be determined
experimentally.Statetheassumptionsyouhavemade.
11)
A230V,4Pole,50Hz,singlephaseinductionmotorhasthefollowingconstantsandlosses:r1=2.3,
r2=4.2,Xm=74,X1=3.2,X2=3.2
Coreloss=98watts.
Frictionandwindageloss=30watts.
Ifthismotorisrunningwithaslip0.05atratedvoltageandfrequency,thencomputethe(i)Statorcurrent,
(ii)pf,(iii)Poweroutput,(iv)torqueand(v)efficiencywithitsauxiliarywindingopen.

12)

A230V,2pole,50Hzsinglephaseinductionmotorhasthefollowingimpedancesatstandstill:

Main winding: r = 1.8 , x = 5.0

starting winding: r = 2.4 , x = 6.5
Determine value of the capacitor to be inserted in series with the starting winding to get maximum
torque at starting.
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A220V,4pole,50Hzsinglephaseinductionmotorhasthefollowingimpedancesatstandstill:

Main winding Zm = 30650

Auxiliary winding
Za = 40500
(a) Calculateinputcurrentatstarting
(b) Calculatevalueofthecapacitortobeconnectedinserieswiththeauxiliarywindingtoobtainmaximum
startingtorque
(c) Commentonthecomparisonofstartingcurrentandstartingtorquewithandwithouttheadditional
capacitor