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Code No: K0221

R07
(Electrical & Electronics Engineering)

Set No. 1

IV B.Tech. II Semester Regular Examinations, April, 2011

UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Time: 3 Hours Max Marks: 80

Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks ******* 1. a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of electric drive over other drives. b) Explain what you mean by "Individual drive" and" Group drive. Discuss their relative merits and demerits. [8+8] 2. a) Discuss the advantages of electric heating as compared to other heating methods. Also state the desirable properties of a heating element. b) The power required for dielectric heating of a slab of resin 150 cm2 in area and 2cm thick is 200 watts at a frequency of 30x106 Hz. The material has a relative permittivity of 5 and power factor of 0.05. Determine the voltage necessary and current flowing through the material. If the voltage is limited to 600 V, what will be the value of the frequency to obtain the same heating? [8+8] 3. a) Describe with neat sketches various methods of electric resistance welding. b) Compare DC and AC welding. [8+8] 4. a) A lamp having a uniform candle power of 200 in all directions is provided with a reflector which directs 60 % of total light uniformly on to a circular area of 10 m diameter. The lamp is hung 6 meters above the area. Calculate the illumination (i) at the center (ii) at the edge of the surface with and without the reflector. Determine also the average illumination over the area without reflector. b) Explain any one method of measuring a brightness of light source. [8+8] 5. a) Explain with connection diagram the operation of the low-pressure fluorescent lamp and state its advantages. b) Prove that in a filament lamp the diameter of the filament is directly proportional to I2/3, where I is the current flowing in the filament. [8+8]

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6. a) What are the various methods of electric braking? Explain these methods in reference to a DC series motor. b) Discuss the special features of electric traction motor. [8+8] 7. Explain the speed time curve for a main line service and derive the expression

1 1 1 3600 D Vm + = V 2 V 1 , where the symbols have their usual meaning. 2 m a

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8. a) Explain the terms dead weight, effective weight and adhesive weight in a locomotive. b) What is tractive effort of a train and what are its functions. [9+7]

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Code No: K0221

R07
(Electrical & Electronics Engineering)

Set No. 2

IV B.Tech. II Semester Regular Examinations, April, 2011

UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks ******* 1. a) Compare group drive and individual drive in industrial environment. b) What are the reasons for using load equalization in electrical drives? Explain with example a drive requiring load equalization. [8+8] 2. What are the advantages of electric heating? Give classification of various electric heating methods along with brief account of their working principles. Time: 3 Hours

3. a) What is a resistance welding? What are its limitations? b) Describe briefly the various types of arc welding processes used in industry. [8+8] 4. a) State and explain about the laws of Illumination. Derive the relation between E, Land I for a uniform diffused source. b) A small light source with intensity uniform in all directions is mounted at a height of 10 meters above a horizontal surface. Two points A and B both lie on the surface with point A directly beneath the source. How far the point B from the point A if the illumination at point B is only 1/10 as great as at point A. [8+8] 5. a) Discuss the flood lighting with suitable diagrams. b) What do you understand by discharge lamp? Explain the construction and working of high-pressure mercury lamp. 6. a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of track electrification. b) Explain the requirements of ideal traction and show which drive satisfies almost all the requirements.

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7. a) Write a short note on mechanics of train movement. b) The speed-time curve of a train consists of i). Uniform acceleration of 6 km/hr/s for 26 seconds; ii). free running for 10 minutes; iii). Uniform deceleration of 6 km/hr/s to stop the train; iv). A stop of 5 minutes. Find the distance between stations, the average, and scheduled speeds.

8. a) Describe the procedure for calculating the specific energy consumption of an electric train. b) Explain the terms i). coefficient of adhesion ii). tractive effort iii). gradient [10+6]

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Code No: K0221

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(Electrical & Electronics Engineering)

Set No. 3

IV B.Tech. II Semester Regular Examinations, April, 2011

UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Time: 3 Hours

Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks ******* 1. a) Derive an expression for the temperature rise of an electrical machine. State the assumptions made. b) A 200 V shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.6 . It takes a current of 15amps on full load and runs at 700 r.p.m. If a resistance of 0.4 is placed in the armature circuit, find the ratio of the stalling torque to the full load torque and derive the expression used. [8+8] 2. a) With a neat sketch explain the working principle of coreless type induction furnace. b) Discuss various methods of temperature control in the resistance heating.

3. a) Draw a neat sketch of a spot welding machine and describe its construction and working in detail. b) Describe with a neat sketches, various methods of electric resistance welding. [8+8] 4. a) A lamp fitted with 120 degrees angled cone reflector illuminates circular area of 200 meters in diameter. The illumination of the disc increases uniformly from 0.5- meter-candle at the edge to 2- meter-candle at the centre. Determine (i) the total light received (ii) Average illumination of the disc (iii) Average candlepower of the source. b) What is an integrating sphere? Explain its use in illumination engineering. [8+8]

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5. a) A building frontage 50 m X 15 m is to be illuminated by flood lighting projectors situated 25 m away. If the illumination is 100 lux, coefficient of utilization is 0.5, depreciation factor is 1.5, Waste light factor is 1.2, estimate the number and size of projectors. Sketch the projectors recommended indicating the usual adjustments provided. b) Explain with sketches the constructional features of a filament lamp. [8+8] 6. a) Discuss about electric traction system in India. How it is different from distribution system. b) Describe how plugging and rheostatic braking are employed with DC motors.

7. a) For a quadrilateral speed-time curve of an electric train, derive expression for the distance between stops and speed at the end of the coasting period. b) A suburban electric train has a maximum speed of 70 kmph. The scheduled speed including a station stop of 30 seconds is 45 kmph. If the acceleration is 1.5kmphps, find the value of retardation when the average distance between stops is 4 km. [8+8] 8. a) What is coefficient of adhesion? How does it affect slipping of the driving wheel of a traction unit? b) Derive an expression for the tractive effect developed by a train unit.

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Code No: K0221

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(Electrical & Electronics Engineering)

Set No.4

IV B.Tech. II Semester Regular Examinations, April, 2011

UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Time: 3 Hours Max Marks: 80

Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks ******* 1. a) Discuss the terms continuous, intermittent and variable loads with examples. b) A motor works on 2 minute load cycle constituted as follows: 0 to 15 seconds load rising from 0 to 1050 h.p.; 15 to 85 seconds constant load of 600 h.p.; 85 to 95 seconds regenerative braking with the h.p. returned falling uniformly from 200 to 0 h.p.; and 95 to 120 seconds motor is at rest. Determine the continuous rating of the motor that would be suitable for the load cycle. Assume the rating to depend upon the (i) R.M.S value of the loading (ii) Average value of the loading. [8+8] 2. a) What are the factors which decide the frequency and voltage of dielectric heating? Derive the expression for the heat produced in the dielectric material. b) Give relative advantages and disadvantages of direct and indirect electric resistance heating methods. [8+8] 3. a) Discuss the differences between carbon and metallic arc welding and give their relative merits and demerits. b) What are the important components of DC and AC welding sets and explain their functions. [8+8] 4. a) Define and explain the following terms: (i) MHCP (ii) MSCP (iii) MHSCP (iv) Solid angle b) What are polar curves? How it is useful to an illumination engineer.

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5. a) Compare a tungsten filament lamp with fluorescent lamp stating their merits and demerits. b)What are the various types of lighting schemes? Explain with relevant diagrams. [8+8]

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6. a) Briefly discuss the special design features of traction motor. b) Which system you consider the best for the suburban railways near large cities? Give reasons for your answer.

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7. a) Discuss the main features of various train services. What type of train services corresponds to trapezoidal and quadrilateral speed time curves. b) A train has a scheduled speed of 50 km/hr between two stops, which are 5 km apart. Determine the crest speed over the run, if the duration of stops is 60 sec and acceleration and retardation both are 3 km/hr/sec each. Assume simplified trapezoidal speed-time curve. [8+8] 8. a) What is specific energy consumption of a train? Discuss various factors affecting it. b) Differentiate between adhesive weight and total weight of an electric locomotive.

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