BE Semester-VITH (ELECTRICAL) Question Bank

(ELECTRICAL MACHINE III )

All questions carry equal marks(10 marks)

Q.1 Explain Construction, principle of operation of auto synchronous motor.

Q.2 Explain B-H loop and demagnetization characteristics, Residual flux density, and
Coercivity for permanent magnet materials.

Q.3 Explain why is a rotating field system used in preference to a stationary field in
alternators?

Q.4 Describe the difference in construction of rotors of alternators used in hydroelectric

Q.5 A 3 phase, 50 Hz , 8 pole alternator has a star connected winding with 120 slots and
8 conductors per slot. The flux per pole is 0.05 wb, sinusoidal distributed.
Determine the phase and line voltages.

Q.6 Explain potier triangle method of determine the voltage regulation of an alternator?

Q.7 Two identical, three phase alternator operating in parallel share equally a load of
1000 KW at 6600 V and 0.8 lagging power factor. The field excitation of the first
machine is adjusted so that the armature current is 50A. at lagging power factor.
Determine (a) the armature current of the second alternator, and (b) the power factor
at which each machine operates.

Q.8 Explain two reaction theory of salient pole synchronous machine.

Q.9 What is necessity of parallel operation of alternators? State the conditions necessary
for paralleling alternators.

Q.10 Why is synchronous motor not self starting? What methods are generally used to
start the synchronous motors?

Q.11 What are the V curves of synchronous motor? What are the main characteristics of a
synchronous motor?

Q.12 State the applications of synchronous motors. Compare synchronous motor with
induction motor drives.

Q.13 What is synchronous condenser? Explain with help of phasor diagram its operation.
What re its application?

Q.14 Explain working principle, construction and applications of PMBLDC motors.

Q.16 Write short note on AC servo motor.

Q.17 Describe construction, working and applications of Hysteresis motor

Q.18 List different methods for finding voltage regulation of an alternator and
Explain any one method.
Q.19 A 3.5 MVA, 3-phase synchronous generator rated at 6.6 KV has 32 poles. Its
direct and quadrature axis synchronous reactance as measured by the slip test
are 9.6 Ω and 6 Ω respectively. Neglecting armature resistance, determine the
regulation and excitation emf needed to maintain 6.6 KV at the terminals
when supplying a load of 2.5 MW at 0.8 p.f. lagging. What maximum power
can generator supply at the rated terminal voltage, if the field becomes open
circuited
Q.20 Derive the expression for the input and output power developed by
Synchronous motor. Also derive the maximum input and output power
developed by synchronous motor.
Q.21 What is armature reaction? Explain the effect of armature reaction on the
terminal voltage of an alternator
Q.22 A 4 KVA, 3 phase, 110V, 50Hz, star connected alternator has Xd = 3 ohm
and Xq = 2 ohm. The machine is delivering full load current of 0.8 p.f lagging
at rated voltage. Find the induced emf, load angle and maximum power
output of the alternator
Q.23 Explain Axial flux PM machines and Doubly salient PM machines.
Q.24 What are the causes of harmonics in the voltage waveform of an alternator?
How can these be minimized?
Q.25 State the conditions necessary for paralleling alternators. Explain one dark
and two bright lamp methods with necessary electrical circuit diagram.
Q.26 A 3 phase star connected 1000KVA, 11000V alternator has rated current of
52.5 A. The ac resistance of the winding per phase is 0.45 ohm. The test
results are given below:
O.C. Test: field current = 12.5 A, voltage between lines = 422 V
S.C. Test : field current = 12.5A, line current = 52.5A
Determine the full load voltage regulation of the alternator for (i) 0.8 p.f
lagging and (ii) 0.8 p.f leading loads with synchronous impedance method
Q.27 Why synchronous motor is not self starting? Explain the methods of starting
of synchronous motor.
Q.28 Explain the effect of varying excitation at constant load on synchronous
Motor.
Q.29 Derive emf equation of alternator. Explain distribution factor with effect of
Harmonics.
Q.30 Explain construction , working principle and applications of Induction Generator
Q.31 Explain the two reaction theory of salient pole machine in detail with phasor
diagram
Q.32 A 3.5 MVA, 3-phase synchronous generator rated at 6.6 KV has 32 poles. Its direct
and quadrature axis synchronous reactance as measured by the slip test are 9.6 Ω
and
6 Ω respectively. Neglecting armature resistance, determine the regulation and
excitation emf needed to maintain 6.6 KV at the terminals when supplying a load of
2.5 MW at 0.8 p.f. lagging. What maximum power can generator supply at the rated
terminal voltage, if the field becomes open circuited?
Q.33 Explain the effect of varying the excitation and torque of the prime-mover of
Synchronous machine connected to infinite bus-bar.
Q.34 Explain the working of synchronous phase modifier.
Q.35 Explain single phase induction regulator.
Q.36 Calculate the r.m.s. value of the induced emf per phase of a 10-pole, 3-phase, 50
Hz, star connected alternator with 2 slots per pole per phase and 4 conductors per
slot in two layers. The coil span is 150 degree. The flux per pole has a fundamental
component of 0.12 Wb and 20% third harmonic component
Q.37 Draw the combined Space and Time Phasor Diagram of Cylindrical rotor
alternators for the following conditions (i) lagging p.f. (ii) leading p.f. and (iii) unity
p.f.
Q.38 Briefly explain the ZPF method of finding the voltage regulation of
Alternator.
Q.39 A star connected, 11 KV alternator, with synchronous impedance of 1+j10 per
phase is connected to infinite bus at rated voltage. The alternator delivers an
armature current of 100 A at unity power factor to the bus bar. With the alternator
output remaining constant, the alternator excitation is increased by 15%. Find the
new values of armature current, load angle and p.f.
Q.40 Explain coil span factor and distribution factor of an alternator.