DC MACHINES - ASSIGNMENT #2 IN EE 21

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Copy the problem and write your solution in a long size newsprint.
2. Show your solution clearly and box your final answer with mark ANS.
3. Submit your assignment not later than 12:00 noon of November 6, 2024. 4. Prepare
for a quiz on November 7, Thursday, during our class hours.

1. The armature of a 230 V shunt motor has a resistance of 0.15 ohm. If the armature
current is not to exceed 80 A and brush drop is 1 volt per brush during starting, the
resistance in ohms to be inserted in series with the armature
is
A. 2.8
B. 2.7
C. 2.6
D. 3.1

2. A 4 pole, dc motor has a wave wound armature with 65 slots each containing 6
conductors. The flux per pole is 20 mWb and the armature has a resistance of 0.15
ohm. Calculate the motor speed in rpm when the machine is operating from a 250V
supply and taking an armature current of 60 A.
A. 926.9
B. 957.9
C. 826.9
D. 857.9

3. A 6 pole, lap wound shunt motor takes 300 A when the speed is 450 rpm. The flux
per pole is 0.06 Wb and the armature has 864 turns. Neglecting the field current,
determine the output hp of the motor if the constant losses (spl) are 4 percent of the
power developed by the armature.
A. 300
B. 250
C.150
D.125

4. The armature of a 4 pole dc shunt motor has a simplex lap connected armature
winding with 740 conductors. The no-load flux per pole is 30 mWb. If the armature
current is 40 A and the effect of armature reaction at this current is to reduce the air
gap flux by 4 percent, determine the torque developed in N-m.
A. 125.76
B. 115.67
C.135.67
D.145.76

5. Find the torque in N-m exerted by a 4 pole motor whose armature has 1,200
conductors connected up in a 4 circuit winding. The armature current is 20 A and the
flux per pole is 0.02 Wb.
A. 87.2
B. 38.5
C. 43.7
D. 76.4

6. A 220 V, shunt motor is taking 35 A. Armature and shunt field resistances are 0.2
ohm and 100 ohms, respectively. Iron and friction and windage losses(spl) amount to
500 watts. Its electrical and mechanical efficiencies are % and _%, respectively.
A. 90.9, 92.8
B. 90.9, 93.5
C. 92.8, 90.9
D. 93.5, 90.9

7. A cutting tool exerts a tangential force of 350 N on an steel bar 8 cm in diameter

which is being turned by a lathe machine. The lathe.is driven at 840 rpm by a 230 V
dc motor which runs at 1,800 rpm. Calculate the current in amperes taken by the
motor if its efficiency is 85 percent.
A.15
B. 10
C. 8.3
D. 6.3

8. A 5 hp, 230 V, 1,500 rpm shunt wound motor has armature resistance including
brushes of 0.175 ohm, shunt field resistance of 610 ohms and stray power losses of
305 watts. Find the full load current in amperes.
A. 16.78
B. 17.78
C.15.78
D.18.78

9. A 400 V, series motor has a total resistance of 0.25 ohm. When running at 1,200
rpm, it draws a current of 25 A. When a regulating resistance of 2.75 ohms is inserted
in the armature circuit, it draws a current of 15 A and the flux is reduced to 70 percent
of its initial value. Find the new speed in rpm.
A.1,295.6
B. 1,245.6
C. 1,445.6.
D.1,545.6

10. A shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.1 ohm. It takes 120 A from a 230 V
source and runs at 800 rpm. If the total torque developed is constant, calculate the
speed in rpm if the magnetic field is reduced to 60 percent of the initial value.
A. 1,120
B. 1,284
C. 986
D. 768

11. A 460 V, long shunt compound motor has armature and series field resistances of
0.2ohm and 0.1 ohm, respectively. It runs at 550 rpm when unloaded and taking an
armature current of 5 A. Calculate the speed in rpm at which it will run when taking
an armature current of 100 A, assuming the series field increases the flux.by 10
percent.
A. 458.9
B. 468.9
C. 448.9
D. 478.9

12. A 250 V, dc series motor has an armature and series field resistances of 0.2 ohm
and 0.1 ohm, respectively. It takes a current of 35 A when running at 700 rpm.
Calculate the current taken from the source if the field is shunted by a resistance of
0.1 ohm and the load torque is increased by 30 percent. A. 56.43 A
B. 46.34 A
C. 65.43 A
D. 64.34 A
13. A 10 Hp, 460 V shunt wound runs at 1,000 rpm on full load torque. The full load
efficiency is 87 percent and the armature and shunt field resistances are 1.1 ohms and
500 ohms, respectively. Calculate the additional resistance required in the armature
circuit to give a speed of 700 rpm when the current taken from the supply is half of
full load current.
A. 14.95 ohms
B. 16.95 ohms
C.15.59 ohms
D. 17.95 ohms

14. A motor runs on a 5 minute duty cycle having 20 kW load for half the time and
no-load for the rest of the time. Theoretical continuous rating of a motor suitable for
the duty is kW.
A. 20
B. 18.14
C. 14.14
D. 16.14

15. A brake mounted on a 200 hp, 450 rpm motor has a torque rating of 3,141 N-m.
The rotating part has a moment of inertia of 33 kg-m2. The stopping time of the motor
in second is
A. 0.495
B. 29.7
C. 0.078
D. 0.275

16. A 4 pole dc generator has an armature winding connected simplex wave

progressive and with 30 conductors. Determine the commutator pitch.
A. 8
B.10
C.7
D. 9

17. A 4 pole dc generator has an armature winding connected simplex lap progressive
and with 40 conductors. The back pitch is and the front pitch is_
A. 9,11
B.11, 9
C.13,11
D.11,13

18. A 4 pole dc generator has an armature winding connected simplex wave

retrogressive and with 30 conductors. Determine the back and front pitches.
A. 9,7
B. 7,7
C.6,8
D. 9,9

19. A 4 pole, wave wound dc generator has 684 armature conductors in 57 slots and
the commutator has 171 segments. Calculate the tums per coil and the coils per slot.
A. 4, 1
B. 2, 1
C. 3,1
D. 2,3

20. For a 4 pole, 2 layer, dc lap armature winding with 20 slots and one conductor per
layer, the number of commutator bars is
A. 80
B. 60
C. 40
D. 20

21. A 4 pole dc generator runs at 750 rpm and generates an emf of 240 V. The
simplex wave wound armature has 792 conductors. If the total flux per pole is
0.01333 Wb, what is the leakage coefficient?
A. 1.1
B. 1.2
C.1.3
D.1.25

22. The output power of a shunt generator is 100 kW at a terminal voltage of 250 V.
Determine the generated emf if armature and shunt field circuit resistances are 0.02
ohm and 100 ohms, respectively. A. 265
B. 262
C. 268
D. 258

23. A 25 kW, 125 V, separately-excited generator runs at 1,200 rpm. What will be the
current when the speed is reduced to 1,000 rpm? Armature resistance is 0.05 ohm and
the field current is constant. A. 180.75 A
B.192.45A
C.166.67 A
D. 205.84 A

24. A 10 kW, long shunt compound generator has armature, series field and shunt
field resistances of 0.19, 0.01 and 125 ohms, respectively. The contact drop per brush
at full load is 1 V. Determine the generated emf in volts at full load if full load voltage
is 250 V.
A. 260.4
B. 265.5
C. 258.6
D. 262.3

25. A short shunt compound generator is supplying a load of 11 kW at 220 V.The

armature, shunt field and series field resistances are 0.2, 100 and 0.25 ohms,
respectively. Determine the generated emf in volts.
A. 238
B. 243
C. 240
D. 255

26. A 4 pole, simplex lap wound shunt generator has effective flux of 0.07 Wb per
pole. The armature winding consists of 220 turns each of 0.004 ohm resistance.
Calculate the terminal voltage when running at 900 rpm and armature current is 50 A.
A. 459.25V
B. 450.25V
C. 440.25 V
D. 439.25 V

27. A dc generator connected long shunt is running at 1,000 rpm and supplies 20 kW
to a load at 240 V. The efficiency of the generator at this load is 88 percent. If the
armature, shunt field and series field resistances are 0.05, 120 and 0.04 ohms,
respectively, determine the torque exerted by the prime móver in N-m.
A. 209
B. 217
C.219
D. 229

28. A 400 V shunt generator has a full load current at 200 A. Its armature and shunt
field resistances are 0.06 and 100 ohms, respectively. The stray power losses are 2
kW. Find the load current at which the generator efficiency is maximum.
A. 241 A
B. 251 A
C. 245 A
D. 255 A

29. A shunt generator supplies a load of 48 kW at 240 V. The armature and shunt
field resistances are 0.025 and 60 ohms, respectively. The iron and friction losses are
1kW. Determine the percent commercial, mechanical and electrical efficiencies under
the above conditions.
A. 94, 98, 96
B. 95, 98, 96
C. 96, 98, 97
D. 94, 97, 95
30. A shunt generator supplies a full load current of 50 A at 220 V.The shunt field
resistance is 110 ohms and stray power losses are 800 watts. Determine the armature
resistance if full load efficiency of the generator is 85 %.
A. 0.28 ohm
B. 0.18 ohm
C. 0.16 ohm
D. 0.26 ohm

31. The total iron (core) loss of a 6 pole dc generator running at 800 rpm was 550
watts. When the speed was increased to 1,100 rpm and the flux decreased by 20
percent, the total iron loss became 600 watts. Determine the hysteresis loss at 800 rpm.
A. 274 watts
B. 264 watts
C. 347 watts
D. 426 watts

32. Calculate the demagnetizing ampere turns of a 4 pole, lap wound generator with
720 conductors and armature current of 50 A if the brushes are shifted 10 mechanical
degrees from the geometric axis.
A. 200 AT/pole
B. 300 AT/pole
C. 250 AT/pole
D. 500 AT/pole

33. A 4 pole lap wound dc generator has armature current of 144 A and conductors of
480.The brushes have an actual lead of 10 mechanical degrees from the geometric
axis. Calculate the cross-magnetizing ampere turns per pole.
A. 1,680
B. 3,360
C. 2,440
D. 1,220

34. A 4 pole, wave wound shunt generator has shunt field resistance of 44 ohms,
armature conductors of 420 and delivers 200 A at 220 V. Brushes are given a lead of
4 commutator segments. Calculate the additional shunt field tums per pole to
neutralize demagnetization.
A. 174
B. 184
C.154
D.164

35. A 6 pole, wave wound dc generator has 360 conductors and armature current of
240A. If the pole arc/pole pitch ratio is 0.7, calculate the ampere turns per pole for a
compensating winding to give uniform flux density in the air gap.
A. 2,016
B.1,008
C. 5,040
D. 2,520
35. The armature of a wave wound generator runs at 600 rpm and has 338 conductors.
The brush width is such that it spans 3 segments. Find the time during which an
armature coil remains short-circuited (time of commutation).
A. 1.775 ms
B. 1.95 ms
C.1.85ms
D. 1.875 ms

36. A dc machine has a commutator of 17.75 cm diameter. If brush thickness is 2 cm

and thickness of mica insulation is 0.225 cm:and speed is 10 rps, the time of
commutation is
A. 7.12ms
B. 2.31 ms
C.3.18 ms
D. 4.81 ms

38. Two dc shunt generators operate in parallel. Generator 1 gives 250 V at no-load
and 225 V at 65 A output. Generator 2 gives 240 V at no-load and 230 V at 70 A
output. Assuming straight line external characteristics for both machines, determine
the common terminal voltage if the total current is 73 A. A. 235 V
B. 238 V
C. 232 V
D. 234 V

39. Two separately-excited dc generators are connected in parallel and supply a total
load of 200 A. The generator have armature circuit resistances of 0.05 and 0.1 ohm
and induced emfs of 425 and 440 V, respectively. Determine the common terminal
voltage in volts.
A. 433.33
B. 423.33
C. 435.45
D. 425.45