Set No.

1
II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2007
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
( Common to Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechatronics,
Metallurgy & Material Technology, Production Engineering and Automobile
Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Derive the formulas used for star to delta and Delta to star. [16]
2.
2. (a) Explain the principle behind the generation of 3-φ e.m.f and phase
sequence
(b) Three inductive coils, each with a resistance of 15 ohms and an
inductance of
0.03 H are connected
i. in star and
ii. in delta, to 3-φ 400 V, 50 Hz supply. Calculate for each of the above case
i. phase current and line current and
ii. total power absorbed. [8+8]

3. (a) A 4 pole d.c. generator has a wave wound armature with 792
conductors.
The flux/pole is 0.0121Wb. Determine the speed at which it should be run to
generate 240V on no load.
(b) A d.c. generator generates an emf of 520V. It has 2000 armature
conductors,
flux/pole of 0.013Wb, speed of 1200rpm and the armature winding has 4
parallel paths. Find the number of poles.
(c) When driven at 1000rpm with a flux/pole of 0.02Wb, a d.c. generator has
an
emf of 200V. If the speed is increased to 1100rpm and at the same time the
flux/pole is reduced to 0.019Wb/pole, what is the induced emf? [5+5+6]

4. (a) Why is the speed of a shunt motor practically constant?

(b) Draw the characteristics of shunt and series motors. [4+12]

5. (a) A 1-phase transformer working at 0.8 power factor has an efficiency of

94% at
both three forth full load and at full load of 600 KW. Determine the efficiency
at half full load.
(b) 10 KVA transformer has a turns ratio of 500/250V. The primary winding is
connected to 1500V, 50Hz, supply. Calculate
i. The secondary voltage on open circuit.
ii. Primary and secondary full load currents
iii. The maximum flux in the core. [8+8]

6. (a) How do you classify the induction motors. Give the constructional
details of
them.
(b) Define slip and give an account of the quantities which vary with slip.
[8+8]

7. (a) Explain the construction of salient pole Alternator?

(b) A 3-phase star connected alternator has an open circuit line voltage of
6599
volts. The armature resistance and synchronous reactance are 0.6 ohms and
6 ohms per phase, respectively. Find terminal voltage and voltage regulation
if load current 180A at power factor of
i. 0.9 lagging
ii. 0.8 leading. [8+8]

8. (a) Sketch and describe the construction of a moving coil ammeter and
give the
principle of operation.
(b) A moving coil instrument gives full scale deflection with 15mA and has a
resistance of 5. Calculate the resistance of the necessary components in
order that the instrument may be used as
i. a 2A - Ammeter
ii. a 100V voltmeter. [8+8]
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Set No. 2
II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2007
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
( Common to Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechatronics,
Metallurgy & Material Technology, Production Engineering and Automobile
Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain about “Dot convention” in the case of mutually coupled
circuits.
(b) Explain briefly “How you can use mutual inductance principle to the
trans-
former”. [8+8]

2. (a) Derive an expression for the instantaneous value of alternating current

in terms
of its max.value, angular velocity, and time.
(b) An alternating current is represented by the following equation
i = 100 Sin (100 π t)
How long will it take for the current to attain values of 20,30, 50, 80 and
100A?
(c) Explain the terms: frequency, cycle, and period time in connection with
a.c.
Circuits. [6+5+5]

3. (a) A four pole dc generator runs at 900rpm and is lap wound and has a
useful flux
per pole of 0.07wb. The armature windings consists of 220turns each of
0.004
ohms resistance. Calculate the terminal voltage when running at 900rpm if
the armature current is 50A.
(b) A four pole lap wound generator has 56 coils with 6 turns per coil. The
speed
is 1150 rpm. What must be the flux per pole in order to generate 265V ? How
many commutator bars are required for this generator? [10+6]

4. (a) Explain DC motor principle and its working

(b) A 250v shunt motor on no-load runs at 1000rpm and takes 5A the total
arma-
tureand shunt field resistances are 0.2 and 250 respectively calculate the
speed when loaded and taking current of 50A if armature reaction weakens
the filed by 3%. [6+10]

5. (a) Derive the EMF equation of a transformer.

(b) In no load test on a 1-phase transformer the following test data were
obtained.
i. Primary voltage 220V
ii. Secondary voltage 110 V
iii. Primary current 0.5A
iv. Power input 30Watts
v. Resistance of primary winding = 0.6
Calculate
i. turns ratio
ii. magnetizing component of no load current.
iii. working component of no load current.
iv. iron loss. [8+8]
6. Explain about Delta/Delta connection of Transformers in detail A500 -KVA,
3-
phase 50 Hgs Transformer has a voltage Ratio (line voltages) of 33/11 KV and
is Delta/Star connected. The resistances per phase are : High voltage 35, low
voltage876 and the Iron loss is 3050 W. Calculate the efficiency at full load
and
one-half of full load respectively
(a) at unity PF
(b) 0.8 PF. [16]

7. (a) What are the three voltage drops occurring in an alternator on-load?
(b) A 550 V, 55 KV A, single phase alternator has an effective resistance of
0.2
ohm. A field current of lOA produces an armature current of 200 A on short
circuit, and an emf of 450 V on open circuit. Calculate
i. The synchronous reactance;
ii. The full- load regulation with power factor 0.8 lagging. [8+8]

8. (a) Sketch and describe the construction of a moving coil ammeter and
give the
principle of operation.
(b) A moving coil instrument gives full scale deflection with 15mA and has a
resistance of 5. Calculate the resistance of the necessary components in
order that the instrument may be used as
i. a 2A - Ammeter
ii. a 100V voltmeter. [8+8]
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Set No. 3
II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2007
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
( Common to Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechatronics,
Metallurgy & Material Technology, Production Engineering and Automobile
Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Derive an expression for co-efficient of coupling.
(b) Two coils having the inductances of 0.12 milli heneries and 0.072 milli
heneries
and their mutual inductance is 1.15H. Find coupling co-efficient. [10+6]

2. (a) Define peak factor, form factor.

(b) Calculate form factor for the sinusoidal wave form. [8+8]

3. (a) With neat sketches, explain the construction and functions of the
various parts
of a d.c. machine.
(b) Calculate the emf generated by a 6 pole lap wound armature with 65
slots and
12 conductors per slot, when driven at 1000 rpm. The flux/pole is 0.02 Wb.
[10+6]

4. (a) Explain DC motor principle and its working

(b) A 250v shunt motor on no-load runs at 1000rpm and takes 5A the total
arma-
tureand shunt field resistances are 0.2 and 250 respectively calculate the
speed when loaded and taking current of 50A if armature reaction weakens
the filed by 3%. [6+10]
5. (a) On what factors the induced EMF in the transformer windings depends.
Jus-
tify the answer with appropriate derivation.
(b) A double wound 1- phase transformer is required to step down from
1900V to
240V, 50Hz . It is to have 1.5V per turn . Calculate the required number of
turns on the primary and secondary windings respectively. The peak value of
flux density is required to be not more than 1.5 wb/m2 . Calculate the
required
cross sectional area of the steel core. If the output is 10KVA . Calculate the
secondary current. [8+8]
6. (a) “An induction motor cannot run at synchronous speed”. Give reason.
(b) A 4-pole, 50Hz, 3-phase induction motor runs at 1440 rpm with a load
torque
of 200 N-M. If the stator loses are 2,200W, and the friction torque is 5 N-M.
Calculate its efficiency, and the rotor copper loss.
[8+8]

7. (a) Discuss the construction, and principle of operation of a 3-phase

synchronous
generator.
(b) A 3-phase, star-connected, round-motor synchronous generator, rated at
10
KV A, and 230 V has synchronous reactance of 1.2 ohms per phase, and an
armature resistance of 0.5 ohms per phase. Calculate the percentage voltage
regulation at full load with
i. 0.8 lagging p.f.
ii. 0.8 leading p.f. [8+8]

8. (a) Sketch and describe the construction of a moving coil ammeter and
give the
principle of operation.
(b) A moving coil instrument gives full scale deflection with 15mA and has a
resistance of 5. Calculate the resistance of the necessary components in
order that the instrument may be used as
i. a 2A - Ammeter
ii. a 100V voltmeter. [8+8]
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Set No. 4
II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2007
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
( Common to Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechatronics,
Metallurgy & Material Technology, Production Engineering and Automobile
Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Two coils having self inductances are 0.9H and 0.4H.their mutual
Inductance is
0.3H. Find the Equivalent Inductance when both are magnetized in
(a) same direction
(b) opposite direction. Derive the formula used. [6+10]

2. (a) Deduce an expression for the total power input for a balanced 3-φ load
in
terms of line voltage, line current and p.f.
(b) A balanced mesh-connected load of (8 +j6) ohms per phase is connected
to a
3-φ, 50 Hz, 230V supply system. Calculate
i. line current
ii. power factor
iii. power
iv. reactive volt ampere and
v. total volt ? ampere. [8+8]

3. (a) With neat sketches, explain the construction and functions of the
various parts
of a d.c. machine.
(b) Calculate the emf generated by a 6 pole lap wound armature with 65
slots and
12 conductors per slot, when driven at 1000 rpm. The flux/pole is 0.02 Wb.
[10+6]

4. (a) Derive an expression for the torque developed in N-m and in Kf-m in a
dc
motor.
(b) Determine the value of torque in Kg-m developed by the armature of a 6-
pole
wave-wound motor having 492 conductors, 30mwb per pole when the total
armature current is 40A. [8+8]

5. (a) In a test for the determination of the losses of a 440V, 50Hz

transformer, the
total iron losses were found to be 2500W at normal voltage and frequency.
When the applied voltage and frequency were 220V, 25Hz, the iron loss were
found to be 850W. Calculate the hysterisis and eddy current losses at normal
voltage and frequency.
(b) The following readings were obtained from OC and SC tests on 8KVA,
400/120V,
50Hz , transformer.
OC Test on LV side 120V 4A 75W
SC Test on HV side 9.5V 20A 110W
Calculate the voltage regulation and efficiency at full load 0.8 P.F lagging.
[8+8]

6. Explain about Delta/Delta connection of Transformers in detail A500 -KVA,

3-
phase 50 Hgs Transformer has a voltage Ratio (line voltages) of 33/11 KV and
is Delta/Star connected. The resistances per phase are : High voltage 35, low
voltage876 and the Iron loss is 3050 W. Calculate the efficiency at full load
and
one-half of full load respectively
(a) at unity PF
(b) 0.8 PF. [16]

7. (a) Why do we prefer field winding of an alternator as a rotating element

and
armature as a stationary element, give reasons.
(b) A 3- phase star connected alternator is rated at 1500KVA, 12KV. The
arma-
ture effective resistance and synchronous reactance are 2 Ohms and Ohms
per
phase respectively. Calculate % regulation for a load of 1200KW at 0.8 PF
lag and 0.707 PF lead. [6+10]
8. (a) Describe with the diagram the construction of a repulsion type moving
iron
instrument with particular reference to the means used for
i. deflection
ii. control
iii. damping.
(b) A moving iron voltmeter in which full scale deflection is given by 100V,
has
a coil of 10000 turns and a resistance 2000. Calculate the number of turns
required on the coil of the instrument is converted for use as an ammeter
reading 20A full scale deflection. [8+8]
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