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Question 1 A 220 V dc shunt motor with nameplate rating of 15 kW rotates at 850 rpm at the rated load. The motor draws 70 A of
Not answered armature current while driving the rated load. The armature and the shunt field resistance are 0.2 ohm and 100 ohm
Marked out of respectively. Determine the reduction in flux (phi_red, in %) in order to obtain the speed of 1650 rpm with 40 A drawn as
3.00 the armature current by keeping the supply voltage constant. Neglect the saturation.

Answer: 

The correct answer is: 46.9844

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Question 2 A 250 V, 4 pole lap connected dc shunt motor has 120 slots and each slot contains 8 conductors. The flux per pole is 0.02
Incorrect Wb and the motor takes 25 A from the supply at full load. The field and the armature resistances are 0.1 ohm, and 125
Marked out of ohm respectively. Determine the gross mechanical torque (T_gross, in N-m) developed in the dc shunt motor with the full
3.00 load. Neglect saturation and the armature reaction.

Answer: 76.3943 

The correct answer is: 70.2828

Question 3 The nameplate armature and field current rating of a 275 V dc shunt motor are 100 A and 4 A respectively. The armature
Not answered resistance is 0.5 ohm. During the starting of the DC shunt motor, if the armature current is to be limited to 120% of the
Marked out of rated armature current, determine the external resistance (R_ext_strat, in ohm) to be connected in series of the armature of
3.00 the DC shunt motor. Neglect the brush voltage drop and the armature reaction.

Answer: 

The correct answer is: 1.7917

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Question 4 When the Hopinson's test is performed on two identical and similar dc shunt machines, the following test results are
Not answered obtained
Marked out of Supply Voltage=450 V
3.00 Shunt field current of the dc machine acting as the motor=4 A
Shunt field current of the dc machine acting as the generator=4.5 A
Armature current of the generator=75 A
Current taken from the source by the armatures of the two machines connected in parallel=25 A
Armature resistance of each of the two machines=0.6 ohm

From the given data, determine the rotational loss (P_rot_hop, in W) of each of the machines.

Answer: 

The correct answer is: 937.5000

Question 5 A 300 V dc shunt generator delivers 180 A of load current at rated terminal voltage at load end. The armature resistance
Not answered and the shunt field resistance are 0.01 ohm and 100 ohm respectively. The rotational loss is 1000 W. Determine the overall
Marked out of efficiency (eta_gen, in %) of the dc shunt generator. Neglect the the armature reaction and saturation.
3.00

Answer: 

The correct answer is: 96.0258

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Question 6 A long shunt dc compound generator delivers 100 kW load at the rated terminal voltage of 440 V. The armature resistance
Correct is 0.05 ohm, the series field resistance is 0.005 ohm, and the shunt field resistance is 220 ohm. Calculate the value of the
Marked out of induced emf (Eg, in V). Neglect the brush drop and the armature reactance.
3.00

Answer: 452.6100 

The correct answer is: 452.6100

Question 7 A 350 V dc shunt motor runs at 1200 rpm while taking the source current of 30 A from the supply. Due to the increment in
Correct the load, the dc shunt motor source current is increased to 50 A and the flux is weakened by 5%. Determine the speed (Nr,
Marked out of in rpm) of the dc shunt motor. The armature and the field resistances are 0.5 ohm and 350 ohm. Neglect the saturation.
3.00

Answer: 1225.5079 

The correct answer is: 1225.5079

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Question 8
A 600 V DC shunt motor takes 5 A of source current at no-load. Its armature resistance is 0.5 ohm (including brushes) and
Partially correct
shunt field resistance is 300 ohms. At full load the motor takes a current of 50 A from the supply and has a speed of 950
Marked out of
RPM. Find
21.00

(i) Constant Losses (P_const, in W). 2995.5  [3]

25.8525
(ii) Full load shaft power output (Pout_fl, in kW). 27.6480  [3]

(iii) Overall efficiency (eff, in %) at full load. 86.1750  [3]

(iv) Percentage change in speed (N_pert, in %) from no-load to full load. 3.9063  [3] 3.7594

(v) The speed of the motor (N_mot, in RPM) when it draws 22 A form the supply mains. 936.5079  [3] 973.0903

(vi) The armature current (Ia, in A) for an electromagnetic torque of 99.0 N-m. 17.0987  [3]

The motor is now connected to a constant torque load while rotating at 977 RPM and draws a current of 22 A from the
supply. Find

(vii) The back EMF (Eb, in V), if an additional resistance of 300 ohms is inserted in the field winding. 37.6456

 [3]
580

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Question 9 A 350 V, 9 kW, 1800 rpm dc shunt motor has full load efficiency 85%. The armature and the field resistances are 0.3 ohm
Incorrect and 175 ohm respectively. Now the speed of the motor is reduced to 900 rpm by inserting an extra resistance in series
Marked out of with the armature circuit. Determine the value of the extra resistance (R_ext, in ohm) which is to be connected in series
3.00 with the armature. Consider that the torque remains constant throughout the whole operation. Neglect the saturation and
the armature reaction.

Answer: 6.1326 

The correct answer is: 6.0442

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