Suggestion

Basic Electrical Engineering

TekVisent / B.TECH / SEM-1 [ES-EE 101]
Contact : 7980234970

t
en
t
1. Define voltage regulation of a transformer.

en
2. Deduce the equation for torque developed by a D.C. Shunt motor.

is
3. (a) Demonstrate the basic principle of Buck-Boost converter.

is
(b) Explain the operation of basic Buck converter with proper diagram.

kV
(c) Explain the operating principle of dc boost converter with appropriate diagrams.
kV
4. Explain the operating principle of dc buck boost converter.
5. ‘‘A three phase induction motor is self-starting ’’ why ?

Te
6. Prove that the efficiency of a transformer is maximum when iron loss = copper loss.
Te

7. What do you understand by the statement : Regulation of a transformer is 6%?

8. Deduce the emf equation of a d.c. machine. or Deduce the emf D.C. generator?
9. Sketch the equivalent circuit of a single-phase transformer referred to the primary. Also draw the phasor diagram for a
lagging p.f. load.
10. Explain with suitable diagram a method of controlling speed of an induction motor.
11. (a) What do you mean by back e.m.f.?
(b) Obtain the relation between the slip and the frequency of the rotor induced e.m.f.?

nt
12. (a) Discuss different methods of starting of a three-phase induction motor.
t

(b) Explain the supply frequency control method of speed control of 3-phase induction motor.
en

(c) Explain how a rotating magnetic field is produced in a three-phase induction motor.
13. Explain what will happen to transformer if we give DC supply to it.
14. What do you mean by back e.m.f.? Explain the principle of production of torque in a dc motor.
is

is e
15. Derive the expression for rise of current in a R-L circuit when it is connected to a dc voltage source. What is the significance
kV

of time constant in this circuit?

16. Derive the relation between phase and line voltages for star connected load across a three phase balanced system. Draw
necessary circuit and phasor diagram.
Te

17. (a) Derive the expression of torque for a dc motor.

t
(b) Explain the principle of production of torque in a dc motor.
18. Drive an expression for the torque-slip characteristic of a three phase induction motor.
en
19. Derive an expression for resonant frequency in a parallel circuit, one branch containing a coil of inductance L and
kV
resistance R and the other branch of capacitance C.
is
20. Draw the speed torque characteristics of d.c series motor and explain.
kV

21. What is meant by hysteresis in a magnetic circuit ? What is the significance of B-H curve ?
22. What is an autotransformer? State its merits and demerits over a two winding transformer.
23. What do you mean by rms value & peak factor.
Te

24. What is meant by the term ‘resonance’ in a series RLC circuit ?

25. What do you understand by a three phase balanced ac system? Show that in a three phase balanced ac circuit, the current
Te

in the neutral is zero. What are the advantages of three phase system over single phase system?
26. Explain the principle of operation of single phase induction motor.
27. Explain the operation of half bridge voltage source inverter.
28. Explain (a) Star-delta conversion, (b) delta-star conversion with the help of a purely resistive circuit.
29. Explain what are meant by phase and phase difference of sinusoidal waves.
30. (a) Explain why power loss in a pure inductance/pure capacitance is equal to zero in an a.c. circuit.
(b) Explain with relivant diagram the method of speed control of a separately excited DC motor.
t

31. (a) Explain the principle of operation of buck dc-dc converter.

en

(b) Define power factor. Explain how a capacitor can improve the power factor in an R-L circuit.
t
en

32. (a) Explain with the help of a diagram phenomenon of resonance in series R-L-C circuit. Derive the expression for
is

resonant frequency.
(b) What do you understand by bandwidth in series R-L-C circuit? A series resonant circuit has an impedance of 500 
is

kV

at resonant frequency and cut off frequencies are 10 kHz and 100 kHz.
kV

Determine (i) resonant frequency (ii) value of R, L and C (iii) quality factor at resonant frequency and (iv) power factor
of the circuit at resonant frequency.
Te

33. Write the expression for efficiency of a transformer and develop the condition for maximum efficiency.
Te

34. Write short notes on

i) MCB ii) UPS iii) Auto-transformer

www.facebook.com/tekvisent 1_Basic Electrical Engg.

 iv) Earthing. v) Eddy current loss vi) ELCB
vii) Three phase voltage source inverter viii) Method of power factor improvement
35. (a) Using superposition theorem find the current in 20  resistor in Fig.

t
en
t
en

is
is

kV
kV

Te
(b) Prove that under maximum power transfer condition the power transfer efficiency of the circuit is only 50%. Obtain the
Te

value of RL in Fig. for which power transfer across RL is maximum.

nt
t
en
is

is e
kV

36. State and explain Thevenin’s theorem.

Te

37. State & prove Maximum Power Transfer Theorem for D.C. networks.

t
38. Write down the dimensions and units of the following :
(i) Energy, (ii) Work, (iii) Charge, (iv) Inductance, (v) Capacitance
en
kV

39. Define
is
(a) Linear circuit , (b) Non-linear circuit, (c) Bilateral circuit,
(d) Unilateral circuit (e) Network
kV

40. (a) Define power factor of an a.c. circuit. State the major disadvantages of poor power factor.
(b) State the disadvantages associated with having a load power factor.
41. Prove that the current in a purely resistive circuit is in phase with applied A.C. voltage and current in a purely capacitive
Te

circuit leads applied voltage by 90° and also draw their waveforms.
42. Establish the equivalence between Thevenin's and Norton's theorems.
Te

43. Draw and explain the phasor diagram of a single phase transformer under lagging power factor.
44. Deduce the expression of frequency in a series RLC circuit at resonance.
45. Derive an expression for the resonant frequency of a parallel circuit, one branch consisting of a coil of inductance L and a
resistance R and the other branch of capacitance C.
46. (a) Derive a mathematical expression for r.m.s. value of a sinusoidal voltage v  Vm sin t .
(b) A series circuit consisting of a non-inductive resistor of R  & a pure inductance of L Henry connected across a DC
t

voltage some of V volts through a switch S. Derive the equation of the current in the circuit at any instant ‘t’ after closing the
en

switch.
t

47. (a) In the circuit shown in Fig. determine the currents in all the resistors using loop analysis method.
en

is
is

kV
kV

Te
Te

2_Basic Electrical Engg. www.facebook.com/tekvisent

 (b) State and explain superposition theorem. Determine the current in Rl in the network shown in Fig. using superposi-
tion theorem. Given that RL  2 .

t
en
t
en

is
is

kV
kV

Te
48. A buck converter has an input voltage of 400 V and resistive load of 10  . If the duty cycle is 30% and switching frequency
Te

is 1 kHz determine the average output voltage and current. Also determine the rms output voltage and current.
49. A network of resistances is formed as shown in Figure 1. Compute the resistance between the points A and B.
A

9 6 1

nt
4 D 3
t
en

B C
1
Figure 1
is

is e
kV

50. (a) A 3 phase, 6 pole, 50Hz Induction Motor has a slip of 1% at no load and 3% at full load. Calculate Synchronous speed.
(b) A 3 phase 50 Hz induction motor has a full load speed of 1440 rpm. Calculate :
(i) Slip (ii) No. of poles (iii) frequency of induced emf of rotor
Te

(iv) Speed of rotor field with respect to rotor structure (v) Speed of rotor field with respect to stator field
51. A-4-pole 500 shunt motor has 720 wave connected conductors on its armature. The full load armature current is 60A and

t
en
the flux per pole is 0.3 w.b. Armature resistance is 0.2  . Calculate the full load speed of the motor to maintain rated terminal
voltage at full load.
kV
52. An inductive coil takes 100 A of current at a power factor of 0.8 lag when connected to as 400 V ac supply. Calculate the
is
value of the capacitor that is required to be connected in parallel with the coil to make the overall power factor unity.
kV

53. A 220 Volt separately excited DC machine has an armature resistance of 0.4 . If the load current is 20 find the inuduced
emf when the machine operates. i) as a motor and ii) as a generator.
54. A- 4 Pole shunt generator supplies 80A at a terminal voltage of 400V . If armature resistance is 0.04 ohm and shuntield
Te

resistance is 80 ohm, find generator emf. Take voltage drop per brush as I volt.
55. For the balanced 3 phase circuit shown below, find
Te

(a) Phase voltage

(b) Line current
(c) Power factor
(d) Total power consumed if the line voltage 440 volts.
56. A 220/110V transformer is having no load current of 0.9A at 0.12p.f (lag) and a secondary current of 95 Aat 0.27 p.f. (lag).
Find its primary current.
57. A kVA transformer has 500 turns in the primary and 100 turns in the secondary. The primary and secondary resistances
are 0.4  and 0.02  respectively and corresponding leakage reactance are 1.5  and 0.04  respectively. The supply voltage is
t

6600 volt. Calculate,

en
t

i) Equivalent impedance referred to the primary

en

ii) Equivalent impedance referred to the secondary

is

iii) The voltage regulartion at power of 0.8 lagging.

is

58. A 3-phase induction motor is self-starting motor. In spite of that why we use various starters to start the 3-phase induction
kV

motor ?
kV

59. (a) A 24 kW single phase 50 Hz motor takes 75 A from a 400 V supply. Calculate the reactive and apparent power of the
motor.
Te

(b) A coil having a resistance of 5  and inductance of 0.1 H is connected in series with a 50 F capacitor. A sinusoidal
Te

voltage of 200 V is applied to the circuit. At what frequency the current in the circuit will be maximum? Calculate this current &
voltage across the capacitor at this frequency.

www.facebook.com/tekvisent 3_Basic Electrical Engg.

60. A-4 pole , 240V.D.C shunt motor has armature and shunt field resistance of 0.24  and 240  respectively. It takes 20 A at
240V while running at a spped of 1000 r.p.m.
61. A 4 pole, 3ph, 275 kW, 440 V, 50 Hz induction motor is running with the slip of 4%. Find
(i) Synchronous speed
(ii) Rotor speed

t
(iii) Frequency of the rotor induced emf.

en
62. Three equal impedances (4 + 12)are connected in star across a 400 V, 3-  supply. Calculate

t
(i) line current,

en

is
(ii) power factor,
(iii) active and reactive power drawn by the total load.
is

kV
63. A 40 KVA transformer with a voltage ratio of 2000/250 Volts has a primary resistance 1.15 Ohms and a secondary
resistanceof 0.0155 Ohms. Calculate :
kV
i) The total resistance referred to primary

Te
ii) The total resistance drop of full- load
Te

iii) The total copper loss on full load

64. A 4-pole, 3-phase, 275 kW, 440 V, 50 Hz induction motor is running with a slip of 4%.
Find (a) synchronous speed (b) rotor speed (c) frequency of rotor induced emf. Deduce all formulae used.
65. A 75 kVA transformer has 500 turns in the primary and 100 turns in the secondary. The primary and secondary resis-
tances are 0.4 and 0.02  respectively and corresponding leakage reactances are 1.5 and 0.045  respectively. The supply
voltage is 6600 volt. Calculate,
(i) equivalent impedance referred to the primary

nt
(ii) equivalent impedance referred to the secondary
t

(iii) the voltage regulation at power of 0.8 lagging.

en

66. A 2200/250 volt transformer has primary resistance and reactance of 5 and 6.2 respectively. The secondary resistance
and reactance values are 0.03 and 0.06 . Calculate,
is

(i) equivalent resistance referred to primary side

is e
(ii) equivalent resistance referred to secondary side
kV

(iii) equivalent reactance referred to primary side

(iv) equivalent reactance referred to secondary side.
Te

67. A 75 kVA transformer has 500 turnsprimary and 100 turns secondary. The primary and secondary resistances are 0.4

ohms and0.02 ohms respectively and the corresponding leakage reactances are 1.5 ohms and 0.45 ohms respectively.

t
The supply voltage is 2200 volts. Calculate.
a) The equivalent impedance referred to the primary en
kV

b) The voltage regulation at power factor of 0.8 lagging.

is
68. A three-phase 230 V load has a power factor 0.7. Two wattmeters are used to measure power which shows the input to be
kV

10 kW. Find the reading of each wattmeter.

69. 6-pole, 50 Hz induction motor has no-load speed 980 rpm and full-load speed 960 rpm. Calculate :
(i) synchronous speed 1000 rpm
Te

(ii) no-load slip 2%

(iii) full-load slip 4%
Te

(iv) frequency of rotor at full-load. 200Hz

70. A-4-pole 220 V, DC shunt motor has armature and shunt field resistances at 0.2  and 220  respectively. It takes 20 A at
220V from a source while running at a speed of 1000 r.p.m find.
i) field current ii) armature current iii) back e.m.f iv) torquedevelo
71. The no-load speed of an induction motor is 1500 rpm. When it is connected across a voltage source of frequency 50 cycles/
sec, the motor speed is 1200 rpm at full load. Determine.
(i) the number of poles
t

(ii) slip
en

(iii) rotor frequency

t
en

(iv) speed of the rotor field with respect to the rotor

is

(v) rotor speed with respect to the stator

(vi) the speed of the rotor field in the air gap with respect to the stator field.
is

kV

72. The open circuit & short circuit tests on a 4 kVA, 200/ 400V, 50 Hz, single phase transformer gave the following results :
kV

OC test on the LV side : 200 V, 1A, 100 W

SC test with the LV side opened : 15 V, 10 A, 85 W ;
Te

(i) Determine the parameters of the equivalent circuit.

Te

(ii) Draw the equivalent circuit referred to the LV side.

73. A 20 kVA transformer has 400 turns on the primary and 40 turns on the secondary winding. The primary is connected to

4_Basic Electrical Engg. www.facebook.com/tekvisent

 400 volts. 50 Hz supply. Find the full load primary and secondary current, secondary e.m.f and the maximum flux in the core.
Neglect leakage drop and no load current.
74. (a) A coil of resistance of 30  and inductance 320 mH is connected in parallel to a circuit consisting of a 75  resistor in
series with 150 F capacitor. The circuit is connected to a 200 V, 50 Hz supply. Determine the supply current and circuit power
factor.

t
(b) At t = 0, the instantaneous value of 50 Hz sinusoidal current is 5A and increase in magnitude further. Its rms value is

en
t
10A.

en
(i) Write the expression of its instantaneous value.

is
(ii) Find the current at F = 0.01 F and t = 0.015 s

is

kV
(iii) Sketch the waveforms indicating these values.
75. (a) A 15 KVA, 1100/ 110V, 50 Hz single phase transformer has the following test results:
kV
Open circuit test LV side: 110 V, 0.8 A, 90 W

Te
Short circuit test HV side: 70 V, 12 A, 100 W
Determine the following
Te

(i) core loss of the transformer.

(ii) equivalent resistance & leakage reactance referred to the HV side.
(iii) equivalent resistance and the leakage reactance referred to the LV side.
(iv) rgulation of transformer at full load and half load of 0.8 pf lagging.
(v) efficiency of the transformer at full load and half load at 0.8 pf lagging.
(b) Draw the connection and phasor diagram at the following two types of three phase transformers. Yy6 & Yd1

nt
74. Find VAB from the circuit if all the resistances are of same value of 1 ohm.
t
en
is

is e
kV
Te

F 76. Find the average and rms voltage of the voltage wavform shown. What is the power dissipation across a 9  resistor.
Supplied with voltage.

t
en
kV
is
kV
Te

75. For the a.c. network shown below determine the impedance of the load which will dissipate maximum power, and
determine the maximum power.
Te

(6+j8)
Z1

(0+j6) Z2 Z L Load
(12+j0)V ~

76. E = 150 sin 314t is applied to a device which offers a resistance of 20W to the flow of current in one direction while
t

preventing the flow of current in opposite direction. Calculate the r.m.s, average value and form factor for the current over
en
t

one cycle.
en

77. Find the current in each branch of the network using Kirchhoff's law.
is
is

kV
kV

Te
Te

www.facebook.com/tekvisent 5_Basic Electrical Engg.

78. (a) Find the Thevenin equivalent of the circuit across a  b, shown in the figure below:

t
en
t
en
(b) Determine the Norton equivalent of the circuit shown below :

is
is

kV
kV

Te
Te

78. Find the average and rms value of the waveform shown in Fig.

nt
t
en

79. A circuit takes a current of 3 A at a power factor of 0.8 lagging when connected to be 115 V, 50 Hz supply. Another one
is

circuit takes a current of 5A at a power factor of 0.707 leading when connected to the same supply after the first circuit is
is e
removed. If the two circuits are connected in series across a 280V 50 Hz supply calculate.
kV
Te

t
en
kV
is
kV
Te
Te

t
en
t
en

is
is

kV
kV

Te
Te

6_Basic Electrical Engg. www.facebook.com/tekvisent