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DC GENERATORS & DC MOTORS
By: Engr. Mark Angelo A. Oppus
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DC GENERATORS & DC MOTORS
By: Engr. Mark Angelo A. Oppus
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DC GENERATORS & DC MOTORS
By: Engr. Mark Angelo A. Oppus
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DC GENERATORS & DC MOTORS
By: Engr. Mark Angelo A. Oppus
 ACES REVIEW CENTER
DC GENERATORS & DC MOTORS
By: Engr. Mark Angelo A. Oppus
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DC GENERATORS & DC MOTORS
By: Engr. Mark Angelo A. Oppus
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DC GENERATORS & DC MOTORS
By: Engr. Mark Angelo A. Oppus
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DC GENERATORS & DC MOTORS
By: Engr. Mark Angelo A. Oppus
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DC GENERATORS & DC MOTORS
By: Engr. Mark Angelo A. Oppus
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DC GENERATORS & DC MOTORS
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Review Problems
1. A 4-pole dc machine is wound duplex lap. Find the number of parallel paths.
A.6
B. 8*
C. 10
D. 4
2. If the armature of an eight-pole machine were wound with a simplex wave winding, how many parallel
path would be there?
A. 4
B.6
C. 2*
D. 8
3. A 4-pole lap winding motor with 16 slots, 42 conductors per slot, 480v runs at 1,800 rpm. Find the flux
produced per pole.
B. 47.6 mWb
c. 35.7 mWb
A. 11.9 mWb
D. 23.8 mWb*
4. A 4-pole dc generator has a total of 600 conductors in its lap wound amature. The flux per pole is 10°6
lines. Determine the generated emf if it is driven at 2,400 rpm.
A. 230 v
B. 254 v
C. 234 v
D. 240 v*
5. A certain 110-volt shunt generator has an armature and brush resistance of 0.06 ohm at full load of 85
amperes. The resistance of the shunt field is 45 ohms, and the stray power losses are found to be 897 watts.
Calculate the full-load efficiency of the generator.
B. 91.8%
C. 86.2%
A. 92.8%
D. 85.2%*
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6. A 110 v dc motor draws an armature current of 16 A. If the armature resistance is 0.25 ohm. compute for
the back emf
A. 114 V
B. 117 V
C. 106 V*
D. 110 V
7. A motor is supplying 60 N-m of torque to its load. If the motor's shaft is turning at 1,800 rpm, what is the
mechanical power to the load in horsepower?
A. 9.2
B. 11.4
C.7.6
D. 15.2*
8. A 230 v dc shunt motor has a no-load line current of 7A and a ful-Hoad line current of 46 A. The armature
resistance is 0.05 Q and the shunt field is 75 0. Determine the motor efficiency at full-Hoad.
B. 84%*
A. 81%
C. 87%
D. 85%
9. A 240 v shunt motor delivers 50 HP at the shaft of 1,200 rpm. The motor has an efficiency of 85% at this
load. The torque loss due to friction and windage is 9% of the shaft torque. What is the motor developed
torque in N-m?
B. 314.6
C. 307.4
A. 296.8
D. 323.5*
10. A compound motor develops a torque of 271 lb-ft when it is operating at 1,200 rpm, under which
condition its armature current , is 215 amperes. What will be the developed horsepower of the motor if the
load is increased so that it slows down to 1,120 rpm in which case l, changes to 238 amperes and the total
flux increases by 8 percent?
A. 69.1*
B. 61.8
C. 65.1
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D. 67.8
11. A shunt motor with an armature resistance of 0.15 ohm is running 1,200 rpm for a load which requires
an armature current of 50A from a 230 v source. At no-oad, the amature current is 5 A. If the effect of amature
reaction has reduced the air-gap flux 2% from no-load to ful-Hoad, what is the no-load speed?
A. 1,213 rpm
B. 1,210 rpm
C. 1,208 rpm
D. 1,212 rpm*
12. A 120 v dc shunt motor has an amature resistance of 200 mQ. If the full-Hoad armature current is 75 A,
find the starting resistance needed to limit the armature starting current to 150% of the full-Hoad value.
Allow brush contact drop of 2 volts.
c. 0.849 *
B. 0.822
D. 0.862
A. 0.804
13. 6. A dc motor takes an armature current of 100 A at 230 v. The armature resistance is 0.03Ω.The total
number of lap connected armature current of 100 A at 230 v. The armature conductors is 500 and number
of poles is 4. The flux per pole is 0.03 Web. Find the speed.
905 rpm b. 906 rpm c. 907 rpm d. 908 rpm*
14. A 15 HP, 230 v 1800 rpm shunt motor has an efficiency of 90% at full load. The resistance of the field is
440 ohms. What is the full-load armature current?
54.75 A b. 51.26 A c. 53.54 A* d. 56.02 A
15. A I0-turn square coil of side 200 mm is mounted on a cylinder 200 mm in diameter. The cylinder rotates
at 1800 pm in a uniform 1.1-T field. Determine the maximum value of the voltage induced in the coil.
83V*
93V
73V
90V
16. A 400 V, 10 kW series motor drives a fan when running at 800 rpm. The motor draws 50 A from the supply.
The resistance of the armature and series field are 0.2 ohm and 0.1 ohm respectively. Determine the
electromagnetic torque developed by the motor.
A. 215 N-m
B. 220 N-m
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C. 225 N-m
D. 230 N-m*
17. A shunt motor has a rated armature current of 50 A when connected to 200 V. The rated speed is 1000
rpm and the armature resistance is 0.1 ohm. Find the speed if the total torque is reduced to 70% of that at
rated load and a 3 ohms resistance is inserted in series with the armature.
A. 474 rpm
B. 469 rpm*
C. 464 rpm
D. 460 rpm
18. A 120 volt shunt motor has an armature equivalent of 0.5 ohm and a field resistance of 60 ohms. At full
load, the motor takes 10 A and the speed is 1000 rpm. At what speed must this motor may be driven as a
generator to deliver 10 A to an external load at 120 volts?
A. 1158 rpm
B. 1086 rpm*
C. 1262 rpm
D. 1045 rpm
19.A 100 volts shunt motor is developing 6 hp while operating at an overall efficiency of 86%. The armature
and shunt field resistances are 0.06 and 50 ohms respectively. Determine stray power losses
A. 378 W*
B. 367 W
C. 392 W
D. 364 W
20. A 240 volts dc series motor develops a shaft torque of 200 N-m at 92% efficiency while running at 600
rpm. Calculate the motor current
A. 62.09 A
B. 52.36 A
C. 48.17 A
D. 56.91 A*
21. A 9.6kW, 240 volts shunt generator having an armature resistance of 0.10 ohm and shunt field resistance
of 240 ohm, delivers full load at rated voltage and 800 rpm. The machine is now run as a motor while taking
250V. What is the speed of the motor?
A. 857
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B. 827
C. 786
D. 774*
22. A linear machine has a magnetic flux density of 0.5 directed into a page, a resistance of 0.25-ohm, a bar
length of 1.0m and a battery voltage of 100 v. If the bar is loaded with a force of 25 N opposite to the direction
of motion, what is the efficiency of the machine under the circumstances?
82.5% b. 87.5%* c. 16.9% d. 90.5%
23. A dc series motor with an armature resistance of 0.1 ohm and field resistance of 0.15 ohm takes 48 A at
230 V and 720 rpm. The load of the motor is reduced so that the current is now 32 A. Find the percentage
change in torque.
46.8 b. 55.6* c. 66.7 d. 26.8
24. A 230 V, dc shunt motor having armature resistance of 0.05 ohm and field resistance of 75 ohms draws a
line current of 7 A while running light at 1120 rpm. The line current at a given load is 46 A. If the field circuit
resistance is increased to 100 ohms, determine the motor speed in rpm at the given load.
1680 b. 980 c. 1110 d. 1480*
25. Two dc shunt generators 1 and 2 are connected in parallel supplying 120 A to a common load. Generator
1 has no-load voltage of 450 V and full load voltage of 375 V at 80 A; while generator 2 has no-load voltage
of 475 V and full load voltage of 375 V at 100 A. Assuming the external characteristic curves of both machines
to be straight lines, find the current delivered by generator 2 in amperes.
49 b. 65 c. 71* d. 55
26. Two compound generators operated in parallel. If generator A has a series-field resistance of 0.0015 ohm
and is adjusted to take 30% of the line load while generator B with a series field resistance of 0.001 ohm
takes the remainder of the load, what is the current flow in the equalizer, when the load is 230 kW at 230 v?
A. 300 A
B. 100 A*
C. 400 A
D. 200 A
27. Two DC shunt generators are operating in parallel supplying a total load of 25kW. The induced emfs of
the generators are 120V and 115V, the armature resistances are 0.05 ohm and 0.04 ohm , and the shunt
field resistances are 20 and 25. Find the common operating voltage.
A. 120V
B. 115 V
C. 112V*
D. 110 V
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28. A long shunt compound motor takes a current of 42 A from a 230 V source. Armature, series field and
shunt field resistances are 0.1 ohm, 0.2 ohm and 50 ohms respectively. If the friction and windage losses
amount to 400 W, determine the over-all efficiency of the machine.
A. 82.24% C. 81.22%
B. 80.55%* D. 79.53%
29. A 400 V series motor has a field resistance of 0.2 ohm and an armature resistance of 0.1 ohm. The
motor takes 30 A of current at 1000 rpm while developing full-load torque. What is the motor speed when
this motor develops 60% of full load torque?
A. 1302.4 rpm
B. 1257.2 rpm
C. 1297.6 rpm*
D. 1135.5 rpm
30. A 50kW, 250V short shunt compound generator has the following data: Ra = 0.06ohm, Rse = 0.04ohm
and Rf = 125ohm. Calculate the the induced armature voltage at rated load when brush drop is equal to 2V.
A. 272.12 V*
B. 270V
C. 227.21 V
D. 271.22 V

Exercises:
1. A 440 V , 70 HP shunt motor has an armature of 0.185Ω and field resistance of 350Ω. The current draws by
this machine is 135 A at full load. If this machine is to deliver torque equal to 175 percent of that a full load,
what would be the resistance of its starter?c
a. 2Ω b. 1.2Ω c. 1.695Ω d. 5.6Ω
2. The armature of a dc machine having 10 poles is rotating at a speed of 10 revolutions per second. The
number of hysteresis loops formed per second is,d
a. 100 b. 10 c. 150 d. 50
3. A 4 pole, lap wound armature when driven at 600 rpm generates120 v. If the flux per pole is 25 mWb, find
the number of armature conductors.c
a. 120 b. 240 c. 480 d. 720
4. On a full load a 500-volt series motor takes 100 amperes and runs at 840 rev/min. The armature resistance
is 0.1 ohm and field resistance is 0.04 ohm. Find the speed when developing half of full load torque but with
a 0.08 ohm diverted in parallel with the field winding. Assume flux is proportional to the field current.c
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a. 640 rpm b. 1020 rpm c. 1464 rpm d. 1360 rpm
5. A 15 HP motor has a total loss of 1130 watts when operating at full-load. What is the % efficiency?d
a. 86.5 b. 87.8 c. 88.5 d. 89.5
6. A dc motor takes an armature current of 100 A at 230 v. The armature resistance is 0.03Ω. The total number
of lap connected armature current of 100 A at 230 v. The armature conductors is 500 and number of poles
is 4. The flux per pole is 0.03 Web. Find the speed.d
a. 905 rpm b. 906 rpm c. 907 rpm d. 908 rpm
7. A dc machine has 8 poles and a rated current of 100 A. How much current will flow in each path at rated
condition if the armature is simplex lap wound?b
a. 25 A b. 12.5 A c. 6.25 A d. 50 A
8. A separately excited DC generator has no-load voltage of 225 V when driven at 1600 rpm with field current
set to 15 A. Neglecting saturation, what is the generated voltage at 1400 rpm with a field current constant at
15 A?c
a. 203 b. 130 c. 197 d. 159
9. A 10-KW, 110 volts de series generator has a 2-volts brush drop, an armature resistance Rs of 0.05 Ω .
Calculate the generated emf when delivering rated current at rated speed.d
a. 110 v b. 130.25 v c. 115.56 v d. 125.64 v
10. A 220-volt dc shunt motor runs at 500 rpm with an armature current of 50 amperes and an armature
resistance of 0.1Ω. Calculate the speed if the torque is halved?c
a. 510.8 rpm b. 508.6 rpm c. 505.8 rpm d. 502.8 rpm
11. A 20-HP, 110 v dc shunt motor has an efficiency of 88% and an exciting current of 4 amperes and an
armature resistance of 0.04 ohm. What is the starting resistance required for full-load torque?a
a. 0.69Ω b. 0.96Ω c. 0.92Ω d. 0.46Ω
12. The field circuit of a 200 KW, 230 volts shunt generator is 8 A when running full-load at rated terminal
voltage. If the combined brush and armature resistance is 0.03Ω, solve for the electrical efficiency of the
generator.a
a. 88.9% b. 85.7% c. 93.5% d. 81.7%
13. The armature of a simplex-lap wound 6-pole, 440 V generator has 728 conductors and runs at 1,260 rpm.
Calculate the useful flux per pole.b
a. 14.39 mWb b. 28.78 mWb c. 57.56 mWb d. 86.34 mWb
14. A 220 v series motor has a full-load line current of 110 A. it has an armature resistance of 0.1 Ω and series
field of 0.16 Ω. Its friction and windage losses at rated voltage and speed are 1,600 watts. Find the efficiency
when the machine is used as a generator if the line current is the same in both cases.c
a. 87.3% b. 79.6 % c. 83.6% d. 81.3%
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15. An 8-pole dc machine has a simplex wave-wound armature with a current rating of 110 amperes.
Determine the current per path.c
a. 27.5 A b. 13.75 A c. 55 A d. 6.875 A
16. A 115 v dc shunt motor has an armature resistance of 200 mΩ. If the full-load armature current is 75 A,
find the starting resistance needed to limit the armature starting current to 150% of the full-load value. Allow
brush contact drop of 2 volts.d
a. 1,000 mΩ b. 100 mΩ c. 600 mΩ d. 800 mΩ
17. What electric power is required to drive a pump which must raise water 96 ft and supply 2, 600 gpm?
One gallon water weighs 8.3 lbs. Motor and pump efficiency are 90% and 80%, respectively.b
a. 46.8 KW b. 74.3 kW c. 29.5 kW d. 60.2 kW

18. A dc shunt motor draws an armature current of 98.16 A at 120 V. What is the hp output of the motor if the
armature effective resistance is 0.06 Ω?d
a. 15.8 b. 22 c. 7.5 d. 15
19. A 4 pole lap connected dc motor draws an armature current of 100 amps at 220 volts. The motor has 864
conductors and its armature resistance is 0.2Ω. Calculate the torque developed in N-m if the flux per pole is
0.05 Wb.d
a. 145 b. 390 c. 467 d. 688
20. A linear machine has a magnetic flux density of 0.5 directed into a page, a resistance of 0.25-ohm, a bar
length of 1.0m and a battery voltage of 100 v. If the bar is loaded with a force of 25 N opposite to the direction
of motion, what is the efficiency of the machine under the circumstances?b
a. 82.5% b. 87.5% c. 16.9% d. 90.5%
21. A 240 v shunt motor delivers 30 HP at the shaft at 1120 rpm. If the motor has an efficiency of 85% at this
load, calculate the total input power.b
a. 25.7 kW b. 26.3 kW c. 26.9 kW d. 25.1 kW
22. A 15 HP, 230 v 1800 rpm shunt motor has an efficiency of 90% at full load. The resistance of the field is
440 ohms. What is the full-load armature current?c
a. 54.75 A b. 51.26 A c. 53.54 A d. 56.02 A
23. A 220 v 10 HP shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.62Ω and full load current of 60 A. What is the
value of the series resistance to be added to the armature to limit the initial starting current to 150% of the
normal?c
a. 1.54 Ω b. 2.15 Ω c. 1.82 Ω d. 2.07 Ω
24. What is the voltage induced in the armature winding of a 4 pole wave wound dc machine having 728
active conductor and running at 1600 rpm? The flux per pole is 30 mWb.b
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a. 1310.4 v b. 1092 v c. 1164.8 v d. 1237.6 v
25. A motor is supplying 70 N-m of torque to its load. If the motor shaft is turning at 1500 rpm, what is the
mechanical power to the load in watts?b
a. 11467 b. 10996 c. 10681 d. 11781
26. A 500 KW, 250-V, 8-pole generator has a duplex lap winding. What is the current per armature path?d
a. 500 A b. 250 A c. 200 A d. 125 A
27. A dc shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.07 Ω. If draws 50 amperes at a terminal voltage of 120
volts. Assume other miscellaneous losses of 2%. Determine the efficiency of the motor.d
a. 98% b. 96.5% c. 97.1% d. 95.1%

28. The no load armature current of a 220-volt shunt motor is 3 amp. The no-load speed is 950 rpm and the
total resistance of the armature circuit Ra including brushes is 0.2 ohm. If the motor is loaded, the field flux
is reduced by 15%, and when a resistance of 2 ohms is inserted in the armature, the speed is then 609 rpm.
What is the total electromagnetic torque in lb-ft?d
a. 60 b. 58 c. 55 d. 63
29. A 220 v dc shunt motor draws 4 A line current on no-load while running at 700 rpm. The field and
armature circuit resistances are 100 and 0.60 ohm, respectively. On load the motor takes 8 KW from the
source. For this load, what is the developed torque (N-m) of the motor?a
a. 103 b. 107 c. 105 d. 101
30. A separately excited DC generator has no-load terminal voltage of 230 V when driven at 1200 rpm with
field current set to 10 A. Neglecting saturation, find the speed in rpm so that generated voltage is 200 v with
the field current constant at 10 A.b
a. 1022 b. 1043 c. 1090 d. 1067
31. How many parallel paths there will be in the armature of a 10-pole machine if the armature is simplex
lap wound?d
a. 4 b. 12 c. 8 d. 10
32. When a generator is being driven at 1200 rpm, the generated emf is 230 v. What is the generated emf if
the field flux is decreased by 10% with the speed remains unchanged.b
a. 205 v b. 207 v c. 200 v d. 203 v
33. A 240 v shunt motor delivers 50 HP at the shaft of 1200 rpm. The motor has an efficiency of 85% at this
load. The torque loss due to friction and windage is 9% of the shaft torque. What is the motor developed
torque in N – m?d
a. 296.8 b. 314.6 c. 307.4 d. 323.5
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34. A 230 v dc shunt motor has a no-load line current of 7A and a full-load line current of 46 A. The armature
resistance is 0.05Ω and the shunt field is 75Ω. Determine the motor efficiency at full-load.b
a. 81% b. 84% c. 87% d. 85%
35. A 120 v dc motor draws 255 A from the supply at a distance of 350 m using two copper conductors of
diameter 0.5 inch and resistivity 10.4 ohm-cmil/ft. Find the voltage of the supply.d
a. 126 v b. 133 v c. 138 v d. 142 v
36. Find the horse power rating of a motor running at 1500 rpm and developing a torque of 105 lb-ft.c
a. 22 b. 28 c. 30 d. 36

37. A 230 V, dc series motor takes 110 A from a 230 V supply. The armature resistance including brushes is
0.16 ohm, field resistance is 0.1 ohm and stray power losses are 1600 watts. Find the percent efficiency of
the motor.c
a. 86.85 b. 84.72 c. 81.24 d. 80.65
38. A dc series motor with an armature resistance of 0.1 ohm and field resistance of 0.15 ohm takes 48 A at
230 V and 720 rpm. The load of the motor is reduced so that the current is now 32 A. Find the percentage
change in torque.b
a. 46.8 b. 55.6 c. 66.7 d. 26.8
39. How many parallel paths are there in the simplex lap wound armature of a 10 pole dc generator?c
a. 6 b. 5 c. 10 d. 12
40. An 8 pole, simplex lap wound dc generator has armature current of 100 A. What is the current in amperes
per armature conductor?b
a. 6.25 b. 12.5 c. 25 d. 8
41. A 115 V, dc shunt motor has armature current of 75 A and armature resistance of 0.2 ohm. Find the
armature current in amperes during starting. Assume a 2 V brush drop.d
a. 545 b. 575 c. 585 d. 565
42. A 120 V dc shunt motor has rated current of 75 A, armature resistance of 0.2 ohm, field resistance of 40
ohms and brush drop of 2 V. What resistance in ohms must be inserted in the armature circuit so that the
starting torque is 150% of the rated torque.a
a. 0.89 b. 0.57 c. 0.53 d. 0.84
43. A 120 V dc shunt motor takes an armature current of 75 A at full load. Armature resistance
is 0.2 ohm. Find the starting resistance in ohm to limit the starting armature current to 150% of full load
value when the counter emf is 25% of the armature terminal voltage and brush drop is 2 V.c
a. 0.926 b. 0.713 c. 0.582 d. 0.475
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44. A 10 hp, 230 V dc shunt motor with full load efficiency of 84% is located 500 ft from the supply mains. If
the motor starting current is 1.5 times the full load value, what is the smallest cross-sectional area in circular
mils of copper wire (ρ = 10.4 ohm-cmil/ft) required when the allowable voltage drop in the feeder is 24 V?a
a. 25 120 b. 26 350 c. 24 080 d. 23 720
45. A 230 V, dc shunt motor having armature resistance of 0.05 ohm and field resistance of 75 ohms draws a
line current of 7 A while running light at 1120 rpm. The line current at a given load is 46 A. If the field circuit
resistance is increased to 100 ohms, determine the motor speed in rpm at the given load.d
a. 1680 b. 980 c. 1110 d. 1480

46. Calculate the voltage induced in the armature winding of 4 pole, wave wound dc machine having 728
active conductors and running at 1800 rpm. The flux per pole is 30 mWb.b
a. 468.2 V b. 1310.4 V c. 720.4 V d. 236.4 V
47. A 6 pole, wave wound dc generator has 720 active conductors and flux per pole of 20.35 mWb. Find the
speed in rpm so that the generated voltage in the armature is 630 V.c
a. 956 b. 665 c. 860 d. 758
48. A 4 pole, dc generator has 728 active conductors in its simplex lap wound armature. The flux per pole is
3 mWb and the speed is 1800 rpm. Find the generated voltage in volts.a
a. 65.52 b. 81.65 c. 87.25 d. 91.25
49. When a generator is driven at 1200 rpm, the generated emf is 230 V. What is the generated emf in volts if
the field flux is reduced by 10%, while the speed remains the same?d
a. 219 b. 217 c. 212 d. 207
50. Two dc shunt generators 1 and 2 are connected in parallel supplying 120 A to a common load. Generator
1 has no-load voltage of 450 V and full load voltage of 375 V at 80 A; while generator 2 has no-load voltage
of 475 V and full load voltage of 375 V at 100 A. Assuming the external characteristic curves of both machines
to be straight lines, find the current delivered by generator 2 in amperes.c
49 b. 65 c. 71 d. 55
51. A generator delivers a load through a pair of wires, each of which has a resistance of 0.06 ohm. If the load
voltage and 120v and 4.8 kW, respectively, what is the generated voltage?
A. 125.5 v
B. 124.8 v*
C. 126.8 v
D. 123.5 v
52. A generator delivers a load through a pair of wires, each of which has a resistance of 0.06 ohm. If the load
voltage and power are 120 v and 4.8 kw, respectively, what is the power loss in the line wires?
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A. 192w*
B. 96 w
C 198 w
D. 99 W
53. A 4-pole dc generator has a total of 600 conductors in its lap wound amature. The Flux per pole is 10^6
lines. Determine the generated emf it is driven at 2,400 pm.
A. 230 v
B. 254 v
C. 234 V
D. 24O v*
54. A 120 v dc motor draws 225 A from the supply at a distance of 350 m using two copper conductors of
diameter 0.5 inch and resistivity 10.4 ohm-cmil/ft. Find the voltage of the supply.
A. 126 v
B. 133 v
C. 138v
D.142 V*
55. A 120-v shunt motor has an amature equivalent of 0.5 ohm and a field resistance of 60 ohm. At full-load,
the motor takes 10 A and the speed is 1,000 rpm. At what speed must this motor may be driven as a
generator to deliver 10 A to an external load at 120 v?
A. 1,045 rpm
B. 1.262 rpm
C. 1,158 rpm
D, 1,086 rpm*
56. A 20 kW, 200 v'shunt generator is operated at rated load. If the driving engine is developing 30 bhp,
determine the iron and friction losses. Armature resistance is 0.05 ohm and shunt field resistance is 50 ohms.
A. 1,039 w*
B. 1,034 w
C. 954 w
D. 1,340 w
57. A 400 V Series motor working with unsaturated field is taking 60 A and running at 840 rpm, The total
resistance of the motor is 0.1 ohm. At what speed will the motor run when developing half-full load torque.
A 1,193 pm*
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B.1,202 rpm
C1,167 rpm
D. 1,352 rpm
58. A shunt motor has a rated armature current of 50 A when connected to 200 V. The rated speed is 1,000
rpm and armature resistance is 0 1 Ω Find the speed if the total torque is reduced to 70% of that at rated
load and a 3 Ω resistance is inserted in series with the armature.
A. 474 rpm B. 469 rpm* C. 464 rpm D. 460 rpm
59. A dc shunt generator has an induced voltage of 220 v on open circuit. When the machine is on load the
voltage is 200 v. Find the load current of the filed resistance is 100 Ω and armature resistance is 0 2 Ω
A. 100 A B. 102 A C. 98* A D. 96 A\
60. The electromagnetic torque developed in a motor is 150 N-m. If the field flux is decreased by 20% and
armature current is increased by 15%, find the new electromagnetic torque developed.
A. 138 N-m* B. 163 N-m C. 159 N-m D. 104 N-m
61. A dc shunt motor running at 1,200 rpm has armature resistance of 0 15 Ω. The current taken by the
armature is 60 A when the applied voltage is 220 v. If the load is increased by 30%, find the variation in the
speed.
A. 1,040 rpm B. 1,162 rpm C. 1,110 rpm D. 1,184 rpm*
62. A dc motor takes an armature current of 100 A at 230 v. The armature resistance is 0 03 Ω The total
number of lap connected armature conductors is 500 and the number of poles is 4. The flux per pole is 0.03
Wb. What is the torque developed by the motor?
A. 242.86 N-m B. 218.93 N-m C. 238.73 N-m* D. 227.54 N-m
63. Calculate the no-load current taken by a 100 kW, 460 v, shunt motor assuming the armature and field
resistance to remain constant and equal to 0.03Ω and 46 Ω, respectively The efficiency at full load is 88%
A. 23.5 A B. 24.5 A C. 26.0 A* D. 28.0 A
64. The shaft power of a shunt motor is 7.8 HP. Its armature draws 50 A from 120 volts. The field winding
draws 1.2A. What is the efficiency of the motor?
A. 93%
B. 98.2%
C. 94.7%*
D. 94%
65. A 240 v shunt motor driving its normal load draws an armature current of 50 A from 240 v source armature
resistance of this machine, including brushes is 0.25 ohm. If the speed of operation is 1200rpm. What
armature current will this machine draw from 220 V source when driving the same load with the field
adjusted to maintain a speed of 1200 rpm?
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A. 55 A
B 57.5 A
C. 55 A*
D. 60 A
66. A 9.6kW, 240 volts shunt generator having an armature resistance of 0.10 ohm and shunt field resistance
of 240 ohm, delivers full load at rated voltage and 800 rpm. The machine is now run as a motor while taking
250V. What is the speed of the motor?
A. 857
B. 827
C. 786
D. 774*
67. A I0-turn square coil of side 200 mm is mounted on a cylinder 200 mm in diameter. The cylinder rotates
at 1800 pm in a uniform 1.1-T field. Determine the maximum value of the voltage induced in the coil.
83V*
93V
73V
90V

71. A 20kW, 200 V DC shunt generator has a brush resistance of .005 ohm, an armature resistance of .065
ohm and shunt field resistance of 200 ohm. Find the power developed in the armature.
A. 20.914 kW*
B. 20.149 kW
C. 20.419 kW
D. 20.941 kW
72. A 300kW, 600V, DC long-shunt compound generator has an equivalent armature resistance of .041 ohm,
a series field resistance of 0.012 ohm, a shunt field resistance of 75 ohm and diverter resistance of 0.036
ohm. At rated load, find the power generated by the armature.
A. 317.7 kW*
B. 371.7 kW
C. 311.7 kW
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D. 300kW
73. Two DC shunt generators are operating in parallel supplying a total load of 25kW. The induced emfs of
the generators are 120V and 115V, the armature resistances are 0.05 ohm and 0.04 ohm , and the shunt field
resistances are 20 and 25. Find the common operating voltage.
A. 120V
B. 115 V
C. 112V*
D. 110 V
74. A DC motor develops 15hp at 120V. If the equivalent armature resistance is 0.061 ohm. Find the armature
current.
A. 98.15 A*
B. 95.18 A
C. 91.51 A
D. 98.51 A
75. A DC shunt motor develops 15hp at 120V. If the armature efficiency is 95%, find the counter emf.
A. 115 V
B. 114 V*
C. 113 V
D. 112 V
76. A 220V DC series motor is running at a speed of 1000 rpm and draws a rated armature current of 100 A.
The equivalent armature resistance is 0.1 ohm. Find the speed when the motor is developing half rated
torque.
A. 1434 rpm*
B. 1444 4pm
C. 1400 rpm
D. 1000 rpm
77. A 6 pole lap wound shunt motor takes 300 A when the speed is 500 rpm. The flux per pole is 0.06 Wb and
the armature has a 870 conductors. Neglecting the shunt field current, calculate the output horsepower of
the motor. Assume a constant loss of 4%.
A. 175 hp C. 172 hp
B. 168 hp* D. 165 hp
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78. At rated load, a shunt motor draws an armature current of 50 A from a 230 V dc mains while running at
1000 rpm. At no-load the armature current drops to 5 A. If the effect of armature reaction has weaken the
flux by 2% from no- load to full-load, determine speed of the motor at no-load. Assume the armature
resistance to be 0.15 ohm.
A. 1202 rpm C. 1122 rpm
B. 1221 rpm D. 1010 rpm*
79.A simplex lap wound armature has 580 conductors and carries a current of 125 ampere per armature
current path. If the flux per pole is 20 mWb, calculate the electromagnetic torque developed by the
armature.
A. 210.64 N-m
B. 252.72 N-m
C. 230.77 N-m*
D. 207.63 N-m
80.A 100-volt shunt motor is developing 6 hp while operating at an over-all efficiency of 86%. The armature
and shunt field resistances are 0.06 and 50 ohms respectively. Determine the stray power losses.
A. 378 W* C. 392 W
B. 367 W D. 364 W
81.A long shunt compound motor takes a current of 42 A from a 230 V source. Armature, series field and
shunt field resistances are 0.1 ohm, 0.2 ohm and 50 ohms respectively. If the friction and windage losses
amount to 400 W, determine the over-all efficiency of the machine.
A. 82.24% C. 81.22%
B. 80.55%* D. 79.53%
82.A 220 V shunt motor driving its normal load draws an armature current of 50 A from a 220V dc source.
The armature resistance of this motor including brushes is 0.25 ohm. How much armature current
(minimum) will this motor draw from a 200 V dc source when driving the same load with the field adjusted
to maintain the same speed?
A. 55.76 A* C. 60.12 A
B. 58.24 A D. 63.48 A
83.A DC shunt motor runs at 600 rpm on a 240-volt supply while drawing a line current of 30 A. Its armature
and field resistances are 0.5 Ω and 120 Ω respectively. What resistance should be placed in series with the
armature circuit in order to reduce the speed to 400 rpm. Assume no changes in the armature or field
current.
A. 2.69 Ω* C. 2.07 Ω
B. 2.41 Ω D. 2.83 Ω
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84.A 120-V shunt motor has an armature equivalent of 0.5 Ω and a field resistance of 60 Ω. At full load, the
motor takes 10 A and the speed is 1000 rpm. At what speed must this motor maybe driven as a generator to
deliver 10 A to an external load at 120 V?
A. 1158 rpm C. 1262 rpm
B. 1086 rpm* D. 1045 rpm
85.A shunt motor draws current of 40 A from a 120 V source and runs at 1200 rpm at rated load. The armature
and field circuit resistances are 0.1 Ω and 60 Ω, respectively. Determine the speed of the motor at half load.
Assume a brush drop of 2 V rated load and 1 V half load.
A. 1180 rpm C. 1230 rpm*
B. 1238 rpm D. 1026 rpm
86.A 220-V shunt motor delivers 40 hp on full-load at 950 rpm and has an efficiency of 88%. The armature
and field resistances are 0.2 ohm and 110 ohms, respectively. Determine the starting resistance such that
the starting armature current does not exceed 1.6 times the full-load current.
A. 0.704 ohm* C. 0.712 ohm
B. 0.732 ohm D. 0.739 ohm
87.A 50 HP, 550 V shunt-wound motor draws a line current of 4.5 A at no-load. The shunt field resistance is
275 ohms and the armature resistance exclusive of the brushes is 0.3 ohm, the brush drop at full-load is 2 V.
At full-load, the motor draws a line current of 84 A. Calculate the efficiency at full-load.
A. 92.0% C. 91.2%
B. 88.5% D. 89.9%*
88.A 500 V shunt motor running at 720 rpm takes an armature current of 50 A. The equivalent armature
resistance is 0.4 ohm. What resistance must be placed in series with the armature to reduce the speed to
540 rpm while maintaining the same torque?
A. 2.2 ohms C. 2.4 ohms*
B. 2.6 ohms D. 2.8 ohms
89.A 400 V series motor has a field resistance of 0.2 ohm and an armature resistance of 0.1 ohm. The motor
takes 30 A of current at 1000 rpm while developing full-load torque. What is the motor speed when this
motor develops 60% of full load torque?
A. 1302.4 rpm
B. 1257.2 rpm
C. 1297.6 rpm*
D. 1135.5 rpm
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90.The field and armature resistances of a 220-V series motor are 0.2 ohm and 0.1 ohm, respectively. The
motor takes 30 A of current while running at 700 rpm. If the total iron and friction losses are 350 W, determine
the motor efficiency.
A. 90.6%* C. 89.4%
B. 91.5% D. 92.2%
91.The input current to a 220 V, short shunt compound motor at no-load is 6 A. The shunt field circuit
resistance is 220 ohms, the armature resistance is 0.10 ohm and the series field resistance is 0.08 ohm. What
is the stray power loss?
A. 1153.31 W C. 1232.54 W
B. 1066.22 W D. 1073.25 W*