Swinburnes Test on DC motor

1. Predetermine the efficiency of a DC shunt machine with half of the rated armature
current when running as a (i) motor (ii) generator
2. Predetermine the efficiency of a DC shunt generator at 1/4 FL, 1/2FL, 3/4th FL
and FL and plot its performance curve.

3. Predetermine the efficiency of a DC shunt motor at various loads and obtain the
characteristics at various loads.

4. Find out the constant losses of the DC shunt machine and predetermine the
efficiency as a motor at full load.

5. Conduct a No-load test on a DC shunt machine to predetermine the efficiency as a

motor at load.
Brake test of DC Shunt motor
1. Conduct load test on the DC motor in which flux is practically constant and
determine its performance characteristics.
2. Determine Vs o/p characteristics of a DC shunt motor by conducting direct
loading test.
3. Conduct a test to determine the torque Vs armature current and speed Vs
armature current characteristics of a DC shunt motor.

4. Conduct a load test on DC shunt motor with rated field current 0.6A to determine
the torque Vs aped characteristics.

5. Conduct a load test on DC shunt motor to plot the various characteristics.

6. Determine the efficiency of a DC shunt motor by direct loading method at half

load.

7. Conduct a load test on DC shunt motor with rated field current and determine the
efficiency at load.
OC & SC Test on single phase transformer
1. Predetermine the efficiency of the given single phase transformer at half FL and 0.8
pf lag.
2. Predetermine the change in voltage at the terminals when the load is reduced from
half full load to zero at 0.85 lead pf.
3. Plot the % regulation Vs pf characteristic for the given 1-ph transformer with the
experimental data.
4. Determine the iron losses and copper losses at 3/4 th full load for the given single
phase transformer.
5. Draw the equivalent circuit of the given single phase transformer with parameters
obtained experimentally.
Load test on 3-ph Induction motor
1. Perform the load test on the given 3-phase slip ring induction motor and obtain
the performance characteristics
2. Determine the efficiency of the given 3-phase squirrel cage induction motor at
3/4th full load
3. Perform the brake test on the given 3-phase slip ring induction motor and obtain
its output Vs speed characteristic.
4. Conduct the brake test on the given 3-phase Squirrel cage induction motor and
obtain its output Vs torque characteristic.
5. Determine the efficiency of the given 3-phase Slip ring induction motor at 3/4 th
full load
Regulation of an alternator by synchronous impedance method
1. Plot the Field current Vs Generated EMF characteristic of the given 3-phase
alternator with the values obtained experimentally.
2. Plot the Field current Vs short circuit current characteristic of the given 3-phase
alternator with the values obtained experimentally.
3. Predetermine the regulation of the given 3-phase alternator by synchronous
impedance method.

4. Obtain the Open Circuit Characteristic of the given 3-phase alternator with values
obtained practically.
5. Plot the OCC & SCC of the given 3-phase alternator with values obtained
practically.