\ ve UCSI University FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY & BUILT ENVIRONMENT FINAL EXAMINATION Student ID (in Figures) Student ID (in Words) ‘Course Code & Name E309 Electrical Machines Semester January — April 2016 Instructor/Examiner/Lecturer : Mr. Sunil Govinda Duration 3 hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: SIX (6) questions set. Attempt any FIVE (5) questions. (Total 100 marks) This question paper consists of 4 pages, excluding the cover page. Answers to the questions are to be written in the answer booklet, Candidates are not allowed to bring into the Examination Hall textbooks, lecture notes, files or any unauthorized materials except writing equipment and scientific calculator. | Electronic dictionaries are strictly prohibited. ‘This question paper must be submitted along with all used and/or unused rough papers and/or graph papers (if any). Candidates are NOT allowed to take any examination materials out of the examination hall Warning: The University Examination Board of UCSI University regards cheating as a most serious offence and will not hesitate to mete out the appropriate punitive actions according to the severity of the offence committed, and in accordance with the clauses to and including expulsion from UCSI University.Jan—Apr 2016 Final Examination EE309 Blectrical Machines QI@) Sketch the types of DC machines and suggest 3 practical applications of these () types. (8 marks) A ferromagnetic core shown in Figure Qib, Three sides of this core are of uniform width, while the fourth side is somewhat thinner. The depth of the core is 10 cm and the other dimensions are shown in Figure Q1b. There is a 200 turn coil wrapped around the left side of the core. Assuming relative permittivity 1, of 2500. Conclude the flux produced input current of | A. (12 marks) Hl é Figure Q1b Q2(a)_A long shunt dynamo running at 1000 rpm supplies 22 kW at a terminal voltage o) of 220 V. The resistances of armature, shunt and the series ficld are 0.05, 110 and 0.06 © respectively. The overall efficiency at the above load is 88 %. (Estimate the copper loss, iron loss and friction loss. (6 marks) Calculate the torque exerted by the prime mover. (4 marks) A DC shunt motor takes an armature current of 20.A from a 220 V supply. Armature circuit resistance is 0.5 Q. For reducing the speed by 50 %, calculate the resistance required in the series with the armature. () Ifthe load torque is constant, (4 marks) Gi) If the load torque is proportional to the square of the speed, (6 marks) Page 1 of 4an—Apr 2016 Final Examination £E309 Blectrical Machines @ @® () © @ ) oO U@ () A 240 kW, 240 V, 6 pole, 600 rpm separately excited generator is delivering oad at the rated voltage. The generator has armature resistance of 0.01 9, field resistance 30 © with (erminal voltage of 120 V and speed is 500 vp and Pr= 10 kW. The demagnetizing mmf due to armature reaction is 25 % of the armature current. Induced voltage v/s field current graph is shown in Figure Q3. Calculate the following: ibe ef? batsmen) Figure Q3 Induced emf at full load, (3 marks) Power developed. (G marks) ‘Torque developed G marks) Applied torque. G marks) Efficiency. G marks) External resistance, (2 marks) Voltage regulation, G marks) Differentiate between working principle of synchronous and asynchronous machines with respect to construction and operating principle, (10 marks) A three phase 1910 V, 50 Hz delta connected induction motor has a star connected slip ring rotor with a phase transformation ratio of 3.8, the rotor resistance and stand still leakage reactance are 0.012 Q and 0.25 Q per phase respectively. Neglecting stator impedance and magnetizing current, (i) Calculate the rotor current and power factor at start with slip rings shorted, (3 marks) (ii) Calculate rotor current and power factor at 4% slip with slip rings shorted, (iii) Determine the external rotor impedance per phase required to obtain a (3 marks) starting current of 100 A in the stator supply lines. (4 marks) Page 2 of 4