ACE 18 Midterm Examination
March 17, 2022
I. Multiple Choice. Write your answer on the space before each number.
1. The reduction of generator terminal voltage due to load can be recovered by increasing the speed but the (a.
core losses, b. armature voltage drop, c. frequency) will increase and caused heating.
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2. In illustrating ohm’s law in magnetic circuits the relations ∫ E ∙ ds=∫ H ∙ds is (a. true, b. false).
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3. The reluctance of the magnetic material is significantly affected by (a. length, b. area, c. air-gap).
4. The flux passing through a magnetic circuit is affected by (a. resistance, b. conductance, c. reluctance) of the
magnetic material.
5. Has a high reluctance (a. solid limb, b. closed circuit limb, c. air-gap).
6. The higher the percentage silicon in the magnetic material the higher is (a. reluctance, b. magnetization, c.
permeability).
7. The equation B=μ o μr H works effectively in permanent magnet analysis. (a. true, b. false)
8. Hysteresis and eddy currents are contributors to (a. core, b. rotational, c. stray power) losses.
9. The number of coils in an armature is equal to (a. Poles, b. Slots, c. Segments)
10. A requirement in choosing slot/commutator segment combination for a generator operation (a. Slots
equals segments, b. segments divisible by slots, c. none of the above)
11. Coil pitch of Wave and Lap portion of frog-leg windings are (a. The same, b. depends upon plex, c.
depends upon poles)
12. Multiplexing increase (a. Current paths, b. current in paths, c. total current)
13. Dummy element provides (a. Electrical balance, b. mechanical balance, c. both a & b)
14. For a 100 percent equalization (a. Poles/segments, b. segments/poles, c. segments/(Poles/2)
15. In 4 pole a frog-leg winding if lap is simplex wave is (a. Simplex , b. duplex, c. triplex)
16. How many parallel paths in a P-pole frog-leg winding. (a. Equals P, b. equals P/2, c. equals 2P)
17. Coil span should be more or less (a. 180o, b. 360o, c. 270o)
18. A frog-leg winding should be arranged so that (a. Lap over wave, b. wave over lap, c. can be any)
arrangement
19. Multiple element coil is necessary to reduce (a. current in paths, b. voltage/turn, c. generator size)
20. At what condition reentrancy of duplex-lap becomes single? (a. When P equals 2, b. segments equals 29,
c. slot equals 48)
21. Frequency is not important in dc machines. (a. true, b. false)
22. It is desirable to have (a. many, b. less) coils of wire and commutator segments on the armature of dc
generator.
23. Actual coil span should be exactly 180 electrical degrees. (a. true, b. false)
24. Distance between coil ends of wave winding should be exactly 360 electrical degrees. (a. true, b. false)
25. The current that flows in the armature of ac and dc motor is always (a. alternating, b. direct, c. both
alternating and direct).
26. Faraday’s law is not possible to occur in dead or dummy element. (a. true, b. false)
27. A machine that transfers power from one circuit to another without change in frequency is a (a. motor, b.
generator, c. transformer).
28. An alternating current feature. (a. slip rings, b. split rings, c. V-ring)
29. Part of commutator: (a. slip rings, b. split rings, c. V-ring)
30. Thickness of lamination; (a. 0.25, b. 0.0025, c. 0.025) inch.
II. Problems. Write your answer on the space provided or on the space just before each number.
1. Determine the coil and commutator pitches for a 72-slot 288-segment six-pole frog-leg armature winding.
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2. A 500-kw 600-volt 10 pole generator has an armature with 108 slots, 324 commutator segments, and a
simplex-lap winding with a total of 648 conductors. Calculate: (a) the number of conductors per slot; (b)
the number of winding elements per coil; (c) the number of turns per winding element; (d) the full load
current per conductor; (e) the current per brush arm.
3. The following information is given for a d-c generator: terminal volts = 460; rpm = 900; number of slots =
130; number of commutator segments = 390; coil pitch = slot 1 to 22; type of winding = simplex lap; air
gap flux density = 57,000 maxwells per sq in.; pole face area = 5.75 x 6 in. Calculate the number of turns
per armature winding element. __________________________
4. A six pole dc generator has an armature winding with 504 conductors connected in six parallel paths.
Calculate the generated voltage in the machine if each pole produces 1.65 x 10 6 maxwells and the
armature speed is 1,800 rpm.
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5. Thirty-six dry cells are connected in four parallel groups of nine cells in series per group. If the voltage and
the current rating of each cell is 1.45 volts and 4 amp respectively, calculate the voltage, current, and the
power rating of the entire combination. (a)___________, (b)___________, (c)____________
