BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Comprehensive Examination (2022 – 2023)

Course: Electrical Machines Course: EEE/ECE/INSTR F211

Date of Exam: Dec 17th , 2022 Time: 3 hrs
Exam: Closed Book Total Marks: 48

Student’s Name: ID no.:

Note: Each question carries 3 marks, and penalty of -1 mark for each wrong answer.

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Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 Q.6 Q.7 Q.8

Q.9 Q.10 Q.11 Q.12 Q.13 Q.14 Q.15 Q.16

Q.1) A 200 KVA, 1 − ϕ transformer is in circuit throughout 24 hours. For 8 hours in a day, the load is 150
kW at 0.8 power factor lagging and for 7 hours, the load is 90 kW at 0.9 power factor. Remaining time
or the rest period, it is at no-load condition. Full-load Cu loss is 4 kW and the iron loss is 1.8 kW.
Calculate the all-day efficiency of the transformer.

A. 95.89% B. 98.23% C. 94.44% D. 97.98%

Q.2) A 10 KVA, 2500/250 V, 1 − ϕ two-winding transformer is used as an auto-transformer to raise the

supply voltage of 2500 V to an output voltage of 2625 V. The LV winding of the two-winding transformer
consists of two equal parts of 125 V each. If both parts of the LV winding are used, determine the
autotransformer KVA output

A. 420 B. 800 C. 890 D. 210

Q.3) A 50 Hz, 1 − ϕ transformer has a turns ratio of 6. The resistances are 0.9 Ω and 0.03 Ω and the
reactances are 5 Ω and 0.13 Ω for HV and LV windings, respectively. Find the magnitude of the voltage
to be applied to the HV side to obtain full-load current of 200 A on the LV winding on short-circuit,
and the power factor on short circuit.
A. 330 V, 0.4 B. 330 V, 0.2 C. 660 V, 0.2 D. 660 V, 0.4

Q.4) The HV and LV windings of a 6600/250 V, 50 Hz, 1 − ϕ transformer have resistances of 0.21 ohm
and 2.72 × 10−4 Ω and reactances of 1.0 Ω and 1.3 × 10−3 Ω, respectively. Determine the current and
power input when the HV winding is connected to a 400 V, 50 Hz supply, the LV winding being short
circuited.
A. 206 A, 10 kW B. 100 A, 17 kW C. 206 A, 17 kW D. 100 A, 10 kW

Q.5) A 6 pole DC machine has 300 conductors and each conductor is capable of carrying 80 A without
excessive temperature rise. The flux per pole is 0.015 Wb and the machine is driven at 1800 rpm.
Compute the power developed in the armature if the armature conductors are wave connected.
A. 64.8 KW B. 32.4 KW C. 84.6 KW D. 42.3 KW

Q.6) A commutator with a radius of 50 cm rotates at 1000 rpm. For a brush width of 1.5 cm, find the time
of commutation
A. 0.573 ms B. 0.287 ms C. 1.146 ms D. 0.573 µsec
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Q.7) A 40 kW, 250 V DC series motor, runs at a speed of 1500 rpm while taking rated current from 250
V supply mains. The sum of armature circuit resistance and series field resistance is 0.2 ohm. Neglect
magnetic saturation and armature reaction. If the motor is energised from a 250 V DC source, the
expression of electromagnetic torque (Te ) in Nm developed as a function
√ of speed n in rpm is
10 1032 13550
A. (1+0.00454n)2 B. (1+n) 2 C. 5 n D. (1+0.00454n) 2

Q.8) A shunt motor connected to a constant DC voltage source, drives a load requiring constant electromagnetic
torque. Which of the following relations is correct if the speed decreases with an increase in flux? Let
the notations are as follows: back emf Ea , input voltage Vt , armature resistance ra
A. Vt − 2ra Ia < 0 B. Vt < ra Ia C. Vt − 2ra Ia > 0 D. Ea < 0.5Vt

Q.9) A three-phase squirrel cage induction motor has a starting torque of 150% and a maximum torque of
300% with respect to rated torque at rated voltage and rated frequency. Neglect the stator resistance
and rotational losses. The value of slip for maximum torque is
A. 13.48% B. 16.42% C. 18.92% D. 26.79%

Q.10) A 3-phase, 10 kW, 400 V, 4-pole, 50 Hz, star connected induction motor draws 20 A on full load.
The testing data are given below. Neglecting copper loss in no load test and core loss in blocked rotor
test, estimate motor’s efficiency at ‘full-load’.
No-Load 400 V 6A 1002 W
Blocked Rotor 90 V 15 A 762 W
A. 76% B. 81% C. 85% D. 90%

Q.11) A 2-pole, 3-phase induction motor operating at 50 Hz has rotor resistance and rotor reactance as 0.05
Ω and 0.22 Ω, respectively. If the air-gap voltage is 210 V rms and the slip is 0.05, then the torque (in
Nm) produced by the motor is ?
A. 302 Nm B. 350 Nm C. 402 Nm D. 450 Nm

Q.12) The no-load test done on a 60-Hz, 4-pole Y-connected, 3-phase induction motor rated at 1710 rpm
gives the Power input = 450 W, line current = 1.562 A, and the line voltage = 208 V. If the friction
and windage loss is 18 W, then the magnetizing reactance is ?
A. 148 Ω B. 142 Ω C. 135 Ω D. 128 Ω

Q.13) A 25kVA, 400 V, ∆-connected, 3ϕ, cylindrical rotor alternator requires a field current of 5 A to
maintain the rated armature current under short-circuit condition. For the same field current, the
open-circuit voltage is 360 V. Neglecting the armature resistance and magnetic saturation, its voltage
regulation (in % with respect to terminal voltage), when the generator delivers the rated load at 0.8pf
leading, at rated terminal voltage is
A. -14.6% B. 14.6% C. -10.6% D. 10.6%

Q.14) A star connected, 440V, 50 Hz alternator has per phase synchronous reactance of 10 ohms. It supplies
a balanced capacitive load current of 20 A. It is desirable to have zero voltage regulation. The load
power factor should be
A. 0.82 B. 0.47 C. 0.39 D. 0.92

Q.15) A 1000 kVA, 6.6 kV, 3ϕ, star connected cylindrical pole synchronous generator has a synchronous
reactance of 20 Ω. Neglect the armature resistance and consider operation at full load and unity power
factor. The induced e.m.f (line-to-line) is
A. 5.5 kV B. 7.26 kV C. 9.6 kV D. 12.5 kV

Q.16) A 4-pole, 50 Hz, 3ϕ, star connected alternator has 48 slots housing double layer winding. Each coil
has 10 turns and is short pitched by 36◦ electrical. The fundamental flux per pole is 0.025 Wb. The
line-to-line induced e.m.f (in volts) is
A. 808 B. 888 C. 1400 D. 1538

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