Final Examination in AC/DC Machinery Name: ______________________________________________ September 30, 2011

Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided before the item number. Note: Correct answers without solution will not be credited. Write your solutions on the sheet provided. Multiple Choices: (DC Generator, AC Induction Motor, Synchronous Motor) ______ 1. If the armature of an eight-pole machine were wound w/ a simplex wave winding, how many parallel paths would there be? a. 1 path b. 2 paths c. 4 paths d. no paths at all ______ 2. A two-pole DC generator has an armature containing a total of 40 conductors connected in two parallel paths. The flux per pole is 6.48 x 108 lines and the speed of the prime mover is 30 rpm. The resistance of each conductor is 0.01 and the current carrying capacity of each conductor is 10A. Calculate the terminal voltage of the generator. a. 127.6 V b. 172.6 V c. 126.7 V d. 167.2 V ______ 3. A 4-pole, dc generator w/ lap winding has 48 slots and 4 elements per slot. How many coils does it have? a. 12 coils b. 24 coils c. 48 coils d. 96 coils ______ 4. A single phase induction motor produces a power output of 5Hp with a power factor of 75% and voltage at full load is 220V. Determine the current at full load state. a. 26.2 A b. 62.2 A c. 22.6 A d. 32.6 A ______ 5. A 4-pole DC generator w/ duplex lap winding has 48-slots and 4 elements per slot. The flux per pole is 2.5 x 106 maxwells and it runs at 1500rpm. What is the output voltage? a. 60 V b. 30 V c. 70 V d. 20 V ______ 6. A 14 pole induction motor runs a 60 cycle at a slip of 5%. Compute for the motor speed. a. 388.5 rpm b. 488.5 rpm c. 588.5 rpm d. 688.5 rpm ______ 7. The armature of a 4-pole shunt generator is lap wound and generates 216 volts when running at 600rpm. The armature has 144 slots, w/ 6 conductors per slot. If this armature is rewound, wave connected, find the emf generated at the same speed and flux per pole. a. 234 V b. 243 V c. 432 V d. 423 V ______ 8. A 4-pole dc generator has an armature winding containing a total of 648 conductors connected in two parallel paths. If the flux per pole is 0.321 x 106 maxwells and the speed of rotation of the armature is 1800 rpm. Calculate the current required in each armature conductor if the power developed by the armature is 5 kW. a. 40 A b. 30 A c. 25 A d. 20 A ______ 9. A three phase 4-pole induction motor produces a power output of 10 Hp. The frequency of the motor is 25 Hz with a 9100W input power drawn by the motor. The core loss is 290W, the stator copper loss is 568W, and the friction and windage loss is 121W. Compute for the torque developed by the motor. a. 101.2 N-m b. 102.3 N-m c. 103.4 N-m d. 104.5 N-m ______ 10. A 10 Hp, 230 V, three-phase Y-connected synchronous motor has a reactance of 3 phase and a negligible resistance. To what voltage must the motor be excited in order to deliver full load at unity power factor and 90% efficiency? a. 214.54 V b. 244.51 V c. 254.14 V d. 254.41 V

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Answer Key: 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. C