Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Reg. No. :
MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANIPAL
(A Constituent Institute of Manipal University, Manipal)
FIRST SEMESTER B.E. DEGREE END SEMESTER EXAMINATION
(REVISED CREDIT SYSTEM: 2007)
16 November 2009

BASIC ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY (ELE 101)

Time: 3 hours

Max. Marks: 50

Note : Answer any FIVE full questions.

Missing data, if any, may be suitably assumed.

1A. Defineandexplainthesignificanceofthetermtemperaturecoefficientofresistance.
Thefieldwindingofamotorhasaresistanceof500at150C.Byhowmuchwilltheresistance
increaseifthemotorattainsatemperatureof450C,whenitisrunning?Thewindingismadeof
copperanditstemperaturecoefficientofresistanceat00Cis0.00428/0C.
(03)
1B. DeterminetheresistancebetweenthepointsAandBusingstardeltatransformationinFigQ1B

(04)

1C. InthecircuitshowninFig.Q1C,findthecurrentthroughallresistorsbymeshcurrentanalysis.

(03)

2A. Twosimilarinductivecoilswithnegligibleresistancearewoundonthesamecore.When

excitedbya200V,50Hzsource,thefirstcoiltakes5.2Aandtheemfinducedinthesecond
coilis50V.Findtheselfinductanceofthetwocoils,mutualinductancebetweenthetwo
coilsandthecouplingcoefficient.

(04)

2B. ForthenetworkshowninFigQ2Btheswitchisinposition1att=0andismovedtoposition2at
t=10ms.DetermineiL(t)for0tandsketchthecurrentvariationwithrespecttotime. (03)
2C. Amildsteelringhavingacrosssectionalareaof400mm2andameancircumferenceof400mm
hasacoilof200turnswounduniformlyaroundit.Relativepermeabilityofmildsteelis300.Itis
requiredtoproduceafluxof800x106wbinthering.Determine

a)Reluctanceoftheringb)Excitationcurrentrequired.

(03)

3A. Analyticallyderivethephasorrelationshipbetweenvoltageandcurrentinapureinductor.Hence
showthataveragepowerconsumedbytheinductoriszero.Drawthewaveformshowingvoltage,
currentandpower.

(03)

3B. Asinglephasecircuitcomprisesoftwolaggingloads,whichareconnectedinseriesanddissipate
800Wand1000Wrespectively.Twovoltmetersconnectedacrosseachloadread100Vand200V
respectively. If the current flowing through the circuit is 10A, determine (i) Applied voltage
(ii)powerfactorofthecombination.
(04)
3C. Aninductiveloadtakes60Aofasinglephasea.c.supplyof230volt,50Hzatap.f.of0.6lagging.
Calculatethevalueofcapacitancetobeconnectedacrosstheloadtoraisethepowerfacterofthe
combined circuit to 0.9 lagging. Also calculate the active, reactive and apparent powers after
powerfactorimprovement.

(03)

4A. A symmetrical 3 phase, RYB sequence, 3 wire, 400V, 50 Hz supply feeds an unbalanced star
connectedload.ThebranchimpedancesoftheloadareZ R=(8.66+j5),ZY =(7.07j7.07)and
ZB=(10+j17.32) . Calculate the three line currents by converting star connected load to
equivalentdeltaconnectedload.Hencedeterminethevoltagesacrosstheoriginalstarconnected
impedances.TakeVRYasreference.

(06)

4B. With a neat sketch, explain the operation of a StarDelta starter used with 3 phase induction
motor.

(04)

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5A. A6pole50Hz3phaseinductionmotorrunningonfullloaddevelopsausefultorqueof160Nm

andtherotoremfhasafrequencyof120cyclesperminute.Calculatethefollowing:

i) Grosspowerdevelopedifthetorquelossinwindageandfrictionis12Nm.
ii) Thecopperlossinrotorwindings
iii) Theinputtothemotor,ifthestatorlossis800Wand
iv) Fullloadefficiency
(05)
5B. A30KVA,2400/120V,50Hztransformerhashighvoltagewindingresistanceof4.5andleakage
reactance of 10 . The corresponding values on low voltage winding are 0.01 and 0.025 .
Theironlossesare1.5KW.Calculate
(a) equivalentimpedancereferredtohighvoltageside,
(b) totallossesat(i)fullload(ii)60%offullload.
(03)
5C. Explainthepurposeofcapacitorandcentrifugalswitchinasinglephaseinductionmotor.

(02)

6A. Thetwowattmetermethodisusedtomeasuretotalactivepowerina3phasebalancedcircuit.
Indicatethepowerfactorsforthefollowingtypesofreadings:
(i)W1andW2arepositiveandequal,(ii)W1ispositiveandW2iszero
(iii)W1andW2areequalandoppositeand(iv)W1andW2arepositive,butnotequal

(02)

6B. A series resonant circuit with a resistance is 4 resonates at frequency of 2.9 KHz. The
bandwidth is 3x103 rad/sec. Calculate (i) the inductance and capacitance of the circuit,
(ii)lowerhalfpowerfrequencyand(iii)Qualityfactor.
(04)
6C. With the help of a neat sketch, explain the principle of a Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
instrument.WhyitisnotsuitableforACmeasurements?

(04)

A
6

2Vx

Vx
+

3
5

5V

3A

6V

Fig. Q 1C
B
Fig. Q 1B

t = 10 ms
1

2
10
15

10 V
0.1 H

Fig. Q 2B

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