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CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT TEST II, AUGUST 2017
Fifth Semester
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
EE 6504- Electrical Machines-II
(Regulation 2013)
Time: 1 Hours Max. Marks: 50
Date : 7-8-2017 Answer ALL the Questions
PART A ( 10 X 2 = 20 Marks)

1. Define pull-out torque.

2. Define hunting.
3. Mention the uses of damper winding in synchronous motor.
4. Write down the equation of power developed in synchronous motor.
5. What is synchronous condenser?
6. Define Cogging and crawling.
7. Define slip of an induction motor.
8. Why are the clots on the cage rotor of induction motor usually skewed?
9. What is an Induction generator? What are its limitations?
10. A 3-Phase, 4 pole, induction motor operates from a supply whose frequency is 50Hz. Calculate
the frequency of the rotor current at standstill and the speed at which the magnetic field of
the stator is rotating.

Part-B (3x10=30 Marks)

1 (a) Explain the Effect of Changing Field Excitation at Constant Load of synchronous motor. (10)
1.
Or
(b) A 2,000-V, 3-phase, 4-pole, Y-connected synchronous motor runs at 1500 r.p.m. The
excitation is constant and corresponds to an open-circuit terminal voltage of 2,000 V. The
resistance is negligible as compared with synchronous reactance of 3per phase.
Determine the power input, power factor and torque developed for an armature current of
200 A. (10)
1 (a) ( Compare the Synchronous Motor with Induction Motor. (5)
2. i
)
( Derive the power developed by the synchronous motor. (5)
i
i
)
Or
(b) ( Derive an expression for the torque of an induction motor and obtain the condition for
i maximum torque. (5)
)
( Draw and explain the slip-torque characteristics of a typical 3-phase induction motor. Mark
i the starting and maximum torque regions on the diagram so drawn. (5)
i
)
1 (a) Explain the principle of operation of 3-phase induction motor and explain how the rotating
3. magnetic field is produced by three-phase currents. (10)
Or
( ( Write a brief note on double cage rotor induction motors.
b i
) )
( The power input to the rotor of a 400 V, 50.Hz, 6-pole, 3-phase induction motor is 20 kW.
i The slip is 3%. Calculate (i) the frequency of rotor currents (ii) rotor speed (iii) rotor copper
i losses and (iv) rotor resistance per phase if rotor current is 60 A. (10)
)