TUTORIALS
DC MACHINES
1. Assume that a separately excited shunt motor
operating at 1000 rpm has a load of 100 A and a
terminal voltage of 240 V. If the armature
winding resistance is 0.1 Ω, determine the
following:
(a) The developed torque
(b) The shaft speed and the load current if the
torque is doubled at the same excitation.
[101.05rad /s]
2. A 4-pole DC machine, having wave-wound
armature winding has 55 slots, each slot
containing 19 conductors. What will be the
voltage generated in the machine when driven at
1500 rpm assuming the flux per pole is 3 mWb?
[156.75 V]
3. An 8-pole lap wound DC machine has 60 slots in
its armature with 22 conductors per slot. The ratio
of pole arc (pole face) to pole pitch is 0.64 m/m.
The diameter of inner periphery of stator is
0.48m. The length of pole shoe is 0.28 m. The gap
flux density is 0.32 Wb/m2 and the generated
EMF in the armature is 400V. Find the speed of
the machine. [1442.6 rpm]
4. Assume that a 25 hp, 250 V, self excited shunt
motor is supplied by a full load line current of 83
A. The armature and field resistances are 0.1 and
108 Ω respectively. If the total brush-contact
voltage drop is 2V and the friction and core losses
are 650 W, determine the following:
(a) The shunt field winding loss
(b) The armature winding loss
(c) The total loss of the motor.
(d) The percent efficiency of the motor. [579W,
651W, 2041.4W, 90.16%]
5. A shunt motor rotating at 1500 r/min is fed by a
120 V source. The line current is 51 A and the
shunt-field resistance is 120 Ω. If the armature
resistance is 0.1 Ω, calculate the following
(neglect mechanical losses & iron losses);
(a) The current in the armature
(b) The counter-EMF
(c) The mechanical power developed by the motor
[50A, 115V, 7.7Hp]
6. A 25-KW 125-V separately excited dc machine is
operated at a constant speed of 3000 rpm with a
constant field current such that the open-circuit
armature voltage is 125V. The armature resistance
is 0.02 ohm. Compute the armature current,
terminal power, and electromagnetic power and
torque when the terminal voltage is (a) 128 V and
(b) 124 V. [150A,19.2kW, 18.75kW, 59.7Nm;
50A, 6.2kW, 6.25kW, 19.9Nm]
7. A short shunt compound machine having terminal
voltage 250 V delivers a load current of 40 A. The
armature, series field and shunt field resistances
are 0.05Ω, 0.04Ω and 100Ω respectively.
Calculate the generated EMF and armature
current if there is voltage drop of 1V per brush.
[42.516A, 255.73V]
8. The field and armature resistances of a 220 V DC
shunt machine are 0.05Ω and 88 Ω respectively.
Calculate the total armature power developed
when working as:
(i) Generator delivering power 22 kW
(ii)Motor taking 22kW input. [23.08kW,
20.97kW]
9. A 25-KW 125-V separately excited dc machine is
operated at a constant speed of 3000 rpm with a
constant field current such that the open-circuit
armature voltage is 125V. The armature resistance
is 0.02 ohm. Compute the armature current,
terminal power, and electromagnetic power and
torque when the terminal voltage is (a) 128 V and
(b) 124 V. [(a)150A, 19.2kW, 18.75kW,
59.7Nm; (b)50A, 6.2kW, 6.25kW, 19.9Nm]
10. The armature of a permanent-magnet dc generator
has a resistance of 1 Ω and generates a voltage of
50 V when the speed is 500 r/min. If the armature
is connected to a source of 150 V, calculate the
following:
(a) The starting current
(b) The counter-EMF when the motor runs at
1000 r/min
(c) The counter-EMF when the motor runs at
1460 r/min.
(d) The armature current at 1000 r/min.
(e) The counter-EMF when the motor runs at
1460 r/min. [150A, 100V, 146V,
50A, 4A]