Electrical Machines Assignment
1) Multiple Choice Questions: Choose the correct option providing a suitable
explanation.
I. If voltage lags current, the circuit is:
a. Shorted
b. Inductive
c. Resistive
d. Capacitive
II. If power factor increases, it indicates an increasingly
a. Unbalanced Circuit
b. Resistive Circuit
c. Reactive Circuit
d. Capacitive Circuit
III. Calculate the torque produced by a motor with a counter - EMF of 300V, a
current of 75A and a speed of 1600rpm,
a. 134 Nm
b. 142 Nm
c. 150 Nm
d. 112 Nm
IV. A balance three - phase delta system has a line voltage of 230V and a line current
of 125A. How much power is being used by the system?
a. 86.3kW
b. 49.8kW
c. 3.19kW
d. 5.52kW
2) A single-phase, 48KVA, 4800/240 V, 60Hz, step-down transformer gave the
following test results:
Open - circuit test: 240V, 2A, 120W
Short-circuit test: 150V, 10A, 600W
a) Find the rated current for the primary and secondary sides.
b) Derive an approximate equivalent circuit referred to the primary(HV) side.
Plot the resulting equivalent circuit with circuit element values shown.
3) A 23KVA, 2400:240V, 60Hz transformer has a magnetic core of 64𝑐𝑚 2 cross section
and a mean length of 58cm. The application of 2400V causes a magnetic field
intensity of 390rms, and a maximum flux density of 1.15T.
Determine:
(a) The turns ratio;
(b) The number of turns in each winding;
(c) The magnetic current.
Note: 2400V is rms value; 240V is rms value)
4) A 208-V Y-connected synchronous motor is drawing 50 A at unity power factor from
a 208-V power system. The field current flowing under these conditions is 2.7 A. Its
synchronous reactance is 1.6 Ω.. Assume a linear open-circuit characteristic.
a) Find terminal voltage and EA for these conditions.
b) Find the torque angle.
c) Maximum power limit of the machine?
d) How much field current would be required to make the motor operate at 0.80
PF leading?
e) What is the new torque angle in part (d)?
5) Consider a single phase load supplied by a sinusoidal source with effective value
𝑈 = 120𝑉and a frequency 50Hz, 𝑅1 = 500Ω, 𝑅2 = 200Ω and 𝑐 = 22µ𝐹.
I. Find the effective value of the current 𝐼1 in resistor 𝑅1.
II. Find the effective value of the current 𝐼2 in resistor 𝑅2.
III. Find the effective value of the total current 𝐼 consumed by the total load.
IV. Calculate the active power, reactive power and the apparent power
corresponding to the circuit.
V. Calculate the power factor for the circuit.
VI. Deduce the phase angle of the circuit.