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A 3-phase 50-Hz synchronous generator runs at a speed of 166. Rpm. How many poles does it have? Find the rms value of the induced emf per phase for a three-phase, 20-pole 50-Hz alternator. It has 180 slots, each having 6 conductors. Find the synchronous speed and the line voltage on no load.
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A 3-phase 50-Hz synchronous generator runs at a speed of 166. Rpm. How many poles does it have? Find the rms value of the induced emf per phase for a three-phase, 20-pole 50-Hz alternator. It has 180 slots, each having 6 conductors. Find the synchronous speed and the line voltage on no load.
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PROBLEMS
(A) Simple Problems
1. A 3-phase, 50-Hz synchronous generator runs at a speed of 166.67 rpm. How many
poles does it have ? [Ans : 36]
2. Determine the rms value of the induced emf per phase for a three-phase, 20-pole, 50-Hz
alternator. It has 180 slots, each having 6 conductors. The armature winding is single
layer with full-pitch coils which are connected in 60° phase groups. All the coils in each
phase are connected in series. Flux per pole is 25 mWb
[Ans. : 959 V]
3. A three-phase, 50-Hz, 6-pole, star-connected alternator has 972 conductors distributed in
54 slots. The coils are short pitched by one slot, ‘The fundamental flux per pole is 0.01
Wb. Calculate breadth factor, pitch factor and line voltage on no load.
[Ans, : 0,959, 0,985, 588 V]
4. A 4-pole, 3-phase, 50-Hz, star-connected alternator has a single layer winding in 36 slots
with 30 conductors per slot. The flux per pole is 0.05 Wb and the winding is full-
ched, Find the synchronous speed and the line voltage on no load.
[Ans. : 1500 rpm, 3426 V]
Calculate the no-load terminal voltage of a 3-phase, 8-pole, star-connected altemator
running at 750 rpm. It has 72 slots, each slot having 10 conductors. It has sinusoidally
distributed flux per pole of 55 mWb, and full-pitched coils with a distribution factor of
0.96.
[Ans. : 2436 V]
6. A three-phase, star-connected, 1-MVA, I1-kV alternator has rated current of 52.5 A. The
resistance of the winding per phase is 0.45 ©. The test-results are given below
OC Test : Field current = 121.5 A; Voltage between the lines = 422 V
SC Test Field current = 121.5 A; Line current = 52.5 A
Determine the full-load voltage regulation of the altemator for (a) 0.8 power factor
lagging, and (6) 0.8 power factor leading. [Ans. : (a) 2.63 %:; (b) -1.94 %]
(B) Tricky Problems
7. A 3-phase, star-connected alternator is rated at 1600 kVA, 13.5 kV. The effective
resistance and synchronous reactance of its armature, per phase, are 1.5 Q and 30 Q,
respectively. Determine the percent alation for a load of 1280 kW at pf of 0.8
leading.
[Ans : -
11.98%
Calculate the voltage regulation at full load 0.8 power factor lagging for a three-phase,
2500-KVA, 6.6-KV, star-connected alternator having an armature resistance of 0.073 ohm
1 per phase and a synchronous reactance of 10.7 ohms per phase.
[Ans.
9, A three-phase, star-connected altemator is excited to give 5196 V between lines on open
Ghrouit, It has a resistance of 0.05 © and a synchronous reacties of 7.5 Q per phase
Determine the terminal voltage and regulation at fll Toad current of 150 A when the load
power factor is 0.8 laggins
[Ans. : 2301 V, 30.38 %
10. In total load on a 3-phase, 3.3-KV supply is 1200 kW al a power factor of
06 laggina, Find the rating of a synchronous condenser to imprivt the power factor to
unity, Ifthe synchronous condenser is star vonected, find its armature current. Assume
that the synchronous condenser does not have any active load.
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[Ans, : 1600 kVAR, 280 A]
(© Challenging Problems
LILA three-phase, 1500-KV, 6600-V, star-connected alternator, havine © resistance of 0.4 2
and synchronous reactance of 6 © per phase, delivers full-load current at a pf of 0.8
Tagging and normal rated voltage, Estimate the terminal voltage for the same excitation
‘and load current at 0.8 power factor leading.
[Ans. : 7094 V]
12, A three-phase, star-connected, 6600-V alternator has an effective resistance of 0.05 2
per phase. In an experiment, itis found that a field current of 15 A produces the full-
Pead current of 100 A and a line-to-line emf of 1200 V on ‘open-circuit, Determine the
torque angle of the alternator when it delivers full Toad at 0.8 power factor lagging:
[Ans. :34.9°]
13, A three-phase, star-connected alternator is delivering 20 MW and 8 MVAR to an infinite
bus at 11 KV. The alternator has negligible resistance and a mehronous reactance of 3
per phase. Determine the excitation emf and the oad angle of the alternator.
[Ans. : 8235.7 V, 22.48°]
14. three-phase, star-connected, 17.32 KVA, 400-V alternator delivering the rated load
a1 400 V and at 0.8 power factor lagging. The synchronous impedance of the alternator is.
(0.2 +2). Determine the terminal voltage and the Toad angle, if the alternator delivers
the rated load at 0.8 power factor leading, keeping the excitation voltage unaltered,
[Ans. : 290 V, 9.25:
15; A three-phase, star connected, 2000-V synchronous motor has 50 effective resistance and
synchronous reactance of 0.2.0 and 2.2 0 per phase, respectively. ‘The input power is
£00 KW and the induced emf is 2500 V. Calculate the Hine current ‘and the power factor.
[Ans. : 232 A, 0.995 (leading)] 16. A three-phase, 400-V system supplies a
of 0.9 and at a power factor of 0.8 leading, is us
\0-KVA load at 0.5 power factor la
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ed to improve the power factor of the
system, Find the overall power factor, total kW and total kVA
synchronous motor, supplying a 100-hp me
{Ans. : 0.688 lagging, 332.9 kW,498.4 kVA]
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