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[Link]. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2013.
Sixth Semester
Electrica! and Electronics Engineering
ELECTRICAL MACHINE DESIGN
Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks
PART A — (10 x 2= 20 marks)
Answer ALL questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
Write the significance of the letters ‘S’, ‘M’, ‘L’
indicated in the standard frame sizes of electrical
machines.
What are the components of armature leakage
flux?
Give the main parts of a de motor.
What is the relationship between number of
armature coils and number of commutator
segments in a de machine?
Why stepped core are generally used for
transformer core design?6.
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What are the losses in a transformer? What is the
range of efficiency of a transformer?
What is the function of end rings in the rotor of a
cage induction motor?
Why is length of air gap in an induction motor
kept at minimum possible range?
Write down the output equation of a single phase
induction motor.
List the advantages of using computers in the
design of electrical machines.
PART B — (5 x 11 = 55 marks)
Answer ALL questions, ONE from each unit.
All questions carry equal marks.
UNIT I
Caleulate the mmf required for an air gap of a de
machine with an axial length of 20 cm (no ducts)
and a pole arc of 18 cm, the slot pitch = 27 mm,
slot opening = 12 mm, air gap = 6 mm, the useful
flux / pole is 25 m Wb. Take a Carter's coefficient
of slot is 0.3. qd)
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Explain the various types of duties and hence the
rating of rotating electrical machines based on
temperature rise. (11)
UNIT Il
A 5 KW, 250 V, 4 pole, 1500 rpm, a shunt
generator designed to have a square pole face. The
loadings are average flux density in the gap = 0.42
wb/m? and ampere condiaictors per meter = 15000.
The pole arc to pole pitca = 0.66. Compute suitable
dimensions of armature core. (11)
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A shunt field coil has to develop an mmf of 9000A,
The voltage drop in tlhe coil is 40V, and the
resistivity of round wire: used is 0.021 9 / m and
mm?. The depth off winding is
approximately and the length of mean turn is
1.4m. Design a coil, so thaat the power dissipated is
70W/m? of the total coil surface (ie outer, inner,
top and bottom). Take the diameter of the insulate
wire 0.2 mm greater tham that of bare wire. (11)
35mm
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A tank of 1250KVA, natural oil cooled transformer
has the dimensions length, width and height as
1.55 * 0.65_x 1.85m respectively. The full load loss
= 18.1 KW. Find the number of tubes for this
transformer. Assume the value due to radiation is
6W/m? and that due to convection is 6.5.
Improvement in convection due to provision of
tubes is 40%. Maximum temperature rise is 40°C.
Length of each tube is Im, diameter of tube is
50mm. Neglect the top and bottom surface of tank
has regard to cooling. ap
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(a) Explain how the no load current of single
phase transformer is determined. (4)
(b) A single phase 400V, 50Hz transformer is
built from stampings having a relative
permeability of 1000, The length of flux path
is 2.5m, the area of cross section of the core is
2.5 x 10° m? and the primary winding has 800
turns. Estimate the maximum flux and no
load current of the transformer. The iron loss
at the working flux density is 2.6 w/kg. Iron
weights 5.8 x 108 Kg/m® Stacking factor
is 0.9. (7)
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UNIT Iv
10 KW, 3 phase, 6 pole, 220 y, 50H,
induction motor has 54 stator Slots, g
per slot. Number of rotor bars ig 60. C4
values of bar and end ring currents, ‘py,
has an efficiency of 85% and power factor 0.84, the
rotor mmf is equal to 85% stator mmf. Algo find
the area of bar andend_ ring if the current eunity
is 5A/mm?. ay
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Estimate the stator core dimensions, Pree of
turns in the winding and number of stator
conductors per slot for a 100kW, 8200V, 50Hz, 12
pole star connected slip ring induction motor.
0.4wb/ mm?
conductors per meter = 25000 A/m; efficiency =
Assume average gap density =
0.9; power factor = 0.9 and winding factor = 0.96.
Choose main dimensions to give best power
factor. (1)
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UNIT V
Explain the design procedure of running winding
of capacitor start single phase induction
motor, ap
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Discuss the analysis method and synthesis
method of computer aided design of electrical
machines with relevant flow chart. (11)
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