DR.
BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, LONERE
Regular & Supplementary Summer 2024
Course: B. Tech Branch: Electrical Engineering and Allied Branches Semester: VI
Subject Code and Name: BTEEC602_Y22 Electrical Machine Design
Max Marks: 60 Date: 15/06/2024 Duration: 3 Hr.
Instructions to the Students:
1. All the questions are compulsory.
2. The level (K1-Remembering, K2- Understanding, K3 – Applying, K4 – Analyzing, K5 –
Evaluating, K6 - Creating) of question or expected answer as per OBE or the course
outcome (CO) on which the question is based is mentioned in front of each question.
3. The use of non-programmable scientific calculators is allowed.
4. Assume suitable data wherever necessary and mention it clearly.
(CO/Level) Marks
Q. 1 Solve Any Two of the following. 12
A) Explain the limitations considered with designing the electrical machine. CO1/K2 6
B) Describe the nameplate of rotating machines as per standards. CO1/K2 6
C) Discuss the insulating materials class based on thermal consideration. CO1/K2 6
Q. 2 Solve Any Two of the following. 12
A) Illustrate a design procedure for choke (coil) design with relevant formulae. CO2/K3 6
B) A 250 V, 37 kW, DC shunt motor has to exert a maximum torque of 150% of full CO2/K3 6
load torque during the starting period. The resistance of the armature circuit is 0.2
Ohm, and the full load efficiency is 84%. The number of studs is 8. Determine;
a) The upper and lower limits of current during the starting
b) The resistance of each section
C) Show the simplex lap-wound armature with a winding table of a 4-pole generator CO2/K3 6
with 24 conductors.
Q. 3 Solve Any Two of the following. 12
A) Model an output equation for the three-phase induction motor. CO3/K3 6
B) Compute the main dimensions of the of a 5 h.p., 400 V, 3-phase, 4-pole squirrel CO3/K3 6
cage induction motor using star-delta starter. Assume the following data:
Average flux density in the air gap = 0.46 Wb/m²
Ampere conductors per meter of armature periphery = 22000
Full load efficiency = 83%
Full load p.f. = 0.84 lag
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Winding factor = 0.955
Stacking factor = 0.9
Current density = 4 A /mm²
No. of slots per poles per phase = 3
L / t = 1.5
C) Illustrate the procedure of computation of losses in rotor bars and end ring of CO4/K3 6
inductor machine.
Q. 4 Solve Any Two of the following. 12
A) The thermal conductivity of assembled armature laminations is 20 times as great CO5/K3 6
along the direction of laminations as in the direction across the laminations.
Calculate the loss that will be conducted across the laminations in a stack 40 mm
thick and 6000 mm² in cross- section with a difference of 20°C. Given that a
difference of 5°C will cause 25 W to be conducted through a cross-section of 2500
mm² in area and 20 mm thick measured along the laminations.
B) A 50 MVA turbo-alternator has a total loss of 1500 kW. Calculate the volume of CO5/K3 6
air required per second and also the fan power if the temperature rise in the machine
is to be limited to 30 ℃. The other data given is;
Inlet temperature of air = 25 ℃,
Barometric = 760 mm of mercury,
Pressure = 2 kN/m2,
Fan efficiency = 0.4.
C) Show various types of ventilating systems in accordance with the provision of CO5/K3 6
cooling ducts and how the air passes over the heated part of the machine.
Q. 5 Solve Any Two of the following. 12
A) Illustrate the types of tests performed on transformers as per the Standards for CO6/K3 6
estimation of leakage reactance, resistance of winding, no load current, and losses.
B) Determine winding parameters for a 100 kVA, 11 kV/415 V, 50 Hz, three-phase CO6/K3 6
delta/star core type distribution transformer. Assume flux density = 1.2 T, current
density = 2.5 A/mm2, window space factor = 0.28, and constant K = 0.45 for three-
phase core-type distribution transformers. Use a four-step core.
C) Illustrate the step-by-step design procedure for the magnetic frame of a three-phase CO6/K3 6
power transformer with relevant formulas.
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