Romblon State University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

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ELECTRICAL MACHINES 2 (COMPLETION EXAM)

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1. A three-phase wye-connected 50 Hz, 2-pole synchronous machine has a stator with 2,000 turns of wire per phase.
What rotor flux would be required to produce a terminal (line to line) voltage of 5 kV?
a. 8.4 mWb
b. 6.5 mWb
c. 5.2 mWb
d. 7.8 mWb

𝐸∅ = 4.44𝑓𝑁∅

𝐸𝐿 5000
𝐸∅ = = = 2886.751 𝑉
√3 √3

2886.751 = 4.44(50)(2000)(∅)

∅ = 6.5 𝑚𝑊𝑏

2. A three-phase, wye-connected wound rotor synchronous generator rated at 10 kVA, 230 V has a synchronous
reactance of 1.2 ohms/phase and an armature resistance of 0.5 ohm/phase. What is the percent voltage regulation
at full-load with 85% lagging power factor?
a. 18.3%
b. 24.7%
c. 20.8%
d. 22.5%

𝑉𝐿 230
𝑉∅ = ∠0𝑜 = ∠0𝑜 = 132.791∠0𝑜 𝑉
√3 √3

𝑝𝑓 = cos −1 0.85 = 31.788 𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔

𝑆 10000
𝐼𝑎 = 𝐼𝐿 = = = 25.102∠ − 31.788
√3𝑉𝐿 √3(230)

𝐸𝑔 = 𝑉∅ + 𝐼𝑎 𝑍

𝐸𝑔 = 132.791∠0 + (25.102∠ − 31.788)(0.5 + 𝑗1.2)

𝐸𝑔 = 160.455∠6.798 𝑉

𝐸𝑔 − 𝑉 160.455 − 132.791
𝑉𝑅% = = 𝑥100 = 20.8%
𝑉 132.791

3. Two exactly similar turbo-alternators are rated 20 MW each. They are running in parallel. The speed load
characteristics of the driving turbines are such that the frequency of alternator one drops uniformly from 50
Hz on no-load to 48 Hz on full-load, that of the alternator two from 50 Hz to 48.5 Hz. How will the two
machines share a load of 30,000 kW?
a. 15.56 MW, 15.44 MW
b. 12.80 MW, 17.20 MW
c. 17.47 MW, 16.92 MW
d. 16.92 MW, 13.08 MW
 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 1:

50 − 48 50 − 𝑓
=
20 𝑃1

𝑃1 = 500 − 10𝑓

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 2

50 − 48.5 50 − 𝑓
=
20 𝑃2

𝑃2 = 666.67 − 13.33𝑓

𝑃1 + 𝑃2 = 30 𝑀𝑊

(500 − 10𝑓) + (666.67 − 13.33𝑓) = 30

𝑓 = 48.721 𝐻𝑧

𝑃1 = 500 − 10(48.721) = 12.79 𝑀𝑊

𝑃2 = 666.67 − 13.33(48.721) = 17.219 𝑀𝑊

4. A generator is rated 100 MW, 13.8 kV and 90% power factor. The effective resistance to ohmic resistance is 1.5.
The ohmic resistance is obtained by connecting two terminals to a d.c source. The current and voltage are 87.6
amperes and 6 Volts, respectively. What is the resistance per phase?
a. 0.0617 ohms
b. 0.0513 ohms
c. 0.0685 ohms
d. 0.0324 ohms

𝑉𝑑𝑐 6
𝑅𝑡 = = = 0.0685 𝑜ℎ𝑚𝑠
𝐼𝑑𝑐 87.6

𝑅𝑡 0.0685
𝑅𝑎 𝑑𝑐 = = = 0.0342 𝑜ℎ𝑚𝑠
2 2

𝑅𝑎
𝐴𝐶 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 =
𝑅𝑎 𝑑𝑐

𝑅𝑎
1.5 =
0.0342

𝑅𝑎 = 0.0513 𝑜ℎ𝑚𝑠

5. A 220V, 50 Hz, 4-pole induction motor has a rotor power input of 95 kW. It is observe that the rotor EMF makes
120 cycles per minute. Calculate the rotor copper loss.
a. 2.1 kW
b. 5.4 kW
c. 3.8 kW
d. 4.6 kW

𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒 1 𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑓𝑟 = 120 𝑥 = 2 𝐻𝑧
𝑚𝑖𝑛 60 𝑠

𝑓𝑟 = 𝑠𝑓

𝑓𝑟 2
𝑠= = = 0.04
𝑓 50

𝑃𝑐𝑢𝑟 = 𝑠𝑃𝑟 = 0.04(95) = 3.8 𝑘𝑊

6. A 50-kW 440-V 50-Hz two-pole induction motor has a slip of 6 percent when operating at full-load conditions.
At full-load conditions, the efficiency is 85%. Find the full load torque in Newton-meter.
a. 172.78 N-m
b. 185.47 N-m
c. 169.33 N-m
d. 155.26 N-m
 9.55𝑃𝑜
𝜏𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑓𝑡 =
𝑁𝑟

120𝑓 120(50)
𝑁𝑠 = = = 3000 𝑟𝑝𝑚
𝑃 2

𝑁𝑟 = (1 − 𝑠)𝑁𝑠 = (1 − 0.06)(3000) = 2820 𝑟𝑝𝑚

9.55(50000)
𝜏𝑖𝑛𝑑 = = 169.33 𝑁 − 𝑚
2820

7. A 10 HP, six pole, three phase, 440V, 60 Hz induction motor operates at its rated load at the speed of 1050 rpm
with a power factor of 80% lagging. Stator copper loss is 500 W and the core loss is 300 W. Frictional losses
amount to 0.3 HP. Calculate the motor line current.
a. 16.24 A
b. 15.72 A
c. 18.41 A
d. 17.64 A

𝑁𝑟 = 1050 𝑟𝑝𝑚

𝑃𝑁𝑟
𝑆=1−
120𝑓

6(1050)
𝑠=1− = 0.125
120(60)

𝑃𝑚 = (1 − 𝑠)𝑃𝑟

𝑃𝑚 𝑃𝑜 + 𝑃𝑓𝑤 10(746) + 0.3(746)

𝑃𝑟 = = = = 8781.49 𝑊
1−𝑠 1−𝑠 1 − 0.125

𝑃𝑖𝑛 = 𝑃𝑟 + 𝑃𝑐𝑢 𝑠 + 𝑃𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 8781.49 + 500 + 300 = 9581.49 𝑊

𝑃𝑖𝑛
𝐼𝐿 =
√3(𝑉𝐿 )(𝑝𝑓)

9581.49
𝐼𝐿 = = 15.72 𝐴
√3(440)(0.8)

8. A factory load of 900 kW at 0.6 power factor lagging is to be increased by the addition of a synchronous motor
that takes 450 kW. At what power factor must this motor operate if the over-all power factor is needed to be
0.9 lagging?
a. 0.636 leading
b. 0.747 leading
c. 0.525 leading
d. 0.424 leading

𝜃𝑜𝑙𝑑 = cos −1 0.6 = 53.13𝑜

𝜃𝑛𝑒𝑤 = cos −1 0.9 = 25.84𝑜

𝑄𝑜𝑙𝑑 = 900𝑡𝑎𝑛53.13 = 1199.99 𝑘𝑉𝐴𝑅

𝑄𝑛𝑒𝑤 = (900 + 450)𝑡𝑎𝑛25.84 = 653.78 𝑘𝑉𝐴𝑅

𝑄𝑠𝑦𝑛 = 1199.99 − 653.78 = 546.21 𝑘𝑉𝐴𝑅

546.21
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑐 =
450

𝑝𝑓 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑐 = 0.636 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔

9. A 500 HP, 2200 V, 3 phase, star connected synchronous motor has a synchronous impedance of 0.3+j3 ohms per
phase. Determine the induced emf per phase if the motor works on full load with an efficiency of 94% and a
power factor of 0.8 leading.
a. 1360 V
b. 1354 V
c. 1402 V
d. 1511 V

𝑃𝑜 500(746)
𝑃𝑖𝑛 = = = 396808.511 𝑊
𝜂 0.94

𝜃 = cos −1 0.8 = 36.87

 𝑃𝑖𝑛 396808.511
𝐼𝐿 = 𝐼𝑎 = = = 130.169∠36.87 𝐴
√3𝑉𝐿 𝑝𝑓 √3(2200)(0.8)

𝐸 = 𝑉∅ − 𝐼𝑎 𝑍

2200
𝐸= ∠0 − (130.169∠36.87)(0.3 + 𝑗3)
√3

𝐸 = 1511.028∠ − 12.842

10. In a 10-pole synchronous machine, 20 electrical degrees are equivalent to how many mechanical degrees?
a. 2
b. 8
c. 4
d. 10

𝑃
𝜃𝑒 = 𝜃
2 𝑚

10
20 = 𝜃
2 𝑚

𝜃𝑚 = 4