The armature of a 4-pole dc generator is required to generate an e.m.f.

of 520 V on open
circuit when revolving at a speed of 660 rpm. Calculate the magnetic flux per pole required
if the armature has 144 slots with 2 coil sides per slot, each coil consisting of three turns.
The armature is wave-wound.
27.4 mWb/pole

In a 12-pole triplex lap wound d.c. armature, each conductor can carry a current of 100
A. The rated current of this armature is ____ ampere.
3600

A 288 V dc shunt generator has a constant loss of 2880 watts. The armature circuit
resistance is 0.20 ohm and field resistance is 144 ohms. If the generator is delivering
power at maximum efficiency, then its armature current is
120A

The input and output powers of a 220 V, shunt motor are 30 and 28 kW respectively. The
field and armature circuit resistances are 40 ohms and 0.0125 ohm respectively.
Determine the efficiency of the motor if the output power is reduced to 10 kW.
84.93

A motor develops a torque of 120 lb-ft and is subjected to a 15% reduction in the field
flux, which in turn resulted to 30% increase in armature current. Calculate the new torque
produced as a result of this change.
132.6

A dc shunt motor runs at 900 rpm from a 460 V supply when taking an armature current
of 25 A. Calculate the speed of which it will run from a 230 V supply when taking an
armature current of 15 A. The resistance of the armature circuit is 0.8 ohm. Assume flux
per pole at 230 V have to decrease to 75% of its value at 460 V.
595

A dc series generator is supplying a current of 5 A to a series lighting system through a

feeder of total resistance, 1 ohm. The terminal voltage is 2500 volts. The armature and
series field resistances are 18 and 15 ohms, respectively. A 30 ohm diverter resistance
is shunted across the series field. Determine the generated power of the generator.
13.750
Three shunt generators operating in parallel supply a total load current of 2000 amperes.
Each machine has a field resistance of 40 ohms and an armature resistance of 0.02 ohm.
The emfs generated are 240, 242 and 245 volts respectively. Determine the current
delivered by each generator.
500, 650, 850

A 220-V shunt motor delivers 40 hp on full-load at 950 rpm and has an efficiency of 88%.
The armature and field resistances are 0.2 ohm and 110 ohms, respectively. Determine
the starting resistance such that the starting armature current does not exceed 1.6 times
the full-load current.
0.739

The pony brake test of an elevator door drive shunt motor, the ammeter and voltmeter
measuring the input read 34 A and 220 V. The speed of the motor is found to be 910 rpm
and the balance on a 2 ft brake arm read 27.2 pounds. The tare weight of the arm is found
to be positive 2.3 pounds. Determine the efficiency of the motor at this load.
86.05%

A two-pole DC generator has an armature containing a total of 40 conductors connected

in two parallel paths. The flux per pole is 6.48 x 10^8 lines and the speed of the prime
mover is 30 rpm. The resistance of each conductor is 0.01 ohm and the current carrying
capacity of each conductor is 10 A. Calculate the terminal voltage of the generator
127.6

A short shunt compound dc generator delivers a load current of 30 A at 220 V and has
armature, series field and shunt field resistances of 0.05 ohm, 0.03 ohm, and 200 ohms
respectively. Calculate the generated voltage (allow 1 V for brush contact drop).
223.45

A piece of conductor 10 cm long moves across a magnetic field of 10,000 gauss at a

velocity of 120 cm/sec. What voltage appears across the conductor?
0.12 V

A DC shunt motor runs at 600 rpm on a 240-volt supply while drawing a line current of 30
A. Its armature and field resistances are 0.5 ohm and 120 ohms respectively. What
resistance should be placed in series with the armature circuit in order to reduce the
speed to 400 rpm. Assume no changes in the armature or field current.
2.69 ohms
A 400-kW, 600 volt, d-c shunt generator has an armature resistance of 0.03 ohm. The
field resistance is 48 ohms. The stray power loss for this machine at rated voltage and
speed is 7200 watts. What is the maximum efficiency?
95.3%

A 4-pole dc shunt generator with a wave-wound armature having 390 conductors has to
supply a load of 500 lamps each of 100 W at 250 V. Allowing 10 V for the voltage drop in
the connecting leads between the generator and the load and brush drop of 2 V, calculate
the speed at which the generator should be driven. The flux per pole is 30 mWb and the
Ra = 0.05 ohm and Rf = 65 ohms.
698 rpm

A compound motor develops a torque of 271 lb-ft when it is operating at 1,200 rpm, under
which condition its armature current Ia is 215 amperes. What will be the developed
horsepower of the motor if the load is increased so that it slows down to 1,120 rpm in
which Ia changes to 238 amperes and the total flux increases by 8 percent?
67.8

The armature of a DC motor has 648 conductors, 65% of which are directly under the
pole shoes where the flux density is 48,000 lines per square inch. If the core diameter is
7 inches and its length 4 inches and the current in each conductor is 20 amperes,
calculate the torque exerted by the armature.
41.7 lb-ft

A compound dynamo supplies a load of 20 kW at 400 V through a feeder having a a

250resistance equal to 0.1 ohm. The shunt and series field resistances are 85 ohms and
0.06 ohm respectively. Determine the total electromotive force when the generator is
connected short-shunt. Assume a brush contact drop of 1 V per brush and an armature
resistance of 0.1 ohm.
415.58V

Neglecting saturation, if current taken by a series motor is increased from 10 A to 12 A,

the percentage increase in its torque is ___ percent.
44

a compound motor is 1,650 rpm. How fast will it operate when it delivers rated horsepower
output, if the speed regulation
1467
A 4-pole lap-wound armature has 144 slots with two coil sides per slot, each coil having
two turns. If the flux per pole is 2 mWb and the armature rotates at 720 rpm. What is the
induced voltage?
27.648 -- pero nakasulat 276.48 sa answers niya

In a 10 pole, lap wound dc armature, the number of active armature conductor per pole
is 50. The number of compensating conductor per pole required is
5

The input current to a 220 V, short shunt compound motor at no-load is 6 A. The shunt
field circuit resistance is 220 ohms, the armature resistance is 0.10 ohm and the series
field resistance is 0.08 ohm. What is the stray power loss?
1153

A 4-pole DC generator with duplex lap winding has 48 slots and four elements per slot.
The flux per pole is 2.5 x 10^6 Maxwell and it runs at 1500 rpm. What is the output
voltage?
60A

dc shunt motor takes a current of 4 A on no-load

A 4-pole, 12-slot lap wound d.c. armature has 2 coil sides/slot. Assuming single turn coils
and progressive winding, the back pitch would be
D.6

In a 10-pole, lap-wound d.c. generator, the number of active armature conductors pole is
50. The number of compensating conductors per pole required is
5

A 120-V shunt motor has an armature equivalent of 0.5 ohm and a field resistance of 60
ohms. At full load, the motor takes 10 A and the speed is 1000 rpm. At what speed must
this motor maybe driven as a generator to deliver 10 A to an external load at 120 V?
1086 RPM
A dc generator has a mechanical efficiency at 98.2% and an electrical efficiency of 95.9%.
Find the commercial efficiency.
94.2

The armature of d.c. generator has a 2-layer lap winding housed in 72 slots with 6
conductors/slot. What is the minimum number of commutator bars required for the
armature?
216

A 100-volt shunt motor is developing 6 hp while operating at an over-all efficiency of 86%.

The armature and shunt field resistances are 0.06 and 50 ohms respectively. Determine
the stray power losses.
378 W

The nameplate rating of a shunt motor is 150 hp, 600 volts, 205 A, 1700 rpm. The
resistance of the shunt field circuit is 240 ohms and the total armature circuit resistance
is 0.15 ohm. If the motor is to be deliver full-load torque at 1,200 rpm, what value of
resistance must be added to the armature circuit?
0.827

Calculate the force that will be exerted on the scale in a pony brake test when a 20-hp,
1,400 rpm motor is operating at full load. The length of the brake arm is 3 ft and the tare
weight of the brake is 3.75 lbs.
28.76 LBS

A 240 volt d.c. motor on brake test took 52 Amp when running at 1500 rpm. The spring
balance at the end of the 76 cm brake arm reads 93.5 N. What is the efficiency of the
motor at this load?
0.95

A shunt generator supplies a full-load current of 100 A at 110 V. The shunt field resistance
is 55 ohms and stray losses are 500 W. If the machine efficiency at full-load is 86%, what
is the efficiency at one-half full-load, assuming voltage to be constant at 110 V?
84.52

A 200-volt shunt motor is taking a current of 30 amperes. Armature resistance is 0.2 ohm
and shunt field resistance is 100 ohms. Iron and friction losses amount to 500 watts. The
over-all efficiency of the motor is
82.39%
A 20 kW, dc shunt generator, delivering the rated output at 100 rpm has a terminal voltage
of 500 V. The armature resistance is 0.1 ohm, voltage drop per brush is 1 volt and the
field resistance is 500 ohms. Calculate the speed at which the machine will run as a shunt
motor taking an input of 20 kW from a 500 V dc supply
97.5 rpm

A 4 pole, lap-wound dc armature, the back pitch is 17. If the winding is progressive what
is the front pitch?
15

The hysteresis and eddy current losses of a dc machine running at 1000 rpm are 250
watts and 100 watts respectively. If the flux remains constant, at what speed will the total
iron losses be halved?
570 rpm

In a brake test the effective load on the branch pulley was 38.1 kg, the effective
diameter of the pulley is 63.5 cm and the speed is 12 r.p.s. The motor took 49 ampere
at 220 volts. What is the efficiency at this load?
83

A 440-volt shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.8 ohm and a field resistance of
200 ohms. What is the back emf when giving an output of 7.46 kW at 85% efficiency?
7.56

A 240 volts dc shunt motor has an armature current of 50 ampere, armature resistance
of 0.25 ohm running at 1200 rpm. If it is run at 220 volts, what value of armature current
when driving the same load. The field is adjusted so that the speed remains at 1200 rpm
55.

A 440-volt shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.8 ohm and a field resistance of
200 ohms. What is the back emf when giving an output of 7.46 kW at 85% efficiency?
425.8 V

The armature of a 4-pole, 128 slots shunt generator is lap wound with four conductors
per slot. The flux per pole is 50 mWb. The armature and shunt field resistances are 0.04
ohm and 50 ohms respectively. Determine the speed of the machine when supplying 400
A at a terminal voltage of 250 V.
624 rpm
A speed-indicating device consists of a 2-pole permanent magnet DC generator with a
2000-ohms DC voltmeter connected across its terminals. The generator has an armature
with 1200 conductors having two parallel paths and a total resistance of 1000 ohms
between brushes. The air gap flux is 40,000 lines per pole. If the voltmeter reads 10 V, at
what speed it will this reading indicates?
1562

A 220 V shunt motor driving its normal load draws an armature current of 50 A from a 220
V dc source. The armature resistance of this motor including brushes is 0.25 ohm. How
much armature current (minimum) will this motor draw from a 200 V dc source when
driving the same load with the field adjusted to maintain the same speed?
55.76

A shunt motor draws current of 40 A from a 120 V source and runs at 1200 rpm at rated
load. The armature and field circuit resistances are 0.1 ohm and 60 ohms, respectively.
Determine the speed of the motor at half load. Assume a brush drop of 2 V rated load
and 1 V half load.
1230

A dc voltage supply is measured at 50 V and drops to 45 V when the load is connected.

What is the value of voltage regulation?
11.11

A 50 HP, 550 V shunt-wound motor draws a line current of 4.5 A at no-load. The shunt
field resistance is 275 ohms and the armature resistance exclusive of the brushes is 0.3
ohm, the brush drop at full-load is 2 V. At full-load, the motor draws a line current of 84 A.
Calculate the efficiency at full-load.
89.9

A DC shunt has a full load rating of 15 hp, 230 volts, 57.1 amperes, 1400 rpm. The
armature circuit resistance is 0.13 ohm and the field circuit resistance is 115 ohms.
Neglecting the effect of armature reaction, determine the no-load line current.
6.74

A 6-pole lap-wound generator has 300 conductors; the emf induced per conductor being
5 V. The generated voltage of the generator is
250
A 4 pole dc generator with simplex lap winding has 48 slots and four elements per slot.
The flux per pole is 2.5 x 10^6 maxwells and it runs at 1500 rpm. What is the output
voltage?
60

A shunt dynamo and a battery of accumulators are in parallel. The dynamo has an
induced emf of 100 V and the battery has an open-circuit emf of 110 V. the dynamo
resistance is 0.4 ohm and the battery resistance is 0.5 ohm. What is the common terminal
p.d. and what is the current delivered by each if the output current is 40 A?
95.55,11.1,28.9

A separately excited motor at 1045 rpm, with a constant field current, while taking an
armature current of 50 A at 120 V. the armature resistance is 0.1 ohm. If the load on the
motor changes such that it now takes 95 A at 120 V, determine the motor speed at the
load.
1004

A 50-kW 46-volt shunt generator has a voltage regulation of 8.7 percent. Calculate the
no-load terminal voltage.
500

A dc series motor device 180 lbs.-ft of torque when the current is 30 Amp. The load
increased so that the motor current rises to 50 Amp. The torque now is
500

A 4 pole, 12 slot lap-wound dc armature has two coil sides/slot. Assuming single turn coil,
calculate the back pitch for progressive and retrogressive winding.
7&5

A 20-hp, 110 V DC shunt motor has an efficiency of 88% and the exciting current of 4
amperes and an armature resistance of 0.04 ohm. What starting resistance is required
for full-load torque?
0.69

The armature of a four-pole shunt generator is lap wound and generates 216 volts when
running at 600 rpm. The armature has 144 slots, with six conductors per slot. If this
armature is rewound, wave connected, find the emf generated at the same speed and
flux per pole.
432
The shaft power of a shunt motor is 7.8 hp. It draws 50 A from 120 V. The field winding
draws 1.2 A. What is the efficiency of the motor?
96.9

A 10-hp power 220 V DC shunt motor has an armature and field resistance of 0.25 ohm
and 100 ohms respectively. The full-load efficiency is 83%. Determine the value of starting
resistance in order that the starting The armature winding of a dc machine is made up of
a number of coils distributed in a large number of armature slots instead of placing all the
coils in two slots to will not exceed 200 percent of full-load value.
2.59

At rated load, a shunt motor draws an armature current of 50 A from a 230 V dc mains
while running at 1000 rpm. At no-load the armature current drops to 5 A. If the effect of
armature reaction has weaken the flux by 2% from no-load to full-load, determine speed
of the motor at no-load. Assume the armature resistance to be 0.15 ohm.
1010 rpm (pero sa chegg 1013.13 lolz)

Two separately excited dc shunt generators are connected in parallel and carry a total
load current of 500 amperes. Generator A has an armature resistance of 0.03 ohm and
is generating a voltage of 230 volts. Generator B has an armature resistance of 0.04 ohm
and is generating a voltage of 230 volts also. Calculate the terminal voltage.
221.44

A long shunt compound generator delivers 100 A, 250 V at rated load. The resistances
of the various windings are: armature = 0.1 ohm, interpole = 0.02 ohm, shunt field = 100
ohms and series field = 0.025 ohm. If the stray power losses amount to 1.8 kW, solve for
the overall efficiency of the generator.
86.36

The armature of a motor has of 400 active conductors, the flux density in the field being
3000 gauss. The axial length of the armature is 20.32 cm. The current is 30 amperes.
Determine the total force exerted in the armature.
731.5

A d.c. motor develops a torque of 200 N-m at 25 rps. At 20 rps, it will develop a torque of
___ N-m.
200
A long shunt compound motor takes a current of 42 A from a 230 V source. Armature,
series field and shunt field resistances are 0.1 ohm, 0.2 ohm and 50 ohms respectively.
If the friction and windage losses amount to 400 W, determine the over-all efficiency of
the machine.
80.55

A DC generator has no-load output voltage of 120 volts. Its armature circuit resistance is
0.95 ohm and its field coils are separately energized. If the load is rated 2 kW at 115 V.
Neglecting the effect of armature reaction, what power could be delivered to the load?
1670

Find the voltage regulation of a generator when full-load voltage is 110 V and no load
voltage is 120 V.
10

The armature of a dc machine running at 1200 rpm carries 45 A in current. If the induced
armature voltage is 130 V, what is the torque developed by the armature?
46.5

Two shunt generators running in parallel delivers a total current of 3,600 A. Each machine
has a field resistance of 60 ohms and an armature resistance of 0.01 ohm. The emfs
generated by each machine are 455 and 460 V, respectively. Calculate the kW share of
each machine.
652

A shunt generator delivers 195 A at a terminal voltage of 250 V. The armature resistance
and the shunt field resistance are 0.02 and 0.05 ohm respectively. The iron and the friction
losses are equal to 950 W. Find the mechanical efficiency.
98.2

The armature and field circuits of a 230 Volt shunt motor have resistance of 0.31 and 115
ohms respectively. It takes 52 Amp when operating at a certain load. What is the armature
power developed?
14.4

Find the value to voltage regulation having a dc voltage of 67 V without load and with full
load current drawn the output voltage drops to 42 V.
59.5%
A simplex lap wound armature has 580 conductors and carries a current of 125 ampere
per armature current path. If the flux per pole is 20 mWb, calculate the electromagnetic
torque developed by the armature.
210.64

A 200 V, 10 A motor could be rewound for 100 V, 20 A by using ____ as many turns per
coil of water having ____ cross-sectional area.
HALF, TWICE

A 4-pole, simplex, wave-wound generator has 57 slots, what is the coil pitch?
14

A shunt generator delivers 195 A at a terminal voltage of 250 V. The armature resistance
and the shunt field resistance are 0.02 and 0.05 ohm respectively. The iron and the friction
losses are equal to 950 W. Find the electrical efficiency.
95.9

The current drawn by a 120-V d.c. motor of armature resistance 0.5 ohm and back e.m.f.
110 V is _____ ampere.
20

The pulley of an old gen-set has a diameter of 20 inches. The belt exerts a pull of 353 lbs
on a pulley. The gen-set runs at 900 rpm. What is the approximate rating of the gen-set?
75

A 120 volts shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.08 ohm and filed resistance of
60 ohms. What current is drawn when its back emf is 114.8 volts?
A. 65 A

An 8-pole dc shunt generator with 778 wave connected armature conductors and running
at 500 rpm supplies a load of 12.5 ohms resistance at a terminal voltage of 50 V. The
armature resistance is 0.24 ohm and the field resistance is 25 ohms. Find the flux per
pole in mWb.
9.83

Calculate the force that will be exerted on the scale in a prony brake test when a 20 HP,
1,400 rpm motor is operating at full-load. The length of the brake arm is 3 ft and the tare
weight of the brake is 3.75 lbs. (28.76lbs)
Calculate the electromagnetic torque developed in the armature of a 4-pole, lap-wound
dc machine having 728 active conductors and running at 1800 rpm. The flux per pole is
30 mWb. The armature is designed to carry a maximum current of 100 A.
C. 347.6 N-m

In a 10-pole, lap-wound d.c. generator, the number of active armature conductors pole is
50. The number of compensating conductors per pole required is
A. 5

An 8-pole, 250 V, wave-wound generator has 400 conductors. If the generator is to be

lap-wound, the number of conductor required is
1600

What is the average voltage generated in a moving conductor if it cuts 2.5 x 10^6
maxwells in 1/40 second?
(2 volts)

The field circuit of a 200,000 watt, 230-V shunt generator is 6 A when running full load at
rated terminal voltage. If the combined brush and armature resistance is 0.03 ohm, solve
for the electrical efficiency of the generator.
(88.91%)

A six-pole dynamo, with interpoles, requires 360 inductors on its armature with 3 turns
per coil and 2 coil sides per slot. Determine the number of coils, slots and commutator
bars.
(60, 60, 60)

Neglecting saturation, if current taken by a series motor is increased from 10 A to 12 A,

the percentage increase in its torque is ___ percent.
(44)

An 8-pole triplex wave-wound armature carries a total of 660 amperes. If there are 8 brush
arms, calculate the current in each armature winding path?
(110 A)
A 10-hp, 230-V shunt motor takes a full-load line current of 40 A. the armature and field
resistances are 0.25 ohm and 230 ohms, respectively. The total brush-contact drop is 2
V and the core and friction losses are 380 W. calculate the efficiency of the motor. Assume
that stray-load loss is 1% of output.
(87.6%)

The output of a shunt generator is 24 kW at a terminal voltage of 200 volts. Armature

resistance = 0.05 ohm, shunt field resistance = 40 ohms. If iron and friction losses equal
the copper losses at this load, the output of the engine driving the generator is
(27.562KW)

A 100-kW, 230-V, shunt generator has Ra = 0.05 ohm and Rf = 57.5 ohms. If the
generator operates at rated voltage, calculate the induced voltage at half full-load. Neglect
brush-contact drop.
(241 V)

A shunt motor runs at 1100 rpm, at 230 V, and draws a line current of 40 A. The output
power is 10.8 hp. The various losses are: core loss, 200 W; friction and windage loss,
180 W; electrical loss due to brush contact, 37 W; stray-load loss, 37 W. The armature
and filed-circuit resistances are 0.25 ohm and 230 ohms, respectively. Calculate the
motor efficiency

In a 4-pole, 35-slot d.c. armature, 180 electrical degree coil span will be obtained when
coils occupy ____ slots.
1 and 9

A 10-HP, 220-V, dc shunt motor has an armature and field resistances of 0.25 ohm and
100 ohms, respectively. The full-load efficiency is 83%. Determine the value of starting
resistance in order that the armature starting current will not exceed 200 percent of the
full-load value.
(2.6 ohm)

The nameplate rating of a shunt motor is 150 hp, 600 volts, 205 A, 1700 rpm. The
resistance of the shunt field circuit is 240 ohms and the total armature circuit resistance
is 0.15 ohm. Calculate the speed regulation of the motor.
(5.18%)
Two 220 V dc generators, each having linear external characteristics, operate in parallel.
One machine has a terminal voltage of 270 V on no-load and 220 V at a load current of
35 A, while the other has a voltage of 280 V on no-load and 220 V at 50 A. Calculate the
output current of one machine if the total load current is 60 A.
(23.6 A)

In a 4 pole, 35 slot d.c. armature, calculate the coil span.

(8 slots)

The armature of a dc machine running at 1200 rpm carries 45 A in current. If

armature voltage is 130 V, what is the torque developed by the armature?
(46.5 N-m)

A dc shunt motor runs at 900 rpm from a 460 V supply when taking an armature current
of 25 A. Calculate the speed of which it will run from a 230 V supply when taking an
armature current of 15 A. The resistance of the armature circuit is 0.8 ohm. Assume flux
per pole at 230 V have to decrease to 75% of its value at 460 V
D. 595

A shunt motor with an armature resistance of 0.15 ohm is running at 1200 rpm for a load
which requires of armature current of 50 ampere from a 230 volt source. At no load, the
armature current is 5 ampere. If the effect of armature reaction has reduced the air gap
flux 2% from no load to full load, what is the no load speed?
D. 1,212 rpm

The current drawn by a 120-V d.c. motor of armature resistance 0.5 ohm and back e.m.f.
110 V is _____ ampere.
A. 20

A four-pole shunt connected generator has a lap connected armature with 728
conductors. The flux per pole is 25 mWb. The generator supplies two hundred fifty 110
V, 75 W incandescent lamp. The field and armature resistances are 110 ohms and 0.025
ohm respectively. Determine the speed in rpm of the generator.
A. 364
The pulley of an old gen-set has a diameter of 20 inches. The belt exerts a pull of 353 lbs
on a pulley. The gen-set runs at 900 rpm. What is the approximate rating of the gen-set?
A. 75

The input and output powers of a 220 V, shunt motor are 30 and 28 kW respectively. The
field and armature circuit resistances are 40 ohms and 0.0125 ohm respectively.
Determine the efficiency of the motor if the output power is reduced to 10 kW.
B. 88.67%

A four-pole, DC generator with lap winding has 48 slots and 4 elements per slot. How
many coils does it have?
(96)

The induced emf in the armature of a lap-wound four-pole dc machine having 100
armature conductors rotating 600 rpm and with 1 Wb flux per pole is
A. 1000 V

An 8-pole dc shunt generator with 778 wave connected armature conductors and running
at 500 rpm supplies a load of 12.5 ohms resistance at a terminal voltage of 50 V. The
armature resistance is 0.24 ohm and the field resistance is 25 ohms. Find the flux per
pole in mWb.

If the armature of an eight-pole machine were wound with a simplex wave winding, how
many parallel paths would there be?
2 paths

For a 4-pole, 2-layer d.c. lap winding with 20 slots and one conductor per layer, the
number of commutator bars is
(20)
The field current of a 180 kW, 250 volts DC shunt generator is 6 A when running full-load
at rated terminal voltage. If the combined armature and brush resistance is 0.02 ohm,
solve for the mechanical efficiency of the generator.
(93.73%)

A 20-hp, 110 V DC shunt motor has an efficiency of 88% and the exciting current of 4
amperes and an armature resistance of 0.04 ohm. What starting resistance is required
for full-load torque?
(0.69 ohm)

It is desired to reduce the speed of a 450-V, 20 HP, shunt motor by 25% by the insertion
of resistance in the armature circuit. The field current is constant at 2 A and the armature
resistance is 0.25 ohm. Calculate the necessary resistance if the torque is to remain
constant and the efficiency is 85%
A. 3.0 ohms

A shunt motor runs at 1100 rpm, at 230 V, and draws a line current of 40 A. The output
power is 10.8 hp. The various losses are: core loss, 200 W; friction and windage loss,
180 W; electrical loss due to brush contact, 37 W; stray-load loss, 37 W. The armature
and filed-circuit resistances are 0.25 ohm and 230 ohms, respectively. Calculate the
motor efficiency
(88.69%)

A 220 V shunt motor develops a torque of 54 N-m at armature current of 10 A. The torque
produced when the armature current is 20 A, is
C. 108 N-m

A belt-driven 150 kW shunt wound DC generator is running at 450 rpm and is supplying
full-load to a bus bar at 240 V. At what speed will it run if the belt breaks and the machine
continues to run taking 8.5 kW from the bus bar? The armature and field resistance are
0.05 ohm and 85 ohms respectively. The brush contact drop is 1.5 V per brush. Neglect
armature reaction.
A. 395 rpm
A series motor, having an armature resistance of 0.1 ohm and a field resistance of 0.15
ohm, takes 48 A at 230 V and 720 rpm. The total core and friction losses are 650 W,
neglecting stray-load and brush-contact losses, calculate output power at the shaft.
C. 13.16 HP

In a 6-pole d.c. machine, 90 mechanical degrees correspond to ____ electrical degrees.

A. 30

B. 180

C. 45

D. 270

A 500 V shunt motor running at 720 rpm takes an armature current of 50 A. The equivalent
armature resistance is 0.4 ohm. What resistance must be placed in series with the
armature to reduce the speed to 540 rpm while maintaining the same torque?
A. 2.2 ohms

B. 2.6 ohms

C. 2.4 ohms

D. 2.8 ohms

A 50 HP, 550 V shunt-wound motor draws a line current of 4.5 A at no-load. The shunt
field resistance is 275 ohms and the armature resistance exclusive of the brushes is 0.3
ohm, the brush drop at full-load is 2 V. At full-load, the motor draws a line current of 84 A.
Calculate the efficiency at full-load.
D.89.9%

A shunt generator supplies a full-load current of 100 A at 110 V. The shunt field resistance
is 55 ohms and stray losses are 500 W. If the machine efficiency at full-load is 86%,
calculate the armature resistance.
Answer: 0.1028 ohm
Find the voltage regulation power supply with 400 V without load and 200 V with full load.
D. 50%

A 10-pole, 400-kW, 250-V dc generator has a lap-wound armature with 75 slots each
having 12 conductors. The section of each conductor is 2 x 17.5 mm^2. If the average
length of one turn is 150 cm, find the resistance of the armature. Assume the specific
resistance per copper as 2 micro-ohm-cm.
A. 0.009643 ohm

B. 0.007714 ohm

C. 0.002571 ohm

D. 0.003857 ohm