Problems on DC Machine 2015

Q.1 A 4-pole, separately excited, wave wound DC

machine with negligible armature resistance is rated
for 230 V and 5 kW at a speed of 1200 rpm. If the
same armature coils are reconnected to form a lap
winding, what is the rated voltage (in volts) and
power (in kW) respectively at 1200 rpm of the
reconnected machine if the field circuit is left
unchanged?(GATE-2015)
(a) 230 and 5 (b) 115 and 5 (c) 115 and 2.5 (d) 230
and 2.5
Q.2 A shunt-connected DC motor operates at its rated
terminal voltage. Its no-load speed is 200 rad/sec. At
its rated torque of 500 Nm, its speed is 180 rad/sec.
The motor is used to directly drive a load whose load
torque TL depends on its rotational speed
(in
rad/sec), such that TL = 2.78
Neglecting
rotational losses, the steady-state speed (in rad/sec) of
the motor, when it drives this load, is 180 (GATE2015)
Q.3 With an armature voltage of 100 V and rated
field winding voltage, the speed of a separately
excited DC motor driving a fan is 1000 rpm, and its
armature current is 10 A. The armature resistance is
The load torque of the fan load is proportional to
the square of the rotor speed. Neglecting rotational
losses, the value of the armature voltage (in Volt)
which will reduce the rotor speed to 500 rpm is 47.5.
(GATE-2015)
Q.4 A separately excited DC generator has an
armature resistance of 0. and negligible armature
inductance. At rated field current and rated rotor
speed, its open-circuit voltage is 200 V. When this
generator is operated at half the rated speed, with half
the
rated
field
current,
an
un-charged
1000
capacitor is suddenly connected across the
armature terminals. Assume that the speed remains
Unchanged during the transient. At what time (in
microsecond) after the capacitor is connected with
the voltage across it reach 25 V? (GATE-2015)
(a) 62.25 (b) 69.3 (c) 73.25 (d) 77.3
Q.5 A DC motor has the following specifications: 10
hp, 37.5 A, 230 V; flux/pole = 0.01 Wb, number of
poles = 4, number of conductors = 666, number of
parallel paths = 2. Armature resistance = 0.267 . The
armature reaction is negligible and rotational losses
are 600 W. The motor operates from a 230 V DC
supply. If the motor runs at 1000 rpm, the output
torque produced (in Nm) is 57.8. (GATE-2015)
Q.6 A separately excited DC motor runs at 1000 rpm
on no load when its armature terminals are connected
at a 200 V DC source and the rated voltage is applied

to the field winding. The armature resistance of this

motor is
. The no-load armature current is
negligible. With the motor developing its full load
torque, the armature voltage is set so that the rotor
speed is 500 rpm. When the load torque is reduced to
50% of the full load value under the same armature
voltage conditions, the speed rises to 520 rpm.
Neglecting the rotational losses, the full load
armature current (in Ampere) is 8. (GATE-2015)
Q.7 A 15kW, 230V dc shunt motor has armature
circuit resistance of 0.4W and field circuit resistance
of 230W. At no load and rated voltage, the motor
runs at 1400 rpm and the line current drawn by the
motor is 5 A. At full load, the motor draws a line
current of 70A. Neglect armature reaction. The full
load speed of the motor in rpm is 1240 (GATE-2014)
Q.8 The no-load speed of a 230 V separately excited
dc motor is 1400 rpm. The armature resistance drop
and the brush drop are neglected. The field current is
kept constant at rated value. The torque of the motor
in Nm for an armature current of 8 A is 12.5.
(GATE-2014)
Q.9 A separately excited 300 V DC shunt motor
under no load runs at 900 rpm drawing an armature
current of 2 A. The armature resistance is 0.5W and
leakage inductance is 0.01 H. When loaded, the
armature current is 15 A. Then the speed in rpm is
880. (GATE-2014)
Q.10 A 4 point starter is used to start and control the
speed of a (GATE-2011)
(A) dc shunt motor with armature resistance
control
(B) dc shunt motor with field weakening control
(C) dc series motor
(D) dc compound motor
Q.11 A 220 V, DC shunt motor is operating at a
speed of 1440 rpm. The armature resistance is 1.0 W
and armature current is 10 A. of the excitation of the
machine is reduced by 10%, the extra resistance to be
put in the armature circuit to maintain the same speed
and torque will be (GATE-2011)
(A) 1.79 W (B) 2.1W (C) 18.9 W (D) 3.1W
Common Data
A separately excited DC motor runs at 1500 rpm
under no-load with 200 V applied to the armature.
The field voltage is maintained at its rated value. The
speed of the motor, when it delivers a torque of 5
Nm, is 1400 rpm as shown in figure. The rotational
losses and armature reaction are neglected. (GATE2010)

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increased by 10%, the ratio of motor speed to
generator speed is (GATE-2006)
(A) 0.87 (B) 0.95 (C) 0.96 (D) 1.06

Q.12 The armature resistance of the motor is

(A) 2 W (B) 3.4 W (C) 4.4 W (D) 7.7 W
Q. 13 For the motor to deliver a torque of 2.5 Nm at
1400 rpm, the armature voltage to be applied is
(A) 125.5 V (B) 193.3 V (C) 200 V (D) 241.7 V
Common Data
A 240 V, dc shunt motor draws 15 A while supplying
the rated load at a speed of 80 rad/s. The armature
resistance is 0.5 W and the field winding resistance is
80 W. (GATE-2008)
Q.14 The net voltage across the armature resistance
at the time of plugging will be
(A) 6 V (B) 234 V (C) 240 V (D) 474 V
Q.15 The external resistance to be added in the
armature circuit to limit the armature current to 125%
of its rated value is
(A) 31.1 W (B) 31.9 W (C) 15.1 W (D) 15.9 W
Q.16 The dc motor, which can provide zero speed
regulation at full load without any controller is
(A) Series (B) shunt (C) cumulative compound
(D) Differential compound (GATE-2007)
Q.17 In a DC machine, which of the following
statements is true? (GATE-2007)
(A) Compensating winding is used for neutralizing
armature reaction while interpole winding is used for
producing residual flux
(B) Compensating winding is used for neutralizing
armature reaction while interpole winding is used
for improving commutation
(C) Compensating winding is used for improving
commutation while interpole winding is used for
neutralizing armature reaction
(D) Compensation winding is used for improving
commutation while interpole winding is used for
producing residual flux
Q.18 A 220 V DC machine supplies 20 A at 200 V as
a generator. The armature resistance is 0.2 ohm. If
the machine is now operated as a motor at same
terminal Voltage and current but with the flux

Q.19 A 50 kW dc shunt is loaded to draw rated

armature current at any given speed. When
driven(GATE-2005)
(i)at half the rated speed by armature voltage control
and
(ii) at 1.5 times the rated speed by field control, the
respective output powers delivered by the motor are
approximately.
(A) 25 kW in (i) and 75 kW in (ii)
(B) 25 kW in (i) and 50 kW in (ii)
(C) 50 kW in (i) and 75 kW in (ii)
(D) 50 kW in (i) and 50 kW in (ii)
Q.20 In relation to DC machines, match the
following and choose the correct combination
(GATE-2005)
List-I
List-II
Performance Variables Proportional to
P. Armature emf (E)
1. Flux(f), speed (w)
and armature current (Ia)
2. f and w only
Q. Developed torque (T )
3. f and Ia only
R Developed power (P)
4. Ia and w only
5. Ia only
Codes:
PQR
(A) 3 3 1
(B) 2 5 4
(C) 3 5 4
(D) 2 3 1
Q.21 The armature resistance of a permanent magnet
dc motor is 0.8 W. At no load, the motor draws 1.5 A
from a supply voltage of 25 V and runs at 1500 rpm.
The efficiency of the motor while it is operating on
load at 1500 rpm drawing a current of 3.5 A from the
same source will be (GATE-2004)
(A) 48.0% (B) 57.1% (C) 59.2% (D) 88.8%
Q.22 A 8-pole, DC generator has a simplex wavewound armature containing 32 coils of 6 turns each.
Its flux per pole is 0.06 Wb. The machine is running
at 250 rpm. The induced armature voltage is
(GATE-2004)
(A)96 V (B) 192 V (C) 384 V (D) 768 V
Q.23 To conduct load test on a dc shunt motor, it is
coupled to a generator which is identical to the
motor. The field of the generator is also connected to
the same supply source as the motor. The armature of
generator is connected to a load resistance. The
armature resistance is 0.02 p.u. Armature reaction
and mechanical losses can be neglected. With rated
voltage across the motor, the load resistance across
the generator is adjusted to obtain rated armature

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current in both motor and generator. The p.u value of
this load resistance is (GATE-2003)
(A) 1.0 (B) 0.98 (C) 0.96 (D) 0.94
Q.24 A dc series motor driving and electric train
faces a constant power load. It is running at rated
speed and rated voltage. If the speed has to be
brought down to 0.25 p.u. the supply voltage has to
be approximately brought down to (GATE-2003)
(A) 0.75p.u (B) 0.5p.u (C) 0.25p.u (D) 0.12 p.u
Q.25 A 220 V, 15 kW, 100 rpm shunt motor with
armature resistance of 0.25 W, has a rated line
current of 68 A and a rated field current of 2.2 A. The
change in field flux required to obtain a speed of
1600 rpm while drawing a line current of 52.8 A and
a field current of 1.8 A is(GATE-2003)
(A) 18.18% increase (B) 18.18% decrease
(C) 36.36% increase (D) 36.36% decrease

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