Module 1

Answer Key:
Activity No. 1

Calculate the coil pitches and indicate the slots into which the first coil should be
placed for the following armature windings.
a) 62 slots, 6 poles
b) 𝑏)140 slots, 8 poles
𝑐) 290 slots, 10 poles
𝑑) 240 slots, 12 poles

1. 𝑌𝑆 = 10 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡 1 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡 11
2. 𝑌𝑆 = 17 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡 1 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡 18
3. 𝑌𝑆 = 29 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡 1 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡 30
4. 𝑌𝑆 = 20 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡 1 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑡 21
Activity No. 2

a) Calculate the commutator pitches for the following pole and commutator segment
combination.
a.1) 4 poles, 120 segments duplex wave
1 .1 𝑌𝐶 = 59 𝑎𝑛𝑑 61
Tracing YC  59

1--------60---------119
2 segment behind segment 1

Tracing YC  61

1-------62-------3
2 segments ahead segment 1

a.2) 6 pole, 126 segments triplex wave

1 𝑌𝐶 = 43 𝑎𝑛𝑑 41
Tracing YC  41

1--------42-------83--------124
3 segments behind segment 1
 Tracing YC  43

1---------44--------87---------4
b) segments ahead segment 1

In each case trace the winding around the commutator once; start at segment 1 and
show that after one trip around the commutator, a segment is reach that is m behind or
m ahead of the starting segment.

c) A commutator has 456 segments. Indicate whether or not the following windings
are possible:
simplex-wave for six poles
c.1) triplex-wave for six poles
1 𝑌𝐶 = 153 𝑎𝑛𝑑 151 possible
tracing 𝑌𝐶 = 151
1-----------152-----------303----------454 →3 segments behind segment 1
tracing 𝑌𝐶 = 153
1-----------154-----------307----------4 → 3 segments ahead segment 1

c.2) duplex-wave for eight poles

1 4. 𝑌𝐶 = 114.5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 113.5 impossible

c.3) simplex wave for ten poles

𝑌𝐶 = 91.4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 91 possible
tracing 𝑌𝐶 = 91
1-----------92-----------183-----------274---------365----------456 →1
segment behind segment 1

If possible trace the winding around the commutator once starting at segment 1
and show that after one trip around the commutator, a segment is reached that is
m segments behind or ahead of the starting segment.

Activity No. 3
 Ans. Triplex lap winding
Activity No. 4
72
Number of Equalizer = 24 × 25% = 6 𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
3

Rin Segment No.

g

1 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67

2 2 8 14 20 26 32 38 44 50 56 62 68

3 3 9 15 21 27 33 39 45 51 57 63 69

4 4 10 16 22 28 34 40 46 52 58 64 70

5 5 11 17 23 29 35 41 47 53 59 65 71

6 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72

Activity No. 5

1. A six pole, wave wound armature has 640 conductors. If the flux per pole is 16
mWb, at what speed must be driven in order to generate 256 volts.
Given:
𝑃 = 6, 𝑍 = 640, ∅ = 16 𝑚𝑊𝑏, 𝐸𝑔 = 256 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠

Required: N
Solution:
𝐸𝐺 × 𝑎 × 60 256 × 2 × 60
𝑁= = = 500 𝑟𝑝𝑚
𝑍×∅×𝑃 640 × 16 × 10−3 × 6
2. A six pole wave wound armature has 250 conductors when driven at 400 rpm,
the emf generated is 260 volt . What is the useful flux per pole.
Given:
𝑃 = 6, 𝑍 = 250, 𝑁 = 400 𝑟𝑝𝑚, 𝐸𝑔 = 260 𝑉

Required: ∅
Solution:
𝐸𝐺 × 𝑎 × 60 260 × 2 × 60
∅= = = 0.052 𝑊𝑏
𝑍×𝑃×𝑁 250 × 6 × 400
3. A 4 pole, lap wound armature when driven at 600 rpm generates 120V. If the
flux per pole is 25 mWb, find the number of armature conductors.
 Given:
𝑃 = 4, 𝑁 = 600 𝑟𝑝𝑚, 𝐸𝑔 = 120𝑉, ∅ = 25𝑚𝑊𝑏
Required: Z=?
Solution:
𝐸𝑔 × 𝑎 × 60 120 × 4 × 60
𝑍= = = 480 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
∅×𝑃×𝑁 25 × 10−3 × 4 × 600

4. The induced voltage of a wave connected generator is 200 volts and the flux
per pole is 0.02 Wb. The number of conductors of the generator is 500. The
generator is driven at a speed of 600 rpm. Determine the number of poles of
generator.
Given:
𝐸𝐺 = 200 𝑉, ∅ = 0.02 𝑊𝑏, 𝑍 = 500, 𝑁 = 600 𝑅𝑃𝑀

Required: P
Solution:
200×2×60
𝑃 = 0.02×500×600 = 4 poles

5. The armature of a 4 pole dc generator is required to generate an emf of 520 V

on open circuit when revolving at a speed off 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.
Given:
𝑃 = 4, 𝐸𝑔 = 520 𝑉, 𝑁 = 660 𝑟𝑝𝑚, 𝑍 = 144 × 2 × 3 = 864 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑. 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑

Required: ∅
Solution:
𝐸𝐺 × 𝑎 × 60 520 × 2 × 60
∅= = = 0.0274 𝑊𝑏.
𝑍×𝑃×𝑁 864 × 4 × 660