Higher Technological Institute Electrical Machines
10th of Ramadan City Rotating Machines
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Dr. Mohamed Enany
Sheet (1) 1) A 2 pole, 60 Hz, star-connected, AC machine, has a rotor field winding with distributed turns Nf =46 and winding factor Kf =0.90 and an armature winding on the stator with series turns /phase Na =24and winding factor Ka =0.833. The rotor length is l = 4.0m, the rotor radius is r = 0.5 m and air-gap length is g = 0.075 m, and the field current If =1500 A. Compute : (a) The peak fundamental mmf produced by the field winding. (b) The peak fundamental air-gap flux density. (c) The fundamental air-gap flux per pole. (d) The rms value of the open circuit voltage generated in the armature.
2) A 4 pole, 60 Hz, star-connected, AC machine, has a rotor field winding with a total of 120 series turns and a winding factor Kf = 0.92. The rotor length is 2.1m, the rotor radius is 45cm and air-gap length is 3.0 cm. To achieve a peak fundamental air-gap flux density of 1.3 T, Calculate : (a) The rotor winding current. (b) The corresponding fundamental air-gap flux per pole. (c) The rms value of the open circuit voltage generated in the armature if the armature winding has 16 series turns per phase and a winding factor K a = 0.94.
3) A 2-pole, 60 Hz,3-phase AC machine has a rotor length of 7.1in,a rotor radius of 2.25 in and an air-gap length of 0.010 in, the rotor field winding has 248 turns and a winding factor of 0.95.the armature winding consists of 60 turns / phase with a winding factor of 0.93. (a) Calculate the flux per pole and peak fundamental air-gap flux density for an armature voltage of 120 V rms /phase (b) Calculate the dc field current in amperes required to achieve conditions of part (a).
4) A 3-phase, 50Kw, 4-pole, 50 Hz, AC machine, its winding is designed in delta connected and has 24 conductor per slot, arranged in 60 slots. Its winding factor equal 0.96. The rms value of line current is 48 A. Find: (a) The peak fundamental mmf wave of phase A. (b) The peak fundamental air-gap flux density if air-gap length is 0.005 m.
1 (c) The fundamental air-gap flux per pole if the rotor length is 3 m and the rotor radius is 45cm.
5) Prove that a pulsating magnetic field will be produced when the single phase armature winding of AC machine is supplied by single phase current. Then show that a pulsating magnetic field is equivalent to two rotating field, each of half the magnitude of the pulsating field, rotating in opposite direction.
6) Prove that a rotating magnetic field will be produced when the 3 phase armature winding of AC machine is supplied by 3- phase balanced current. Then show that the direction of rotation of the rotating field can be reversed by interchanging the supply to any two phases.
7) In a balanced two-phase machine supplied by a balanced 2-phase supply of frequency ( f )
Hz, prove that the resultant mmf of such machine, has a constant amplitude equals the maximum mmf of one phase and has an angular speed of 2 f rad/sec.
