TESTING OF D.C MACHINES

Objective Questions Short notes Objective questions (Answers are given below) One of the main advantages of Swinburne’s testis that it(a) is applicable both to shunt and compoundmotors(b) needs one running test(c) is very economical and convenient(d) ignores any charge in iron loss The main disadvantage of Hopkinson’s test forfinding efficiency of shunt d.c. motors is … Read more

SPEED CONTROL OF D.C. MOTORS

Objective Questions Short notes Objective questions (Answers are given below) The speed of a d.c. motor can be controlled byvarying(a) its flux per pole(b) resistance of armature circuit(c) applied voltage(d) all of the above The most efficient method of increasing thespeed of a 3.75 kW d.c. shunt motor would bethe ………..method.(a) armature control(b) flux control(c) … Read more

GENERATOR CHARACTERISTICS

Objective Questions Short notes Objective questions (Answers are given below) The external characteristic of a shunt generatorcan be obtained directly from its ——characteristic.(a) internal (b) open-circuit(c) load-saturation (d ) performance Load saturation characteristic of a d.c. generatorgives relation between(a) V and Ia (b) E and Ia(c) E0 and If (d ) V and If The … Read more

ARMATURE REACTION AND COMMUTATION

Objective Questions Short notes Objective questions (Answers are given below) In d.c. generators, armature reaction is producedactually by(a) its field current(b) armature conductors(c) field pole winding(d) load current in armature In a d.c. generator, the effect of armature reactionon the main pole flux is to(a) reduce it (b) distort it(c) reverse it (d ) both … Read more