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Esci 129 – Ac Dc Machinery
Questions:
3. What two important requirements are necessary before generator action is possible?
Answer:
The two important requirements are presence of magnetic line of force and motion of conductors cutting the
flux.
Ref: https://www.scribd.com/doc/23994930/Motors-Generators
4. What two important requirements are necessary before motor action is possible?
Answer:
The two important requirements are presence of magnetic lines of force and current through conductors
lying in the magnetic field.
Ref: https://www.scribd.com/doc/23994930/Motors-Generators
7. How many lines of force must be cut per second if 1 volt is to be generated in a moving conductor?
Answer: According to Lenz's law, 1 volt is generated for every 100,000,000 lines cut per one second.
Ref: https://www.scribd.com/doc/23994930/Motors-Generators
8. In an actual generator, what effect has the number of parallel paths in the armature winding upon the
terminal voltage?
Answer:
The number of parallel paths determines the current rating of a generator, whereas the number of series
conductor per path is a measure of the terminal voltage of the machine.
Ref: https://www.scribd.com/doc/23994930/Motors-Generators
9. What effect has the number of armature paths upon the current-carrying ability of a generator?
10. Is the power output of a generator affected by the number of parallel paths in the armature winding?
Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
No, because the power rating is independent in the way of which the cells or conductors are connected.
Ref: https://www.scribd.com/doc/23994930/Motors-Generators
12. Write the fundamental voltage equation as a function of the total number armature conductors and the
number of armature-winding circuits.
Answer:
Ø×rpm×𝑍
𝐸𝑔 = × 10−8
𝑎×60
Where:
𝐸𝑔 = Total generated voltage
13. What two factors determine the direction of the generated voltage in a conductor moving through a
magnetic field?
Answer:
The two factors are the direction of the flux, which is, of course determined by magnet polarity and the
direction of motion of a conductor or coil.
Ref: https://www.scribd.com/doc/23994930/Motors-Generators
14. Considering a dc generator, in what two ways can polarity (plus and minus) of the brushes be
changed?
Answer:
15. Using the fictitious “rubber-band” comparison, explain how the direction of the voltage may be
determined.
17. Using Lenz’s law, explain how the direction of the generated voltage may be determined.
Ref: http://acim.nidec.com/motors/usmotors/techdocs/profacts/motor-machinery-terminology
22. Carefully describe the commutation process, using appropriate sketches to illustrate your answer.
23. Why is it desirable to have many coils of wire and commutator segments on the armature of a dc
generator?
26. What factors determine the force exerted by a conductor on the armature of a dc motor?
27. Will a force be exerted by a conductor carrying a current when it is placed parallel to a magnetic field?
Explain carefully.
28. What happens to existing uniform field if a conductor carrying a current is placed in this field?
29. Using a sketch showing a two-pole motor with a single coil placed with its two sides under the pole
centers,
30. Why is no torque developed by those conductors occupying positions in the interpolar spaces of a
motor?
31. What is the essential difference between commutation in a dc generator and commutation in a dc
motor?
33. What two types of field winding are used in dc machine? How do they differ from each other with regard
to
the number of turns of wire? the size of wire? the manner in which they are connected?
34. When is it desirable and permissible to use permanent magnets in dc machines? What kind of material
is generally used for permanent magnets?
35. Make sketches showing two ways in which the two field windings, shunt and series, may be connected
for compound generator or motor operation.