Tutorial EPE 491 DC Motor

1. A 4 pole lap wound dc shunt motor rotates at the speed of 1500 rpm, has a flux of 0.4mWb
and the total number of conductors are 1000. What is the value of emf?
[Ans: Ea = 10V]

2. A 4 pole, DC shunt motor has lap connected armature winding. The flux per pole is 30mWb.
The number of armature conductors is 250. When connected to 230V DC supply it draws an
armature current of 40 A. Calculate the counter emf and the speed with which motor is
running. Assume armature resistance is 0.6.
[Ans: Ea = 206V; N =1648rpm]

3. Difference between the separately excited machine and the self excited machine.

4. Sketch the schematic of three different types of DC motors. Label clearly the components
and the direction of the current flows.

5. Draw the equivalent circuits of a separately excited DC motor and shunt DC motor. Show the
direction of the current flow and state the voltage and current equation for each equivalent
circuit.

6. Figure below shows an electrical circuit of self-excited DC motor. Identify the components
labelled (i), (ii), and (iii) in the figure shown.

7. With the aid of equations, explain how a shunt DC motor responds to an increase of load.

8. Sketch the complete schematic diagrams of following motors:

i. DC series motor.
ii. DC shunt motor.
Label clearly the components and direction of current in both motors. Draw a power flow
diagram of DC series motor and DC shunt motor.

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9. A DC shunt motor draws a current of 15A from a 210V supply voltage. The speed of the
motor is 1500rpm. The armature resistance and the field resistance are 0.5 and 150
respectively. Determine;
a) The field and the armature current
b) The induced armature voltage
c) The output torque if rotational loss is 200W
d) The efficiency of the motor
e) Draw the copper losses and power flow diagram for this type of motor
[Ans: If = 1.4A, Ia=13.6A; Ea=203.2V; Tout =16.23Nm; Eff = 81.38%; Pca = 92.5W, Pcf =294W]

10. A 230 V DC series motor has the following parameters.

Ra = 0.25 Ω Rf = 0.1 Ω Rotational loss = 250 W
On full load, the line current is 40 A and the motor runs at 1,200 rpm. Assume the linear
relationship between the field flux and the field current.
i) Determine the torque developed by the motor.
ii) Determine the speed and the torque developed if the motor draws 20 A.
Pm
[Ans: Tdev = 68.75Nm; N2 = 2477.8rpm, Tdev2 = 17.19Nm]Hint: Tdev 
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11. A DC series motor is operated at full load from a 240 V supply at a speed of 600 rpm. The
counter e.m.f is found to be 217.2V at a line current of 38 A, find:
a) The armature resistance, assuming the series field resistance is 0.2Ω.
b) Find the no-load speed given that the no-load current is 1 A.
[Ans: Ra = 0.4; Ea2 = 239.4V, N2 = 25,130.4rpm]

12. List two methods that used to control the speed of a DC motor.
13. A 24 hp, 240v, 1000 rpm separately-excited DC motor delivers power to a mechanical load.
The armature resistance of the motor is 0.1. The speed of the motor is 1000 rpm and the
current drawn from the supply is 80A.
a. Draw and label the power flow diagram of the motor.
b. Calculate the counter e.m.f and the developed torque on the motor.
c. Determine the rotational loss and efficiency of the motor.
d. If the speed is reduced by 2% with the flux remains constant, calculate new counter
e.m.f
[Ans: Ea = 232V, Tdev = 177.23Nm; Pµ= 656W, Eff = 93.25%; Ea2 = 227.4V] Hint: 1hp=746W

14. A self-excited shunt DC motor is connected to a 250V DC supply. The motor delivers 3 kW at
1480 rpm and the input current is 14A.The armature winding resistance, Ra and field winding
resistance, Rf are 0.05Ω and 150Ω respective. Sketch the schematics diagram of the motor
and determine:
a. The field and armature current.
b. The input power.
c. The field copper and armature copper losses.
d. The output torque of the motor.
e. The efficiency of the motor.
f. Power flow diagram of the motor.
[Ans: If = 1.67A, Ia =12.33A; Pin = 3.5kW; Pcf = 418.34W, Pca = 7.6W; Tout = 19.36Nm;  =85.7%; Pµ=
75.1W, Pm = 3.075.1W]

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15. A 15hp, 120V series DC motor has an armature resistance of 0.12 and a series field
resistance of 0.06. The rated speed of the motor is 1050 r/min. At full load, the motor is
connected to 120V voltage supply and the input current is 115A.
a. Draw and label the electrical circuit of the motor.
b. Calculate the copper loss of the motor
c. Determine the armature voltage and developed power
d. Determine the output power and load torque of the motor. Sketch power flow diagram.
e. Calculate the efficiency
[Ans: Pcf =793.5W, Pca=1,587W; Ea=99.3V, Pm=11,419.5W; Pout =11,190W, Tload=101.8Nm; Eff=81.09%]
Hint: 1hp=746W

16. A 230V shunt DC motor has an armature resistance of 0.136 and field resistance of 76.6.
At full-load, the current input to the motor is 94.3A. Determine the;
i. Armature and field losses;
ii. Excitation voltage, emf;
iii. Mechanical developed power;
[Ans: Pca = 1,133.7W, Pcf = 689.4W; Ea = 217.6V; Pm = 19,866.9W]

17. A 25 kW, 128V separated excited dc motor is operated at a constant speed of a 3000rpm
with a constant field current such that the armature voltage is 125V. The armature
resistance is 0.02. Determine the;
a) armature current
b) input power
c) converted power
d) output torque
[Ans: Ia = 150A; Pin = 19,200W; Pconv = 18,750W, Tout = 79.58Nm]

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