TUTORIAL – DC MACHINES

1. When driven at 1000 rpm with flux per pole of 0.02 Wb, a DC generator has an emf
of 200 V. If the speed is increased to 1100 rpm and at the same time the flux per
pole is reduced to 0.019 Wb per pole, what is the induced emf?
[209 V]

2. Calculate the flux per pole required on full-load for a 50 kW 400 V 8 pole 600 rpm
DC shunt generator with 256 conductors arranged in a lap-connected winding. The
armature resistance and field resistance are 0.1 Ω and 200 Ω, respectively. There is
a brush contact voltage drop of 1 V at each brush on full-load.
[0.162 Wb]

3. A shunt generator delivers 450 A at 230 V and the resistances of the shunt and
armature are 50 Ω and 0.03 Ω, respectively. Calculate the generated emf.
[243.6 V]

4. A 220 V shunt-connected DC machine has an armature resistance of 0.5 Ω. If the

the full-load armature current is 20 A, find the induced emf when the machine
operates as (i) generator and (ii) motor.
[230 V, 210 V]

5. A 440 V shunt DC motor has an armature resistance of 0.8 Ω and field resistance of
200 Ω. Determine the back emf when the motor is giving an output of 7.46 kW at
85% efficiency.
[425.8 V]

6. A 25 kW 250 V DC shunt machine has armature and field resistances of 0.06 Ω and
100 Ω, respectively. Determine the total armature power developed when the
machine is working (i) as a generator delivering 25 kW output and (ii) as a motor
taking 25 kW input.
[26.25 kW, 23.8 kW]

7. A 4 pole DC motor takes an armature current of 150 A at 440 V. If its armature

circuit has a resistance of 0.15 Ω, what will be the value of back emf at this load?
[417.5 V]

8. A 4 pole 220 V shunt motor has 540 lap-wound conductors. It takes 32 A from the
supply mains and develops output power of 5.595 kW. The field winding takes 1 A.
the armature resistance is 0.9 Ω and the flux per pole is 30 mWb. Calculate (i) the
speed and (ii) the torque developed in Nm.
[711.5 rpm, 75.1 Nm]

9. A DC series motor takes 40 A at 220 V and runs at 800 rpm. If armature and field
resistances are 0.2 Ω and 0.1 Ω, respectively, and the iron and friction losses are 0.5
kW, find the torque developed in the armature. What is the output of the motor?

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 [99.3 Nm, 7.82 kW]

10. A 460 V series motor runs at 500 rpm taking a current of 40 A. Calculate the speed
and percentage change in torque if the load is reduced so that the motor is taking 30
A. Total resistance of the armature and the field circuits is 0.8 Ω. Assume flux is
proportional to the field current.
[679 rpm, 43.75%]

11. A 250 V shunt motor runs at 1000 rpm at no load and takes input current of 8 A.
The armature and field resistances are 0.2 Ω and 250 Ω, respectively. Calculate the
speed when the motor is loaded and taking input current of 50 A. Assume the flux
to be constant.
[966.1 rpm]

12. A DC series motor operates at 800 rpm with a line current of 100 A from 230 V
mains supply. Its armature circuit resistance is 0.15 Ω and its field resistance is 0.1
Ω. Find the speed at which the motor runs at a line current of 25 A, assuming the
flux at this current is 43% of the flux at 100 A.
[2030.6 rpm]

13. A 230 V DC shunt motor has armature and field resistances of 0.5 Ω and 115 Ω,
respectively. At no load, the speed is 1200 rpm and the armature current is 2.5 A.
On application of rated load, the speed drops to 1120 rpm. Determine the line
current and power input when the motor delivers rated load.
[35 A, 8050 W]

14. The input to 230 V DC shunt motor is 11 kW. Calculate (i) the torque developed,
(b) the efficiency and (c) speed at this load. The particulars of the motor are as
follows:
No load current = 5 A.
No load speed = 1150 rpm.
Armature resistance = 0.5 Ω.
Shunt field resistance = 110 Ω.
[86.8 Nm, 86%, 1042 rpm]

15. A 250 V DC shunt motor has armature resistance of 0.25 Ω. On load, it takes
armature current of 50 A and runs at 750 rpm. If the flux of the motor is reduced by
10% without changing the load torque, find the new speed of the motor.
[828.4 rpm]