MAGNETIZING AND LOAD CHARACTERISTICS OF DC GENERATOR

1. What is critical field resistance?

2. What are the conditions to build up E.M.F?
3. What is critical speed?
4. Does voltage will be developed at zero field current?
5. What are the reasons for failure of building up E.M.F in a DC generator?
6. What are different types of DC generators?
7. What is meant by prime mover?
8. What is Residual Magnetism?
9. Why Motor Field Rheostat should be kept in Minimum position?
10. Why Potential Divider must kept in Minimum position?
11. Different types of Characteristics of DC Machines?
12. Why is armature resistance less than field resistance of dc shunt machine?
13. Why is armature resistance more than field resistance of dc series machine?
14. Conditions to build residual magnetism?
15. Applications of Dc shunt generators?
16. Explain Armature Reaction?
17. External characteristics of DC shunt Generators?
18. For the same Ia, why the generator is having more efficiency than the motor?
19. What is meant by saturation?
20. What are the reasons for the Drooping Load characteristics?
21. What is the difference between Internal and External Characteristics?
22. Write the voltage equation of a separately excited DC generator. State the difference
between generated E.M.F and terminal voltage.
23. What is the difference between a separately excited dc generator and Self excited DC
generator?
24. What is the reason the presence of residual magnetism in the field poles?
25. Why, the speed is maintained constant during the experiment on a generator?
26. . Why, a series generator characteristic is called a raising characteristic?

SWINBURNES TEST

1. Give another name for Swinburne’s test?

2. What are different methods of calculating efficiency of dc shunt machine?
3. When a dc machine is run as motor and generator which I s having higher
efficiency?
4. Which method is accurate for calculating efficiency?
5. Give the direct and indirect methods for calculation efficiency?
6. Swinburne’s test can be done only on shunt machines why?
7. What is the purpose of Swinburne’s test?
8. What are the constant losses in a DC machine?
9. What are the assumptions made in Swinburne’s test?
10. Why is the indirect method preferred to the direct loading test?
11. The efficiency of DC machine is generally higher when it works as a generator than
when it works as a motor.

SPEED CONTROL OF DC SHUNT MOTOR

1. How does the speed of a DC shunt motor vary with armature voltage and field
current?
2. Compare the resistance of the armature and field winding.
3. What is the importance of speed control of DC motor in industrial applications?
4. Which is of the two methods of speed control is better and why?
5. Why is the speed of DC shunt motor practically constant under normal load
condition?
6. What are the factors affecting the speed of a DC shunt motor?
7. What is Back E.M.F?
8. Explain the different methods of operation of speed control of DC shunt Motors?
9. Explain the different methods of operation of speed control of DC series Motors?
10. Write the equation which represents the speed of a DC motor?
11. What is the effect on speed, if part of the field winding is shorted?
12. While running a D.C. shunt motor, if the field winding is disconnected, what will
happen?
13. Why, a starter is used for starting a D.C. motor? 43

BREAK TEST ON DC COMPOUND MOTOR

1. Give the disadvantages of brake test?

2. What are the precautions taken while preparing brake load test?
3. Which method is the most economical method for calculating efficiency of a D.C
shunt machine?
4. Give any two advantages of brake load test?
5. Give direct and indirect method of testing a D.C shunt machine
6. A cumulative compound generator is delivering at full load, if its shunt field gets
opened, what will happen?
7. A cumulative compound generator is delivering at full load, if its series field gets
short circuited, what will happen?
8. How do you change the direction of rotation of a D.C. shunt motor?
9. What are the limitations for shunt field control method?