Assignment 1 (Due 24 April, Quiz 23 April)

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Chapter 1: Fundamental of Electricity and Magnetism
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State and derive Faradays law of electromagnetic induction.

Describe Lorentz force on a conductor.
Describe Eddy currents in a stationary iron core and in revolving core.
Differentiate between electric circuit and magnetic circuit.

Chapter 2: Direct Current Generators

1. Using a schematic diagram and voltage graph, explain on how to generate
an alternating current and direct current.
2. Differentiate between ac and DC generator.
3. Sketch the main component of a DC generator.
4. Explain the reason of the brushes of a DC machine always placed at
neutral points.
5. Describe the function and construction of a commutator.
6. How is the induced voltage of a separately excited DC generator affected
if
a. the speed increases?
b. the exciting current is reduced?
7. How do we adjust the voltage of a shunt generator?
8. The terminal voltage of a shunt generator decreases with increasing load.
Explain.
9. Explain why the output voltage of an overcompound generators increases
as the load increases.
10.Explain the difference between shunt, compound and differential
compound generators
a. as to construction
b. as to electrical properties
Chapter 3: Direct Current Motors
1. Name three types of DC motors and make a sketch of the connections.
2. Explain what is meant by the generator effect in a motor
3. What determines the magnitude and polarity of the counter emf in a dc
motor?
4. The counter emf of a motor is always slightly less than the applied
armature voltage. Explain.
5. Name two methods that are used to vary the speed of a DC motor.
6. Explain why the armature current of a shunt motor decreases as the motor
accelerates.
7. Why is a starting resistor needed to bring a motor up to speed?
8. Show one way to reverse the direction of rotation of a compound motor.
Chapter 4: Ideal transformer & Practical transformers
1. What is meant by mutual flux? What is meant by linkage flux?
2. Name and sketch the different parts of a transformer

3. Explain how a voltage is induced in the secondary winding of a

transformer
4. The secondary winding of a transformer has twice as many turns as the
primary. Is the voltage higher or lower than primary voltage?
5. Which winding is connected to the load, the primary or secondary?
6. State the voltage and current relationships between the primary and
secondary windings of a transformer under load. The primary and
secondary windings have N1 and N2 turns, respectively.
7. Name the losses produced in the transformer
8. What purpose does the no load current of a transformer serve?
9. Name three conditions that must be met in order to connect two
transformers in parallel.
10.What is the purpose of taps on a transformer?
11.Name three methods used to cool transformer?