Conventional Paper-II-2011 Part-1A

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Conventional Paper-II-2011
Part-1A
1(a)
The purpose of providing dummy coils in the armature of a DC machine is to:

(A) Increase voltage induced
(B) Decrease the armature resistance
(C) Provide mechanical balance for the rotor
(D) Reduce the copper loss
(b)
If an induction motor is operating at 60% of its synchronous speed, the maximum efficiency
under ideal conditions (theoretically possible) is:
(A) 100%
(B) 40%
(C) 50%
(D) 60%
(c)
Current chopping phenomenon is associated with:

(A) Over current relays
(B) Synchronous generator
(C) Induction motor
(D) Power transformer
(d)
Over reaching and Under reaching are experienced in:

(A) Frequency relays
(B) Over current relays
(C) Distance relays
(D) Under voltage relays
(e)
In a full wave rectifier circuit with centre tap transformer, independently of the filter used, the
peak inverse voltage across each diode is equal to:
Vm
V
(A) Vm
(B) 2Vm
(C)
(D) m
2
2
Where Vm is the maximum transformer voltage measured from the midpoint (centre-tap) to
either end.
(f)
Among DTL, RTL, ECL and CMOS logic families, ECL has the propagation delay and
power dissipation / gate respectively as:
(A) Low, high
(B) Low, low
(C) High, low
(D) High, high
(g)
Which one of the following has the highest priority?

(A) RST7.5
(B) RST5.5
(C) TRAP
(h)
(D) HOLD
In PAM, the carrier wave consists of a periodic train of rectangular pulses and the carrier
frequency is equal to:
(A) The bandwidth of the modulating signal
(B) The sampling rate of the modulating signal
(C) Atleast ten times greater than the bandwidth of the modulating signal
(D) Twice the bandwidth of the modulating signal
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(i)
The main drawback of a phase control of 1-phase controlled rectifier circuit is:
(A) It requires more gate current
(B) Radio frequency interference
(C) More power loss
(D) Efficiency is less
(j)
The important features of rotor ON-OFF control are:

(A) Fast response, smooth variations in speed
(B) Better power factor at low speeds and wide range of speed control
(C) Speed can be varied, suitable for group drives
(D) All of the above
1.B-a
Why is armature control superior to field control scheme in the case of a dc shunt motor?
1.B-b Draw the zero sequence network of the transformer connections shown below:
Check diagram : under original print
1.B-c
Determine the diffusion capacitance due to holes in a Ge diode when the forward biased
current is I=26mA. Given that mean life time of holes, = 20s at T=300K
1.B-d With a block diagram, explain the basics of transmitter and receiver of PCM system
1.B-e
Show that a fully controlled 1-phase AC /DC bridge converter can operate in two quadrants.
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SECTION-A
2.a
Explain No voltage release (NVR) and Over load release (OLR) coils provided in a DC motor
starter.
2.b
A 400V shunt motor draws 30A while supplying the rated load at a speed of 120rad/s. The
armature resistance is 1.0 ohm and the field winding resistance is 250 ohms. Determine the
external resistance that must be inserted in series with the armature circuit so that armature
current does not exceed 150% of its rated value when the motor is plugged. Find the braking
torque at the instant of plugging.
2.c
A 6600V / 400V /110V Star / Star / Mesh connected three phase transformer has a
magnetizing current of 5.5A and balanced three-phase loads of 1000kVA at 0.8lag on
secondary and 200kVA, 0.5 leading power factor load on the tertiary. Find the primary
current and power factor. Neglect losses.
3.a
How will the breakdown slip and breakdown torque be affected when the rotor resistance is
increased?
3.b
A 4-pole, 50 Hz, 3-phase induction motor delivers a shaft torque of 110 N-m at full load and
running at 950 rpm. Calculate (i) rotor copper loss (ii) power input to the rotor. The
mechanical losses account for 100W.
3.c
An industrial load of 4000kW is supplied at 11kV, the power factor being 0.8 lagging. A
synchronous motor is required to meet an additional load of 1500 HP (1103.25kW) and at the
same time to raise the resultant power factor to 0.95 lagging. Determine the kVA capacity of
the motor and the power factor at which it must operate. Take the efficiency of the motor at
80%.
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SECTION-B
4.a
Starting from fundamentals, derive the equations for sending end voltage and sending end
current for a long transmission line. Use the distributed parameter form of representation of
the long line. Obtain the A, B, C D parameters of the line.
4.b
A synchronous generator is rated 20MVA, 13.8kV.

It has X1 = 0.25p.u., X 2 = 0.35p.u. and X 0 = 0.10p.u. The neutral is solidly grounded. The
machine is on no load and is operating at rated voltage when a D-L-G fault occurs at its
terminals. Find the sub-transient current in all the phases and the fault (all in amps) and the
line-to-line voltages in all the phases (in kV).
4.c
Sketch typical swing curves for a synchronous machine:

i.
Showing that the machine is stable after a disturbance
ii.
Showing that the machine is unstable after a disturbance
5.a
A ring feeder with five sections and fed at one point is to be protected using Directional over
current (DOC) Relays and Over current (OC) Relays with suitable time grading. Explain the
working of the scheme. Show the location of DOCs and OCs and their time of operation.
Assume a time grading of 5ms between the relays. The fastest relay needs 5ms for it to
operate.
5.b
A surge of 100kV is incident on a line having a surge impedance of 400 . It meets a cable
having a surge impedance of 40 . Derive expression for the transmitted voltage and
reflected voltage and compute their values.
Explain the practical importance of this situation.
i.
5.c
A 3-phase double circuit line is arranged as shown below:

4m
a
c'
3m
5.5m
b'
3m
a'
4m
The conductors are transposed. The radius of each conductor is 0.75cm. Phase sequence is
ABC. Find the Inductance per phase per km.
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SECTION C
6.a
The
circuit
shown
uses
a
silicon
transistor
with
= 50, VBE = 0.6V, VCC = 22.5V and R C = 5.6k . Find the values of the resistors
R E , R 1 and R 2 so that Q point is set at VCE =12V and IC = 1.5mA . The stability factor, S
must be 3 .
VCC
IC
Rc
R1
C
IB
IC + IB
R2
RE
6.b
An input of E = 50V is applied to the clipping circuit. The output current from the circuit is
to be I L = 20mA and the negative output voltage is not to exceed 0.5V.
IL
D
R1
Calculate the value of R 1 . Specify the diode in terms of forward current, power dissipation
and peak reverse voltage. Assume the reverse saturation current IS is 5A and forward
voltage of diode, VF = 0.7V .
6.c
)(
Construct a logic circuit to give an output X = AB + AC AD + C without any reduction in
number of gates. Give the logic circuits in step by step.
7.a
Explain Memory mapped I/O.
7.b
Explain Interrupts and Serial I/O of 8085.
7.c
List the machine cycles of 8085.
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SECTION-D
8.a
With a neat circuit diagram and waveforms, explain how envelope detector detects AM
signal.
8.b
A sinusoidal modulating wave of amplitude 5V and frequency 1kHz is applied to a frequency

modulator. The frequency sensitivity of the modulator is 40Hz/V. The carrier frequency is
100kHz. Calculate:
i. Frequency deviation
ii. Modulation index
iii. Instantaneous frequency of the FM wave
Also write the expression of the FM waveform.
8.c
Consider an FDM system using AM-SSB modulation to transmit 24 independent voice

inputs. Assume a bandwidth of 4kHz for each voice input. Determine the transmission
bandwidth. Compare the bandwidth with that of a standard 8-bit PCM with TDM. Assume bit
duration is 0.647 s .
9.a
In figure below, the source voltage is 100V and the load resistance is 10ohm. The SCR can
dv
withstand a
value of 50V/s . If the snubber discharge current must be limited to 2A, find
dt
the value of the snubber resistor and capacitor.
RL
R
vs
SCR
C
9.b
In a 1-phase AC AC voltage controller feeding a (i) lighting load (ii) heating load, suggest a
suitable control method.
9.c
In a phase controlled circuit using a 1-phase 230V, 50Hz supply, the triggering angle is
adjusted to 30 in both half cycles of a resistive load. Calculate the rms value of the output
voltage.
9.d
Explain the switching characteristics of Power MOSFET.
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EE-Conventional Paper-II

The purpose of providing dummy coils in the armature of a DC machine is to:

Current chopping phenomenon is associated with:

Over reaching and Under reaching are experienced in:

Which one of the following has the highest priority?

The important features of rotor ON-OFF control are:

A synchronous generator is rated 20MVA, 13.8kV.

Sketch typical swing curves for a synchronous machine:

A 3-phase double circuit line is arranged as shown below:

Construct a logic circuit to give an output X = AB + AC AD + C without any reduction in

number of gates. Give the logic circuits in step by step.

Explain Memory mapped I/O.

Explain Interrupts and Serial I/O of 8085.

List the machine cycles of 8085.

A sinusoidal modulating wave of amplitude 5V and frequency 1kHz is applied to a frequency

Consider an FDM system using AM-SSB modulation to transmit 24 independent voice

Explain the switching characteristics of Power MOSFET.

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