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    Synchronous Machines Question Bank

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    This document contains 40 multiple choice questions about synchronous motors. The questions cover topics such as how synchronous motors operate at no load and normal load, what happens if the field winding is short circuited or open circuited, speed regulation, negative phase sequence, hunting, torque development, and use of synchronous motors for power factor correction or as synchronous condensers.

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    This document contains 40 multiple choice questions about synchronous motors. The questions cover topics such as how synchronous motors operate at no load and normal load, what happens if the field winding is short circuited or open circuited, speed regulation, negative phase sequence, hunting, torque development, and use of synchronous motors for power factor correction or as synchronous condensers.

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    This document contains 40 multiple choice questions about synchronous motors. The questions cover topics such as how synchronous motors operate at no load and normal load, what happens if the field winding is short circuited or open circuited, speed regulation, negative phase sequence, hunting, torque development, and use of synchronous motors for power factor correction or as synchronous condensers.

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    SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES QUESTION BANK

    Ques 1. Synchronous motor for power factor correction operates at


    1. No load with over-excited fields
    2. No load with under-excited fields
    3. Normal load with minimum excitation
    4. Normal load with zero excitation

    Ques 2. What happens if field winding of the synchronous motor is short


    circuited?
    1. First, starts as induction motor then run as synchronous motor
    2. Not start
    3. Motor will burn out
    4. Run as induction motor

    Ques 3. When the field winding of an unloaded salient pole synchronous motor is
    open circuited the motor will
    1. Burn
    2. Not start
    3. Run as induction Motor
    4. Run as variable reluctance motor

    Ques 4. The speed regulation of a synchronous motor is


    1. 100%
    2. 50%
    3. 25%
    4. 0%
    Ques 5. The negative phase sequence in a three phase synchronous motor exists
    when the motor is
    1. Supplied with an unbalanced voltage
    2. Supplied with an unbalanced load
    3. Unbalanced system fault
    4. All of the above

    Ques 6. In 3 -Φ synchronous motor if one of the phases is short circuited the motor
    will
    1. Run as before
    2. Overheated and eventually burn
    3. Not start
    4. Burn

    Ques 7. For a synchronous motor, the breakdown torque will be proportional to


    1. Applied voltage V
    2. V2
    3. 1/V
    4. 1/V2

    Ques 8. In a synchronous motor, during hunting when the rotor speed exceeds the
    synchronous speed then damper bar develop
    1. Induction generator torque
    2. Harmonic
    3. DC motor torque
    4. Synchronous motor torque

    Ques 9. In a synchronous motor, at no load condition, and with normal excitation


    the armature current drawn by a synchronous motor is
    1. Zero
    2. Lagging applied voltage by 90°
    3. Leading Applied voltage by 90°
    4. In phase with applied voltage

    Ques 10. In a synchronous motor, “hunting” may be due to variation in any of the
    following EXCEPT
    1. Winding friction
    2. Frequency
    3. Load
    4. Supply voltage

    Ques 11. For a synchronous motor, the maximum value of torque developed at an
    angle of
    1. 120 degree
    2. 45 degree
    3. 0 degree
    4. 90 degree

    Ques 12. What happens to the synchronous motor when the excitation of an
    unloaded salient-pole synchronous motor suddenly gets disconnected?
    1. Run as variable reluctance motor
    2. Run as induction motor
    3. Motor will stop
    4. None of the above

    Ques 13.A synchronous motor working at leading power factor can be used as
    1. Synchronous induction motor
    2. Static condenser
    3. Synchronous condenser
    4. None of the above
    Ques 14. Which of the following motor is not self-starting?
    1. Wound rotor induction motor
    2. Squirrel cage induction motor
    3. DC series motor
    4. Synchronous motor

    Ques 15. Which of the following motor can operate on lagging as well as leading
    power factor?
    1. DC series motor
    2. Wound rotor induction motor
    3. Squirrel cage induction motor
    4. Synchronous motor

    Ques 16. A synchronous motor is switched on to supply with its field windings
    short circuited. It will run as
    1. DC series motor
    2. Induction motor
    3. Induction motor then run as synchronous motor
    4. None of the above

    Ques 17. The back emf in the stator of a synchronous motor depends on
    1. Flux density
    2. DC excitation
    3. Load on the motor
    4. Speed of the rotor

    Ques 18. The main reason of embedding the damper winding in the pole face is to
    1. Eliminate losses on account of air friction
    2. Reduce bearing friction
    3. Eliminate hunting and provide starting torque
    4. Eliminate air friction

    Ques 19. A 3 phase, salient pole synchronous motor is fed from an infinite bus and
    is running at no load. Now if the field current of the motor is reduced to zero then
    the
    1. Motor will run at synchronous speed
    2. Motor will stop
    3. Motor will run at low speed
    4. Motor will burn

    Ques 20. The maximum value of torque that a synchronous motor, can develop
    without losing its synchronism, is known as
    1. Pull out torque
    2. Breaking torque
    3. Slip torque
    4. Non-synchronizing torque

    Ques 21. What is the ratio of no load speed to full load speed of a 200 kVA, 12
    poles, 2200 V, 3 phase, 60 Hz synchronous motor?
    1. Infinite
    2. 1
    3. 1.1
    4. 1.21

    Ques 22. In case of synchronous motor if the back emf generated in the armature
    at no load is approximately equal to the applied voltage, then the
    1. Torque generated is maximum
    2. Motor is fully loaded
    3. Excitation is 100%
    4. No Excitation at all

    Ques 23. The armature current of the synchronous motor has large values for
    1. High excitation
    2. Low excitation
    3. Both high and low excitation
    4. None of the above

    Ques 24. The construction of a synchronous motor resembles which of the


    following machine
    1. Differential compound motor
    2. Alternator
    3. Dc series motor
    4. Induction motor

    Ques 25. The synchronous motors are not self-starting because


    1. The direction of torque on the rotor reverses after every half cycle.
    2. Slip is not present in synchronous machine
    3. Starting winding is not present in synchronous machine
    4. DC excitation is used

    Ques 26. If a synchronous motor fails to pull into synchronism after applying dc
    field current, the main cause is
    1. Low short circuit ratio
    2. High field current
    3. High core losses
    4. Low field current

    Ques 27. What happens when a synchronous motor is connected to an infinite bus
    while operating on leading power factor?
    1. Excitation voltage will be independent of the supply voltage.
    2. Excitation voltage will be more than the supply voltage.
    3. Excitation voltage will be less than the supply voltage.
    4. Excitation voltage will be equal to the supply voltage.

    Ques 28. Which of the following losses is not dissipated by the stator core surface
    in a synchronous motor?
    1. Eddy current losses in the conductors
    2. Iron losses in the stator
    3. Windage losses.
    4. Copper losses in the slot portion of the conductors

    Ques 29. The direction of rotation of synchronous motor can be reversed by


    reversing
    1. Field winding
    2. Polarity of the rotor poles
    3. Supply phase sequence
    4. None of the above

    Ques 30. In synchronous motor out of the following losses, which one will have
    the highest proportion?
    1. Stator copper losses
    2. Iron losses
    3. Eddy current losses
    4. Friction and windage losses

    Ques 31. The speed of a synchronous motor


    1. Increases as load increases
    2. Adjusts itself to new equilibrium speed whenever load changes.
    3. Always remains constant
    4. Reduces as load increases

    Ques 32. In a synchronous motor if the saturation is neglected, then the short
    circuit ratio (SCR) will be related to the synchronous reactance (xd) as
    1. SCR = 1/ (xd)
    2. SCR = 1/ (xd)2
    3. SCR = xd
    4. SCR = (xd)2

    Ques 33. Which of the following devices can be used as a phase advancer?
    1. Synchronous motor working at lagging power factor
    2. Synchronous motor working at leading power factor
    3. Squirrel cage induction motor
    4. Slip ring induction motor

    Ques 34. In a synchronous machine is called as doubly excited machine because


    1. It can be over excited
    2. It needs twice the normal exciting current
    3. It has two sets of rotor poles
    4. Both its rotor and stator are excited

    Ques 35. In case of a 3 phase synchronous motor, percentage of maximum speed


    variation is
    1. 5%
    2. Zero
    3. 10%
    4. 3%

    Ques 36. If the field of a synchronous motor is under excited, the power factor will
    be
    1. Lagging
    2. Leading
    3. Zero
    4. None of the above

    Ques 37. Which of the following is an unexcited single phase synchronous motor?
    1. Reluctance motor
    2. Repulsion motor
    3. A.C. series motor
    4. Universal motor

    Ques 38. The damper winding in a synchronous motor is provided for


    1. Starting torque only
    2. Reduce eddy currents
    3. Prevent hunting and provide the starting torque.
    4. Reduce the noise level

    Ques 39. When the field of a synchronous motor is over excited, the power factor
    will be
    1. Leading
    2. Lagging
    3. Zero
    4. Unity

    Ques 40. A Synchronous motor can operate at


    1. Unity power factor
    2. Leading power factor
    3. Lagging power factor
    4. Leading as well as lagging power factor

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