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ECE 2314 Induction Machines CAT III 2024

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MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY OF KENYA

ECE 2314 Induction Machines CAT III 22-APR-2024


Instructions: Answer ALL Questions CORRECTLY. (50 Marks) Time: 60 Minutes.
1) 1. What do you understand by the following terms as regards Tx:
a) Derating. (1 Marks)
b) Inrush current. (1 Marks)
2) Explain the factors that decide on the KVA rating of a Tx. (2 Marks)
3) With the aid of neat and well labelled phasor diagrams, show that a Yd1 vector group can translate to a Yd11.
(4 Marks)
4) A 3Φ Δ − Y Tx bank consisting of three 1Φ Tx is used to stepdown the voltage of a 33Φ, 6600 V transmission
line. If the primary line current is 10 A, and turns ratio is 12,calculate:
a) Secondary line voltage. (2 Marks)
b) Line current. (2 Marks)
c) Output KVA. (3 Marks)
5) State any THREE advantages of using a wound rotor over a squirrel cage rotor in an induction machine.
(3 Marks)
6) Consider a loop of wire representing the rotor winding of an induction machine. Show that the induced torque is
a cross product. (3 Marks)
7) With the aid of a neat and well labelled diagram, show & explain the correspondence & difference between a
transformer equivalent circuit and the induction machine equivalent circuit. (4 Marks)
8) With the aid of neat and well labelled diagrams, explain how the Scott-T 3Φ-2Φ conversion is made possible.
(4 Marks)
9) A 600 kVA, 1Φ Tx with 0.012 pu resistance and 0.06 pu reactance is connected in parallel with a 300 kVA Tx
with 0.014 pu resistance and 0.045 pu reactance to share a load of 800 kVA at 0.8 pf lagging. Calculate how
they share the load when:
a) Both the secondary voltages are 440 V. (8 Marks)
b) The open-circuit secondary voltages are respectively 445 V and 455 V. (12 Marks)
10) A 208 V, 10 hp, 4 pole, 60 Hz, Y-connected induction motor has a full-load slip of 5%. At the rated load of this
motor, calculate:
a) Synchronous speed. (1 Marks)
b) Rotor speed. (1 Marks)
c) Rotor frequency. (1 Marks)
d) Shaft torque. (2 Marks)
11) A ∆-Y distribution transformer connects to a power system referenced at V∠00 volts. With the aid of a neat and
well labelled diagram, draw the vector group wiring and vector diagrams of the resulting sub-station
transformer to successfully parallel the two transformers to the power system. (4 Marks)
12) A 6 pole, 50 Hz wound-rotor induction motor when supplied at the rated voltage and frequency with slip-rings
open-circuited, developed a voltage of 100 V between any two rings. Under the same conditions its rotor is now
driven by external means at 1000 rpm opposite to the direction of rotation of stator field. Calculate:
a) Voltage available between slip-rings. (2 Marks)
b) Corresponding frequency. (2 Marks)
13) With the aid of a neat and well labelled diagram, show how losses in an induction motor could be represented
by the power flow diagram. (3 Marks)
14) A 460 V, 25 hp, 60 Hz, 4 pole, Y-connected induction motor has the following impedances in ohms per phase
referred to the stator circuit: 𝑅1 = 641 Ω, 𝑋1 = 1.106Ω, 𝑅2= 332 Ω, 𝑋2= 464 Ω, 𝑋𝑀 = 26.3 Ω. The total
rotational losses are 1100 W and are assumed to be constant. The core loss is Jumped in with the rotational
losses. For a rotor slip of 2.2% at the rated voltage and rated frequency, find the motor’s:
a) Speed. (2 Marks)
b) Stator current. (2 Marks)
c) Power factor. (2 Marks)

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