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MID SEM TEST SYLLABUS

SUBJECT : ELECTRICAL MACHINES -I

SUBJECT CODE : 3140913

SEMESTER : 4^TH

1.    Magnetic fields and magnetic circuits:

Review of magnetic circuits - MMF, flux, reluctance, inductance; Visualization of magnetic fields produced by a bar magnet and a current carrying coil - through air and through a combination of iron and air. Review of Ampere’s law and Biot Savart law.

2.Principles of Electromechanical Energy Conversion:

B-H curve of magnetic materials; flux-linkage vs current characteristic of magnetic circuits; linear and nonlinear magnetic circuits; energy stored in the magnetic circuit; force as a partial derivative of stored energy with respect to position of a moving element; torque as a partial derivative of stored energy with respect to angular position of a rotating element.

2.    DC Machines:

Review of construction and working of a DC machine, visualization of magnetic field produced by the field winding excitation with armature winding open, air gap flux density distribution, flux per pole, induced EMF in an armature coil. Armature winding and commutation – Elementary armature coil and commutator, lap and wave windings, construction of commutator, Commutation, armature MMF wave,  armature reaction, air gap flux density distribution with armature reaction. Armature circuit equation for generation, Types of field excitations – separately excited, shunt and series. Open circuit characteristic of separately excited DC generator, voltage build-up in a shunt generator, critical field resistance and critical speed.

3.      Transformer:

Review of construction and working principle of single-phase and three-phase transformers, equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, voltage regulation, losses and efficiency. Testing - open circuit and short circuit tests, polarity test, back-to-back test, separation of hysteresis and eddy current losses.