Тест по Electric Propulsion, Electrical Machines (CES v5.0)

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1

A 3 phase synchronous AC motor is supplied at 60 Hz. If the supply frequency falls by 3 % what will be the effect on the motor speed?

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It will also fall by 3 %.
2

A DC motor is driving a load at constant torque. Which one of the following best describes how best to reduce the speed of the motor?

Your answer is correct:

Increase the magnetic field density.
3

If an electric induction motor is supplied at 50 Hz and contains 1 pair of poles what is its synchronous speed?

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50 revs/s (3 000 RPM).
4

Some larger electric induction motors have the number of starting attempts limited during a set time period. Which one of the following best describes why this is done?

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Too many high starting currents in a short time may overheat the motor and associated control equipment.
5

The most common AC motor has a cage type rotor. Which one of the following best describes this type of rotor?

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It has a set of parallel conductors fixed around an iron core which are shorted together at each end.
6

Which of the following best describes how 3 phase electricity can be produced from a diesel generator?

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We need at least 3 coils so there are 3 outputs.
7

Which of the following best describes how a solenoid works?

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A current in the coil produces a magnetic field which moves an iron rod.
8

Which of the following best describes how “brushless rectification” is carried output to supply the field coils of a typical synchronous AC generator?

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The output of an AC exciter is converted to DC by rectifiers mounted on the shaft.
9

Which of the following best describes the basic operation of the voltage control system of a typical large modern synchronous AC generator?

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The voltage regulator changes the main field strength by controlling the output of an exciter.
10

Which of the following best describes the convention for the magnetic field produced when a conductor carries an electrical current flowing directly away from you?

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The flux runs clockwise around the conductor.
11

Which of the following best describes the electrical output when a coil is rotated at a steady RPM in a fixed magnetic field?

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The output is a sine wave.
12

Which of the following best describes the electrical output when a magnet is rotated at a steady RPM inside a fixed coil?

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The output is a sine wave.
13

Which of the following best describes the main difference in the construction between a 3 phase and a single phase AC generator?

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The 3 phase generator has 3 pairs of stator coils and the single phase generator only 1 pair.
14

Which of the following best describes the meaning of “synchronous” when applied to electrical generators?

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The stator output frequency varies in direct proportion to the speed of the rotor.
15

Which of the following best describes the term “slip” when applied to an asynchronous electric motor?

Correct answer:

It is the difference between the rotor speed and the synchronous speed.

Your Answer:

It is the difference between speed of the load and the speed of the rotor.
16

Which of the following best describes what happens to an electric induction motor if more torque is needed to turn the pump it is driving?

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The rotor will slow down and the supply current will increase.
17

Which of the following best describes when the back EMF produced in a DC machine will be higher than the terminal voltage?

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When the machine is run as a generator.
18

Which of the following best describes why single phase AC generators are more likely to suffer from mechanical failure than 3 phase machines?

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Single phase generators tend to have larger torsional vibrations.
19

Which of the following best describes why the rotor of an asynchronous electric motor can never rotate at synchronous speed?

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At synchronous speed the rotor would feel no change in stator flux and so would produce no current to make its own field.
20

Which of the following is a type of DC motor which can give accurate positional control?

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Stepper motor.
21

Which of the following is the level of starting current typically taken by an electric induction motor when first started?

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6-8 times rated full load.
22

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the magnetic field of a synchronous AC generator?

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The field is produced from an electromagnetic pole arrangement supplied with a DC current.
23

Which one of the following best describes how a synchronous AC motor can be used to reduce a lagging power factor on a network?

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By increasing the strength of its rotor field.
24

Which one of the following best describes how the magnetic field is created in the cage rotor of an electric induction motor?

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Current is produced in the rotor conductors by transformer action. This creates an electromagnetic field.
25

Which one of the following best describes the affect on a conductor passing from left to right through a magnetic field if its direction of travel is reversed?

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The voltage produced in it will be reversed.
26

Which one of the following best describes the affect on a conductor when passed through a magnetic field at double the previous speed?

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The voltage produced in it will be doubled.
27

Which one of the following best describes the affect on a conductor when passed a magnetic field if the strength of the field is doubled?

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The voltage produced in it will be doubled.
28

Which one of the following best describes the difference between the 2 basic types of asynchronous AC electrical machines?

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One has a wound rotor and slip rings, the other has a cage rotor without slip rings.
29

Which one of the following best describes the effect of a current carrying conductor when a magnetic field is moved across it?

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The conductor will try to move.
30

Which one of the following best describes the main criteria when designing an electrical generator?

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The conductors and magnetic field must move in relation to each other.
31

Which one of the following best describes the reason why the commutator of a DC machine has so many individual segments?

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Each armature conductor on the rotor must have its polarity reversed twice per revolution.
32

Which one of the following best describes the usual meaning of “EMF” when talking about electrical machines?

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Electromotive force.
33

Which one of the following best describes what happens when 2 magnets are placed next to each other with their North poles alongside each other?

Correct answer:

Their fields will be distorted and the flux density between them will increase.

Your Answer:

Their fields will be distorted and the flux density between them will decrease.
34

Which one of the following best describes what happens when the brushes of a DC motor reach a gap in the commutator?

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The conductor not being supplied is moving parallel to the magnetic field and so would produce little force.
35

Which one of the following best describes what is between the segments of a DC machine’s commutator?

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Insulation.
36

Which one of the following best describes why DC motors are normally fitted with brushes and commutators?

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The armature is mounted on the rotor and must be supplied with electricity.
37

Which one of the following best describes why an electric induction motor takes a large current when starting?

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The low resistance of the rotor conductors and the high rate of change in the magnetic field passing over them causes the large starting current.
38

Which one of the following best describes the forms of energy used on ships in the process of producing electrical energy?

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Chemical energy, mechanical energy then electrical energy.
39

Which one of the following is a correct statement in relation to the speed of a DC motor?

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The speed is proportional to the back EMF.
40

Which one of the following is a way of increasing the torque output of a DC motor without losing speed?

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Increase the field density.
41

Which one of the following is an application where a DC motor is likely to be used?

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A servo motor.
42

Which one of the following statements about synchronous and asynchronous AC electrical machines is correct?

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The asynchronous machine has no separately controlled field supply.
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