Synchronous Generator

Objective Type Questions

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1. Hydrogen is used in large alternators mainly to

a. Reduce distortion of waveform
b. Cool the machine
c. Strengthen the magnetic field
d. Reduce eddy current losses
2. The dark and bright lamp method is used for
a. Transfer of load
b. Synchronizing
c. Balancing of load
d. Phase sequence
3. An alternator is capable of delivering power at a particular efficiency. The frequency can be
increased by
a. Reversing the armature rotation
b. Reversing the field polarity
c. Increasing the current supplied to the field electromagnets
d. Increasing the armature speed
4. In an alternator, for a coil having a span of 2/3 of pole pitch, the coil span factor will be
a. 0.866
b. 0.707
c. 0.6
d. 0.2
5. If the input to the prime mover of an alternator is kept constant but the excitation is increased,
then
a. kVA will be lagging
b. kVA will be leading
c. kW will be changed
d. the power factor of the load remains constant
6. A commercial alternator has
a. Stationary armature and rotary field
b. Rotating armature and stationary field
c. Both armature and field rotary
d. Both armature and field fixed
7. For alternators operating in parallel, if the load shared by one of then is increased, its field
excitation is
a. To be weakened keeping input torque the same
b. To be strengthened keeping input torque same
c. To be kept constant but input torque should be increased
d. To be kept constant but input torque should be decreased
8. For parallel operation, AC polyphase alternators must have the same
a. kVA rating
 b. excitation
c. speed
d. voltage rating
9. The load between two steam driven alternators operating in parallel may be adjusted by varying
a. Steam supply to their prime movers
b. Speed of the alternators
c. Field strengths of the alternators
d. Power factors of the alternators
10. The regulation of an alternator is likely to be negative in case of
a. Lagging power factor of the load
b. Leading power factor of the load
c. High speed alternators
d. Low speed alternators
11. If two alternators are running in proper synchronism and the voltage of one machine is suddenly
increased, then
a. Power output will decrease
b. Wattless component will change
c. Machine with excess excitation will burn
d. Both machines will start vibrating
12. At leading power factor, the armature flux in an alternator
a. Distorts the rotor flux
b. Aids the rotor flux
c. Opposes the rotor flux
d. Does not affect the rotor flux
13. Which of the following conditions does not have to be met by alternators working in parallel?
a. Alternators must operate at the same frequency
b. Machines must have the same phase rotation
c. The terminal voltage of each machine must be the same
d. The machines must have equal kVA ratings
14. When two alternators are running in parallel, their kVAR load share and kW load share are
changed by changing their
a. Driving torque, driving torque respectively
b. Driving torque, excitation respectively
c. Excitation, driving torque respectively
d. Excitation and excitation
15. If an alternator is operating at leading power factor, then it can be concluded that
a. The alternator is over excited
b. The alternator is under excited
c. The torque angle of the alternator has negative value
d. The residual magnetism of the poles is zero
16. The speed of an alternator is changes from 3000 RPM to 1500 RPM. The generated mef/phase
will become
a. Double
b. Unchanged
 c. Half
d. One fourth
17. The effect of cross magnetizing in an alternator can be reduced by
a. Using interpoles
b. Shifting brush position
c. Reducing rotor speed
d. Improved cooling
18. The driving power from the prime mover during the alternator is lost but the alternator remains
connected to the supply network and field supply is on. The alternator will
a. Get burnt
b. Behave as an induction motor
c. Behave as a synchronous motor but will rotate in reverse direction to that corresponding to
generator action
d. Behave as a synchronous motor and will rotate in the same direction
19. An alternator is connected to infinite bus bars. Its excitation is increased while its driving power
remains constant. This likely result in
a. More lagging power factor angle
b. Less lagging power factor angle
c. Terminal voltage drop
d. Unity pf
20. In which case the terminal voltage rise of an alternator will be more?
a. When unity power factor load is thrown off
b. When leading power factor load is thrown off
c. When lagging power factor is thrown off
d. Load is increase
21. Two alternators are running in parallel. If the driving force of both the alternators is changes,
this will result in change is
a. Frequency
b. Back emf
c. Generated voltage
d. All of the above
22. A three-phase alternator has a phase sequence of RYB for its three-output voltage. In case the
field current is reveres, the phase sequence will become.
a. RBY
b. RYB
c. YRB
d. None of the above
23. The armature reaction of an alternator influences
a. Windage losses
b. Operating speed
c. Generated voltage per phase
d. Waveform of voltage generated
24. For the same power rating, a lower voltage alternator will be
a. more efficient
 b. Larger in size
c. Operating at high rpm
d. More costly
25. An alternator is supplying 10A to an inductive load at 220 V, while running at 1000 rpm. Now if
the speed of the alternator is reduced to 750 rpm but the field current remains unchanged, the
load current will become
a. 18 A
b. 13.3 A
c. 10 A
d. 7.5 A
26. Dampers in a large generator
a. Increase stability
b. Reduce voltage fluctuation
c. Reduce voltage fluctuation
d. None of these
27. An alternator is rated for 75 kW at 0.8 pf. It means that
a. Alternator has 4 poles
b. Alternator can supply 75 kW at 0.8 pf
c. Alternator can supply power only to loads having power factor 0.8 only
d. The peak efficiency of alternator occurs only at 75 kW load having 0.8 lagging power factor
28. In an alternator if the armature reaction produces demagnetization of the main field, the power
factor should be
a. Zero, lagging load
b. Zero, leading load
c. Unity
d. None of these
29. Two alternators are running in parallel. The excitation of one of the alternators is increased. The
result will be
a. Machine with excess excitation will burn
b. Both machines will start vibrating
c. Power output will start vibrating
d. Wattles component will change
30. The power output of an alternators is 100 kW. In order that the tangent of pf angle may be 0.8
lagging, the kVAR rating must be
a. 80 cos Ø kVAR
b. 80 sin Ø kVAR
c. 80 kVAR
d. – 80 kVAR
31. The power output of an alternator is 40 kW and kVAR component is –25. What will be the value
of tan Ø (being the power factor angle)?
a. 0.625 lagging
b. 0.625 leading
c. 0.375 lagging
d. 0.375 leading
32. When short pitch coils of 160° are used in an alternator, which harmonic component will not be
present in the output emf?
a. Third
b. Fifth
c. Seventh
d. Ninth
33. The advantage of salient poles in an alternator is
a. Reduce noise
b. Reduce windage loss
c. Adoptability to low medium speed operation
d. Reduce bearing loads and noise
34. The permissible duration for which a generator of rated frequency 50 Hz can run at 46 Hz is
a. 1 cycle
b. One minute
c. Zero
d. One second
35. The armature reaction of an alternator will be completely magnetizing in case the load power
factor is
a. Unity
b. O.707
c. Zero lagging
d. Zero leading
36. What kind of rotor is most suitable for turbo alternators?
a. Salient pole type
b. Non salient pole type
c. Both A and B above
d. None of these
37. In synchronous machine, if the field flux axis is ahead of the armature field axis, in the direction
of rotation, the machine working as
a. Asynchronous motor
b. Asynchronous generator
c. Synchronous motor
d. Synchronous generator
38. The advantage of providing damper winding in alternator is
a. Elimination of harmonic effects
b. Provide a low resistance path for the currents due to unbalancing of voltage
c. Oscillations are provided when two alternators operate in parallel
d. All of the above
39. The balanced short circuit current of a three-phase alternator is 25 A at 1500 RPM. For the same
field current, the balanced short current at 1400 rpm will be
a. 18 A
b. 27 A
c. 20 A
d. 20 √2 A
40. In synchronous alternator, which of the following coils will have emf closer to sine waveform?
a. Concentrated winding in full pitch coils
b. Concentrated winding in short pitch coils
c. Distributed winding in full pitch coils
d. Distributed winding in short pitch coils
41. Which of the is not an integral part of synchronous generator system?
a. Prime mover
b. Excitation system
c. Distribution transformer
d. Protection system
42. The effect of cross magnetization in an alternator field is to make the output
a. True sinusoidal
b. Non sinusoidal
c. Harmonic free
d. None of these
43. In an order to reduce the harmonics in the emf generated in an alternator
a. Slots are skewed
b. Salient pole tips are chamfered
c. Winding is well distributed
d. All of the above
44. The maximum power in a synchronous machine is obtained when the load angle is
a. 0°
b. 85°
c. 120°
d. 135°
45. The emf generated due to nth harmonic component of flux in an alternator will be
a. n times the fundamental emf
b. same as fundamental emf
c. less than the value of fundamental emf
d. none of these
46. Unbalanced 3 phase stator currents cause
a. Double frequency currents cause
b. Vibrations
c. Heating of rotor
d. All of the above
47. Which type of protection is provided on a generator to protect against stator installation failure?
a. Overcurrent relay
b. Differential protection
c. Thermocouple actuated alarm
d. Reverse relay
48. One of the advantages of distributing the winding in alternator is to reduce noise
a. Reduce noise
b. Save on copper
c. Reduce harmonics
 d. Improve voltage waveform
49. An alternator having induced emf of 1.6 p.u. is connected to an infinite bus of 1.0 p.u. If the
busbar has reactance of 0.6 p.u. and alternator has reactance of 0.2 p.u., the maximum power
that can be transferred is given by
a. 8 p.u.
b. 2 p.u.
c. 2.67 p.u.
d. 5.0 p.u.
50. An alternator of 300 kW is driven by a prime mover of speed regulation 4% and another
alternator of 200 kW driven by a prime mover of speed regulations 3%, the total load they can
take is
a. 500 kW
b. 567 kW
c. 425 kW
d. 257 kW