B4. A 4 pole DC shunt generator with wave wound armature having 390 conductors, has to supply a load of 504 lamps each of 100 W at 250 V. Allowing 12 V for the voltage drop in the connecting leads between the generator and the load with each brush drop of 2 V. The flux per pole is 36 mWb, Ra = 0.33 ohms and Rsh = 79 ohms. Calculate the armature current and the speed at which the generator should be driven. The armature current The speed of machine

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B4. A 4 pole DC shunt generator with wave wound armature having 390 conductors, has to supply a load of 504 lamps each of 100 W at 250 v. Allowing 12 V
for the voltage drop in the connecting leads between the generator and the load with each brush drop of 2 V. The flux per pole is 36 mWb, Ra = 0.33 ohms
and Rsh = 79 ohms. Calculate the armature current and the speed at which the generator should be driven. .
The armature current
The speed of machine
Transcribed Image Text:B4. A 4 pole DC shunt generator with wave wound armature having 390 conductors, has to supply a load of 504 lamps each of 100 W at 250 v. Allowing 12 V for the voltage drop in the connecting leads between the generator and the load with each brush drop of 2 V. The flux per pole is 36 mWb, Ra = 0.33 ohms and Rsh = 79 ohms. Calculate the armature current and the speed at which the generator should be driven. . The armature current The speed of machine
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