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    Experiment No.2-Voltage Regulation of A 3-Phase Alternator by Emf and MMF Method

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    This document describes an experiment to calculate the voltage regulation of a 3-phase alternator using open circuit (OC) and short circuit (SC) tests. The OC test involves measuring the output voltage at varying field currents with no load. The SC test measures the short circuit current at varying field currents. The results are used to calculate voltage regulation by the EMF and MMF methods. Voltage regulation was found to be 67.69% and 34.39% using EMF, and 7.22% and 7.23% using MMF. The EMF method provides a more conservative estimate of regulation.

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    Experiment No.2-Voltage Regulation of A 3-Phase Alternator by Emf and MMF Method

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    This document describes an experiment to calculate the voltage regulation of a 3-phase alternator using open circuit (OC) and short circuit (SC) tests. The OC test involves measuring the output voltage at varying field currents with no load. The SC test measures the short circuit current at varying field currents. The results are used to calculate voltage regulation by the EMF and MMF methods. Voltage regulation was found to be 67.69% and 34.39% using EMF, and 7.22% and 7.23% using MMF. The EMF method provides a more conservative estimate of regulation.

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    This document describes an experiment to calculate the voltage regulation of a 3-phase alternator using open circuit (OC) and short circuit (SC) tests. The OC test involves measuring the output voltage at varying field currents with no load. The SC test measures the short circuit current at varying field currents. The results are used to calculate voltage regulation by the EMF and MMF methods. Voltage regulation was found to be 67.69% and 34.39% using EMF, and 7.22% and 7.23% using MMF. The EMF method provides a more conservative estimate of regulation.

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    Experiment No.2-Voltage Regulation of A 3-Phase Alternator by Emf and MMF Method

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    This document describes an experiment to calculate the voltage regulation of a 3-phase alternator using open circuit (OC) and short circuit (SC) tests. The OC test involves measuring the output voltage at varying field currents with no load. The SC test measures the short circuit current at varying field currents. The results are used to calculate voltage regulation by the EMF and MMF methods. Voltage regulation was found to be 67.69% and 34.39% using EMF, and 7.22% and 7.23% using MMF. The EMF method provides a more conservative estimate of regulation.

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    Experiment No.

    2- Voltage regulation of a 3-phase alternator by emf


    and mmf method.

    Aim: To calculate the voltage regulation of 3ᴓ alternator by EMF and MMF method
    by performing O.C. and S.C. test.

    Apparatus:

    Sr. No. Equipment Ratings Quantity


    1 DC Shunt Motor 3HP, 220V, 12A & 1500 rpm 1
    2 3ᴓ Alternator 3KVA, 415V & 4.3A 1
    3 DC Voltmeter 0-300V 1
    4 DC Ammeter 0-20A 1
    5 AC Voltmeter 0-300V 1
    6 AC Ammeter 0-10A 1
    6 Rheostat 35Ω & 8.5A 1
    7 Tachometer 0-3000 rpm 1

    Theory: The O.C. and S.C. tests are useful for finding out voltage regulation and
    parameters of the synchronous machines and for determining their
    performance for OCC, the alternator is driven at constant rated speed with
    the help of motor acting as a prime mover. Then the open circuit terminal
    voltage is noted as the field current is gradually increased from zero. Thus,
    the OCC is the graph between field current IF and generated emf Ef. For
    OCC, the generated value of EF should be about 125% of rated voltage
    (final value).
    For obtaining short circuit characteristics, the machine is driven at rated
    synchronous speed through a shunt motor which acts as prime-mover and
    the armature, terminals are S.C. through an ammeter. Now, IF is gradually
    increased from zero, until the S.C. armature current has reached its
    maximum safe value equal to about 125% to 150% of the rated current.
    Connection Diagram:

    For O.C. Test

    For S.C. Test


    Procedure:

    For OC test-
    1) Make connections as shown in the diagram.
    2) Show and start DC motor with the help of 3ᴓ starter using speed upto rotor
    speed.
    3) A little adjustment is made with the help of rheostat.
    4) For obtaining OCC, the alternator is driven at constant speed with the help of DC
    motor.
    5) Measure DC terminal voltage by gradually increasing field current.
    6) Tabulate the result.

    For SC test
    1) Make connections as shown in the diagram.
    2) For obtaining S.C. test, the alternator is driven at constant speed with the help of
    motor.
    3) Short Circuit terminal with armature.
    4) Increase the field current IF from 0 to 125% of it’s rated current
    5) Plot the graph of IF vs ISC.

    Observation Table:

    Sr. No. IF(A) Terminal Voltage VOC (V) VOC/phase (V)


    1 0 22 12.70
    2 0.1 120 69.28
    3 0.2 210 121.24
    4 0.3 290 167.44
    5 0.4 340 196.29
    6 0.5 380 219.39
    7 0.6 410 236.71
    8 0.7 430 248.26
    9 0.8 440 254.03
    10 0.9 450 259.81
    11 1 470 271.35
    12 1.1 480 277.13
    13 1.2 500 288.68

    Sr. No. IF(Amp) ISC(Amp)


    1 0 0
    2 0.1 1
    3 0.2 2
    4 0.3 3
    5 0.4 3.8
    6 0.5 4.4
    7 0.6 5.2
    Calculations:
    Results:
    Percentage voltage regulation by EMF method:
    At, IF=0.5A and ZS=49.86Ω
    For 0.8 pf lagging, % voltage regulation= 67.69%
    For 0.8 pf leading, % voltage regulation= -13.15%
    For unity pf, % voltage regulation= 34.39%

    Percentage voltage regulation by MMF Method:


    For 0.8 pf lagging, % voltage regulation= 7.22%
    For 0.8 pf leading, % voltage regulation= -6.024%
    For unity pf, % voltage regulation= 7.23%
    Graph:

    Conclusion: Thus, we have performed O.C. and S.C. tests on 3-phase alternator. The
    data from these tests are then used to find the voltage regulation of the
    machine by EMF and MMF method. The result the EMF method is
    generally greater than the MMF method, therefore it is called as
    pessimistic method.

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