A. decrease both armature current and power factor
B. decrease armature current but increase power factor
C. increase armature current but decrease power factor
D. increase both its armature current and power factor
Related Mcqs:
- A synchronous motor is running on a load with normal excitation. Now if the load on the motor is increased
A. power factor as well as armature current will decrease
B. power factor as well as armature current will increase
C. power factor will increase but armature current will decrease
D. power factor will decrease and armature current will increase - A synchronous motor installed at the receiving end substation operates with such an excitation that it takes power at lagging power factor. Now if the applied voltage of the synchronous motor goes down, the power factor of the synchronous motor will___________?
A. remain same
B. go down
C. improve
D. none of the above - A synchronous motor running with normal excitation adjusts to load increases essentially by increase in______________?
A. back e.m.f.
B. armature current
C. power factor
D. torque angle - If excitation of a synchronous motor running with a constant load is decreased from its normal value, ignoring effects of armature reaction, it leads to____________?
A. increase in both armature current and power factor angle
B. increase in back e.m.f. but decrease in armature current
C. increase in both armature current and power factor which is lagging
D. increase in torque angle but decrease in back e.m.f. - A synchronous motor is running with normal excitation. When the load is increased, the armature current drawn by it increases because
A. speed of the motor is reduced
B. power factor is decreased
C. Eb (back e.m.f.) becomes less than V (applied voltage)
D. Er (net resultant voltage) in armature is increased
E. none of the above - A synchronous motor connected to infinite bus-bars has at constant full load, 100% excitation and unity power factor. On changing the excitation only, the armature current will have_____________?
A. no change of power factor
B. lagging power factor with over-excitation
C. leading power factor with under-excitation
D. leading power factor with over-excitation - In a synchronous motor running with fixed excitation, when the load is increased three times, its torque angle becomes approximately
A. one-third
B. twice
C. thrice
D. six times
E. nine times - If in a synchronous motor, driving mechanical load and drawing current at lagging power factor from constant voltage supply, its field excitation is increased, then its power factor__________?
A. become more
B. become less
C. remain constant
D. none of the above - If in a synchronous motor, driving a given mechanical load and drawing current at a leading power factor from constant voltage supply its field excitation is increased, its power factor
A. will become more
B. will become less
C. will remain unchanged
D. none of the above. - If the synchronous motor, properly synchronised to the supply is running on no load and is having negligible loss then_____________?
A. the stator current will be zero
B. the stator current will be very small
C. the stator current will be very high
D. the back e.m.f. will be more than the supply voltage
E. none of the above
