GATE Electrical Engineering (EE) 2023 Solved Paper

The four stator conductors (A, A', B and B') of a rotating machine are carrying DC currents of the same value, the directions of which are shown in the figure (i). The rotor coils a-a' and b-b' are formed by connecting the back ends of conductors ‘a’ and ‘a'’ and ‘b’ and ‘b'’, respectively, as shown in figure (ii). The e.m.f. induced in coil a-a' and coil b-b' are denoted by E_a-a' and E_b-b', respectively. If the rotor is rotated at uniform angular speed ω rad/s in the clockwise direction then which of the following correctly describes the E_a-a' and E_b-b' ?

figure (i): cross-sectional view figure (ii): rotor winding connection diagram