// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART IV : UTILIZATION AND TRACTION // CHAPTER 7: CONTROL OF MOTORS // EXAMPLE : 7.1 : // Page number 798 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data no = 2.0 // Number of motors V_m = 48.0 // Uniform speed(kmph) t = 30.0 // Time(sec) F_t_m = 13350.0 // Average tractive effort per motor(N) // Calculations F_t = no*F_t_m // Average tractive effort(N) energy = t*F_t*V_m/(2*3600**2) // Useful energy for acceleration(kWh) energy_loss = energy/no // Approximate loss of energy in starting rheostats(kWh) // Results disp("PART IV - EXAMPLE : 7.1 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nApproximate loss of energy in starting rheostats = %.3f kWh", energy_loss)