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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING – ELEC 1003Y

TUTORIAL 2
1. Circuits having a resistance of 50 Ω, an inductance of 0.15 H and a capacitance of
100 μF respectively are in parallel across a 100 V, 50 Hz supply. Calculate
(a) the current in each circuit,
(b) the resultant current,
(c) the power factor and
(d) the power.
[2 A, 2.12 A, 3.14 A; 2.24 A; 0.893; 200 W]
2.
5Ω 0.02 H

1Ω 0.08 H

100 V, 50 Hz

In the circuit shown in the above diagram, find the following:


(a) Current through each branch,
(b) Total current drawn from the supply,
(c) Power absorbed and the resultant power factor,
(d) Draw the phasor diagram, and
(e) Determine the resistance and reactance of a single coil which will take the same
current at the same power factor.
[12.46∠-51.5o A, 3.97∠-87.7o A; 15.84∠-60o; 792 W, 0.5 lagging; 3.16 Ω, 5.46 Ω]

3. The loads taken from an a.c. supply consist of:


(a) a heating load of 15 kW;
(b) a motor load of 40 kVA at 0.6 power factor; and
(c) a load of 20 kW at 0.8 lagging power factor.
Calculate:
(i) the total load from the supply in kW and kVA and its power factor,
(ii) the kVA rating of the capacitor to bring the power factor to unity.
Draw the power triangle and show how the capacitor would be connected to the
supply and the loads.
[59 kW, 75.4 kVA, 0.782; 47 kVAr]

4. The following loads are supplied from a 230 V, 50 Hz single phase a. c. supply:
(a) a lighting load of 4 kW at unity power factor,
(b) a motor load of 10 kVA at 0.8 lagging power factor,
(c) an intermittent load of 5 kVA at 0.6 lagging power factor.
(i) Draw the power triangle for the three loads, indicating real, reactive and
apparent powers and all angles.
(ii) Determine the total real and apparent power from the supply and the overall
power factor.
(iii) It is required to correct the overall power factor to 0.9 lagging, find the
reactive power to be supplied by a capacitor and label this power on the power
triangle.
(iv) Determine the value of capacitance needed for power factor correction.
[15 kW, 18.028 kVA, 0.832; 2.735 kVAr, 165μF]
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5. A coil having a resistance of 10 Ω and an inductance of 0.1 H is connected in
parallel with a 50 μF capacitor across a variable frequency source. Calculate the
frequency at which the resultant current is in phase with the supply voltage and the
corresponding value of the Q-factor.
If the corresponding value of the supply voltage is 100 V, calculate
(a) the current in each circuit,
(b) the resultant current and
(c) the power factor of the whole circuit.
[69.4 Hz; 4.36; 2.24 A, 2.18 A; 0.5 A; 1]

6. A coil of resistance 20 Ω and inductance 0.2 H is connected in series with a


capacitor of 200 μF across a 230 V, 50 Hz supply.
(a) Calculate
(i) the current drawn from the supply,
(ii) the power factor of the circuit,
(iii) the power absorbed,
(iv) the voltage across the coil, and
(v) the voltage across the capacitor.
(b) Draw the phasor diagram indicating current drawn from supply, voltage across
coil, voltage across capacitor, and supply voltage.
(c) Determine the supply frequency at which resonance will occur and calculate
the Q-factor of the resonant circuit.
[4.5 A, 0.392, 405 W, 296.6 V, 71.6 V; 25.2 Hz, 1.58]

7. Use Thevenin’s theorem to find the power in a 1 Ω resistor connected to terminals


AB of the network shown below.
-j2 Ω -j5 Ω
2Ω 3Ω
A

10∠0o V j2 Ω

[2.22 W]
8. -j2 Ω
j5 Ω
(1) (2)

5Ω 2Ω
3Ω 5Ω

50∠0o V -j2 Ω

For the network shown above, determine:


(a) Voltages at node (1) and node (2), and
(b) Power dissipated by each resistor.
[15.2∠35.2o V, 6.7∠-61.1o V; 257.0 W, 77.0 W, 9.0 W, 11.3 W]

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