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ENR TECH 3EP3 Midterm Exam

Instructor: Dr. Chi Tang

DURATION OF EXAMINATION: 3 hours

Date: October 16, 2017

Special Instructions:
1. This midterm contains 5 pages and 5 questions. Choose any four of the 5
questions to answer. If all 5 questions are attempted, the first 4 questions
as they appear in the answer book will be marked.
2. Use of any calculator is allowed.
3. This paper must be returned with your answers.

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 Question 1: [25 marks]

In the circuit shown below, the supply voltage is shown in RMS as 110/0⁰ V.

a) [5] Calculate the supply current, ⃗⃗𝐼𝑆 .

b) [5] Draw the phasor diagram of ⃗⃗⃗
𝑉𝑆 and ⃗⃗𝐼𝑆 .
c) [5] Calculate the power factor of operation of the source, ⃗⃗⃗
𝑉𝑆 .
d) [10] Determine the apparent power, active power, and reactive power of the source.

Question 2: [25 marks]

A single-phase, 1500-kW (i.e. P = 1500 kW) industrial facility operates at a leading power factor
⃗⃗⃗𝐿 at the load terminal equal to 2400 V (RMS). The load is fed
(PF) of 0.9 with input voltage 𝑉
from a source through a transmission line having an impedance of 0.05 + j 0.5 Ω as shown.

a) [5] Determine the magnitude of the load current.

b) [10] Calculate the active and reactive power losses along the transmission line.
c) [10] Determine the magnitude of the source voltage.

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 Question 3: [25 marks]

A 600V : 300 V, 60 Hz, 12 kVA single-phase transformer gave the following test results:

Applied Voltage Current Measured Power Measured

Open-circuit test
(HV side open, 300 V 1A 180 W
voltage applied to the
LV side)
Short-circuit test
(LV side shorted, 40 V 20 A 480 W
voltage applied to the
HV side)

a) Determine the resistance and reactance values of the series branch (Req and Xeq), with all
values referred to the high voltage side. [10]

b) Determine the resistance and reactance values of the magnetizing branch (Rm and Xm), with
all values referred to the high voltage side. [15]

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 Question 4: [25 marks]

A 3-phase step-up transformer is rated 1000 MVA, 22 kV : 345 KV, 60 Hz, with an impedance of
j 0.5 Ω referred to the 22 kV side. It steps up the voltage of a generating station to power a 345
kV line.

(a) Calculate the magnitude of the line-to-line voltage across the generator terminals when
the HV side of the transformer delivers 800 MW at 345 kV (line-to-line) and at 0.9
lagging power factor. [15]
(b) Calculate the magnitude of the generator current. [10]

Question 5: [25 marks]

(a) A balanced Y-connected voltage source with Vab = 600 /0⁰ volts is applied to a balanced-∆
load with Z∆ = 60/30⁰ Ω. The line impedance between the source and load is ZL = 1/85⁰ Ω for
each phase. Calculate the magnitude of the line currents and the magnitude of the voltages at
the load terminals. [ 5 + 5 ]

(b) A 20 Ω resistor is connected between lines A and B of a 3-phase, 480 V line-to-line. Calculate
the currents that flow in lines A, B, and C respectively. [ 5 + 5 + 5 ]

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 Potentially Useful Formulae
𝑉𝑅2
𝑃 = 𝑉𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = = 𝐼 2 𝑅 = 𝑅𝑒
𝑉 𝐼 ∗
𝑅
𝑉𝑅2
𝑄 = 𝑉𝐼 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = = 𝐼 2 𝑋 = 𝐼𝑚
𝑉 𝐼 ∗
𝑋

2
𝑉2
𝑆 = 𝑃2 + 𝑄2 = 𝑉𝐼 = 𝐼 𝑍 =
𝑍
𝑅 𝑃
𝑝𝑓 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = =
𝑍 𝑆

𝑃3𝜑 = 3𝑉𝐿𝐿 𝐼𝐿 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 3𝑃𝜑

𝑄3𝜑 = 3𝑉𝐿𝐿 𝐼𝐿 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 3𝑄𝜑

𝑆3𝜑 = 3𝑉𝐿𝐿 𝐼𝐿

𝑃𝜑 = 𝑉𝜑 𝐼𝜑 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

𝑄𝜑 = 𝑉𝜑 𝐼𝜑 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃

𝑆𝜑 = 𝑉𝜑 𝐼𝜑

𝑉𝐿𝐿 = 3𝑉𝐿𝑁 for wye-connected load

𝐼𝐿 = 3𝐼∆ for delta-connected load

𝑍∆
𝑍𝑌 =
3
𝑉 = 𝐼𝑅

𝑉1 𝑁1
=
𝑉2 𝑁2

𝐼1 𝑁2
=
𝐼2 𝑁1

𝑍2′ = 𝑎2 𝑍2

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