Spring Semester 2010 – 11

Department Of Electrical Engineering

1. Calculate the R.M.S value and average value of a periodic voltage which changes in steps at equal
intervals of the times as follows (0,5,10,20,50,60,50,20,10,5,0,-5,-10,…..)
(Ans.: 31.06 V, 23 V)

2. Find the current delivered by the source in the Fig.1 shown below

Fig. 1
Z A = 5 + j2 Ω, Z B 20 j10 Ω, ZC =10∟30 , Z D =10∟-60o
o

(Ans.: 15.1∟3.9o A)

3. Find inductive reactance X L in the Fig.2 shown below:

100∟0o

Fig. 2
(Ans: X L = 5.88 Ω)
4. Find currents i1 and i2 in the given circuit shown in Fig.3

Fig. 3
(Ans: i1 =7.81∟141.34o A, i2 =21.04∟73.14o A)

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5. A 20 μF capacitor is in the series with the parallel combination of a resistor R and a 15 mH inductor
at ω = 1 k radian /s.
(a) Find the admittance of the network if R = 80 Ω
(b) Find R if Y=G + j25 ms
(Ans: 2.14+j28.0 ms, 25.4Ω)

6. In the Fig.4 L1 draws 20 kW at unity P.F. L2 draws 25 kVA at 0.8 P.F lag, L3 draws 30 kW at 0.75
P.F. lag. Find the total power and apparent power supplied by the source. What is the source
power factor?

Fig. 4
(Ans: Complex power = 70+j41.75 kW, Apparent power = VI = 81.35 kW, Power factor = 0.8604)

7. Obtain Norton’s equivalent across terminals A and B for the network shown in figure 5.

2
0
10 0 A j 15

j5
3

B
Fig. 5
(Ans: Zth = 11.11∟-81.8o; IN = 9.49∟18.4o)
8. Use superposition theorem to find V in the circuit shown in figure 6.
2Ω
I 3

3I
j4
15 300 V 5 - 450 A V

Fig. 6
(Ans: V = 16.5∟-4.89o V)

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9. Use Superposition theorem to find i in the circuit shown in figure 7.

4Ω
4 2 sin 1000 t A 10 2 cos (1000t 250 ) V

Fig. 7
(Ans: i = 4.7 sin(1000t – 64.2) A)

10. Using Thevenin’s theorem, find I in the bridge circuit shown in figure 8 if IS = 0 A.

3 j4
IS

a j3 b
2 I
120 300 V
8
j5

Fig. 8
(Ans: I = 4.39∟-4.5o A)
11. A lossy capacitor dissipates 11 W of power while taking 0.3 A at 110 V and 60 Hz. Represent this
capacitor by a circuit having an ideal capacitor in parallel with a resistor and find the numerical
values of the circuit elements.
(Ans: C = 6.8 µF; R = 1100 Ω)
12. For the circuit of figure 9, determine the condition such that the input impedance is purely resistive
at all frequencies.

R R

V
jωL -j/ωC

Fig. 9
(Ans: L/C = R2)

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