Assignment-2 (Section-F)
P1 : An inductive coil having resistance of 8Ω and inductance of 80 mH in series with a capacitance of
100 μF across 150 V ,50 Hz supply. Calculate a) the current b) the p.f c) the voltages drops in the coil and
capacitance respectively.
Ans: I= 14.375 A, p.f.=,767 lead; Vcoil= 379.1472.34 , Vcap= 457.6 90
P2 : The circuit having two impedances of Z 1 =(8+j15)Ω and Z2 =(6-j8)Ω in parallel is connected to a single
phase ac supply and the current drawn is 10A .Find each branch current ,both in magnitude and phase
and also the supply voltage.
I1 6.39 79.7 I 2 10.8635.36 V 108.6 17.77
Ans:
P3 : For the circuit find out the current and voltages V 1 V2 and V3 .Draw the phasor diagram.
V1 V2 V3
4 3 6 8 2
I
100V
Ans: Assume supply frequency as 50 Hz and plot the phasors.
P4 : A coil of resistance 50Ω and inductance 0.318H in connected in parallel with a circuit containing a
75Ω resistor in series with a 159 μF capacitor . The resulting circuit in connected to a 240V, 50Hz ac
supply. Calculate a) the supply current b) the circuit impedance, resistance and reactance.
I1 I2
R1 R2
240V,50Hz
L C
Pb 5 : An inductive load ( R in series with L) is connected in parallel with a capacitance C of 12.5 μF .The
input voltage to the circuit is 100V at 31.8Hz.The phase angle between the two branch currents (I 1 =IL)
and (IL=IC) is 120,and the current in the first branch in I 1=IL=5A.Find the total current, and also the values
of R and L.
Ans: 173.2 ; 500mH ; I .4330
I1 IL
|I1|=5A
Pb 6 : When a resistor and inductor in series are connected to a 240V supply, a current of 3A flowing
lagging 37° behind the supply voltage , while the voltage across the inductor is 171v. Find the resistance
of the resistor and the resistance and reactance of inductor
Ans: 33.36 ; 30.32 ; 48.14
Pb 7 : A 200V, 50Hz supply in connected to a 20Ω resistor in series with a coil. The reading of the
voltmeter across the resistor in 120V and across the coil 144V. Calculate the power and the reactive VA
in the coil and the p.f of the circuit.
Ans: 121W ; 855 VAR ; pf =0.7
Pb 8 : A reactor has a reactance of 5Ω and an inductance of 0.04H. Find a suitable shunt circuit such that
the current taken by the combination will be 20A at 100V at all frequencies.
Ans: 5 ; 1600 F
Pb 9 : Find the average value and the r.m.s value of the following current waveforms:
a.
I (A)
6
4
2
T (s)
2 4 6
b.
100A
t
1 2 3 4
Pb 10 : In a series LCR circuit, the maximum inductor voltage is twice the capacitor voltage maximum.
However the circuit lags the applied voltage by 30 and the instantaneous drop across the inductance is
V 100sin 377t V. Assuming the resistance being 20 , find the values of the inductance
given by L
and the capacitance.
Ans: L=61.18mH ; C= 230 F
