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EXAM sem 1 2018 ELTR Main(2)

The document contains a series of engineering questions related to electrotechnology, including definitions of terms like Coulomb and Farad, calculations involving a cable car's power input and operating costs, resistance and voltage drop in conductors, capacitor properties, circuit analysis using Kirchhoff's laws, and magnetic material concepts. Each question requires specific calculations and theoretical explanations. The document is structured as an exam paper with multiple sections and marks allocated for each question.

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EXAM sem 1 2018 ELTR Main(2)

The document contains a series of engineering questions related to electrotechnology, including definitions of terms like Coulomb and Farad, calculations involving a cable car's power input and operating costs, resistance and voltage drop in conductors, capacitor properties, circuit analysis using Kirchhoff's laws, and magnetic material concepts. Each question requires specific calculations and theoretical explanations. The document is structured as an exam paper with multiple sections and marks allocated for each question.

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Q.

1) (a) Define the following terminologies;


i. Coulomb
ii. Farad

(b) A cable car with an average mass of 1500 kg is used to transport passengers to the top
of the table mountain 1085 m high. The car travels a total distance of 650 m, at an
average velocity of 8 m/s. If the hoist has an efficiency of 75%, calculate;
i. the power input to the motor
ii. the cost of operating the cable car over a 12 hour day if it completes 4 return
journeys each hour. Assume the cost of electrical energy is 0.8 Rand/kWh.
[15 marks]

Q.2) (a) A conductor made of copper and aluminium of equal lengths connected in series
is used to transmit current of 1500 A over a distance of 10 m. Take ρc = 0.017µΩm
and ρal = 0.028µΩm and calculate;
i. the resistance and voltage drop of aluminium conductor if its diameter is 20 cm.
ii. the diameter of the copper cable if it experiences a voltage drop of 1.5 V.

(b) A current of 3 A is produced in a single core cable at temperature 18o C when supplied
with 5 V. The temperature coefficient of copper at 0 o C is 0.00426 per o C
i. At what temperature will the copper cable have a resistance of 2.45 Ω?
ii. If the power dissipated in the cable is 160 W, calculate the current through the
cable at the temperature in (b) above.

[15 marks]

Q.3) (a) A six plate capacitor has a dielectric with a relative permittivity of 8. The
capacitor is supplied with a dc of 60 V. The distance between the plates is 2 mm .The
plates have an area of 3.5 cm2 , determine;

(i) the capacitance


(ii) the electric field strength in each dielectric
(iii) the charge
(iv) the energy stored in the capacitor
(v) the flux density

(b) The supply potential of the circuit shown in Figure 1 is 60 V. Calculate;

(i) the total equivalent capacitance.


(ii) the total charge in the circuit.
(iii) the voltage drop across 0.75 µF capacitor.
(iv) the total energy stored in circuit.
Mechanical Engineering ELTR 011/118 — Electrotechnology I Page 2 of 3

Figure 1:

[20 marks]
Q.4) (a) From the Circuit network shown in Figure 2, Find;
(i) the total equivalent resistance.
(ii) the voltage drop across resistor R6 .
(iii) the current in resistor R5 .

Ω Ω Ω

Ω
Ω

Ω Ω Ω
Ω

Figure 2:

(b) Use of Kirchoff’s laws, determine the values of resistors R1 , R2 and R3 and voltage
drop across each resistor in the network shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3:

[20 marks]

Please go on to the next page. . .


Mechanical Engineering ELTR 011/118 — Electrotechnology I Page 3 of 3

Q.5) (a) Figure 4 shows a simplified rotor and stator of a DC motor. The path length of
the stator is 50 cm and its cross sectional area is 12 cm2 . The mean path length of the
rotor is 5 cm and its cross sectional area is 12 cm2 . Each air gap between the rotor and
stator is 0.05 cm wide with a cross sectional area of 14 cm2 (including fringing). The
iron of the core has a relative permeability of 2000 and there are 200 turns of the wire
on the core. If the current in the wire is 1 A, determine
i. the m.m.f
ii. the flux density in the air gap.

Figure 4:

(b) Describe the following magnetic material terminologies.


i. Diamagnetic
ii. Paramagnetic

(c) Two coils wound around each other on a soft iron core. The primary coil has 500 turns
and the secondary has 1500 turns. The primary coil is then connected to a dc supply
and switched on. The current in it reaches a value of 220 mA after 0.8 seconds. If the
voltage induced in the secondary coil during this time is -24 V. Determine the mutual
inductance.
[16 marks]

End of exam

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