Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

B.Sc. Eng. Honours Degree in

Engineering
Final Examination
Year 1, Semester 1 (2014)

EC102 - Electrical Systems

Duration: 2 Hours
May 2014
Instructions to Candidates:
This paper contains 4 questions on 4 pages (including the cover page).
Answer all questions
All questions do not carry equal marks. The marks assigned for each part of a
question is indicated in brackets.
This examination accounts for 70% of the module assessment.
You are permitted to use CALCULATORS

Question 1:
(25 marks)
DC Analysis of Circuits: A resistive network with two voltage sources and one
current source is shown in Figure Q1a. The part of the circuit left of the points AB
is highlighted with a dashed box. The current through R2 is I. Answer the following
questions.
R2

R4

10k

12k
R3

2mA

R1

R5

5k

4k

6k
E1

E2

10V

8V

Figure Q1a
(a) Use the source transformation method to replace the current source and the
resistor inside the highlighted box with a voltage source and a resistor.[5 marks]
Note: Pay special attention to the direction of the source when calculating.
(b) Use the superposition theorem together with nodal analysis on the circuit modified in part (a) to find the current I through resistor R2 . Do not reduce the
circuit any further.
[20 marks]
Note: your solution should include (i) clearly marked sub-circuits, (ii) the direction of voltage across its components marked with arrows.
Question 2:
(15 marks)
Magnetism:A series-parallel magnetic circuit made out of sheet steel throughout is
shown in Figure Q2a. The cross section of the of the core is 5 104 m2 in the entire
core. The air gap length is 0.002 m. The core lengths are as follows. lab = lbg =
lgh = lha = 0.2 m, lbc = lf g = 0.1 m, lcd = lef = 0.099 m. Find the value of current
I required to establish a flux in the gap of g = 2 104 Wb. 0 = 4 107 ,
r (sheet steel) = 4000.

a
I

c
d

N=200 turns

e
h

g
Figure Q2a

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Air gap

Question 3:
(35 marks)
Polyphase Circuits: The Figure Q3a shows a star connected three phase generator
connected to a star connected load. The generator and load are connected together
by transmission lines of zero impedance. The symbols have their usual meaning. The
following voltages are given. EAN = 120V 00 , EBN = 120V 1200 , and ECN =
120V 1200 .
Generator

Load

12
EAN
j9

N
ECN
+
C

j9

j9

EBN
12

+
B

12
b

Figure Q3a
(a) Determine the phase voltages at the load.

[5 marks]

(b) Determine the phase currents at the load.

[5 marks]

(c) Determine the line currents at the load.

[5 marks]

(d) Compute the active power dissipated by each phase at the load and the total
active power.
[5 marks]
(e) Compute the total reactive power at the load.

[5 marks]

(f) Compute the power factor at the load and indicate whether it is leading or
lagging.
[5 marks]
(g) Sketch the phasor diagram at the load.

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[5 marks]

Question 4:
(25 marks)
AC Analysis of Circuits: A network with one current source and one voltage source
is connected across AB to a load Z.
XC

400

400

+
0

XL

50V45

400

100mA00

Figure Q4a
(a) Find the Thevenin equivalent circuit across AB considering the impedance Z as
the load by following the steps given below.
i. Find the Thevenin impedance Zth across AB.

[10 marks]

ii. Use Nodal analysis to find the open circuit voltage Vth .

[10 marks]

(b) What should be the value of Z for maximum power transfer?

[5 marks]

End of the Question Paper

Formula Sheet
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the determinant of a 3 3 matrix





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 a22 a23 

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a32 a33 
a31 a32 a33 

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