Tutorial 2 Power AC Circuit

1.

State and draw three (3) types of AC circuit and impendences when the circuit is:
(i) Purely resistive (ii) Inductive (iii) Capacitive

2.

State the comparison between resistive, inductive and capacitive in term of , Q, power factor,
phasor diagram, power triangle.

3.

A voltage source Vs (t) = 100 cos (200t), where t=0 is applied to a 0.25H inductance. Find;
a) The impedance of inductance.
b) Phasor current and phasor voltage.
c) Draw the phasor diagram and power factor.
IL

L=0.25H

AC

Vs (t) = 100 cos (200t)

[Ans: Z = j50 50900 , IL = 2-900A, Vs = 10000V,

4.

, lagging]

A voltage source Vs (t) = 100 cos (200t), where t=0 is applied to a 100F capacitance. Find;
a) The impedance of capacitance.
b) Phasor current and phasor voltage.
c) Draw the phasor diagram and power factor.
IC

AC

C=100F

Vs (t) = 100 cos (200t)

[Ans: Z = -j50 50-900 , IL = 2900A, Vs = 10000V,

, , leading]

5. The circuit of figure below is excited by a 240-V, 60-Hz sinusoidal source. If C=10F, determine:
a) Determine the total impedance of the circuit.
b) The magnitude of current, I.
c) The average value of power dissipated by resistor, R.

I2

L=25mH

I1

240V AC
60Hz

R=10
[Ans: ZT =14.2441.06, I=16.857-41.06, P= 3,050.26W]

6.

Consider the circuit shown in Fig. calculate the total impedance and determine:
a) The maximum current, Is
b) The maximum voltage across capacitor, Vc
Is

100

100 sin (1000t)

Vc

5 F

[Ans: I S 0.4563.4o A ; Vc 90 26.6 o V ]

7.

The circuit shown in Fig is operating in a sinusoidal steady state with the voltage source,
V(t) = 100 cos (377t +120) V. Determine:
a) The current Is and I1 flowing in the circuit.
b) The voltage across VL .
Is

12

200 mH
+

VL -

V(t)

12

I1
50 F

[Ans : I S 1.3147.8o A , I1 0.29125.1o A ; VS 98.6137.8V ]

8.

Given the sinusoidal voltage, VS (t) = 12 sin (100t-10o) V. Determine:

a) The amplitude of the voltage.
b) The phase shift.
c) The frequency.
d) The period of the sinusoidal voltage.
[Ans: Vrms 8.49V ; 10 ; f 15.915Hz ; T 0.063s ]
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9. The AC circuit shown in Fig below is connected to an AC supply of Vs(t) = 24 sin (1000t+65) V. The
corresponding circuit parameters are R1 = 25, R2 = 15, C1 = 165F, C2 = 220F, L1 = 7mH and L2 =
5mH.Determine:
a) RMS voltage of the source, Vrms
b) Period of source, t
c) Phase shift,
d) Current Ia , Ib and Ic
e) Values of VL1, Vc2 and VR1

[Ans: Vrms = 16.97-25; t = 6.28mS; = -25,

I a 0.812 13.4 A, I b 0.639 6.52 o A, I c 0.193 36.7A

o

VR1 20.3 13.4V, Vc 2 2.91 96.52V, VL1 1.35153.3V ]

10. The AC circuit shown in Fig xx is connected to an AC supply of 48 cos (1,500t-25) V. The
corresponding circuit parameters are R1 = 50, R2 = 20, L = 25mH and C = 150F. Determine:
a) RMS voltage
b) Frequency, f.
c) Phase shift,
d) Maximum current Ia in the circuit.
e) Values of VR1, VR2, VL and Vc.

[Ans: Vrms = 33.94-25V; f = 238.73Hz; = -25, Ia = 0.694-30.3; VR = 34.7-30.8V,

VL = 13.83-11.6V, Vc = 13.50.92V]
11. The circuit shown in Figure below is operating in the sinusoidal steady state with the voltage source,
VS (t) = 240 cos (1,000t+10o) V. Determine:
a) Total impedance, ZT
b) The current, IS (t) flow in the circuit.
c) The voltage drop at V1 and V2.
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d) Power across R2.

R2

IS(t)
+

200 F

L1

15
+

20

10 mH

R1

V1

15 mH

R3

VS(t)
10
+

V2

[Ans: Z T 29.6829.80 0 ; IS (t ) 8.09 cos(1000 t 19.8o )A ;

V1 141.54 j34.99 145.813.89 0 V, V2 94.81 j6.69 954.03 o V ; P 425W ]

12. Find;
a) The total impedance of the circuit, Z.
b) Calculate the current, I supplied to the load, the power factor of the load.
c) True power, reactive power and apparent power and complex power supplied to the load.
d) Draw power triangle.

[Ans: Z=85.07945.2, I= 1.41-45.2, p.f = 0.7046(lagging), P = 119.22 W, Q = 120 var,

S = 169.2 VA, S=119.22+j120;
]

13 . For the single phase system, calculate;

a) Indicate the characteristics of each load (A and B) whether inductive or capacitive.
b) The real, reactive and apparent power at each load.
c) Total real, reactive and apparent power delivered by the source. Also, find power
factor of the source.
141430V
AC

Load A
10 kVA
0.5 pf leading

Load B
5 kW
0.7 pf lagging

[Hint: Using power triangle; PTotal = PA +PB; QTotal = QA+QB; S2 = P2+Q2; capacitance load, Q is -ve and in inductive load, Q is +ve]
[Ans; (ii) PA=5,000 W, QA =-8,660.25 var, SA=10,000VA; PB=5,000 W, QB =5101.02 var, SB=7,142.86 VA (iii) Ptotal = 10,000 W, Qtotal=
-3,559.23 var, Stotal = 10,614.52 VA, pf =0.9421 or 94.21% (leading)]

14.

For the single phase system, calculate

a) Indicate the characteristics of each load (1, 2 and 3) whether resistive, inductive or
capacitive.
b) The apparent power at each load.
c) Total real, reactive and apparent power delivered by the source.

240 V 50Hz
AC

Load 1
10 MW
0.8 pf lagging

Load 2
3 Mvar
0.85 pf leading

Load 3
8 MW
Unity pf

[Hint: Using power triangle; PTotal = PA +PB +Pc; QTotal = QA+QB+Qc; S2 = P2+Q2; capacitance load, Q is -ve and in inductive load, Q
is +ve]

[Ans: (ii) S1 = 12.5 MVA, S2 =5.69 MVA, S3 = 8 MVA (iii) Qtotal = 4.5Mvar, Ptotal = 22.84 MW, Stotal =23.27 MVA]

15.

A 240 Vrms 50Hz supply serves a load that is 40kW (resistive), 35kVar (capacitive) and 20 kVar
(inductive). Find;
a) The total real, reactive and apparent power.
b) The current drawn from the supply.
[Ans: Pt 40kW; Q t 15kVar ; S t 37.08kV ; I S 166.7 j62.5 17820.6 o A ]

16. A 120-V rms 60Hz source supplies two loads connected in parallel, as shown in Fig. below.
a) Find the power factor of the parallel combination.
b) Calculate the value of the capacitance connected in parallel that will raise the power factor
to unity.

[Ans : p.f. = 0.8992; C = 5.74mF]