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I Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

B.Sc. Eng. Honours Degree in

Engineering

Final Examination
Year 1, Semester 1 (2014)

I 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

I question is indicated in brackets.

This examination accounts for 70% of the module assessment.

You are permitted to use CALCULATORS
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Question 1: (25 marks)

DC Analysis of Circuits:- A resistive network with two voltage sources and one
current source is shown in Figure Qla. 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.
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Figure Qla

(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 mod-
ified in part (a) to find the current I through resistor R 2 . Do not reduce the
circuit any further. [20 marks]
Note:- your solution should include (i) clearly marked sub-circuits, (ii) the di-
rection 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 x 10- 4 m2 in the entire
core. The air gap length is 0.002 m. The core lengths are as follows. lab = h9 =
l9 h = lha = 0.2 m, lbc = lt9 = 0.1 m, led = let = 0.099 m. Find the value of current
I required to establish a flux in the gap of <Pg = 2 X w- 4 Wb. J-to = 47r X w- 7 ,
J-tr (sheet steel) = 4000.

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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 L0, EsN = 120V L-120, and EcN =
120V Ll20.
Generator Load

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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. [5 marks]

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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.
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Figure Q4a

(a) Find the Thevenin equivalent cir~uit 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 Vih [10 marks)
(b) What should be the value of Z for maximum power transfer? [5 marks)

End of the Question Paper

Formula Sheet

Finding the determinant of a 2 x 2 matrix

Finding the determinant of a 3 x 3 matrix

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a31 a32 a33

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