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Assignment – Alternating Current

Q1. A coil of inductance 0.5 H and resistance 100 Ω is connected to a 240 V, 50 Hz AC


supply.
1. What is the maximum current in the coil?
2. What is the time lag between the voltage maximum and the current maximum?

Q2. A 60 μF capacitor is connected to a 110 V, 60 Hz AC supply. Determine the rms value of


current in the circuit. What is the net power absorbed by the circuit in a complete cycle?

Q3. A charged 30 μF capacitor having initial charge 6 mC is connected to a 27 mH inductor.


What is the angular frequency of free oscillations of the circuit? Also, calculate the total
energy stored in the circuit initially. What is the total energy at a later time?

Q4. A radio can tune over the frequency range of a portion of medium wave (MW) broadcast
band (800 kHz to 1200 kHz). If its LC circuit has an effective inductance of 200 μH, what
must be the range of variable capacitor?

Q5. In a series RC circuit, R = 300 Ω, C = 0.25 μF, V_rms = 100 V, and ω = 10,000 rad/s. Find
the current in the circuit and calculate the voltage across resistor and capacitor.

Q6. A resistor of 200 Ω and a capacitor of 15 μF are connected in series to a 220 V, 50 Hz AC


source. Calculate the current in the circuit and the rms voltage across the resistor and the
capacitor. Is the algebraic sum of the voltages more than the source voltage? If yes, resolve
the paradox.

Q7. An AC voltage of 100 V, 50 Hz is connected across a 200 Ω resistor and a 2 mH inductor


in series. Calculate:
1. The impedance.
2. The rms current in the circuit.

Q8. An AC source of frequency 50 Hz is connected to a 50 mH inductor and a bulb. The bulb


glows with some brightness. Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor to be connected in
series with the circuit, so that the bulb glows with maximum brightness.

Q9. An inductor (200 mH), capacitor (500 μF), and resistor (10 Ω) are connected in series
with a 100 V, variable frequency AC source. Calculate:
1. The frequency at which the power factor of the circuit is unity.
2. The current at this frequency.
3.quality factor

Q10. A series LCR circuit with C = 10 μF, L = 1.0 H, and R = 100 Ω is connected to an AC
source having a peak voltage of 100 V. Calculate the power factor of the circuit.

Q11. When an inductor and a resistor R in series are connected across a 12 V, 50 Hz supply,
a current of 0.5 A flows in the circuit. The current differs in phase from applied voltage by
π/3 radians. Calculate the value of R and L.
Q12. How much current is drawn by the primary coil of a transformer, which steps down
220 V to 22 V to operate a device with an impedance of 220 Ω?
Q13. The primary coil of an ideal step-up transformer has 100 turns and the transformation
ratio is also 100. The input voltage and power are 220 V and 1100 W respectively. Calculate:
1. Number of turns in the secondary coil.
2. The current in the primary coil.
3. The voltage across the secondary coil.
4. The current in the secondary coil.

Q14. Calculate the current drawn by the primary coil of a transformer, which steps down
200 V to 20 V to operate a device of resistance 200 Ω. Assume the efficiency of the
transformer to be 80%.

Q15. An AC generator consists of 150 turns and cross-sectional area 3 m², rotating at an
angular frequency of 60 radians/s in a uniform magnetic field of 0.04 T. The resistance of
the coil is 5000 Ω.
1. Calculate the maximum current drawn from the generator.
2. The maximum power dissipated in the coil.

Q16. When a circuit element ‘X’ is connected across an AC source, a current of √2 A flows
through it and is in phase with the applied voltage. When another element ‘Y’ is connected
across the same AC source, the same current flows through it but it leads the voltage by π/2
radians.
1. Name the circuit elements X and Y.
2. Find the current that flows in the circuit when the series combination of X and Y is
connected across the same AC voltage.

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