Assignment II (Unit 2)
Assignment II (Unit 2)
1. Explain two wattmeter method of measuring power of three phase star connected load with the help
of necessary diagram and circuit diagram.
2. Prove that for Star connected balance system, the three phase total active power is given by p = √3
VL IL cosØ.
3. Explain about star and delta connected 3 phase balance circuits.
4. Write down the relationship for line current and phase current and line voltage and phase voltage for
Star connection of three phase system.
5. How power can be measured using single Wattmeter method? drive the relation for power factor.
6. A 3-phase motor operating on a 400 volt balance system develops 18.65 kilowatt at an efficiency of
0.87 per unit and a power factor of 0.85, Calculate the line current and phase current if the winding
are delta connected.
7. A series RC load takes a power of 6400 watts when connected to a 250 volt, 25 Hz mains. The
voltage drop across the register is 160 volts. calculate
a) impedance
b) The power factor
c) The current
d) The resistance
e) The capacitance
write the equation for the voltage and current.
8. What is the difference between a star and a delta connection.
9. If an AC power supply of 100-volt, 50 hertz is connected across a load of impedance of 4 + j8 ohms.
Calculate the current flowing through the circuit, Active power, apparent power, reactive power and
power factor.
10. Explain the phasor of voltage across the inductor leads the current phasors of 900 and the phasor of
voltage across capacitor lags its current phasor of 900.
11. Define power factor, Active, Reactive and Apparent power.
12. Define Q-factor of a coil quality factor?
13. In a series circuit containing pure resistance and a pure inductance, the current and the voltage are
expressed as: i(t) = 5 sin (314t + 2π/3) and V(t) =15 sin (314 + 5π/6)
a) what is the impedance of the circuit?
b) what is the value of the resistance?
c) what is the value of inductance in Henry?
d) what is the average power drawn by the circuit?
e) what is the power factor?
14. In a circuit, the equations for the instantaneous voltage and current are given by v = 141.4 sin (ωt -
2π/3) volt and I = 7.07 sin(ωt - π/2) ampere, where ω=314 rad/sec.
a) Sketch a neat phasor diagram for the circuit.
b) Use polar notation to calculate impedance with phase angle
c) Calculate average power and power factor.
d) Calculate the instantaneous power at the instant t =0.
15. A 60 Hz sinusoidal voltage V =141 sinωt is applied to a series R-L circuit. The value of the resistance
and inductance are 3 ohm and 0.0106 Henry respectively.
a) Calculate RMS value of the current in the circuit and its phase angle with respect to the
voltage.
b) Write the expression for the instantaneous current in the circuit.
c) Calculate RMS value and Phase of the voltages appearing across resistance and inductance.
d) Find the average power dissipated by the circuit.
e) Calculate the power factor of the circuit.
16. In an alternating circuit, the impressed voltage is given by v = (100 – j 50) volts and the current in
the circuit I = (3 – j 4) Amp. Determine the real and reactive power in the circuit.
17. A choke coil takes a current of 2A lagging 600 behind the applied voltage of 200 V at 50 hertz.
Calculate the inductance, Resistance and Impedance of the coil. Also, determine the power
consumed, when it is connected across 100 V, 25 hertz supply.
18. A resistance of 20-ohm, inductance of 0.2 Henry and capacitance of 150 microfarad are connected
in series and are feed by 230 V, 50 hertz supply. find XL, XC, Z, Y, Power factor, Active power and
reactive power.
19. Resistance of 20 ohm, an inductance of 0.2 Henry and a capacitance of 100 microfarad are connected
in series across 220-volt, 50 hertz mains. Determine the following:
a) Impedance
b) Current
c) Voltage across RL&C
d) Power in watt and volte ampere
e) Power factor and angle of lag.