ECE 361 – ASSIGNMENT 1

Power in AC Circuits

PROBLEM 1

A single-phase load is supplied with a sinusoidal voltage

𝑣(𝑡) = 200 cos(377𝑡)

The resulting instantaneous power is

𝑝(𝑡) = 800 + 1000cos⁡(754 − 36.87°)

a) Find the complex power supplied to the load
b) Find the instantaneous current 𝑖(𝑡) and the rms value of the current supplied to the load
c) Find the load impedance

PROBLEM 2

An inductive load consisting of 𝑅 and 𝑋 feeding from a 2400-V rms supply absorbs 288 kW at a lagging
power factor of 0.8. Determine 𝑅 and 𝑋.

PROBLEM 3

Consider a series RLC circuit with 𝑅 = 25⁡Ω, 𝐿 = 6⁡𝑚𝐻, and 𝐶 = 25⁡𝜇𝐹. The circuit is connected to a 10
𝑉𝑟𝑚𝑠 , 600 Hz AC source.

a) What is the sum of the voltage drops across R, L, and C?

b) Which is greatest, the power delivered to the resistor, to the capacitor, or to the inductor?
c) Find the average power delivered to the circuit.

PROBLEM 4

The instantaneous voltage across a circuit element is 𝑣(𝑡) = 359.3 sin(𝑤𝑡 + 15°) volts, and the
instantaneous current entering the positive terminal of the circuit element is 𝑖(𝑡) = 100cos⁡(𝑤𝑡 + 5°) A.
For both the current and voltage, determine:

a) the maximum value

b) the RMS value
c) the phasor expression using cos⁡(𝑤𝑡) as the reference.
d) the load impedance

PROBLEM 5

Consider the circuit shown below in time domain.

a) convert the entire circuit into phasor domain

b) calculate the power factor
PROBLEM 6

Consider the circuit composed of a series R-L branch in parallel with capacitance with the following
parameters:

𝑅 = 0.5 ohms

𝑋𝐿 = 0.8 ohms

𝐵𝑐 = 0.6 siemens

Assume that:

𝑉 = 200∠0°

Calculate the input current and the active, reactive, and apparent power into the circuit.

PROBLEM 7

In the following circuit 𝑉 = 1200∠0° volts, 𝑍1 = 60 + 𝑗0⁡Ω, 𝑍2 = 6 + 𝑗12⁡Ω and 𝑍3 = 30 − 𝑗30⁡Ω. Find
the power absorbed by each load and the total complex power.

PROBLEM 8

Two loads 𝑍1 = 100 + 𝑗0⁡Ω and 𝑍2 = 10 + 𝑗20⁡Ω are connected across a 200 𝑉𝑟𝑚𝑠 , 60-HZ source as show
below.
 a) Find the total real and reactive power, the power factor of the circuit and the total current.
b) Find the capacitance of a new capacitor connected across the loads to improve the overall power
factor to 0.8 lagging.

PROBLEM 9

A load consists of a resistance 𝑅 in parallel with a capacitor of reactance 𝑋. The load is fed from a single-
phase supply thorugh a line of impedance 8.4 + 𝑗11.2⁡Ω. The rms voltage at the load terminal is 𝑉 =
1200∠0°⁡𝑉𝑟𝑚𝑠 , and the load is taking 30 kVA at 0.8 power factor leading.

a) Find the values of 𝑅 and 𝑋

b) Determine the supply voltage 𝑉

PROBLEM 10

For the circuit below, find 𝑉𝑠 .