School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG

EL-3017 SISTEM TENAGA ELEKTRIK
Semester II – 2017/2018
Class : 02
TASK I : Basic power analysis, three phase system, electrical power system configuration
Distributed : February 5th, 2018
Due to : February 12th, 2018 (before 07:00 AM)

a) All step of your solution should be included easily in your task. Credit will be deducted for
correct answers if they are not sufficiently supported by your work.

b) The pdf file of your work shall be uploaded to http://kuliah.itb.ac.id/ by using your
kuliah.itb.ac.id id.

c) Computer assignments such as Matlab program to solve a homework problems shall be

submitted electrically as well.

d) Discussion of problems among students is fine and allowed, but each person must work the
problems individually and hand in his/her own papers.

e) When assignments involve Matlab programs, each person must enter his/her own programs into
the files submitted for credit, NOT copying pieces of code from others.

1. Two impedances, Z1 = 0.8 + j 5.6 Ω and Z2 = 8 − j 16 Ω, and a single phase motor are connected
in parallel across a 200-V rms, 60-Hz supply. The motor draws 5 kVA at 0.8 power factor
lagging.

a. Find the complex powers S1, S2 for the two impedances, and S3 for the motor.
b. Determine the total power taken from the supply, the supply current, and the overall
power factor.
c. A capacitor is connected in parallel with the loads. Find the kvar and the capacitance in
µF to improve the overall power factor to unity. What is the new line current?

Answer:

The problem can be represented by following scheme:

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a. The load complex are

|𝑉|2 2002
𝑆1 = = = 1000 + 𝑗7000 𝑉𝐴
𝑍1∗ 0.8 − 𝑗5.6

|𝑉|2 2002
𝑆2 = = = 1000 − 𝑗2000 𝑉𝐴
𝑍2∗ 8 + 𝑗16

𝑆3 = 500∠36.87𝑜 = 4000 + 𝑗3000 𝑉𝐴

∴ 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑡 = 6 + 𝑗8 = 10∠53.13𝑜 𝑘𝑉𝐴

b. By using 𝑆 = 𝑉𝐼 ∗ , the current is

10000∠ − 53.13𝑜
𝐼= = 50∠53.13𝑜 𝐴
200∠0𝑜

The power factor is cos (53.13𝑜 ) = 0.6 lagging

c. For overall unity power factor, QC = 800 Var, then the capacitive impedance is

|𝑉|2 2002
𝑍𝐶 = = = −𝑗5Ω
𝑆𝐶∗ 𝑗8000

And the capacitance is

106
𝐶= = 530.5𝜇𝐹
(2𝜋)(60)(5)

The new current is

60000∠0𝑜
𝐼= = 30∠0𝑜 𝐴
200∠0𝑜

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2. A 3 phase 4 wire 400 V system feeds three load 10 - j 8 Ω, 12 Ω, and 8 + j 10 Ω connected in
star. Find
a. The line currents
b. Neutral current
c. Total active power

Answer:

𝑍𝑎 = 10 − 𝑗8Ω = 12,81∠−38,66𝑜 Ω

𝑍𝑏 = 12Ω = 12∠0𝑜 Ω

𝑍𝑐 = 8 + 𝑗10Ω = 12,81∠51,34𝑜 Ω

Let

400
𝑉𝑎𝑛 = ∠0𝑜 = 230,94∠0𝑜 𝑉
√3

𝑉𝑏𝑛 = 230,94∠ − 120𝑜 𝑉

𝑉𝑐𝑛 = 230,94∠−240𝑜 𝑉

The line currents

𝑉𝑎𝑛
𝐼𝑎 = = 18,028∠38,66𝑜 𝑉
𝑍𝑎

𝑉𝑏𝑛
𝐼𝑏 = = 19,245∠−120𝑜 𝑉
𝑍𝑏

𝑉𝑐𝑛
𝐼𝑐 = = 18,028∠−291,34𝑜 𝑉
𝑍𝑐

The neutral current In

𝐼𝑛 = −(𝐼𝑎 + 𝐼𝑏 + 𝐼𝑐 ) = 15,84∠−134,1𝑜 𝑉

Total active power

𝑃𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 𝑃𝑎 + 𝑃𝑏 + 𝑃𝑐 = 10.296, 35 𝑊

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