ECE 336, spring 2018, Homework #3

Part 1: Questions 1 to 5 Due: March 2, 2018

Part 2: Questions 6 to 13 Due: March 7, 2018
1.) A three-phase system has a line-to-line voltage
VBA = 7071 –45° V rms
with a Y load. Find the phase voltages when the phase sequence is abc.

2.) A Y-connected source and load are shown in Figure 1. (a) Determine the rms value of the current
iA (t). (b) Determine the average power delivered to the load.

Figure 1

3.) An unbalanced Y-Y circuit is shown in Figure 2. Find the average power delivered to the load.

Figure 2
4.) A balanced Y-Y circuit is shown in Figure 3. Find the average power delivered to the load.

Figure 3

5.) A three-phase circuit has two parallel balanced Δ loads, one of 15-Ω resistors and one of 25-Ω
resistors. Find the magnitude of the total line current when the line-to-line voltage is 220 V rms.

6.) A balanced Δ-connected load is connected by three wires, each with a 8-Ω resistance, to a Y
source with
Va = (480/ 3 )–30° V rms, Vb = (480/ 3 ) –150° V rms, and Vc = (480/ 3 )–90° V rms.
Find the line current IA when ZΔ = 22 –20° Ω.

7.) The balanced circuit shown in Figure 4 has Vab = 380 0° V rms. Determine the line and phase
currents in the load when Z = 12 + j23 Ω.

Figure 4
8.) A three-phase source with a line voltage of 25 kV rms is connected to two balanced loads. The
Y-connected load has Z = 20 + j30 Ω, and the Δ load has a branch impedance of 60 Ω. The
connecting lines have an impedance of 3 Ω. Determine the power delivered to the loads and the
power lost in the wires. What percentage of power is lost in the wires?

9.) A balanced three-phase source has a Y-connected source with va = 15 cos (5t + 30°) connected to
a three-phase Y load. Each phase of the Y-connected load consists of a 4-Ω resistor and a 4-H
inductor. Each connecting line has a resistance of 2 Ω. Determine the total average power delivered
to the load.

10.) Find the power absorbed by a balanced three-phase Y-connected load when
VCB = 220 15° V rms and IB = 4 110° A rms
The source uses the abc phase sequence.

11.) The diagram shown in Figure 5 has two three-phase loads that form part of a manufacturing
plant. They are connected in parallel and require 4.16 kV rms. Load 1 is 1.5 MVA, 0.75 lag pf, Δ-
connected. Load 2 is 2 MW, 0.8 lagging pf, Y-connected. The feeder from the power utility’s
substation transformer has an impedance of 0.4 + j0.8 Ω/phase. Determine the following:
(a) The required magnitude of the line voltage at the supply.
(b) The real power drawn from the supply.
(c) The percentage of the real power drawn from the supply that is consumed by the loads.

Figure 5
12.) The two-wattmeter method is used to determine the power drawn by a three-phase 440-V rms
motor that is a Y-connected balanced load. The motor operates at 30 hp at 74.6 percent efficiency.
The magnitude of the line current is 52.5 A rms. The wattmeters are connected in the A and C lines.
Find the reading of each wattmeter. The motor has a lagging power factor.

13.) The two-wattmeter method is used. The wattmeter in line A reads 920 W, and the wattmeter in
line C reads 460 W. Find the impedance of the balanced Δ-connected load. The circuit is a three-
phase 110-V rms system with an abc sequence.