Electrical Basics Course Prof.

Aldo Canova

Electrical Basic Course

Exercise 7
AC circuit
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Example 1: Superposition method

Find v0

DC voltage contribution

From: “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 2Ed

Alexander_Sadiku Textbook”
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AC voltage source contribution

From: “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 2Ed

Alexander_Sadiku Textbook”
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AC current source contribution

Superposition

From: “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 2Ed

Alexander_Sadiku Textbook”
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Example 2: Superposition method

Find v0

From: “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 2Ed Alexander_Sadiku Textbook”

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Example 3: Maximum power transfer theorem

Determine the load impedance ZL that

maximizes the average power (active power).
What is the maximum average power?
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2
Eˆ th
2
Eth ( RMS )
P= =
8Rth 4 Rth
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From: “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 2Ed Alexander_Sadiku Textbook”

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Example 4: Maximum power transfer theorem

From: “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 2Ed Alexander_Sadiku Textbook”

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Example 5: power method

P=1000 (W)
Q=70 (Var)
XC=2 (Ω)
R1=10 (Ω)
VAB=10 (V) (RMS)

Determine R2 and XL.

2
V 100 PR1 = R1 I 2 = 10 ⋅ 49 = 490 [W ]
Qc = − AB = = −50 [VAR]
Xc 2
PR2 = P − PR1 = 1000 − 490 = 510 [W ]
QL = Q − Qc = 70 + 50 = 120 [VAR]
PR2
VAB
2
100 R2 = = 10.4 [Ω]
XL = = = 0.833 [Ω] I 2

QL 120
VAB 10
I= = = 7 [ A]
( jX L ) // − ( jX C ) 1.42
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Example 6: power method

A L R1 Pu = 20 kW
A
Pu cos ϕ u = 0.75
VAB Vu
cosϕu RL = 0.6 Ω
B L = 1.1 mH
current measured by
the ammeter = 42 A (RMS)
Determine:
a) The input and output voltages and the input power frequency
b) The angle between the input and the output voltages

Results Vu = 635 V V AB = 663.5 V cos ϕ AB = 0.756 Vu è in anticipo di 0.5° su V AB

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Electrical Basics Course Prof. Aldo Canova

Example 7: Boucherot ‘s theorem

Find X1 and X2

I R
A
R = 10 Ω
R1 I2 PT = 100 W
X2 R1 = 20 Ω
VAB I1
I = 2.28 A
PT X1 (RMS)
VAB = 100 V
B

Results X 1 = 56.09 Ω X 2 = 25.08 Ω