PROBLEM SET NO.
DIRECTIONS: Solve for the unknown values
for each problem, with complete solutions,
draw the illustration and unit. Use engineering
lettering and ruler for straight lines. Box and
round your final answer only into four decimal
places. Afterwards, capture your solution and
paste in Microsoft Excel. Retype the following
question.
Format: Question, Solution
FileName: Surname, Initial_Subject_PSET NO.
Ex:Fruelda, SJ_Circuits II_PSET 2
1. A 50 micro-farad capacitor is connected
in series with a 50 ohm resistor. What is
power if the source voltage is e = 100
sin(377t + 300) V?
2. The metering of a power customer was
read and gave the following data: kW-hr
= 200,000: kVAR-hr = 180,000:
Maximum demand = 380 kW; Billing
days = 30. What is the average power
factor of the customer?
3. The voltage of a source is e = 220 sin
(wt + 300) while its three loads take
currents given by their equations: ia =
3.2 sin(wt + 300); ib = 2.8 sin(wt – 600);
ic = 4.7 sin wt. What is the total power
components supplied by the source?
4. A coil of 50-ohm resistance and of 150
mH inductance is connected in parallel
with a 50 micro-farad capacitor. The
source voltage is 100 sin(377t + 300).
What is the equation of the line current?
5. An inductor L1 is connected in series
with a parallel combination of inductor
L2 and capacitor C. The impedance of
the circuit w = 400 rad/sec is j100 ohms.
The circuit is to yield infinite impedance
at w = 1000 rad/sec and zero impedance
at w = 2,000 rad/sec. Determine the
value of C.
6. A 1-hp, 220 V, 60 Hz capacitor-start
motor has main and auxiliary winding
impedance at starting of 3.5 + j2.5 ohms
and 8.6 + j2.5 ohms, respectively.
Determine the value of the starting
capacitance that will place the main and
auxiliary winding currents 900 apart at
starting.
7. Two impedances A and B are connected
in parallel across a 120 V ac supply. The
total current and the current in each
impedance are adjusted to 20 A. The
power drawn by A is doubled that of B
and the power factor is lagging.
Determine the power factor of A.
8. Given three impedances: Z1 = 10 + j0,
Z2 = 3 + j4 and Z3 = 8 – j6. Impedance
Z2 and Z3 are connected in parallel and
the combination is connected in series
with impedance Z1 across 120 V single
phase 60 Hz source. Find the total
power drawn by the impedances.
9. Two parallel branches have admittances
0.3 + j0.4 and 0.2 – j0.25, respectively.
If the current in the first branch is 10 A,
determine the total current supplied to
the parallel combination.
10. What value of resistance should be
placed in parallel with a 50 micro-farad
capacitor in order to have a total power
factor of 0.8 on a 60-cycle AC system?
11. The impedance coil absorbs 250 watts
when connected across 220 V, 60 Hz
mains. It is then connected across 110
V, 25 Hz mains and also absorbs 250
watts. What is the inductance of the
coil?
12. A capacitor is rated 100 kVAR, 380
volts, 50 Hz. What will its rating be at
60 Hz, 220 volts?
13. A single phase inductive load takes 50
kVA at 0.60 power factor lagging. Solve
for the kVAR of a capacitor required to
improve the power factor to 1.0
14. A factory draws a lagging load of 2000
kW at a power factor of 60% from a 6
kV bus line. A synchronous capacitor
losses are 275 kW, calculate the
operating power factor of the
synchronous capacitor.
15. An alternator rated 530-kVA, is
operating at 0.60 pf lagging. A
synchronous condenser is parallel to
improve the pf to 90% lagging.
Determine the operating power factor of
the synchronous condenser. Assume the
alternator is not supposed to be
overloaded.