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Example - 1 In the following circuit, determine the apparent power, active power and reactive power supplied by the source. Also find the voltage across the resistance and the inductance. Example — 2 A 100 V, 50 Hz source supplies a complex power of (1500 — jl000) VA to an R-C series circuit. Determine the values of R and C. Also find the voltage across R and C. Example - 3 In the following circuit, Z, = (2+j4) Q, Z, = (1442) Q, Z, = (10498) Q, Z, = (8-j8) Q and V, =100/0° V. Determine the (a) current through each impedance (b) voltage across each impedance, (c) complex power absorbed by each impedance and. (d) complex power supplied by the source. SI Example - 4 Two loads are connected in parallel. Load 1 absorbs 20 kW at 0.8 lagging pf and load 2 absorbs 15 kVA at 0.95 leading pf. Determine the complex power supplied by the source if the cable comecting the source to load has an impedance of Z, = (0.14 j0.2)Q. Example —5 A 240 V, 50 Hz, small industrial plant has the following loads: Load 1: absorbs 10 kVA at 0.8 lagging power factor Load 2: absorbs 5 kW at 0.6 lagging power factor Load 3: takes 25 A at 0.9 lagging power factor Determine (a) the impedance of each load, (b) the equivalent impedance and admittance of the plant, and (c) the overall current and complex power of the plant. A variable capacitor is now added to the plant. Determine the value of the capacitor for which the plant will have minimum current. What is the value of the corresponding current? Example - 6 A415 V, 3-phase source supplies power to a balanced 3-phase Y-connected load having an impedance of (16+j12) Q per phase. Determine the current and complex power absorbed by the load. Example — 7 A 3-phase 415 V source supplies power to a balanced 3-phase A- connected load having an impedance of (16+j12) © per phase. Find the current and complex power of the load. Example — 8 A 400 V, 3-phase source supplies power to a 3-phase Y- connected load having an impedance of (18+j12) Q per phase through an underground cable of impedance (0.4+j0.9) Q per phase. Determine the load voltage, load current and load active power. Also determine the active and reactive power losses in the cable. Example - 9 A 400 V, 3-phase source supplies power to a A-connected load having an impedance of (18+j12) Q/phase through a cable of impedance (0.5+j1.5) Q/phase. Determine the (a) phase and line current of the load (b) active power of the load and source (c) power factor at the load side and source side. Example - 10 A 440 V, 3-@ motor load absorbs 24 kW at 0.9 lagging pf. Determine the mmpedance of the motor for the above operating condition if it is (a) Y-connected (b) A-connected. Example — 11 A 440 V, 3-¢ source supplies power to two loads. Load 1 is Y- connected and has an impedance of (10+j5) Q/phase, and load 2 is A-connected and has an impedance of (15-j6) Q/phase. Determine the current and active power supplied by the source. What is the overall power factor? Example — 12 A 2,000 V, 3-), 50 Hz motor delivers an output power of 1,000 hp and it operates at an efficiency of 95% and a pf of 0.80 (lagging). Note 1 hp = 746 W. (a) Determine the input current and complex power of the motor. (b) A 3-, A-connected capacitor bank of 300 KVAr is now added in parallel with the motor. Determine the overall line current and pf. What is the value of capacitor/phase? (c) If the motor is supplied by a cable having an impedance of (0.08+j0.12) Q/phase, determine the percentage reduction of active and reactive power losses in the cable. (d) Determine the voltage at the sending-end of the cable before and after adding the capacitor. Example — 13 In the following circuit, determine the reading of the voltmeter, ammeter and wattmeter. 052 j1.50 AW — Eau |_(a) Egg. L. ve @)240v v Za 3 p30 Example — 14 A balanced 3-phase, 400 V, Y-connected load has a phase impedance of (10+j8) Q/phase. Two wattmeters are used to measure the total power of the load and their connections are shown in the following figure. Determine the reading of each wattmeter if the phase sequence is a-b-c. a En WL su 2c VC 34 34 Ib Sao Y-con. source t nn woL ke load c Example - 15 Repeat Example - 14 if the same load impedances are connected ma. Example — 16 Two wattmeters are used to measure the total power of a 400 V. balanced 3-phase load. The readings of the wattmeters are found as 19.6 kW and 6.4 kW. Determine the reactive power, power factor and current of the load. Example — 17 A 3-phase, 440 V motor delivers an output power of 50 KW. The motor operates at an efficiency of 86% and a power factor of 0.9 (lagging). Two wattineters are used to measure the total power of the motor. Determine the readings of the wattmeters.

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