BIUST

Faculty of Engineering
Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Department

EEN221
Tutorial for week 3

Covers material on chapter 11

Question 1

A 130 Ω resistor and a 30 μF capacitor are connected in parallel across a 200 V, 50 Hz

supply. Calculate:
(a) the current in each branch;
(b) the resultant current;
(c) the phase difference between the resultant current and the applied voltage;
(d) the active power; and
(e) the power factor. Sketch the phasor diagram.

Question 2
A resistor and a capacitor are connected in series across a 150 V a.c. supply. When the
frequency is 40 Hz the current is 5 A, and when the frequency is 50 Hz the current is 6 A.
Find the resistance and capacitance of the resistor and capacitor respectively.

If they are now connected in parallel across the 150 V supply, find the total current and its
power factor when the frequency is 50 Hz.

Question 3
A coil having a resistance of 20 Ω and an inductance of 0.15 H is connected in series with a
100 μF capacitor across a 230 V, 50 Hz supply. Calculate:
(a) the active and reactive components of the current;
(b) the voltage across the coil. Sketch the phasor diagram.

Question 4
A p.d. of 100 V at 50 Hz is maintained across a series circuit having the following
characteristics: R = 10 Ω, L = 100/π mH, C = 500/π μF. Draw the phasor diagram and
calculate:
(a) the current;
(b) the active and reactive components of the current.

Question 5
A network consists of three branches in parallel. Branch A is a 10 Ω resistor, branch B is a
coil of resistance 4 Ω and inductance 0.02 H, and branch C is an 8 Ω resistor in series with a
200 μF capacitor. The combination is connected to a 100 V, 50 Hz supply.

Find the various branch currents and then, by resolving into in-phase and quadrature
components, determine the total current taken from the supply.

A phasor diagram showing the relative positions of the various circuit quantities should
accompany your solution. It need not be drawn to scale.

Question 6
A coil, having a resistance of 20 Ω and an inductance of 0.0382 H, is connected in parallel
with a circuit consisting of a 150 μF capacitor in series with a 10 Ω resistor. The arrangement
is connected to a 230 V, 50 Hz supply. Determine the current in each branch and, sketching a
phasor diagram, the total supply current.