Tutorial 7 Additional Q7

A circuit consists of a capacitor of 20.0 μF and a resistor of 300.0 Ω is

connected in series to an AC source of 220 V (rms), 50 Hz. Calculate
(a) current flows in the circuit
(b) voltage across the capacitor
(c) phase angle
Dr. Mohd Fahmi Azman
Room 4, Level 3
PASUM Complex
Word Cloud details can be found in the Notes section below
RL Series Circuit
Inductor and Resistor connected in
series

Parameter Properties
Impedance Z ≠ R+XL

Voltage V ≠ V R + VL
Current, I IR = I L
 VR
IR
VR
IR
 VL
VL IL

IL
 V ≠ VR + VL

VR VL VL VR
 ≠

VL V
VR VL 𝑉= 2
𝑉𝑅 + 𝑉𝐿 2

VR
 ≠

XL Z
R XL 𝑍= 𝑅 2 + 𝑋𝐿 2

R
 (IR = IL)

I R=I L
IR IL
V
VL V

VR I R=I L I R=I L
 Now, we can calculate the phase angle

V Z
VL XL V
ϕ ϕ ϕ
VR R I R=I L
𝑉 Voltage leads
−1 𝐿 𝑋
−1 𝐿 current by ϕ
ϕ = 𝑡𝑎𝑛 ϕ = 𝑡𝑎𝑛
𝑉𝑅 𝑅
ϕ will be
positive
100 Ω resistor is connected to a 125 mH inductor and
is supplied by 120V (Vrms), 60Hz AC generator.
Calculate:
i) Impedance of the circuit.
ii) Phase angle of a series RL circuit
iii) rms current
iv) rms voltage across the inductor

Golden Crown
#d3b973
The phase angle of a series RL Circuit is 72.56°. Given
the value of resistor is 100Ω and the frequency of the
AC generator is 50 Hz. Calculate:
i) inductance
ii) impedance
of the RL Circuit

Golden Crown
#d3b973
An RL circuit with an inductance of 5.0 mH and a
resistance of 2.5 Ω is connected to a 12.0V (Vrms), 50 Hz
AC supply
Calculate:
(a) the impedance
(b) the r.m.s current in the circuit
(c) the phase angle between the current and the voltage

Golden Crown
#d3b973
An RL circuit is supplied by an alternating voltage of 60Hz across a
5.00 Ω resistor and a 12.0 mH inductor in series.
(a) draw a phasor diagram to represent the applied voltage V,
the voltage across V R, and the voltage of the inductor V L.
(b) calculate the impedance in the circuit
(c) determine the phase angle between voltage and current

Golden Crown
#d3b973
An inductor having inductance of 0.14 H and resistance
of 12.0 Ω is connected across a 110.0 V( rms), 25.0 Hz
signal generator. Calculate
(a) the current across inductor
(b) the phase angle between the current and the
voltage supply
A circuit consists of an inductor of inductance 0.5 H and
a resistance of 100.0 Ω. The circuit is connected to an
AC supply of 80.0 V (rms), 80.0 Hz. Calculate

(a) impedance of the circuit

(b) current flows in the circuit
(c) phase angle
(d) average power
An RL series circuit with a 63 mH inductor and 248.0 Ω
resistor is connected to an electrical source with peak
voltage of 240.0 V at a frequency of 200.0 Hz.
Calculate
(a) inductive reactance of the circuit
(b) impedance of the circuit
(c) power factor for this circuit
(d) rms voltage of the source
(e) average power delivered by the source