ASE1202 Electrical Devices

AC Theory Tutorial
Question 1. For a particular device, the house ac voltage is 120-V and
the ac current is 10 A. What are their maximum values? (imax = 14.14 A,
Vmax = 170 V)
Question 2. A sinusoidal current of 40 A peak–peak flows in a circuit.
What is the r.m.s. value of the current? (14.12 A)
Question 3. A coil having an inductance of 0.6 H is connected to a 120-
V, 60 Hz ac source. Neglecting resistance, what is the effective current
through the coil? (0.531A)
Question 4. A resistor of 30 Ω is connected in series with a capacitive
reactance of 40 Ω. Determine the impedance of the circuit and the
current flowing when the circuit is connected to a 115 V supply. (2.3A)
Question 5. A 60Ω resistor, a 0.5 H inductor, and an 8-µF capacitor are
connected in series with a 120-V, 60 Hz ac source.
(1) Calculate the impedance for this circuit.(155.2Ω)
(2) Find the effective current. (0.773A)
(3) Find the phase angle ∅. (67.30, voltage lags current, capacitive)
(4) Find the resonant frequency for the circuit (79.6Hz).
(5) What is the average power loss of the circuit at the resonant
frequency. (240W).
Question 6. An AC load has a power factor of 0.8. Determine the true
power dissipated in the load if it consumes a current of 2 A at 110 V.
(176W)
Question 7. A coil having an inductance of 150 mH and resistance of
250 Ω is connected to a 115 V 400 Hz AC supply. Determine:
(1) the power factor of the coil (0.553)
(2) the current taken from the supply (0.254A)
(3) the power dissipated as heat in the coil (16.15W)
Question 8. Find the current 𝐼𝐼𝑇𝑇 for the series parallel RLC circuits.
(0.15∠58.37°A）