TUTORIAL WYE DELTA TRANSFORMATION

1. For the circuit in Figure 1, by using Y→∆ transformation, calculate voltage Vx.
( mac 2016)

Figure 1

2. For the circuit in Figure 2:

a) Redraw the circuit after applying delta-wye conversion
b) Determine the current Io
(Ans: RT = 27.333Ω, Io = 1A ) ( mac 2015)

Figure 2
3. For the circuit shown in Figure 3:
a) Redraw the circuit after applying ∆→Y conversion.
b) Determine the total resistance of terminal a-b
c) Determine the voltage Vx and the power absorbed by 5Ω
(Ans: RT = 16.96Ω, VX = 9.11V, P=4.14W) ( sep 2013)

Figure 3

4. By applying ∆→Y conversion, to the circuit Figure 4, determine

a) The equivalent resistance, Req
b) Voltage across 4Ω resistor, Vo
c) The current through Req, Io
d) Power dissipated by 4Ω resistor
e) Power delivered by independent voltage source.
(Ans: Req= 13Ω, Vo=12V, Io=3A, P4Ω=36W, P39V=-117W) (apr 2010)

Figure 4
5. By using ∆→Y transformation method, determine the equivalent resistance, Rab and
current Ix for the circuit shown in Figure 5.
(Ans: Rab= 4.457Ω, Ix=0.547 A) (June 2018)

Figure 5

6. For the circuit shown in Figure 6, compute the following:

a) Total resistance, Req at terminal a-b using ∆→Y conversion.
b) Current Iy and power dissipated by 20Ω resistor denoted as P1.
(Ans: Req= 10Ω, P= 500Watt) (Jan 2018)

Figure 6
7. Simplify the circuit shown in Figure 7 by using wye-delta conversion. Hence calculate
the current Io.
(Ans: Req= 33.64Ω, Io=0.89 A) (Oct 2016)

Figure 7
8. For the circuit shown on Figure 8, find the total resistance across the terminal a-b using
delta-wye conversion.
(Ans: Rab= 13.5Ω) (June 2019)

Figure 8
9. Simplify the circuit in Figure 9 by using wye-delta conversion. Hence, find the current Io
and power supplied by the voltage source.
(Ans: Io= 2.05A, Psuuply = -46.13W) (Dec 2019)

Figure 9

10. For the circuit of Figure 10, calculate the current IY by using delta to wye transformation.
(Ans: IY= -0.1A) (Mac 2017)

Figure 10
11. By using wye to delta conversion for the circuit shown in Figure 11, determine
a) Total resistance RT at terminal a-b
b) Voltage Vx.
(Ans: RT= 36.25Ω, Vx= 9.31V) (Sept 2014)

Figure 11