𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 ((𝑓))𝑖𝑠 50 𝐻𝑧,

𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ((𝑅))𝑖𝑠 50 (Ω),

𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ((𝐿))𝑖𝑠 0.11273 𝐻,
𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑉 𝑖𝑠 2000 𝑉,

i) The rms supply current and the supply in kVA

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ((𝑍))

(𝑍 = {𝑅 + (2𝜋𝑓 𝐿) }).

𝑍 = {(50) + (2𝜋 ⋅ 50 ⋅ 0.11273) } = 56.57 Ω

𝑉
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 , 𝐼 =
𝑍
2000
𝐼 = = 35.35 𝐴
56.57

𝑉𝐼 2000 × 35.5
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟, 𝑆 = = = 70.7𝑘𝑉𝐴
1000 1000

ii) The power factor

𝑅 50
𝑝𝑓 = = = 0.884 (𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔)
𝑍 56.57
 iii) The reactive power

𝑉𝐼𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝜃)
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 (𝑄)𝑖𝑛 𝑘𝑉𝐴𝑅 =
1000
𝜃 = 𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑠(0.884) = 30.46
2000 × 35.35 × sin(30.46)
𝑄= = 18.4𝑘𝑉𝐴𝑅
1000

iv) The value of capacitor which when connected in parallel with the load improves the
power factor to 0.9 lagging

𝑋𝑐 = (𝑍 − 𝑅 )

𝑅 = 𝑍 ⋅ 0.9 = 56.57 ⋅ 0.9 = 50.91Ω

𝑋𝑐 = (56.57 − 50.91 ) = 20.97Ω

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𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝐶 = = = 151.6𝜇𝐹
2𝜋𝑓𝑋𝑐 2𝜋 × 50 × 20.92