University of Electrical and Electronic Faculty IV: School of

Siegen Engineering 1 Science and Technology

Department ETI
Mock exam

Examiner :
Date :
Duration of examination : 2 hours
Name (readable) :
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Task 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sum Grade

Points possible 13 10 10 17 30 20 100
Points reached

Rules of conduct

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Natural constants
V ⋅s
µ=
0 4π ⋅10−7
A⋅ m

Task 1 (periodic signals) (13 points)

Figure 1 shows one period of the periodically repeating current profile i (t).
The period T is 16ms.
a) What is the mean value i (DC-component) of the current? (4 points)
b) What is the effective value (r.m.s.) of the current? (6 points)
c) Plot the AC-component i~(t) of the current in figure 1. (3 points)

i A
5
4
3
2
1
ms
0
T
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
-1 t
-2
-3
-4

Figure 1: One period of the periodic current

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Task 2 (Inductance) (10 points)
Figure 2 shows the current through an inductance L = 30 mH.
Calculate the time-dependent voltage across the inductance for each time segment.
Scale the right axis and plot the time-dependent voltage in figure 2.
Note: The current is linear in sections.

Ai
100 u
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
t
0
ms
-10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
-70
-80
-90
-100

Figure 2: Current through an inductor

Task 3 (Three phase AC system) (10 points)

Two single-phase ohmic-inductive loads are connected to a three-phase power system with a
line-to-line voltage of U = 400 V, see figure below.
Load 1: absorbed real power P1 = 1500 W, power factor cos φ1 = 0,86
Load 2: absorbed real power P2 = 1200 W, power factor cos φ2 = 0,78
Calculate the line currents I1, I2, I3 (rms-values).

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Task 4 (Linear DC circuit) (17 points)
Consider the linear DC network with voltage U0 and resistances Ri and RA to RG according to
figure 3.
URi UA
IA

R i= RA=
5Ω RB= UB 3Ω RD= UD RF= UF
I0 15Ω 10Ω 20Ω
IB ID IF
U0=
240V
RC= UC RE= UE RG= UG
10Ω 5Ω 5Ω
IC IE
IG
Figure 3: Linear DC circuit

a) Calculate the currents I0, IA und ID. (11 points)

b) Calculate the voltages URi, UA, UD and UE. (4 points)
c) Check the plausibility of the results of subtask b) by applying Kirchhoff’s voltage
law. (2 points)

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Task 5 (AC circuit) (30 points)
A voltage source UQ with the frequency f and an ohmic internal resistance RF supplies an ohmic-
inductive consumer V, which has the complex impedance ZV.
With the switch S, a capacitor C with the complex impedance ZC can be switched in parallel with
the consumer V.

Numerical values:
UQ = 230 V, RF = 0,2 Ω, ZV = (3+j4) Ω, C = 400 µF, f = 50 Hz

a) First task: switch S is open (index o)

a1) Determine the complex consumer current IFo in Cartesian and in exponential form.
(6 points)
a2) Determine the power loss PFo of the internal resistance RF. (3 points)

b) Second task: switch S is closed (index c)

b1) Determine the complex impedance ZC of the capacitor. (2 points)
b2) Determine the complex impedance of the parallel connection of capacitor and
consumer. (6 points)
b3) Determine the complex current IFc through the internal resistance RF.
(5 points)
b4) Determine the power loss PFc of the internal resistance RF. (3 points)
b5) To what percentage (%) of the original losses PFo could the losses be reduced by
connecting the capacitor in parallel (PFc)? (2 points)
b6) What active power is supplied by the voltage source to the circuit? (3 points)

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Task 6 (Magnetic circuit) (20 points)
The magnetic circuit shown below is equipped with a coil with N turns through which a current I
flows.
Determine the following quantities:
a) the magnetic resistance of the magnetic circuit (10 points)
b) the inductance (2 points)
c) the magnetic flux (3 points)
d) the magnetic flux density (2 points)
e) the force, that is exerted on the surfaces of the air gap C (3 points)
A = 100mm
B = 60mm
T = 20mm
C = 4mm
N = 1000 Number of turns of the coil
µr = 5000
I = 5 A : current through coil

A B C

T
A
magnetic circuit

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