ORDRE DES INGNIEURS DU QUBEC NOVEMBER 2012 SESSION

Open-book examination Calculators: only authorized models Duration: 3 hours

07-ELEC-A1 CIRCUITS Q.1 (20 %)

Consider the circuit of Figure 1. Calculate the power absorbed by the source of 2A.
3 9

5 v

+
Vo 5

+
V
2

Ia
4 2A

+ -

2 Vo

4 Ia

+ -

5A
45 V
- +

Figure 1

Q.2

(20 %)

RL

4
4 :1

0.25

500 V
V efficace

+ -

Figure 2 The transformer of Figure 2 is ideal. The resistance R L is variable and represents the load. Its value is adjusted to maximize the power transfer from the circuit to R L . (14%) i) Calculate the numerical value of the maximum power. load under conditions of optimality R L? (3%) iii) Verify that the power developed in the circuit is equal to the dissipated power.

(3%) ii) What percentage of the power developed in the circuit is delivered to the

Q.3

(20 %)

Transmission line
0.3

j0.8
+

Vs

+ -

600 V
-

L1

L2

L3

Figure 3 An industrial workshop consists of three loads connected in parallel as shown in Figure 3. The characteristics of the individual loads are the following: Load L 1 : Load L 2 : Load L 3 : absorbs 20 KVA at a power factor of 0.8 lagging. is composed of a resistance of 15 in parallel with an inductance whose reactance is 30 . has an unknown power but its power factor is 0.6 lagging.

The global power factor (the 3 loads together) is 0.707. Calculate: (14%) i) The apparent power, the active power and the reactive power of the load L 3 .

(3%) ii) The power losses in the transmission line. (3%) iii) The source voltage Vs in polar form.

Q.4

(20 %)

The two switches in the circuit of Figure 4 operate in a synchronous fashion. When switch 1 is in position a, switch 2 is closed. When switch 1 is in position b, switch 2 is open. Switch 1 has been in position a for a long time. At t = 0 , it moves to position b. Find an analytical expression for the voltage vo (t) for t 0 .
4

a
t=0

100 mH

t=0

150 V

+ + -

+
2 60 V
b
2 mF

Vo (t)

18

Figure 4

Q.5

(20 %)

Consider the circuit of figure 5. Find an analytical expression for: The transfer function G(s) = Vo (s) Vi (s) .

(12%)

i)

(8%) ii) The response to a unit steps function assuming zero initial conditions. Plot the wave form of the transient response. Indicate on the plot the response time.
C2

R
+

R
+

V1
-

C1

Vo
-

Figure 5: Circuit

= R 100 k C = 2 F 1 C= 2 1 F