Carlo P.

Catalan CPE-201 CIRCUITS

Purely Inductive

1. A pure inductive circuit with inductance 30 mH is connected to a source of 220 V. Calculate the
inductive reactance and rms current in the circuit given the frequency of source is 100 Hz.

2. A pure inductor of 25.0 mH is connected to a source of 220 V. Find the inductive reactance and
rms current in the circuit if the frequency of the source is 50 Hz.

3. A inductor of 5 mH is connected to a source of 220 V . Find the inductive reactance and rms
current in the circuit if the frequency of the source is 60 Hz.
Purely Capacitive

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3. An A.C voltage V=5cos(1000t)V is applied to a L-R series circuit of inductance 3mH and
resistance 4Ω. The value of maximum current in the circuit is _______ A

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Purely Resistive

1. A series circuit consists of three resistors (R1 = 6 Ω, R2 = 4 Ω, and R3 = 5 Ω) and an alternating

voltage source of 120 volts, as shown in Figure 2. Determine the total resistance of the circuit
and the effective value of the current flow.

2. Find the effective total power consumed by the single-phase resistive circuit of Figure 4.
 3. Find the effective total power consumed by the balanced three-phase resistive heating load
circuit of Figure 5

RL

1. An ac voltage is applied to a resistance R and an inductor L in series. If R and the inductive

reactance are both equal to 3 Ω, the phase difference between the applied voltage and the
current in the circuit is :

2. In an a.c. circuit, resistance of R Ω is connected in series with an inductance L. If phase angle

between voltage and current be 45∘. The value of inductive reactance is-
3. In an A.C circuit, a resistance R is connected in series with an inductance L. If the phase angle
between voltage and current be 450, the value of inductive reactance will be

4. An ac voltage is applied to a resistance R and an inductor L in series. If R and the inductive

reactance are both equal to 3Ω, the phase difference between the applied voltage and the
current in the circuit is
5. An A.C voltage V=5cos(1000t)V is applied to a L-R series circuit of inductance 3mH and
resistance 4Ω. The value of maximum current in the circuit is _______ A

Ans: 1.0 A
RC

1. A capacitor of capacitance 1000 μF is connected to a resistor of resistance 150 kΩ and a battery

of 1.5 V in series. Find the maximum current that flows through the resistor while charging.

2. A 50 V AC is applied across an RC series network. The RMS voltage across the resistance is 40 V,
then the potential across the capacitance would be

3. The impedance of the RC circuit is Z1 for the frequency f, and Z2 for frequency 2f. Then, Z1/Z2 is

4-5. An uncharged capacitor and a resistor are connected in series, as shown in the figure below.
The emf of the battery is ε = 12 V, C = 8 μF, and R = 500 kΩ.

After the switch is closed, find

(a) The time constant of the RC circuit.

(b) The maximum charge on the capacitor.

(c) The charge on the capacitor 6 s after the switch is closed.

RCL

1-4. Consider a LCR circuit having L=0.05 henry and C=20 micro Farad ,R=100ohm

The equation of alternating voltage applied across the series LCR circuit is

E=200sin100t

Find

1.Impedance of the LCR circuit

2. Find the phase difference between the current and voltage

3. Find the peak value of the current

4. What is the peak value of current when capacitive reactance is equal to inductive reactance .

5. In the following series LCR circuit, find the peak value of source current i0, voltage across
capacitor VC and voltage across inductor VL at resonance, respectively.