Tutorial Week 7

1.1

If v(t) = 160 cos 50t V and i(t) = - 20 sin (50t - 30) A, calculate the average power.

1.2

Refer to the circuit depicted below. Find the average power absorbed by each element.

1.3

Assuming that vs = 8 cos(2t - 40) V in the circuit shown below, find the average power delivered to each
of the passive elements.

1.4

A relay coil is connected to a 210-V, 50-Hz supply. If it has a resistance of 30 and an inductance of 0.5
H, calculate the apparent power and the power factor.

1.5

Obtain the power factor for each of the circuits below. Specify each power factor as leading or lagging.

1.6

A source delivers 50 kVA to a load with a power factor of 65 percent lagging. Find the loads average
and reactive powers.

1.7

The voltage across a load and the current through it are given by
v(t) = 20 + 60 cos 100t V

i(t) = 1 0.5 sin 100t A

Find: (a) the rms values of the voltage and of the current
(b) the average power dissipated in the load.
1.8

For the entire circuit below, calculate:

(a) the power factor
(b) the average power delivered by the source
(c) the reactive power
(d) the apparent power

1.9

Refer to the circuit shown below.

(a) What is the power factor?
(b) What is the average power dissipated?
(c) What is the value of the capacitance that will give a unity power factor when connected to the
load?

1.10

An 880-VA, 220-V, 50-Hz load has a power factor of 0.8 lagging. What value of parallel capacitance
will correct the load power factor to unity?

1.11

An 40-kW induction motor, with a lagging power factor of 0.76, is supplied by a 120-V rms 60-Hz
sinusoidal voltage source. Find the capacitance needed in parallel with the motor to raise the power
factor to:
(a)
(b)

0.9 lagging
1.0.