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5 Marks
1.
Derive an expression for average power in an A.C. circuit containing resistor only.
2.
The equation of a.c. in a circuit is I = 50 sin 100\(\pi\)t. Find
(i) frequency of a.c.
(ii) mean value of a.c.over positive half cycle
(iii) rms value of current and
(iv) value of current 1/600s after it was zero.
3.
A resistor of 12\(\Omega \), a capacitor of reactance 14 ohm and a pure inductor of inductance 0.1H are joined in series and placed across 200V, 50Hz a.c. supply. Calculate
(i) current in the circuit
(ii) phase angle between current and voltage. Take \(\pi\) = 3
4.
A series LCR circuit is connected to an a.c. source of 220V-50hz. If the readings of voltages across resistor, capacitor and inductor are 65 V, 415 V and 204 volt respectively; and R = 100\(\Omega \), calculate
(i) current in the circuit
(ii) value of L
(iii) value of C and
(iv) capacitance required to produce resonance with the given inductor L.
5.
A step down transformer converts transmission line voltage from 2200 V to 220V. Primary coil is having 5000 turns. Efficiency of transformer is 90% and output power is 8kW. Evaluate number of turns in secondary coil and input power.
3 Marks
6.
A circuit consists of a resistance of \(10\Omega \) and capacitance of \(0.1\mu F\). If an alternating e.m.f \(50Hz\)and \(100V\) is applied to it, calculate the current in the circuit and also the phase angle.
7.
A circuit contains an inductance of \(10.5 \ H\), a resistance of \(8\Omega \) and a capacitance C, all joined in series with an a.c source of frequency 200 Hz and e.m.f 50 V. Calculate the value of C, when circuit resonates. What is the magnitude of the voltage across the inductance and across the capacitance?
8.
An experimenter had a coil off \(3mH\)and wished to construct a circuit whose resonant frequency is \(1000 \ kHz\). What would be the capacitance of the capacitor?
9.
The instant voltage from an ac source is given by \(V=300\ sin\ 314t\) . What is the rms value of the source?
10.
When a capacitor is connected in series LR circuit the alternating current flowing in the circuit increases. Explain why.
2 Marks
11.
The number of turns in secondary coil of a transformer is 100 times the number of turns in primary coil. What is the transformer ratio?
12.
In a transformer with transformation ratio 0.1, 220 volt a.c. is fed to primary. What voltage is obtained across the secondary?
13.
Does a transformer change the frequency of a.c.?
14.
Does it imply that power dissipated in an a.c.circuit is zero at resonance?
15.
Why are parallel resonance circuits called rejector circuits/filter circuits/antiresonance circuits?
16.
What is the minimum value of power factor? When does it occur?
17.
In a series LCR circuit, \({ V }_{ L }={ V }_{ C }\neq { V }_{ R }.\) What is the value of power factor?
18.
Distinguish between alternating current and direct current by giving two points.
19.
A light bulb and an open coil inductor are connected to an a.c. source. What happens to brightness of bulb when an iron rod is inserted into the inductor?
20.
Define reactance X and impedance Z. Can these be negative? If yes, when and what does it imply?
21.
Can the instantaneous power output of an AC source ever be negative? Can the average power output be negative?
Case Study Questions
22.
The output of an a.c. generator in a power station is 5000 V.
A transformer increases the voltage to 115000 V before the electrical power is transmitted to a distant town.
(i) State and explain, using a relevant equation, one advantage of transmitting electrical power at high voltage.
(ii) The transformer contains two coils, the primary coil and secondary coil.
(a) State the other main component of a transformer and the material from which it is made.
(b) State the component in the transformer to which the a.c. generator is connected.
(c) If there are 500 turns in the primary of a coil of the transformer. Calculate the number of turns in the secondary coil.
(iii) Transformers within the town reduce the voltage to 220 V. Why?
23.
The average power over one full cycle of AC is given by P = V cos \(\phi\) . It is also known as true power. The term cos \(\phi\) is known as power factor, where \(\phi\) is the phase difference between I and E.
Answer the following Questions based on above passage.
(i) What is the power factor of an AC circuit containing resistor and inductor?
(ii) What is the average power of an AC circuit containing purely inductance?
(iii) A resistor of 2\(\Omega\) is connected to an AC supply 220 V - 150 Hz. What is the average power associated with the resistor?
(iv) A component X is connected to an AC supply E = E0 sin \(\omega \)t such that maximum power factor is obtained. Identify the component X.
5 Marks
1.
Power is the rate of doing work. In A.C current and voltage change at every moment. Since power is the product of instantaneous voltage and current, therefore it changes at every moment.
To determine average power in a circuit containing pure resistor, determine total energy spent in one cycle and divide it by the period.
Instantaneous power \(=EI=\left[ { E }_{ 0 }sin\omega t \right] \left[ { I }_{ 0 }sin\omega t \right] \)
Instantaneous work done in small interval dt is
\( \ dW=EI \ dt={ E }_{ 0 }{ I }_{ 0 }{ sin }^{ 2 }\omega t \ dt\)
\(W=\int _{ 0 }^{ T }{ { E }_{ 0 }{ I }_{ 0 }{ sin }^{ 2 }\omega t \ dt }\)
\(W={ E }_{ 0 }{ I }_{ 0 }\int _{ 0 }^{ T }{ { \left( \frac { 1-cos2\omega t }{ 2 } \right) }dt } \)
\(=\left[ \because \int _{ 0 }^{ T }{ dt } -\int _{ 0 }^{ T }{ cos2\omega t } \right]\)
\(or \ \ W=\frac { { E }_{ 0 }{ I }_{ 0 } }{ 2 } \left[ T-0 \right] =\frac { { E }_{ 0 }{ I }_{ 0 } }{ 2 } T\)
\( \left[ \because \int _{ 0 }^{ T }{ dt } -\int _{ 0 }^{ T }{ cos2\omega t } \right] =0\)
\(or \ \ { P }_{ av }=\frac { W }{ T } =\frac { { E }_{ 0 }{ I }_{ 0 } }{ 2 } =\frac { { E }_{ 0 } }{ \sqrt { 2 } } .\frac { { I }_{ 0 } }{ \sqrt { 2 } } \)
\(\ {P }_{ av }={ E }_{ v }{ I }_{ v }\)
\(\therefore\) Average power over a complete cycle of a.c through a resistor is the product of virtual voltage and virtual current.
2.
Here, I = 50 sin 100\(\pi\)t.
Compare it with I = I0 sin \(\omega\)t = I0 sin 2\(\pi\)vt
I0 = 50A, 2\(\pi\)v = 100, v = 50c/s
Mean value of a.c. over positive half cycle
\(=\frac { 2{ I }_{ 0 } }{ \pi } =\frac { 2\times 50 }{ 3.14 } =31.8A\)
\({ I }_{ v }=\frac { { I }_{ 0 } }{ \sqrt { 2 } } =\frac { 50 }{ 1.414 } =35.35A\)
\(From \ I={ I }_{ 0 }sin \ \omega t\)
\(I=50\ sin\ 2\pi \times 50\times \frac { 1 }{ 600 } =50\times \frac { 1 }{ 2 } =25A\)
3.
\(Here, \ R=12\Omega , \ { X }_{ C }=14ohm, \ L=0.1H\)
\({ E }_{ v }=20V, \ v=50hz, \ { I }_{ v }=?, \ \phi =?\)
\( { X }_{ L }=\omega L=2\pi vL=2\times 3\times 50\times 0.1=30 \ ohm\)
\(Z=\sqrt { { R }^{ 2 }+\left( X_{ L }-{ X }_{ C } \right) ^{ 2 } } =\sqrt { { 12 }^{ 2 }+\left( 30-14 \right) ^{ 2 } } =20ohm\)
\({ I }_{ v }=\frac { { E }_{ v } }{ Z } =\frac { 200 }{ 20 } =10A\)
\(tan\phi =\frac { { X }_{ L }-{ X }_{ C } }{ R } =\frac { 30-14 }{ 12 } =1.33\)
\( \phi ={ tan }^{ -1 }\left( 1.33 \right) =53.13^{ \circ }\)
4.
\(Here, \ { E }_{ v }=200V,\ v=50hz,\ R=100\Omega ,\ { V }_{ R }=65V,\ { V }_{ C }=415V,\ { V }_{ L }=204V\)
(i) If Iv is current in the circuit, then
\({ V }_{ R }={ I }_{ V }\times R; \ 65={ I }_{ V }\times 100, \ { I }_{ V }=0.65A\)
\( (ii) \ { V }_{ L }={ I }_{ V }{ X }_{ L }; \ { X }_{ L }=\frac { { V }_{ L } }{ { I }_{ v } } =\frac { 204 }{ 0.65 } =313.85\Omega\)
\({ X }_{ L }=\omega L=2\pi vL=313.85\)
\(L=\frac { 313.85 }{ 2\pi v } =\frac { 313.85 }{ 3.14\times 50 } =1.0H\)
\( (iii) \ { V }_{ C }={ I }_{ v }{ X }_{ C }, \ { X }_{ C }=\frac { { V }_{ C } }{ { I }_{ v } } =\frac { 415 }{ 0.65 } =638.5\Omega \)
\({ X }_{ C }=\frac { 1 }{ \omega C } =\frac { 1 }{ 2\pi vC } ; \ C=\frac { 1 }{ 2\pi v \ { X }_{ c } } =\frac { 1 }{ 2\times 3.14\times 50\times 638.5 } =4.99\times { 10 }^{ -6 }F\)
(iv) Let C′ be the capacitance that would produce resonance with L= 1.0H, then
\( v=\frac { 1 }{ 2\pi \sqrt { LC' } } ; \ C'=\frac { 1 }{ 4{ \pi }^{ 2 }{ v }^{ 2 }L } =\frac { 1 }{ 4\times \left( 3.14 \right) ^{ 2 }\times \left( 50 \right) ^{ 2 }\times 1 } =10.1\times { }^{ }F=10.1\mu F\)
5.
\(Here, \ { E }_{ p }=2200V, \ { E }_{ s }=220V, \ { n }_{ p }=5000 \ \eta =90%\)
\({ P }_{ 0 }=E_{ s }{ I }_{ s }=8kW=8000 \ W \ { n }_{ s }=? \ \ { P }_{ i }={ E }_{ p }{ I }_{ p }=?\)
\(As \ \ \eta =\frac { { P }_{ 0 } }{ { P }_{ i } } \ \ \ \therefore \ { P }_{ i }=\frac { P_{ 0 } }{ \eta } =\frac { 8kW }{ 90/100 } =8.88kW\)
\(\\ As \ \ \frac { { E }_{ s } }{ { E }_{ p } } =\frac { { n }_{ s } }{ { n }_{ p } } \ \therefore \ { n }_{ s }=\frac { { E }_{ s } }{ { E }_{ p } } \times { n }_{ p }=\frac { 220 }{ 2200 } \times 5000 \ =500\)
3 Marks
6.
\(Given \ R=10\Omega ,\)
\(C=0.01\mu F=0.01\times { 10 }^{ -6 }F\)
\(={ 10 }^{ -7 }F \)
\( v=50 \ Hz \ \therefore \omega =2\pi v=100\pi \)
\( E=100 \ V, \ I=?\)
The impedance of a C-R circuit is given by
\(Z=\sqrt { { R }^{ 2 }+\frac { 1 }{ { \omega }^{ 2 }{ C }^{ 2 } } } \\ =\sqrt { 100+\frac { 1 }{ { 10 }^{ 4 }\times { \pi }^{ 2 }\times { 10 }^{ -14 } } } \)
\(=10\sqrt { 1+\frac { { 10 }^{ 8 } }{ { \pi }^{ 2 } } } \)
\(=\frac { 10 }{ \pi } \sqrt { { \pi }^{ 2 }+{ 10 }^{ 8 } }\)
\( I=\frac { E }{ Z } =\frac { 100\times \pi }{ 10\sqrt { { \pi }^{ 2 }+{ 10 }^{ 8 } } }\)
\(= \ 0.0031A\)
If the current leads the e.m.f by a phase \(\theta \) , then
\(tan\theta =\frac { 1 }{ R\omega C }\)
\(=\frac { 1 }{ 10\times 100\times \pi \times { 10 }^{ -7 } } \)
\(\\ or \ tan\theta =\frac { { 10 }^{ 4 } }{ 3.142 } \)
\(\tan\theta =315.09\)
\(\theta =89°50\prime \)
7.
For series LCR resonant circuit
\(\omega L=\frac { 1 }{ \omega C } \)
\(\\ or \ C=\frac { 1 }{ { L\omega }^{ 2 } } =\frac { 1 }{ 10.5\times { \left( 400\pi \right) }^{ 2 } }\)
\( =0.06 \ \mu F\)
At resonance,
\(I=\frac { E }{ R } =\frac { 50 }{ 8 } =6.25A\)
\(\therefore \) Pot-diff. across the inductance
\(=I\times \omega L\)
\( =6.25\times 400\times \pi \times 10.5\)
\(=82430V=82.430\times { 10 }^{ 3 }V\)
\(=82.43 \ kV\)
Pot.diff.across the capacitor
\(=I\times \frac { 1 }{ \omega C }\)
\(=6.25\times \frac { 1 }{ 400\times \pi \times 0.06\times { 10 }^{ -6 } } \)
\(=\frac { 6.25 }{ 0.24 } \times { 10 }^{ 4 }\)
\(=26.4\times { 10 }^{ 4 }=264\times { 10 }^{ 3 }V\)
\(= \ 264 \ kV\)
8.
\(L=3mH=3\times { 10 }^{ -3 }H\)
\(v=1000kHz={ 10 }^{ 6 }Hz\)
\(Now \ v=\frac { 1 }{ 2\pi \sqrt { LC } }\)
\(or \ \sqrt { LC } =\frac { 1 }{ 2\pi v }\)
\(or \ LC=\frac { 1 }{ 4{ \pi }^{ 2 }{ v }^{ 2 } }\)
\(or \ C=\frac { 1 }{ 4{ \pi }^{ 2 }{ v }^{ 2 }L } \)
\(or \ C=\frac { 1 }{ 4\times 9.89\times { 10 }^{ 12 }\times 3\times { 10 }^{ -3 } }\)
\( =8.44\times { 10 }^{ -12 }F\)
\(\\ or \ C=8.44\mu F\)
9.
\(Given \ V=300 \ sin \ 314t\)
\(\therefore \ { V }_{ 0 }=300 \ volt\)
\(\therefore \ \ { V }_{ rms }=\frac { { V }_{ 0 } }{ 2\sqrt { 2 } } =0.707\times { V }_{ 0 }\)
\(=0.707\times 303=212.1 \ V\)
10.
In LR circuit, the impedance is given by
\({ Z }_{ L }=\sqrt { { R }^{ 2 }+{ X }_{ L }^{ 2 } } \quad ...(i)\)
In LCR circuit, the impedance is given by
\(Z=\sqrt { { R }^{ 2 }+{ \left( { X }_{ L }-{ X }_{ C } \right) }^{ 2 } } \quad ...(ii)\)
From equations, (i) and (ii), we find that
\(Z<{ Z }_{ L }\)
\(since \ I=\frac { E }{ Z } \)
As Z decreases on connecting a capacitor in series with LR circuit, hence the current I in the circuit increases.
2 Marks
11.
\(K=\frac{n_s}{n_p}=100\)
12.
\(K=\frac{n_s}{n_p}=\frac{e_s}{e_p}\)
\(
0.1=\frac{e_s}{220} \\
\therefore e_s=22 \text { volt }
\)
13.
No, the frequency cannot be changed by a transformer.
14.
No; power dissipated at resonance is maximum.
15.
This is because parallel resonance circuits reject the current corresponding to parallel resonance frequencies. These circuits are used in the transmitting circuits.
16.
Zero, in a pure inductor and in a pure capacitor.
17.
\(V_L=V_C ; X_L=X_C ; Z=R ; \cos \phi=\frac{R}{Z}=1\)
18.
(i) Alternating current is that current which shows periodic variation in its value with time. Direct current is that current whose magnitude and direction do not change.
(ii) The frequency of alternating current has some finite value. The frequency of direct current is zero.
19.
Current through the bulb
\({ I }_{ \upsilon }=\frac { { E }_{ \upsilon } }{ Z } =\frac { { E }_{ \upsilon } }{ \sqrt { { R }^{ 2 }+{ X }_{ L }^{ 2 } } } ,where\ { X }_{ L }=\omega L\)
On introducing an iron rod into the inductor its inductance L increases. \({ X }_{ L }={ \omega }L\) increases. Therefore, impedance Z increases. Hence brightness of bulb decreases.
20.
For definitions, see text. As \(X={ X }_{ L }-{ X }_{ C }=\) negative, when \({ X }_{ C }{ >X }_{ L },\) i.e., reactance X can be negative.
It implies, alternating current leads the applied alternating voltage in the circuit. However, Z cannot be negative.
21.
Yes, the instantaneous power can be negative as, \(P_{\text {instantaneous }}=I_{\text {in }} \times V_{\text {in }}=I_0 \sin \omega t \times V_0 \cos \omega t\) No, because it is average, so it will be positive.
Case Study Questions
22.
(i) \(\because\) P = V.I or I 2R
On increasing voltage, electric current reduces, therefore less power/energy is lost (as P \(\alpha\) I2) in cables during transmission.
(ii) (a) laminated iron core
(b) A.C. generator is connected to primary coil
(c) \(N_{S}=N_{P} \times \frac{V_{S}}{V_{P}}=500 \times \frac{115000}{5000}\)
Ns = 11500 turns
(iii) Transmission of 220 V
(a) needed less insulation
(b) is safer
(c) devices are designed for 220 V.
23.
(i) The power factor is give by
\(\cos \phi=\frac{R}{Z}\)
For a circuit containing resistor and inductor
\(Z=\sqrt{R^2+(\omega L)^2}\)
\(\therefore \quad \cos \phi=\frac{R}{\sqrt{R^2+(\omega L)^2}}\)
(ii) For purely inductive circuit, \(\phi=\frac{\pi}{2}\)
\(\therefore P_{\mathrm{av}}=E_{\mathrm{rms}} I_{\mathrm{rms}} \cos \phi=E_{\mathrm{rms}} I_{\mathrm{rms}} \cos \frac{\pi}{2}=0\)
(iii) R = 2 \(\Omega\), Erms = 220 V, f = 150 Hz
\(\therefore\) For a circuit containing only restor
\(\begin{aligned} \phi=0^{\circ} \Rightarrow \cos \phi=0 \end{aligned}\)
\(\begin{aligned} \therefore P_{\mathrm{av}}=\frac{E_{\mathrm{rms}}^2}{R}=\frac{(220)^2}{2}=24200 \mathrm{~W} \end{aligned}\)
(iv) For maximum power factor, cos \(\phi\) = 1
\(\therefore\) \(\phi\) = 0° (for purely resistive circuit)
\(\Rightarrow\) X is resistance.
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