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Tutorial 1 Alternating Voltage and Current

This document provides a tutorial on alternating voltage and current, including 28 questions and explanations about key concepts such as sine waves, frequency, phase, peak and RMS values. Some example questions cover determining the period from the frequency, calculating instantaneous current values, combining voltages or currents using phasor diagrams, and deriving expressions for induced electromotive force in coils. The tutorial aims to build understanding of fundamental AC circuit analysis concepts.

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Tutorial 1 Alternating Voltage and Current

This document provides a tutorial on alternating voltage and current, including 28 questions and explanations about key concepts such as sine waves, frequency, phase, peak and RMS values. Some example questions cover determining the period from the frequency, calculating instantaneous current values, combining voltages or currents using phasor diagrams, and deriving expressions for induced electromotive force in coils. The tutorial aims to build understanding of fundamental AC circuit analysis concepts.

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BEKG 2433: Electrical Systems

Tutorial 1: Alternating Voltage and Current

1) The difference between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) is:
a. AC changes value and DC does not
b. AC changes direction and DC does not
c. Both answer (a) and (b)
d. Neither answer (a) nor (b)
2) During each cycle, a sine wave reaches a peak value:
a. One time
b. Two times
c. Four times
d. A number of times depending on the frequency
3) A sine wave with a period of 2ms is changing at a faster rate than a sine wave with a
period of:
a. 1ms
b. 0.0025s
c. 1.5ms
d. 1200s
4) When a sine wave has a frequency of 60Hz, in 10s it goes through
a. 6 cycles
b. 10 cycles
c. 1/16 cycle
d. 600 cycle
5) If the peak value of a sine wave is 10V, the peak-to-peak value is
a. 20V
b. 5V
c. 100V
d. None of these
6) If the peak value of a sine wave is 20V, the rms value is
a. 14.14V
b. 6.37V
c. 7.07V
d. 0.707V
7) The instantaneous value of a 15A peak sine wave at a point 32 from its positive-going
zero crossing is
a. 7.95A
b. 7.5A
c. 2.13A
d. 7.95V
8) Two series resistors are connected to an ac source. If there are 6.5V rms across one
resistor and 3.2Vrms across the other, the peak source voltage is
a. 9.7V
b. 9.19V
c. 13.72V
d. 4.53V
9) A 10kHz pulse waveform consists of pulses 10s wide. Its duty cycle is
a. 100%
b. 10%
c. 1%
d. Not determinable

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10) The duty cycle of a square wave


a. Varies with the frequency
b. Varies with the pulse width
c. Both answer (a) and (b)
d. Is 50%
11) Calculate the frequency for each of the following values of period:
a. 1s
b. 50ms
c. 10s
12) Calculate the period for each of the following values of frequency:
a. 60Hz
b. 200kHz
c. 5MHz
13) A sine wave has a frequency of 50kHz. How many cycles does it complete in 10ms?
14) A certain four-pole generator has a speed of rotation of 3600rpm. What is the frequency
of the voltage produced by this generator?
15) A sine wave has a peak value of 12V. Determine the following values:
a. Rms
b. Peak-to-peak
c. Average
16) Convert the following angular values from degrees to radians:
a. 30
b. 135
c. 300
17) Convert the following angular values from radians to degrees:
a. /8 rad
b. 3/5 rad
c. 1.8 rad
18) Sine wave A has a positive-going zero crossing at 30. Sine wave B has a positive-
going zero crossing at 45. Determine the phase angle between the two signals. Which
signal leads?

A
B

30 45

19) One sine wave has a positive peak at 75, and another has a positive peak at 100. How
much is each sine wave shifted in phase from the 0 reference? What is the phase angle
between them?

A
B

-15 10 75 100

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20) A certain sine wave has a positive-going zero crossing at 0 and an rms value of 20V.
Calculate its instantaneous value at each of the following angles:
a. 33
b. 110
c. 250
21) A sinusoidal voltage is applied to the resistive circuit in Figure 1. Determine the
following:
a. Irms
b. Iav
c. Ip
d. Ip-p
e. i at the positive peak

Figure 1
22) Find the half-cycle average values of the voltages across R1 and R2 in Figure 2. All
values shown are rms.

Figure 2
23) Calculate the average value of the pulse waveform in Figure 3.

Figure 3
24) A coil is wound with 300 turns on a square former having sides 50mm in length.
Calculate the maximum value of the emf generated in the coil when it is rotated at 2000
r/min in a uniform magnetic field of density 0.8T. What is the frequency of the emf?

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25) A rectangular coil, measuring 30cm by 20 cm and having 40 turns, is rotated about an
axis coinciding with one of its longer sides at a speed of 1500 r/min in a uniform
magnetic field of flux density 0.075T. Find, from the first principles, an expression for
the instantaneous emf induced in the coil, if the flux is at right angle to the axis of
rotation. Evaluate this emf at an instant 0.002s after the plane of the coil has been
perpendicular to the field.
26) Two sinusoidal emfs of peak values 50V and 20V respectively but differing in phase
by 30 are induced in the same circuit. Draw the phasor diagram and find the peak and
rms values of the resultant emf.
27) Two circuits connected in parallel take alternating currents which can be expressed
trigonometrically as i1=13sin314t amperes and i2=12sin(314t+/4) amperes. Sketch the
waveforms of these currents to illustrate maximum values and phase relationship. By
means of a phasor diagram drawn to scale, determine the resultant of these currents,
and express it in trigonometric form. Give also the rms value and the frequency of the
resultant current.
28) The voltage drops across two components, when connected in series across an ac
supply, are:
v1=180sin314t volts
v2=120sin(314t+/3) volts
Determine with the aid of a phasor diagram:
a. The voltage of the supply in trigonometric form
b. The rms voltage of the supply
c. The frequency of the supply

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