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AC Quantity Fundamentals in Engineering

The document contains a tutorial on fundamental concepts of alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) in electrical engineering. It includes problems related to calculating instantaneous values, average values, effective values, and factors such as form factor and peak factor for various waveforms. Solutions and answers to the problems are provided for reference.

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AC Quantity Fundamentals in Engineering

The document contains a tutorial on fundamental concepts of alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) in electrical engineering. It includes problems related to calculating instantaneous values, average values, effective values, and factors such as form factor and peak factor for various waveforms. Solutions and answers to the problems are provided for reference.

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Kasula

Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering


Tutorial 2: Fundamental of AC Quantity

1. An alternating current varying sinusoidally with a frequency of 50 Hz has an r.m.s. value


of 40 A. Find : (i) The instantaneous value 0.0025 seconds after passing through maximum
positive value, and (ii) The time measured from a maximum value when the instantaneous
current is 14.14 A. [Ans: 40A, 0.00419 s]
2. Find Form Factor and Peak Factor of waveform shown in figure below.

3. A half wave single anode rectifier has a voltage given by 100 sin ωt applied to it. Estimate
the average value on the d.c. side. [Ans: 22.9 V]

4. Prove that if a D.C. current of I Amps. is superposed in a conductor by an A.C. current of


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max. value I Amps, the r.m.s. value of the resultant is !" 𝐼
5. Find the effective value of a resultant current in a wire which carries simultaneously a direct
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current of 10 A and alternating current given by, = 12 sin 𝑤𝑡 + 6 sin .3𝑤𝑡 − $ 1 +
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4 sin .5𝑤𝑡 + ! 1. [Ans: 14.0712 A]
6. Calculate the average, rms values, form factor and peak factor of the following waveform.
[Ans: Vrms = 15.2, Vavg = 15, Form Factor = 1.0133, Peak Factor = 1.3158] take T=1

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7. Determine the average and rms values of current for current waveform as shown below.
[Ans: Iavg = - 2.5 A and Irms = 8.165 A]

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