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B.(ng. HonOtrrs in Electronic Engineering

End Semester Examination

Year 1, Semester I
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EC1200 - Electrical and Electronic Principles I

I Duration: 2 Hour
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May 2016

Instructions to Candidates:
• This is a closed book examination.
• This examination paper contains 6~pages including the cover page.
• This Paper contains two Sections S~tion A and Section B.
Section A - Contains two questions.
Answer all questions.
Section B - Contains five questions.
Each question carries equal marks.
Answer three questions only.
• Students are allowed to use calculators.
• Total Mark is 100.
• This paper will contribute 70% for the final grade.
SECTION A
Contains two questions.
Answer all the questions.

Question 01 [35 Marks]

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Circtrit shown in Figure 01 is constructed by a student on a breadboard. The student kept
the switch in Position A at t =. 0 s and at t = 2 s of time the switch is moved to position B .
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t
250mA

R2 R3
vc
~:\.o lOO!l IOO!l

R5
lOO!l
Rl
lOO!l Cl
10!-'F
13
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50 rnA lmH Buzzer

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Figure 01

When 0 s < t < 2 s;

a) use source conversion t? convert all the possible current sources into voltage sources.
Redraw the circuit with the converted sources.

(6 Marks)

b) use mesh analysis to determine the current through the Inductor (L 1) and the voltage
across the C~pacitor (C1) at steady state. ~\
(15 Marks)

When the switch is moved to position B, i.e. t 2:: 2 s;

c) Define the time constant ('t) and show that the capacitor will fully discharged when the
time equals to 5 *'t.
(9 Marks)

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 d) The operating voltage of the buzzer is in the range of 4.5 V- 9 V. Determine the time
(T) during which the Buzzer will stays ON. When the maximum operating voltage is
applied, the current through the buzzer is 50 rnA.
(5 Marks)

Questwn ·o2 [30 Marks)

a) A load requires 50 kW at.Q.8 pflagging. The 60-Hz line voltage at the load is 230LOO
Vnns· ~~he transmission-line impedance is 0.1 + j0.15 0, determine the r.m.s. value of
the line voltage and power factor at the input.
(12 Marks)
b) A capacitor is added in parallel with the load to improve the power factor of the load
to 0.95 pflagging. Determine the value ofthe capacitor required.
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(10 Marks)
c) State the use of improving the power factor. Support your answer using the phasor
diagrams of the load with and without the capacitor.
(8 Marks)

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SECTIONB
Contains five questions.
Each question carries equal marks.
Answer four questions only.

Que~io'D 01 [15 Marks]

For safety reasons the National Electrical Code restricts the single phase a.c. circuit-breaker
U\ be no more than 25 A for a 230 V household lighting branch circuit. Also the
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rating
National Electrical Code requires a 25% safety margin for continuous lighting loads.
If there are no other loads connected, determine the number of 80 W lighting loads that can
be placed in one circuit.

Question 02 [15 Marks]

For the circuit in Figure 02 find ZL for maximum average power transfer. Determine the
maximum average power transferred.

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Rl R2

ton 200

c v
.I 5VL00
2.5 AL0° 5!!

Figure 02

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Question 03 [15 Marks)

Use Delta- Wye or Wye- Delta conversion to determine the total impedance of the circuit
in Figure 03.
Hence determine the total current supplied (I) to the circuit.

20 fi

t 10 fi Sfi
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+
50 VL300 Sfi 10 fi

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15 fi

Figure 03

Question 04 [15 Marks)

Use Nodal analysis to detrrmine the voltage across the load resistor (RL) in the circuit in
Figure 04.
+ Vx -

4fi

2 Vx 2A

8fi

Fig~04

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Question OS [15 Marks)

A signal generator applies voltage to a 10 11F capacitor with a waveform as in Figure 05. The
voltage rises linearly from 0 V to 5 V in 2 ms, falls linearly to -5 Vat t = 6 ms, remains constant
until t = 8 ms, rises to 5 V at t = 10 ms, and remains constant thereafter.

Deterwine the current of the capacitor at each time interval and the sketch current vs time graph
for the capacitor.
···-.....,
Vc(V)

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0 t(ms)

-5

Figure 05

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