CLD 20102 ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY Tutorial 1: Basic Concept of Electrical

1. What is a simpler way to expressing 0.000 018 A? 2. What is a simpler way to expressing 5 000 000 V? 3. An electric motor is developing 8.5kW at a speed of 900r/min. Calculate the torque available at the shaft. 4. A generating station has a daily output of 160MW h and uses 300 t (tones) of coal in the process. The coal releases 7 MJ/kg when burnt. Calculate the overall efficiency of the station. 5. A lift of 250 kg mass is raised with a velocity of 6 m/s. If the driving motor has an efficiency of 85%, calculate the input power to the motor. 6. An electric heater contains 70 liters of water initially at a mean temperature of 16 oC; 2.5kW h is supplied to the water by the heater. Assuming no heat losses, what is the final mean temperature of the water? (it takes 4185J to raise the temperature of 1 liter of water through 1oC) 7. A circuit delivers energy at the rate of 15W and the current is 13A. Determine the energy of each coulomb of charge in the circuit. 8. A current of 5 A flows in a resistor of resistance 32 . Determine the rate of heat dissipation and also the heat dissipated in 15 s. 9. A motor gives an output power of 20 kW and operates with efficiency of 85 %. If the constant input voltage to the motor is 170 V, what is the constant supply current? 10. Gives the meaning of potential difference and its unit. 11. A p.d of 6 V causes a current of 0.6 A to flow in a conductor. Calculate the resistance of the conductor. 12. Find the p.d required to pass a current of 5 A through a conductor of a resistance 10 . 13. A 960 fan is connected to a 240 V supply. Calculate the current in the fan. 14. A p.d of 1.35 V causes a current of 665 A to flow in a conductor. Calculate the resistance of the conductor. 15. A p.d of 24 V is applied to a 4.7 k resistor. Calculate the circuit current. 16. What is the voltage across a sound reducer of resistance 5 through which passes a current of 22 A. 17. What is the charged transferred in a period of 8 s by current flowing at the rate of 2.5 A? 18. A p.d of 12 V is applied to a 7.5 resistor for a period of 5 s. Calculate the electric charge transferred in this time. 19. A voltage of 40 V is required to cause a current of 2 A to flow in a resistor of a resistance 20 . What voltage would be required to make the same current flow if the resistance were 40 ? 20. A d.c motor connected to a 240V supply is developing 20 kW at a speed of 700 r/min. Calculate the useful torque. 21. Calculate the effective resistance and hence the supply current.

22. A current of 8A is shared between two resistors. Calculate the current in the 2 a) R1 = 6 b) R1 = 8

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23. 3 resistors of 4 , 5 and 6 are connected in series and a current of 2 A flows through them. Calculate the p.d across each resistor and the total supply voltage. 24. 3 mixers are connected in series across a 220V supply and take a current of 1.5 A. If the resistance of two of the mixers is 30 each, what is the resistance of the third mixer? 25. The field coil of a d.c generator has a resistance of 60 and is supplied from a 240V source. Given that the current in the coil is to be limited to 2A, calculate the resistor to be connected in series with the coil. 26. Given that VLN is the p.d of L with respect to N, calculate for the circuit shown below the values of: a) VAB b) VBC c) VAC d) VBN

27. Given that VNL is the p.d of N with respect to L, and for the circuit shown below, VLN = -80V. What are the corresponding values of; a) VWX b) VYZ c) VXW d) VZW

VLN

-80V

28. Three resistors of 6 , 9 and 15 are connected in parallel to a 12V supply. Calculate a) the current in each branch of the network b) the supply current c) the total effective resistance of the network 29. A parallel network consists of three resistors of 6 , 8 and 16 . If the current in the 8 resistor is 3A, what are the currents in the other resistors? 30. The effective resistance of two resistors connected in parallel is 8 .The resistance of one of the other resistors is 14 . Calculate; a) the resistance of the other resistor b) the effective resistance of the two resistors connected in series.