Tutorial Problem No. 19.1 1, Each phase of a delta-connected load comprises a resistor of 50 Q and capacitor of 50 LF in series. Calculate (a) the line and phase currents (b) the total power and (c) the kilovoltamperes when the load is connected to a 440-V, 3-phase, 50-Hz supply. [(a) 9.46 A; 546 A (b) 4480 W (c) 7.24 kVA] 2. Three similar-coils, A, B and C are available. Each coil has 9 Q resistance and 12 Q reactance. ‘They are connected in delta to a 3-phase, 440-V, 50-Hz supply. Calculate for this load: (@) the line current (b) the power factor (c) the total kilovolt-amperes (d) the total kilowatts If the coils are reconnected in star, edhe he te Jud i gi uel a) (0) ea (d) above. [50.7 A; 0.6; 38.6 kVA; 23.16 kW; 16.9 As 0.6; 12.867 kVA; 7.72 kW] 3. Three similar choke coils are connected in star to a 3-phase supply. If the line currents are 15 A, the total power consumed is 11 kW and the volt-ampere input is 15 kVA, find the line and phase voltages, the VAR input and the reactance and resistance of cach coil. (577.3 V; 333.3 V; 10.2 KVAR; 15.1 0 16.3 Q) 4, The load in cach branch of a delta-connected balanced 3-6 circuit consists of an inductance of 0.0318 H in series with a resistance of 10 2 The line voltage is 400 V at 50 Hz. Calculate (i) the line current and (ii) the total power in the circuit. ((0 49 A (ii) 24 kW] (London Univ,) 5. A 3-phase, delta-connected load, each phase of which has R = 10 Qand X = 8 Q, is supplied from 1 star-connected secondary winding of a 3-phase transformer each phase of which gives 230 V. Calculate (a) the current in cach phase of the load and in the secondary windings of the transformer (b) the total power taken by the load (c) the power factor ofthe load. {(a) 31.1 A; 54 A (6) 29 kW (c) 0.78) 6. A 3-phase load consists of three similar inductive coils, cach of resistance 50 Q and inductance (0.3 H. The supply is 415 V, 50 Hz, Calculate (a) the line current (b) the power factor and (c) the total power when the load is (i) star-connected and (ii) delta-connected. {( 2.25 A, 0.47 lag, 762 W (ii) 6.75 A, 0.47 lag, 2280 W] (London Univ.) 7, Three 20 Q non-inductive resistors are connected in star across a three phase supply the line voltage of which is 480 V. Three other equal non-inductive resistors are connected in delta across the same ‘supply so as to take the same-line current. What are the resistance values of these other resistors and what is the current- flowing through each of them? (60 O, 8A} (Sheffield Univ, U.K.)8. A 415-V, 3-phase, 4-wire system supplies power to three non-inductive loads. The loads are 25 kW between red and neutral, 30 kW between yellow and neutral and 12 kW between blue and neutral. Calculate (a) the current in each-line wire and (b) the current in the neutral conductor. [(a) 104.2 A, 125 A, 50 A (6) 67 Al (London Univ.) 9. Non-inductive loads of 10, 6 and 4 kW are connected between the neutral and the red, yellow and blue phases respectively of a three-phase, four-wire system. The line voltage is 400 V. Find the current in ‘each line conductor and in the neutral. [(a) 43.3 A, 26A, 173. A, 22.9] (App. Elect. London Univ.) 10. A three-phase, star-connected alternator supplies a delta-connected load, each phase of which’ /has a resistance of 20 Qand a reactance of 10 2 Calculate (a) the current supplied by the alternator (6) the joutput of the alternator in kW and kVA, neglecting the losses in the lines between the alternator and the load. The line voltage is 400 V. [(a) 30.95 A (b) 19.2 kW, 21.45 kVA] 11. Three non-inductive resistances, each of 100 'Q , are connected in star to 3-phase, 440-V supply. Three equal choking coils each of reactance 100 @ are also connected in delta to the same supply. (Calculate: (@) line current (6) pe. of the system. —_[(a) 8.04 A (6) 0.3156] (I.E.E. London) 12, In a 3-phase, 4-wire system, there is a balanced 3-phase motor load taking 200 kW at a power factor of 0.8 lagging, while lamps connected between phase conductors and the neutral take $0, 70 and 100) [KW respectively. The voltage between phase conductors is 430 V. Calculate the current in each phase and’ in the neutral wire of the feeder supplying the load. [512 A, 5.87 A, 699 A; 213.3 A] (Elect. Power, London Univ.) 13. A.440-V, 50-Hz induction motor takes a line current of 45 A at a power factor of 0.8 (lagging). A-connected capacitors are installed to improve the power factor to 0.95 (lagging). Calculate the [KVA of the capacitor bank and the capacitance of each capacitor. [11.45 kVA, 62.7 pF] (ILE.E. London) 14. Three resistances, each of $00 are connected in star to a 400-V, $0-Hz, 3-phase supply. If ‘three capacitors, when connected in delta to the same supply, take the same line currents, calculate the’ ‘capacitance of each capacitor and the line current. [2.123 p F, 0.683 AJ (London Univ.) 15. A factory takes the following balanced loads from a 440-V, 3-phase, 50-Hz supply: (a) a lighting load of 20 kW (6) continuous motor load of 30 KVA at 0.5 p.f. lagging. (c) an intermittent welding load of 30 kVA at 0.5 p.£. lagging. Calculate the kVA rating of the capacitor bank required toi the power factor of loads (a) and. (6) together to unity. Give also the value of capacitor required in each phase if a star-connected bank is’ lemployed. What is the new overall pif, after correction has been applied, the welding load is switched on. [30 KVAR; 490p F; 0.945 kg] 16. A three-wire, three-phase system, with 400 V between the line wires, supplies a balanced delta- ‘connected load taking a total power of 30 kW at 0.8 power factor lagging. Calculate (i) the resistance and (i) the reactance of each branch of the load and sketch a veetor diagram showing the line voltages and line ‘currents. If the power factor of the system is to be raised to 0.95 lagging by means of three delta-connected capacitors, calculate (ii) the capacitance of each branch assuming the supply frequency to be $0 Hz. [@ 10.24 A (i) 7.68 9 (iti) 83.2 pF] (London Univ.)