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Chapter 29

1 a
2A, positive
b 15ms
c 20ms
1 = 50Hz
d Frequency = T1 = 0.020

1 cm

2 a
I0 = peak value of current = 2A
= angular frequency
= 2f = 250 = 100rads1
b I=2sin(100t)

The exact starting point on the graph may be

different, but the trace has an amplitude of 1cm
and one complete wave is 1cm horizontally.
I

3 a
I0 = 5A
= 120rads1
= 60Hz
Frequency f = 2

8 Rearrange Vrms = 20 to give

V0 = Vrms 2 = 230 2 = 325V

1 = 17ms
Period T = 1f = 60

(I )

10

I R

325

a Vrms = 20 = 2 = 230V
V

t/s

1
60

1
120

230 = 0.23A
b Irms = Rrms = 1000
c Power dissipated, P = (Irms)2R
= (0.23)21000 = 53W

325 = 105.6
d Peak power dissipated, P = R0 = 1000
110W

4 a
V0 = peak value of voltage = 300V
= 100rads1
= 50Hz
frequency f = 2
b At t = 0.002s, V = 300sin(1000.002)
= 3000.588 = 176V
c V / V

11

Alternative answers are given here because

there are two ways of interpreting the
diagrams and the numbers of turns.
a Step-up: 15:5 = 3, or 16:6 = 2.7
b Step-down: 4:8 = 0.5, or 5:9 = 0.56
c Step-up: 30V or 27V; step-down: 5.0V or 5.6V

12

Step-up ratio required = 400kV

25kV = 16
So number of turns = 162000 = 32000 turns

300
0

9 Power dissipated, P = (Irms)2R = 20 R = 02

= (3.0)2 100
2 = 450W

b I / A

2.5

7 Irms = 20 = 2 = 1.8A

10

20

300

5 Amplitude = 25 = 10V
Period T = 410 = 40ms
1 = 25Hz
Frequency = T1 = 0.040

30

40 t / ms

13

a Vs = Vp turns ratio = 2010 = 200V
I
Is = turnspratio = 50
10 = 5mA
b Power P = VI
If no power loss occurred,
P = 2000.005 = 1.0W
Actual power = 1800.0045 = 0.81W
So percentage of power that is wasted
= (1.00.81)
= 19%
1.0

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14

Transformer

Np

Ns

Vp/V Vs/V Ip/A Is/A P/W

100

500

230 1150 1.0

0.2

230

500

100

230

46 1.0

5.0

230

100 2000

12

240 0.2

0.01

a Less pronounced ripple
b More pronounced ripple

2.4

15

Diode 3 is pointing the wrong way, so the

current flows through diode 4, through R and
then through diode 1.

16

17

The voltage will be half-wave rectified.

Current can flow through diode 2 when
terminal A is positive. When terminal B is
positive, current cannot flow because there is
no complete path to terminal A.

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