Question 506: AC fundamentals

Question

In a circuit, a metal filament lamp is connected in series with a capacitor of capacitance C $$\mu$$F across a 200 V, 50 Hz supply. The power consumed by the lamp is 500 W while the voltage drop across it is 100 V. Assume that there is no inductive load in the circuit. Take rms values of the voltages. The magnitude of the phase-angle (in degrees) between the current and the supply voltage is $$\varphi $$. Assume, $$\pi$$$$\sqrt 3 $$ $$ \approx $$ 5.
The value of C is ____________.

Accepted Answer

For lamp,
$$p = {{{V^2}} \over R}$$
$$R = {{100 	imes 100} \over {500}} = 20\Omega $$
$$i = {V \over R} = {{100} \over {20}} = 5A \Rightarrow i = {V \over {\sqrt {{R^2} + X_C^2} }}$$
$$ \Rightarrow 5 = {{200} \over {\sqrt {{{(20)}^2} + {{\left( {{1 \over {2\pi  	imes 50 	imes C}}} ight)}^2}} }}$$
$$ \Rightarrow 400 + {\left( {{1 \over {100\pi C}}} ight)^2} = 1600$$
$$ \Rightarrow {\left( {{1 \over {100\pi C}}} ight)^2} = 1200 \Rightarrow {1 \over {{\pi ^2}{C^2}}} = 1200 	imes {10^4}$$
$$ \Rightarrow {(\pi C)^2} = {1 \over {12}} 	imes {10^{ - 6}}$$
$$ \Rightarrow {C^2} = {1 \over {12{\pi ^2}}} 	imes {10^{ - 6}} $$
$$ \Rightarrow $$ $$ C = {1 \over {\sqrt {12} \pi}} 	imes {10^{ - 3}} = 100 	imes {10^{ - 6}}F = 100\mu F$$

AC fundamentals

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