SECTION -A

This question consists of TWENTY-FIVE sub-questions (1.1 - 1.25) of ONE mark

each. For each of these sub-questions, four possib Ie alternatives (A ,B, C and D)
are given, out of which 0 NLY 0 NE is correct. Indicate the correct answer by
darkening the app rap ri ate bubble against the question number on the Ieft hand
side of the Objective Response Sheet (ORS). You may use the answer
ok
provided for any rough work, if needed.

1.1

A current 1m pulse, 55( t), 1s forced through

across the capac1 tor 1s g1 ven by

(b) 5u(t)-C

(c)

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(a) 5t

capac1 tor C.

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(b)

branches. The number of

(b)
(d) N - 2B -1

of unit am pi i tude are fed in to channel 1

and channel 2 respect1 vely of an ascii Ioscop e. Assum mg that the val tage scale,
time seale and other settings are exactly the same for both the channels, what
would be observed if the oscilloscope is operated in X-V mode?
(a) A drcle of unit radius
(c) A parabola

(b) An ellipse

F, the divergence theorem

1. 5

Given a vector field

1.6

If a 400V, 50 Hz, star connected, 3 phase squirrel cage induction

operated from a 400 V, 75Hz supply, the torque that the motor
whi Ie drawing rated current from the supply?

co

ce

rated supply
val tage is overloaded and its magnetic
circuit is saturated. The torq ue-spee
characteristic of this motor wi II
approximately represented by which ~
of Fig.l. 7?
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(b) Curve B

is

(b) in creases

(c) remains the same

(a) Curve A

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(a) reduces

1.7

states that

Torque

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A 1 kVA,
phase, 50 Hz transformer having negligible winding
resistance and
a
1n ductance is operating under saturation, whi I e 2 50 V, 50
Hz sin usa al s
s connected to the high voltage winding. A resistive load is
conn ecte
o th.& low val tage winding which draws rated current. Which one of
the fol
qu~nti ties wi II not be si nu soi d al?

the source

du ced across the Iow val tage wmdm g

in

V,
(a)

(b) 400
(d) 800

v
v

400:200:200

1.10

The frequency of the clock signal ap pi i ed to

the rising edge triggered D flip-flop shown in
Fig.1.10 is 10 kHz. The frequency of the signal
available at Q is

Ilil_

(a) 10kHz
(b) 2.5 kHz

) =--f>CU<

(c) 20kHz

FFO

(d) 5kHz

Vm

(a) Vm
50Jr

so..r../2

(d) 2Vm
50Jr

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(a) 3.3 v in

tht:;}c.v half cycle and 1.4 v in the negative half cycle

(c) 3.

bo!f positive and negative half cycles

(b)~
4 v in the ~ half cycle and 5 v

(d) 4

h positive and negative half cycles

1.1~ne-to-line

input voltage to the 3

a , 50 Hz, ac circuit shown in
.. 1.13 is 100 V rm s. Assuming that
the phase sequence is R VB, the
wattmeters wou I d read.

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in the negative half cycle

(a) W 1 = 886 wand W2 = 886 w

(b) W 1 = SOD wand W2 = SOD w
(c) W 1 = 0 Wand W2 = 1000 W
(d) W 1 = 250 Wand W2 = 750 W

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At---j

(c) 1000-FFFF
(d) 0001-FFF1

Au---l
Au --~L--~""

CS S ;

Au---f-----..,

Con s1d er a I ong, two-wl re line com posed of solid round con ductor~a
s of
both conductors 1s 0.25 em and the distance between the1r cente 1s 1 . If th1s
distance 1s doubled, then the inductance per un1t length

(a) doubles

(b) halves

(c) increases but does not double

(d) d ecren~ t do s not halve

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Consider a power system with three identical

: ansmission losses
are negligible. One generator (G1) has a spe
go rnor which maintains its
speed constant at the rated value, while t~
erators (G2 and G3) have
governors with a droop of 5%. If the Ia
e system is increased, then in
steady state.
~
(a) generation of G2 and G3 is i (:r
ed
ually while generation of G1 is
unchanged.

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(a) EOOO-EFFF

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1.15

The I ogi c circuit used to generate the active low chip select (CS) by an 8085
microprocessor to ad dress a peripheral is shown in Fig.1.14. The peripheral will
resp and to addresses in the range.

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1.14

(b)

eas d while

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G3 is

(d)

1.17

A long wire c~
ed fa smooth round conductor runs above and parallel to
the ground (
be a I arge conducting pI ane). A high val tage exists
between the c ,
and the ground. The maximum electric stress occurs at

(a) the u

si tface of the conductor

(b) th

er sur ace of the conductor

Zone2 (R2)

TZ2RI = 0. 3s, TZ2R 2 = 0. 6s

DID i PID

(c) TZ2RI = 0.3s, TZ2R 2 = 0.3s

(d) TZ2RI = 0.1s, TZ2R2 = 0.3s

~~

Zonel (R2);

Zonel (Rl)

R2
7.-..-. ... ?

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1.19.

Let s(t) be the step response of a linear system with zero initial conditions; then
the response of this system to an input u(t) is

(a)

'
Js(t-r)u(r)dr
0

u(r)dr

(a) 100
1. 2 2.

(si-Ar

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(b) 200

The state tr ansi ti on matrix for t

(a)

0
0

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(b) eA'

(c) Laplace mverse of

(~ 0)]

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(d) Laplace mverse of

(d) 300

X= AX with initial state X(O) is

1.21.

0
100
1
100 200
100 200

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1.20.

J' s(t-r)

(d)

[(si-Ar1 ]

1.23.

ac source. As
I owest freq uen
(a) 100 .

_ t t the de output current of the rect1 fi er 1s constant, the

ar om c component 1n the ac source line current 1s
(b) 150Hz

(c) 250Hz

,--

lOOV f - -

(d) 300Hz

,--

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1-1
../3

(a) 200v
7r

(b) 100V
7r

2Jo/3 4r/3

I
5../3

(c) 200 V

2~

(d) 100 v

1.25

A step down chopper is operated in the con ti nu ous conduction mode in steady
state with a constant duty ratio D . If v 0 is the m agn i tude of the d c output val tage
and if v. is the magnitude of the de input voltage, the ratio Vo is given by

v.

(b) 1 - D

2.

( )

1-D

(d)

D
1-D.

(a) D

Th1s question cons1sts of TWENTY-FIVE sub-questions (2 .1 - 2.25) ofT

A two port network, shown in Fig.2.1 is described by

Y1~2

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are g1 ven, out of wh 1ch 0 NLY 0 NE 1s correct. I nd 1cate the cor ,ct a wer by
darkening the appropriate bubble against the question nume
ft hand
side of the Objective Response Sheet (ORS). You may u
the nswer book
provided for any rough work, if needed.

2.2.

2.3.

6.81

Z~.=30L40

~F

A first order, low pass filter is given with R = 50 nand C = 5 ~F. What is the
frequency at which the gain of the voltage transfer function of the fi Iter is 0. 25?
(a) 4.92 kHz

(b) 0.49 kHz

(c) 2.46 kHz

(d) 24.6 kHz

A series R-L-C circuit has R = 500., L = 100 ~H and C = 1 ~F. the lower half
power frequency of the circuit is
(a) 30.55 kHz

(c) 0.45 Nm

The rotor of a three phase, s kw, 400V, so Hz, slip nng mduce
s wound
for 6 poles wh II e 1ts stator 1s wound for 4 poles. The approx 1m e a~r age no I oad
steady state speed when th 1s motor 1s connected to 400 V, 50
ply 1s
(c) 0

t...J"':!
~~
~

~
Ita

(b) I eads the supply val tag e

(d) is zero

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....m, ,, '""'' d=" '"'"" '" "'''
Assuming that the ca
the peak value oft

pi etel y discharged prior to applying the pulse,

or voltage is
lkn

(a) 11 V

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(c) 6.32 v

' ( . ;<d) o.96 v

5.5 V

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(d) 1000 rpm

The flux per pole in a synchronous motor with

ON and the stator
disconnected fi'om the supply is faun d to ~
e ' ~~~b. hen the stator is
connected to the rated supply with the fiel ex
unchanged, the flux per
pole in the machine is found to be 20 ~
e e motor is running on no load.
Assuming no I oad losses to be zero, th
oI
u rrent down by the motor from

(c) is in phase with the suppl

2.9.

rpm(>. +

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(b) 500 rpm

thesupply
(a) I ags the supp I y val tage

2.8.

(b) 4.77 Nm

(a) 1500 rpm

2.7.

(d) 1.92 kHz

A 200 V, 2000 rpm, lOA, separately excited de motor has an armature resistance
of 20.. Rated de voltage is ap pi i ed to both the armature and field winding
motor. If the armature drawn SA from the source, the torque develope
motor is
(a) 4.30 Nm

2.6.

(c) 51.92 kHz

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(b) 3.055 kHz

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2.4.

oltage (V 0 ) of the Schmitt

wn in Fig.2.9 swings between
and -lSV. Assume that the

change from + lSV to -lSV when

the in stan taneou s value of the input
sine wave is

o------J'Nif'---,----,

l:h

101<n~

tllnF

o~l~O~~~------EL---~lOkn

>--r--ov.
lOkn

(a) 5 v in the positive slope only

(b) 5 V in the negative slope only

3kn

(c) 5 V in the positive and negative

slopes
(d) 3 V in the positive and negative

+2V

2.10.

For the circuit shown in Fig .2 .10, the Boolean expression for the output Y in
terms of inputs P, Q, R and S is
p ----r:::i__}-~----r--\

f--------[:::0
Q

CJ

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(a) P+Q+R+S

(b) P + Q + R +

2.11.

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(d) (P + , . : ~

mutual inductance between the two

the coil P-Q are
.
(a) K = 0.25anddotatP
(b) K = 0. 5 and dot at P
(c) K = 0.25 and dot at

c~T

F---vv\1'--

zn

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p
jan

jan

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then

M is the
'Ill..!~
lue of K and the dot polarity of
K

Yli_

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current i are in phase. The coupling

ttt:":.h~ ac voltage (v) and

In the drcuit shown in Fig .2.11, it is found

'''"'"''!of ''"= ;, ""'

free response 1s
h resu Its"''"
1n a tr ans1<fent

O.OlH

5n

s1n(wt)'---------------'

phase thynstor bndge rectifier 1s used 1n a HVDC link. The finng angle tx
(as measured from the pomt of natural com m u tat1 on) 1s con str a1n ed to II e
between 5 and 30. If the de s1de current and ac s1de voltage magnitudes are
constant, wh 1ch of the foil owm g stat em en ts 1s true (neglect harm on 1cs 1n the ac
side currents and commutation overlap in your analysis)
(a) Reactive power absorbed by the recti tier is maximum when tx = 5o
(b) Reactive power absorbed by the recti tier is maximum when
(c) Reactive power absorbed by the recti tier is maximum when
( ri\ Do :.rti HO n

n\Mor :.hcnrh ori h

\1

tho

rorti fior i c

1"1"'1

:.v in"' 1 11"1"'1 \Mh on

tx

= 3 0

tx

= 15

no

2.14.

A power system consists of 2 areas (Area 1 and Area 2) connected by a single tie
line (Fig.2.14). It is required to carry out a load flow study on this system. While
entering the network data, the tie-line data (connectivity and parameters) is
inadvertently left out. If the load flow program is run with this incomplete data
(a) The Ioad-fl ow wi II con verge ani y if the slack bus is sped fi ed in Area 1

(b) The load-flow will converge only if the slack bus is spedfied in Area~
(c) The load-flow will converge if the slack bus is spedfied in either A
1
Area 2
(d) The Ioad-fl ow wi II not converge if only one slack bus is specifi e~

a
R~

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2.15.

A transmission line has a total series reactance of 0.2

power
compensation is ap pi i ed at the midpoint of the Ii ne and it is
ntr ed such that
the midpoint voltage of the transmission line is always m ainta
" t 0.98 pu. If
val tage at both ends of the Iin e are m ai ntai ned at
the steady state
power transfer Ii mit of the tr an sm i ssi on Ii ne is

1rZJth"

(c)

r r:

(d) 5 pu

transfor~~eds

A generator is connected to a
another transformer
through a short feeder (see Fig .2 .16 )~ r o
qu ence impedance values are
ar 1cated in Fig.2.16. the Thevenin
expressed in pu on a common base
equ iv alent zero sequence i m pedan t
nt B is

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(b) 4.9 pu

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(a) 9.8 pu

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(b) 0.75 + j0.22

(a) 0.

(c) 0.75 + j0.25

The system is con troll able but un stab Ie

(b) The system is un con trollab Ie but un stab Ie

(c) The system is con troll able but stab Ie
(d) The system is un con trollab Ie but stab Ie

(d) 1.5 + j0.25

2.18.

A unity feedback system has an open loop transfer function, G

(s) = ~.
s

The root

locus plot is
jw

jw

(b)

The transfer function of the system

input andy as output is

(s+ 2)

(b)

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o] X, with

es of the system represented by X =

(b) 1, 1, 1, 1

u as unit impulse and with

(c) 2 e 4 '

2s
(d) (S 2 +S)

(a) (S 2 +S)

u as

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(a)

(d) 4 e4t

0
0
0
0

1
0
0
0

0
1
0
0

l]x.

(c) 0, 0, 0, -1

(d)1,0,0,0

the chop per circuit shown

the
de

of D at the boundary of con ti nu ous and

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(c) D=l- L
RT

(b) D = 2L
RT

(a)D=l-v.

v.

(d) D

RT
L

(b)

(d)

vH;
s

v,

2Jr

Vza

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In the cirruit shown in Fig.2.24, ~

the switch is closed at time t = 0.
th"
The steady state value of~
voltage Vc is

2.24.

flj

(a) 0 v

lOV

ln

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(b) 10 v
(c) 5 V

(d)W

diode b ridge recti tier shown in figure 2. 25, the load resi star is
e Source VOltage is v=200 sin(oot), where oo=21t X 50 radians per
wer dissipated in the load resi star R is

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2.23.

400

800

SECTION- B
This section consists of TWE NTV questions of FIVE marks each. ANY FIFTEEN out of
them have to be answered. If more than fifteen questions are attempted, score off
answers that are not to be eva Iu a ted. Otherwise on I y the first fifteen u nscored answers
wi II be considered.

A= e-Y sin I#N!z

The m agnatic vector potential in a region is defined by

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3.

A constant current source

in 10 A to a circuit
shown in Fig.P4. the swi
, w h is initially closed
for a sufficiently ion
~

,
s denly opened. Obtain
the di fferen ti al eq t1
rn i ng the behaviour of
the inductor cu rren
nee obtain the com pI ete
time response0
ductor current. What is the
energy stored
,
on g time after the switch is
opened?

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5.

An

on the

lOA

10n

SH

~e~etork 1s fed by two ac sources, as shown F1g.PS. G1ven that Z

~2~ (1 + J) 0,
ZL
(1 + JO)O..

1 exerted

dens1ty

Determine the ex pression for (a)

conductor.

the
Thevenm
lent
CirCUit
en 1n val tage and
impedance)
across
terminals x and y, and
determine the current I L
through the load ZL

l '

Vt=JOL4 so ~

z,
z,

I,

~ Vz=30L-4S

In the resistor network shown in Fig .P6, all resi star values are Hl.. A current of
1A passes from terminal a to terminal b, as shown in the figure. Caleu I ate the
voltage between terminals a and b. [Hint: You may exploit the symmetry of the
circuit].

6.

o---'---lVV\1'--"
lA

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R=ln

A 2 30V, 2 50 rpm . 100 A separately excited de motor has an

a re resistance
of 0. 50.. the motor 1s connected to 23 ov de supply an
~
ed de vo tage is applied
to the field w1ndmg. It IS dnvmg a load whose torque p
htl-actenst1c IS g1ven
by TL = 500 - lOoo, where oo IS the rotational spe~ ss
1n rad/sec and TL IS
the load torque 1n Nm. Fmd the steady state sp
at
the motor w1ll dnve
the I oad and the armature current drawn by
fi'o
the source. Neglect the
rotat1 anal I asses of the mach me.
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8.

A smgle phase 6300 kVA, 50

d1stnbut1on transformer 1s
connected between two 50 Hz
m s, A and B as shown 1n F1g.PB. the
transformer has 12 and 9 9
s
e I ow and h1 g h val tag e wmdm gs
respectively. The mag neti zing
a
ce of the transformer referred to the high
voltage side is 500 O.~
T
ag reactance of the high and low voltage
windings are 1. on and
1
r
ecti vel y. Neglect the winding resistance and
core losses of the tra
r.
e Thevenin voltage of system A is 3300V while
that of system B is 0 . t
art circuit reactance of systems A and B are 0. 5 n
and 0. 0 10 0. respect!
o power is transferred between A and B, so that the
two system v~
in phase, find the magnetizing ampere turns of the
transformer. ' ( . . /

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400V
50Hz

A 440 v, 50 Hz, 6 pole and 960 rpm star connected mduct1on machine has the
foil owm g per phase parameters referred to the stator:

Rs = 0.60. R, = 0.30. Xs = 10.

The m agn eti zing reactance is very high and is negI ected. The machine is
connected to the 440V, 50 Hz supply and a certain mechanical load is coupled to
it. It is found that the magnitude of the stator current is equal to the rated
current of the machine but the machine is running at a speed higher than its
rated speed. Find the speed at which the machine is running. AI so find the torque

10.

A 415 v, 2 pole, 3 phase, 50 Hz, star connected, non-salient pole synchronous

motor has synchronous reactance of 2 0. per phase and negIi gi b le stator
resistance. At a particular field excitation, it draws 20 A at unity power factor
from a 415 V, 3 phase, 50 Hz supply. The mechanical load on the motor is now
increased ti II the stator current is equal to 5 OA. The field excitation remains
unchanged. Determine:

For the circuit shown in Fig .Pll, IE= 1m A,

(a) the current through R1 and Rc.

(b) the output voltage

v.
15V

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(c) the value ofRF

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(a) the per phase open circuit voltage Eo

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(b) the developed power for the new operating con di ti on and carr
o in g
power factor.

R,= 17kn

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Determine

(~)for

the RC network shown in Fig.P12(a).

12.

Vo

(a)

(b)

13.

The ripple counter shown in Fig. P13 is made up negative edge triggered J-E flips
flops. The signal I eve Is at J and K inputs of all the flip-flops are maintained at
I ogi c 1. Assume that all outputs are cleared just prior to ap pi yi ng the clock signal.
(a) Create a tab I e of Q o. Qt. Q 2 and A in the form at given bel ow for 10 successive
input cydes of the clock CLK 1.

(b) Determ in e the module number of the counter.

(c) Modify the circuit of Fig .P 13 to create a mod ul o-6

CLKl

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components used in the figure.

Q,

Qo

CLK

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Format for (a):

los les~1.:,

14.

A long
receiving end
tl
par am et
of th
Chara
an le

qt.J\ri

W!ete

lioo h" ooi<y pow" f=r (OPf) ' " ' " "''
ac val tage source at the sending end (Fig. P14). the
nsm ission line are as follows:

c i ~edance Zc =4000., propagation constant ~= 1.2x10-3 rad/km,

= 100 km. The equation relating sending and receiving end
s V5 = v, cos (PI)+ jZc sin (,81) IR

the maximum power that can be transferred to the UPF load at the
~ell'i ng end if
= 230kV.

lv.l

Vs

Transmission Line

I
; v.L

UPF Load

Two transposed 3 phase Iin es run parallel to each other as shown in Fig .P 15. the
equation describing the val tage drop in both Iin es is given bel ow .
0.05
0.15
0.05
0.04
0.04
0.04

0.05
0.05
0.15
0.04
0.04
0.04

0.04
0.04
0.04
0.15
0.05
0.05

0.04
0.04
0.04
0.05
0.15
0.05

0.04
0.04
0.04
0.05
0.05
0.15

Ial
Ibt
Ic1
I.2
Ib 2

0.15
0 .OS
0 .OS
=j
.o.v.2
0.04
.6.Vb2
0.04
0.04
.6.Val
.6.Vbl
.6.Vc1

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15.

compute Z Olb Zotz, Zo22 in the foil owing equations

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6Vot = Zou lot+ Zotzl02

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0.0 pu, oos = 21t x 50

r ad/sec. All q uan t1 t1 es are ex press

The genera tor is initially run ni

li\nint so

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the maximum value of

Hmt: Use the ee ;

~-

with y as output and u as input, is described

d2y
dy
du
by --+2-+10y
=5--3u.
dt2
dt
dt

For the above system find an mput u(t), with zero initial condition, that produces
the same output as with no input and with the initial con di ti ons.

18.

Obtain a state variable representation of the system governed by the differential

d ~ + dy- 2y = u (t) e-1, with

equation

x1 =

dt

the

dt

choice

of

state

variables

as

y, x (d;- y) e'. Also find x2(t), given that u(t) is a unit step function and
2 =

(0) = 0.

X2

19.

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G(s) _
2(s+a)
- s(s+2)(s+10)

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Sketch the root locus as tx vanes from 0 to oo, Fmd the

le nd real ax1s
intercept of the asymptotes, breakaway p omts and the 1m ag1
ax 1s crossm g
points, if any.

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sht wn in Fig.P21, the source I is a de current source. The switch S

~~~~':~ ith a time period T and a duty ratio D. You may assume that the

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C has a finite value which is Iarge enough so that the val tage. Vc has

~~iib Ie ri pp Ie. Cal cui ate the following under steady state conditions, in terms

.,

andR.

The val tage Vo with the polarity shown in Figure P21.

The average output val tag e V0 , with the polarity shown.

c
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The semiconductor switch S in the circuit of Fig. P22 is operated at a frequency of

20 kHz and a duty ratio
D = 0.5. The circuit operates in the steady state.
Cal cui ate the power-transferred form the de val tage source v 1 to the de val tage
source V2 .

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