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    Power, Voltage, Current, Resistance Problem help! Please, Thank you.

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    If anyone has any advise on starting this question the help would be greatly appreciated. I cannot figure out how to begin. Every time I think I am going in the right direction other parts of the question don't add up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cnowak View Post
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    If anyone has any advise on starting this question the help would be greatly appreciated. I cannot figure out how to begin. Every time I think I am going in the right direction other parts of the question don't add up.


    This should help you out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rofo42 View Post


    This should help you out.
    I appreciate this video but it unfortunately doesn't help because I am starting with the Power on each component and need to figure out everything else. I really just need a good starting point to get me going. I'm just not sure where to begin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cnowak View Post
    I appreciate this video but it unfortunately doesn't help because I am starting with the Power on each component and need to figure out everything else. I really just need a good starting point to get me going. I'm just not sure where to begin.
    I'll help you start but not solve the entire thing...

    P = 200W
    QL = 50 VARS (Inductive)
    QC = 100 VARS (Capacitive)
    Therefore Q(Net) = 100 - 50 = 50 VARS (Reactive Power)

    S = sqrt[(true power)^2 + (reactive power)^2]

    Phase Angle = sin(Q/S) OR cos(P/S)

    S=IE

    You know E = 120V

    The rest you can calculate yourself.

    De nada amigo

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    Quote Originally Posted by cnowak View Post
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    If anyone has any advise on starting this question the help would be greatly appreciated. I cannot figure out how to begin. Every time I think I am going in the right direction other parts of the question don't add up.
    This is an older post, so hopefully you figured it out since then, but I figured I'd reply in case it could help someone else out.

    So how I'd start out is to determine the overall complex power as you are given all power values.

    Since you are given this, it is just the sum of the powers provided in this circuit with the exception that they did not provide a sign convention on the capacitor or inductor power. So S=200W+j((50VARs)+(-100VARS)) = 200-j50. In phasor form S = 206.16<-14.04 degrees. This is found by taking the Sqrt of (2002+502) for the magnitude then taking Tan-1(-50/200).

    At this point you have all of your power values (Pr, PL, PC were given) and you just found the total power and phase angle. (As a side note if P is only referring to real power and not complex power, then Pr and PT=200, but PL and PC would equal 0 and those answers would be in W only, but I do not think that was what you were looking for here, rather I made an assumption those answers were for SX and so on.)

    With your total complex power found, you can determine your total current for the circuit and since this is a series circuit the current through the entire circuit will be the same.

    So ST = 206.16<-14.04 degrees. And S=VI*.

    So 206.16<-14.04 degrees = 120xI
    So I = 1.667+j.4167 or 1.718<14.04
    & I*=1.718<-14.04
    So IT=IR=IL=IC = 1.718<14.04 degrees

    With the current for the whole circuit now known, you can find the individual voltages across the elements by using the formula S=VI* on individual elements rather than the whole circuit.

    For the Resistor
    V=200/1.718<-14.04 = 112.94+j28.23 or 116.395<14
    For the Inductor
    V=(50<90)/(1.718<-14.04) = -7.059+j28.23 or 29.1<104
    For the Capacitor
    V=(100<-90)/(1.718<-14.04) = 14.118-j56.47 or 58.2<-75.9

    Notice that when you add these values together you get 120V with no imaginary components, which is what your given voltage was.

    With these voltages you can then find the Impedances, by utilizing the formula R=V/I

    For the Resistor
    R=116.395<14/1.718<14 = 67.76<0
    For the Inductor
    XL=29.1<104/1.718<14 = 16.94<90
    For the Cap
    XC=58.2<-76/1.718<14 = 33.88<-90

    These added together gives you
    ZT=67.76-j16.94 = 69.845<-14.04
    You can then check this by using V=IR and multiplying this impedance by your total current to confirm you get 120<0.

    V=1.718<14.04*69.845<-14.04 = 120<0

    There's a lot of room for error, but hopefully that makes some sense. I had to come back to edit because I had messed up some of my signs. Its important to double check on these types of problems.
    Last edited by jrm5116; August 21, 2022 at 06:03 PM. Reason: Found Error

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