MAGNETIC CIRCUITS

TUTORIAL SHEET-I
1. A rectangular magnetic core shown in figure (1) has sq. cross-section of area 16cm 2, an air gap of
2mm is cut across one of its limbs. Find the exciting current needed in the coil having 1,000 turns
wound on the core to create an air gap flux of 4mwb. The relative permeability of the core is 2,000.

(Ans- I = 4.7344 A)
An iron bar of mean length 60 cm & 2 cm in diameter is bend iner a circular shape. It is than
wound with 1000 turns of wire. Calculate the current required is produce a flux of 2 mwb in ckt.
With an air gap of 1 mm. Relative permeability of iron is 5000.
(Ans :
5.68 A)
3. The core of a magnet circuit is of mean length 40 cm and uniform cross sectional area 4 cm 2. The
relative permeability of the core material is 1000. An air gap of 1 mm is cut in the core and 1000
turns are wound on the core. Determine the inductance of the coil if fringing is negligible.(Ans. .
359H)
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The hysteresis and eddy current losses in a machine operating at 50 Hz are 250 W and 100
W respectively. At what frequency will the iron losses be halved? Assume that the voltage
are adjusted accordingly so the flux remain unchanged.
(Ans. 28.5Hz)
Total core loss for a specimen of magnetic sheet steel is found to be 1800 W at 60 Hz. If
the flux density is kept constant and frequency of the supply is increased 50%, the total
core loss is found to be 3000W. Compute the separate hysteresis and eddy current losses at
both frequencies.
(Ans. 1400W, 400W, 2100W, 900W)

TUTORIAL SHEET-II
1. The ohmic values of the circuit parameters of a transformer, having turns ratio of 5, are r 1=0.50
ohm, r2=0.021 ohm,x1=3.2 ohm,x2=0.12 ohm , RC=350 ohm referred to the Primary and X M=98
ohm referred to primary. Draw the approximate equivalent circuit of the transformer referred to
secondary. Show the numerical values of the circuit parameters. (Ans. 0.041, 0.248, 14,
3.92)
2. A 100kVA, 2,400/240V, 50Hz single phase transformer has the following parameters-Primary
winding (hv side): resistance r 1 = 2.4W, leakage resistance x1 = 6.0W.Secondary winding (lv side):
resistance r2 = 0.03W, leakage resistance x2 = 0.07W. Find the primary resistance & leakage
reactance referred to secondary.
(Ans. 0.054, 0.13)
3. The no load current of transformer is 5A at 0.2pf when supplied at 240V, 50Hz. The no. of turns on
primary winding is 250.Find, core loss & magnetizing current. (Ans. 240W, 4.898A)

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The efficiency of a 400 kVA, single phase transformer is 98.77% at full load 0.8 pf and
99.13% at half load unity pf. Find Iron and Copper losses at half load. Also find maximum
efficiency at 0.8 pf and kVA at maximum efficiency. (Ans. 1.008kW, 0.732kW, 98.937%,
234.68kVA)

5.

A 11,000/230V, 150kVA, 1-phase, 50Hz transformer has core loss of 1.4kW and full load copper
loss of 1.6kW. Determine- i) efficiency at full load and .8pf. ii) The efficiency at half-full load,
0.8pf leading iii) kVA load for maximum efficiency and value of maximum efficiency at unity
power factor.
(Ans. 97.56%, 97.08%, 140kVA,
98.03%)