Electrical Power Engineering Fundamentals
Exercises and projects
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This exercise collection may be used to practice the contents of the course. The exercises are divided into 11 worksheets that correspond to the contents that are taught in each week of the term. The numeric answers to the problems are included for self assessment.:
MODULE 1: BASIC CONCEPTS
LB 1.1. Worksheet 1 (PDF).
LB 1.2. Solution (PDF).
Week 1. Kirchhoff´s current law (KCL), Kirchhoff´s voltage law (KVL) and Ohm´s law (OL).
LB 1.3. Worksheet 2 (PDF).
LB 1.4. Solution (PDF).
Week 2. Resistors is Series/Parallel, Source Transformation, and Power.
MODULE 2: ANALYSIS OF DC CIRCUITS
LB 2.1. Worksheet 3 (PDF).
LB 2.2. Solution (PDF).
Week 3. Mesh Current Method (MCM) and Node Voltage Method (NVM).
LB 2.3. Worksheet 4 (PDF).
LB 2.4. Solution (PDF).
Week 4. Thévenin and Norton Equivalents.
MODULE 3: ANALYSIS OF AC CIRCUITS
LB 3.1. Worksheet 5 (PDF).
LB 3.2. Solution (PDF).
Week 5. Introduction to AC circuits. Phasors and frequency domain. Analysis of AC circuits using KCL, KVL, OL, MCM and NVM.
LB 3.3. Worksheet 6 (PDF).
LB 3.4. Solution (PDF).
Week 6. Thevenin and Norton equivalents. Power in AC circuits
LB 3.5. Worksheet 7 (PDF).
LB 3.6. Solution (PDF).
Week 7. Coupled inductors.
LB 3.7. Worksheet 8 (PDF).
LB 3.8. Solution (PDF).
Week 8. Phasor diagrams and measuring instruments.
MODULE 4: THREE-PHASE AC SYSTEMS
LB 4.1. Worksheet 9 (PDF).
LB 4.2. Solution (PDF).
Week 9. Introduction to Three-Phase AC systems. Wye and Delta configurations. Single-phase equivalent circuit.
LB 4.3. Worksheet 10 (PDF).
LB 4.4. Solution (PDF).
Week 10. Power in Three-Phase AC systems. Power factor compensation.
LB 4.5. Worksheet 11 (PDF).
LB 4.6. Solution (PDF).
Week 11. Measuring instruments. Two-wattmeter method.