Alternating Current and Voltage
Alternating Current and Voltage: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Alternating Current, Instantaneous Value of Sinusoidal AC Current or Voltage, Peak Value of Sinusoidal AC Current or Voltage & Alternating Voltage etc.
Important Questions on Alternating Current and Voltage
A capacitor is connected to source. The capacitive reactance and the RMS current would be:
A resistor of and a capacitor of 15.0 are connected in series to a 220 V, 50 Hz a.c. source. Calculate
(i) The current in the circuit.
(ii) The rms voltage across the resistor and the capacitor.
The instantaneous current and voltage of an a.c. circuit are given by and . What is the power dissipation in the circuit?
In a series LCR circuit, the voltage across an inductor, capacitor and resistor are , and respectively. What is the phase difference between the applied voltage and the current in the circuit?
If the rms (root mean square) value of potential in an AC circuit is then the peak value of potential (in ) is (take ) :-
The current that changes its magnitude and polarity at regular interval of time is called?
The equation of alternating voltage is given by,
Prove that the average voltage of alternating current in one cycle is zero.
The frequency of alternating current in India is .
The relation between an voltage source and time in units is : volt, value of peak voltage and frequency will be respectively :-
If the equation of alternating is , then for a circuit containing and , the peak value of current will be in ampere :
Alternating current cannot be measured by a DC ammeter because
The voltage in an AC circuit is given by . Give the frequency of AC voltage.
Define peak value and r.m.s. value of alternating signal.
Voltage V and current I in AC circuit are given by
The power dissipated in circuit is
What is the average power dissipation in an ideal capacitor in A.C. circuit?
A capacitor is connected to a power source (V in volt, t in second). The value of rms current (in ampere)
An AC ammeter is used to measure current in a circuit. When direct current passes through the circuit, the AC ammeter reads . When another alternating current passes through the circuit, the AC ammeter reads . The reading of the ammeter if DC and AC flow through the circuit simultaneously will be
The frequency of AC mains in India is,
(cps is cycle per second)
value of the saw-tooth voltage of peak value as shown in -

For an alternating current -
