Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
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i know students aren't allowed, not sure if test takers are not allowed either. (tried to find this in FAQs)
Anyways, i am having an issue regarding a problem i saw. It says to calculate what capacitor must be added in parallel to a load in order to counter-act the line impedance and keep the source voltage and load voltage equal. Problem says to have it so there is zero voltage drop across the line impedance (R + XL)
The answer to the question doesn't even add to make source and load voltages equal (not even in magnitude).
So my questions are:
- can a current/impedance combination (with both R and X) exist so there is zero voltage drop?
- is it considered a voltage drop if the angle of voltage shifts, but magnitude stays the same? (eg. 277<10deg to 277<72deg)
- if the last question is true, then is there basically an infinite values of I given Z that would simply shift the voltage while keeping voltage magnitude equal?
thanks
Anyways, i am having an issue regarding a problem i saw. It says to calculate what capacitor must be added in parallel to a load in order to counter-act the line impedance and keep the source voltage and load voltage equal. Problem says to have it so there is zero voltage drop across the line impedance (R + XL)
The answer to the question doesn't even add to make source and load voltages equal (not even in magnitude).
So my questions are:
- can a current/impedance combination (with both R and X) exist so there is zero voltage drop?
- is it considered a voltage drop if the angle of voltage shifts, but magnitude stays the same? (eg. 277<10deg to 277<72deg)
- if the last question is true, then is there basically an infinite values of I given Z that would simply shift the voltage while keeping voltage magnitude equal?
thanks






RE: Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
or are drops only for resistance?
RE: Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
The voltage drop depends on the current.
The voltage rise depends on the capacitance.
Bill
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RE: Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
none of these answer my questions
thanks
RE: Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
RE: Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
RE: Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
- is it considered a voltage drop if the angle of voltage shifts, but magnitude stays the same? (eg. 277<10deg to 277<72deg) Yes, in this example the voltage drop is 187.2-j215.3 V
- if the last question is true, then is there basically an infinite values of I given Z that would simply shift the voltage while keeping voltage magnitude equal? I guess so
RE: Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
Vs is the sending voltage.
The voltage drop magnitude is I*R* cos theta + I*X* sine theta
I is the load current and R and X are the series resistance and reactance of the circuit.
From the magnitude of Vs and the voltage drop, you know the load voltage.
Next go back to the same circuit without load. Now you want to add a capacitor at the load end. I in this case is the capacitor current.
The voltage drop is now - I*X. Looking at the voltage drop equation, since it is capacitive current, angle is -90 degrees so the first term drops out and the sine of -90 is -1. The sign is negative, indicating that it is a voltage rise.
You now can solve for the capacitor rating that gives you a voltage rise equal to the drop.
You will actually have to iterate because the capacitor current will vary depending on the load voltage. That is the gist of it.
RE: Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
now the questions have been mostly answered.
Thank you for everyone for the help. I think the problem was simply presented wrong (in a video) because what everyone says here makes more sense than assuming no voltage drop.
I attached the problem statement in case anyone is curious
I figure that its easier to find an "I" that works and work backwards to find the capacitor. The solution shows something completely different
RE: Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)
Since the problem is stated to look at magnitude, no. In general, it is the magnitude that is of interest.
Yes, you may ask.
RE: Am I allowed to ask for PE advice on this forum? (Power EE)