THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

TERM II – September 2022

EEE 3112
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE

TIME : Two (2) hours

INSTRUCTIONS : Answer all four (4) questions.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : Bring your LAPTOP and Open Book.
 ANSWER ALL Four (4) QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1
Design, draw and simulate using Multisim the circuit diagram of LED based reading lamp that
can be supplied from the main 240VAC, 50Hz supply system and a 12V, 20W Solar Panel.
The circuit should consist of the following components.
 Transformer, 240/12V
 Converter (AC/DC)
 Smoothing Capacitor,
 IC 7805 Regulator, 5V, 3A
 10 White LEDs, each rated 2.7V, 30mA
NOTE: Neglect the power losses in the transformer and the converter.
a) Design and briefly explain the function of each major component of the LED reading
lamp. [15Marks]
b) Calculate
i. The limiting resistors for the LEDs. [1Mark]
ii. The smoothing capacitor C1 for 10% ripple [2Mark]
iii. The power rating of the LED Based Reading Lamp. [5Marks]
iv. The amount of energy the LED based reading lamp consume in a month
if it operates for 150hours per month. [2Marks]
Total [25Marks]
QUESTION 2

a) The figures below show two resistors, state the resistance of each of the resistors.

i.) Color Code: Orange, Black, Red ii.) Color Code : Red, Violet, yellow [2 Marks]

b) State four types of diagrams commonly used in electrical and electronics drawing.
[4 Marks]
c) Briefly describe four main uses of electrical circuit diagram [4 Marks]

d) Design and draw liquid level detector alarm (12V Relay) relay switch circuit diagram.
The device is to be used for alerting when the liquid bottle is filled up and
automatically stop filling the bottle, move the bottle filler up and move the filled bottle
to a new position for putting the bottle lid. The device should give a red light with
alarm when bottle is filled up and stop the filling, while moving the bottle filler up and
the bottle to new position. The bottle filler is moved up and down using solenoid.
Liquid level sensor is fitted at the filling end of the filler. Fig 1 shows the system.
[15 Marks]
Total [25 Marks]

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QUESTION 3
a) Two small resistors have the following colours: Resistor 1=Red, Violet, Gold and
Silver. Resistor 2= Violet, Grey, Silver, and Silver. State the values of the resistor and
their tolerance. [2 Marks]
b) Design, draw and simulate using Multisim an automatic solar powered lamp circuit
diagram. The design should automatically switches on three parallel high power white
LEDs each 2.7Volts, 30mA in the evening and stay on for 10 hours using a 6 Volt,
4.5Ah rechargeable battery. During the day time the solar panel should charge the
4.5Ah battery and switches off the white LEDs. The design should consist the
following: [7 Marks]
 12 volt solar panel, used to charge the battery during the day time.
 12Volt 100 ohms PCB Relay which switches on and off the LED lights during
the evening and night respectively.
 Charger controller resistor connected in series with Silicon diode D1with 0.7V
and the solar panel to drop the voltage and block the battery reverse current
flowing back to the solar panel.
 Charger indicator Red LED which uses 1.8volts, 15mA-during the day time it
is switched on and off during the evening when the battery is not charging.
 The high value 4700F capacitor C1 to act as a buffer for the clean switching
of the relay and also to prevent relay clicking when the input voltage reduces
momentarily
 Switch S1, S2, and S3 to turn off the lamps separately when not in use.

1. What size of resistor is needed to connect in series with the white LED to
restrict the current flow through LEDs? [2 Marks]
2. What size of the resistor should be connected in series with the charger
indicator red LED to restrict the current flow through the LED? [2 Marks]
3. What size of solar panel active power in watts needed to charge the battery for
the period of 5hrs after used for 10hrs supplying the white LEDs, assuming the
battery was initial full charged before used ?
[5 Marks]

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 c) The figure 1 below shows a simple AM Radio circuit diagram. Identify the
components making the circuit and make the bill of quantity for the circuit. [7 Marks]

Fig 1: Simple AM Radio Circuit Diagram

Total [25 Marks]

QUESTION 4
a) The figures below shows different types of capacitors, state the capacitance of each of
the capacitors shown. Use the color code given below [3 Marks]

i.) ii.) iii.) iv.) v.) vi.)

Key: ii.) Color Code: Black, Brown, Orange vi.) Color Code: Blue, Grey, Green, White Spot
b) Design, draw and simulate using Multisim a solar based multipurpose charger circuit
diagram. A 12 V, 20W solar panel is used as the source of current. The circuit diagram
should be able to charge a 3.7V Mobile phone batteries, 6V NiCd batteries, and 12V
lead acid batteries. The following components should be used in the circuit diagram
 IC1 7812 to give 12V output
 IC2 7806 to give 6V output, with resistor R3=47 to restrict the charging
current.
 IC3 7805 to give 5V output, with resistor R2=47 to restrict charging current
to a safer level
 High value capacitors C1 and C2 4700F, 16V to act as current buffers so that
a short duration interruption in current flow from the panel will not affect the
charging process.
 Red LED 2V, 30mA,to indicate the charging process
 Diode D1 1N6204 to protect battery current to flow back to solar panel
[10 Marks]

c) Design, draw and simulate using Multisim a 230VAC main supply based multipurpose
mobile and laptop charger. A 230VAC main supply is used as source of current. The
circuit diagram should be able to charger a 3.7V, 600mA mobile phone battery and
19V, 3.42A laptop battery. The following components should be used in the circuit
diagram

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 IC1 KIA7820API to give 20V output
 Use a Zener Diode as regulator to give 3.7V output, with resistor R2 to restrict
charging current to a safer level and restrict current through Zener diode
 High value capacitors C1 and C2 4700F, 25V to act as current smoother and
buffers so that a short duration interruption in current flow from the panel will
not affect the charging process.
 Red LED 2V, 30mA,to indicate the charging process
 Diode D1 1N6204 to protect battery current to flow back to solar panel
 Diode D2-D5 1N6204 for converting AC to DC
 A step down transformer 240/19V 7000mA [10Marks]
1. Calculate the resistance of the resistor to limit the current through the
Zener diode and the resistor power rating. [1 Mark]
2. Calculate the Zener power rating. [1 Mark]
Total [25 Marks]

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