ECE Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Power and Energy Devices and Systems (PE)

Question Set 1: Energy Conversion and Reference Frame Theory

August 2017



Problem 1

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Problem 2

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Problem 3

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Trigonometric Identities

  • $ 2 \sin A \cos B = \sin(A + B) + \sin(A - B) $
  • $ \cos\left(x\right) + \cos\left(x - \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) + \cos\left(x + \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) = 0 $
  • $ \sin\left(x\right) + \sin\left(x - \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) + \sin\left(x + \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) = 0 $
  • $ \cos\left(x\right) \cos\left(y\right) + \cos\left(x - \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) \cos\left(y - \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) + \cos\left(x + \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) \cos\left(y + \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) = \frac{3}{2} \cos(x - y) $
  • $ \sin\left(x\right) \sin\left(y\right) + \sin\left(x - \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) \sin\left(y - \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) + \sin\left(x + \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) \sin\left(y + \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) = \frac{3}{2} \cos(x - y) $
  • $ \sin\left(x\right) \cos\left(y\right) + \sin\left(x - \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) \cos\left(y - \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) + \sin\left(x + \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) \cos\left(y + \frac{2\pi}{3}\right) = \frac{3}{2} \sin(x - y) $

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