AC circuits, Inductance and phase shift.

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An electric motor drawing 1A (rms) from a 230V (rms) supply shifts the phase of the 50Hz alternating current by 30% of the period, leading to a calculated self-inductance of 0.732 H. The phase shift was determined to be 0.006 seconds, and Kirchhoff's loop rule was applied to analyze the circuit. The solution involved integrating the voltage and current relationships, considering the maximum voltage and current values. The calculations confirmed that the self-inductance can also be derived using the relationship between rms values and inductive reactance. The approach effectively combines phase shift and inductance principles in AC circuits.
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Homework Statement



An electric motor draws a 1A (rms) from the 230V (rms) mains. and is found to shift the phase of the 50Hz alternating current by 30% of the period. What is the self inductance of the coils in the motor?

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i've started by finding the phase shift:

\delta = \frac{3}{10}\cdot \frac{1}{f} = \frac{3}{10}\cdot\frac{1}{50} = 0.006

i think the circuit has only an inductor and power source in it, so using kirchhoffs loop rule:

V_{max}cos(\omega t) - L\frac{dI}{dt} = 0

seperate variables and integrate:

V_{max} \int cos(\omega t) dt = \int L dI

\frac{V_{max}}{\omega}\cdot sin(\omega t) = LI

sin(wt) = cos(wt - d)

L = \frac{V_{max}}{\omega I} cos(\omega t - \delta)

I know everything here apart from t, is this the right way to do this?
 
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I just thought of another way to do this, not sure it's right because it doesn't use the phase shift at all:

I_{max} = \frac{V_{max}}{X_L} = \frac{V_{max}}{\omega L}

L = \frac{V_{max}}{\omega I_{max}}

where

V_{max} = \sqrt{2}V_{rms}

I_{max} = \sqrt{2}I_{rms}

so:

L = \frac{V_{rms}}{\omega I_{rms}}

L = 0.732 H
 
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