AC circuits, Inductance and phase shift.

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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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The Attempt at a Solution



i've started by finding the phase shift:

[itex]\delta = \frac{3}{10}\cdot \frac{1}{f} = \frac{3}{10}\cdot\frac{1}{50} = 0.006[/itex]

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

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

separate variables and integrate:

[itex]V_{max} \int cos(\omega t) dt = \int L dI[/itex]

[itex]\frac{V_{max}}{\omega}\cdot sin(\omega t) = LI[/itex]

sin(wt) = cos(wt - d)

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

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:

[itex]I_{max} = \frac{V_{max}}{X_L} = \frac{V_{max}}{\omega L}[/itex]

[itex]L = \frac{V_{max}}{\omega I_{max}}[/itex]

where

[itex]V_{max} = \sqrt{2}V_{rms}[/itex]

[itex]I_{max} = \sqrt{2}I_{rms}[/itex]

so:

[itex]L = \frac{V_{rms}}{\omega I_{rms}}[/itex]

[itex]L = 0.732 H[/itex]
 
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