Formulae For: Alternating Curent

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Formulae For  ALTERNATING CURENT1
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By Mir Mohammed Abbas II PCMB 'A'
 
CHAPTER FORMULAS
  & NOTES

Important Terms, Definitions & Formulae

TOP Formulae

Alternating Current (a.c)

The current whose magnitude changes with time and direction reverses

periodically, is called alternating current.

a) Alternating emf E and current I at any time are given by:

E  E0 sin t, where E0 = NBA 

and I = I0 sin (  t -  ) , here I0 = NBA  /R

2
 = 2πn = , T → Time period
T

Values of Alternating Current and Voltage

a) Instantaneous value: It is the value of alternating current and voltage

at an instant t.

b) Peak value: Maximum values of voltage E0 and current I0 in a cycle,

are called peak values.

c) Mean value: For complete cycle.

T
1
T 0
<E>= E dt  0

1 T
T 0
<I> = Idt  0

2E0
Mean value for half cycle : Emean=

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d) Root – mean- square (rms) value:

E0
Erms = (< E2 >)½ =  0.707E0  70.7%E0
2

I0
And Irms (< I2 >)½ =  0.707I0  70.7%I0
2

RMS values are also called apparent or effective values.

Phase difference Between the EMF (Voltage) and the Current in an

AC Circuit

a) For pure resistance: The voltage and the current are in same phase

i.e. phase difference  = 0

b) For pure inductance: The voltage is ahead of current by π/2 i.e. phase

difference  = +π/2.

c) For pure capacitance: The voltage lags behind the current by π/2 i.e.

phase difference  = -π/2.

Reactance

E E0 Erms
a) Reactance X=     /2
I I0 Irms

b) Inductive reactance

XL =  L = 2πnL

c) Capacitive reactance

1 1
XC = 
C 2nC
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Impedance

E E0 Erms
Impedance Z =   
I I0 Irms

Where  is the phase difference of the voltage E relative to the current I.

b) For L – R series circuit:

ZRL = R2  XL2  R2  L2

 L   L 
And tan  =   or   tan1  
 R   R 

c) For R – C series circuit:

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 1 
ZRC = R2  X2c  R2   
 C 

1
And tan  =
CR

 1 
Or   tan1  
 CR 

d) For L – C series circuit:

ZLCR = R2   XL  XC  ²

 1 
= R 2   L  ²
 C 

 1 
 L  C 
And tan    
R

 1 
1
 L  C 
Or   tan  
 R 
 
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Conductance
Reciprocal of resistance is called conductance.
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 Conductance G mho
R

Power in and AC Circuit


a) Electric power = (current in circuit) x (voltage in circuit)
P = IE
b) Instantaneous power:
Pinst = Einst x Iinst
c) Average power:
1
Pav = E0I0 cos   ErmsIrms cos 
2
d) Virtual power (apparent power):
1
 E0I0  ErmsIrms
2

Power Factor
a) Power factor
Pav R
cos   
Pv Z

b) For pure inductance


Power factor , cos   1

c) For pure capacitance


Power factor , cos   0

d) For LCR circuit


R
Power factor , cos  
 1 
R 2   L  ²
 C 

 1 
X   L 
 C 
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Wattless Current
The component of current differing in phase by π/2 relative to the voltage, is
called wattles current.

rms value of wattless current :


I0
 sin 
2
I0  X 
 Irms sin    
2 Z

Choke Coil
An inductive coil used for controlling alternating current whose self
inductance is high and resistance in negligible, is called choke coil.
The power factor of this coil is approximately zero.

Series Resonant Circuit


a) when the inductive reactance (XL) becomes equal to the capacitive
reactance (XC) in the circuit, the total impedance becomes purely
resistive (Z=R). In this state voltage and current are in same phase
(  = 0), the current and power are maximum and impedance is

minimum. This state is called resonance.


b) At resonance,
1
rL 
r C

1
Hence resonant frequency fr 
2 LC
c) In resonance the power factor of the circuit is one.
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Half – Power Frequencies


Those frequencies f1 and f2 at which the power is half of the maximum power
(power at resonance), i.e.,
1
P Pmax
2
Im ax
And I
2
f1 and f2 are called half – power frequencies
Pmax
P
2
Band – Width
The frequency interval between half – power frequencies is called band –
width.
 BandwidthΔf = f2 – f1
For a series LCR resonant circuit,
1 R
f 
2 L
Quality Factor (Q)
Maximum energy stored
Q  2 
Energy dissipated per cycle

2 Maximum energy stored


 
T Mean power dissipated

rL 1 fr f
Or Q    r
R r CR  f2  f1  f

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