Monday, June 10, 2013

Impedence & AC Analysis I

In this lab, we will study the real porperties of an iductor, and the impedence in an AC circuit.

 Procedure:
We start with a real inductor connected in series with an external resistance.
2 Multimeters are taking measurements.

The resistor RL is the resistance in the inductor.
(note that a real inductor is consider an ideal inductor in series to a resistor)

 The measurement for circuit elements:
RL = 8.3 Ω
Rext = 67.2 Ω
Vrms = 5V at 1000 Hz.

The original circuit.
Vin,rms = 4.93 V
Iin,rms = 65.0 mA 
The voltage reading differs from the FG because internal resistane drop 0.7 V
Vin/Iin = ZL = 75.8 Ω

substituding ZL in the following equation:
ZL = √((Rext + RL)^2 + (ωL)^2)

we get:
ω = 6280 rad/s
L = 1.16 mH


Adding a capacitor to cancel inductance impedance
1/ωC = ωL
C = 1/(ω^2*L) = 2.19 *10^-5 F



The remodified circuit
The signal of the circuit displayed in a oscilloscope.

Vpp, Channe1 = 1.5V
Vpp, Channel2 = 20mV
ΔT = 0.4 ms
Phase difference = (ΔT) *6240* 360 ° = 184.32 °


Data & Data Analysis:


Frequency (kHz)
V_in (V)
I_in (A)
|Z_in| (Ω)
5
4.6
0.073
63.0137
10
4.2
0.0719
58.41446
20
3.51
0.0691
50.79595
30
3.51
0.0653
53.75191
50
4.5
0.0558
80.64516


Questions:
1) It is not the largest at 20 kHz as we used 1 kHz for calculations. The largest current should be at 1 kHz as imaginary part cancels out.

2)
VL = ZL/Z*Vin
VL = 2.8574 +  1.2737i
|VL| = 3.1284
Phasor = 24.0243
°

3) The circuit looks more inductive as imaginary part is always positive.

4) The circuit looks more inductive as imaginary part is always positive.

Conclusion:
The experiment was quite a success. Yet, some answers to the questions were off from the lab's original expectations as the original lab suggested a frequncy of 20kHz instead of 1 kHz (the actual frequency used) in the circuit, and in the calculations.

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