College of Engineering - EEE Department
EEC201L
CIRCUITS 2 (LAB)
SCORE
EXERCISE
#2
IMPEDANCE OF RL CIRCUITS
Name of Student (LN, FN MI): Name of Professor:
TENORIO, ALBIEN A. ENGR. RAYMOND R. RAGUINDIN
Date Performed: Date Submitted:
11/28/2015 12/07/2015
ATTACH YOUR LAB MANUAL (OBJECTIVES, EQUIPMENT AND THEORY ONLY)
LAHAT NG BLACK INK COMPUTERIZED.
FINAL DATA SHEET
2.1 Series RL Circuit
PROCEDURE ANSWER
1. Turn off the power sources. Insert
the AC 1 FUNDAMENTALS circuit
board into the base unit. Install the
GENERATOR BUFFER if required.
Turn on the power sources.
2. On the
INDUCTANCE/INDUCTIVE
REACTANCE circuit block, connect
the circuit shown in Figure 2.1-3.
Adjust VGEN for a 10Vpk-pk, 20kHz
sine wave. What type of circuit is
shown in Figure 2.1-3? RL Series Circuit
3. Measure the voltage drops R1 VR1 VL3 VGEN VR1+VL
(VR1) and L3 (VL3). Record tour 0.015V 19 342mV 340mV 284.86
results in Table 2.1-1. mV mV
4. Add VR1 and VL3, and record your
results in Table 2.1-1. Does the sum Yes
of the voltage drops equal the
amplitude of the applied voltage
5. Determine the square root of the
sum of the squares of VR1 and VL3.
Record your result in Table 2.1-3.
Does this result equal the applied
voltage of VR1 and VL3 [ VGEN =
Ӧ(VR12 + VL32)]? Yes
6. Measure circuit current by using
current-sensing resistor R2. Record
your result in Table 2.1-2. (Be sure
to remove the two-post connectors
shorting R2 only when taking the
current measurement. Replace the
two-post connector after
measurement.) SERIES RL SERIES RL
CIRCUIT WITH CIRCUIT
SINGLE WITH 2
INDUCTOR (L3) INDUCTORS
(L1 AND L2)
I 18 mA 7.09 A
Z 308 Ω 124 Ω
7. Determine the value of Z from
ZGEN and IT [Z = VGEN/IT (measured)].
Record your result in Table 2.1-2.
8. Connect the circuit shown in
Figure 2.1-4. To essentially, for a
10Vpk-pk, 20 kHz sine wave.
9. Calculate and record XLT, RT, and
Z (XLT = XL1 + XL2, RT = R1, Z =
10. Calculate and record circuit XLT = 1.184kΩ, RT = 470Ω, Z = 1.27384kΩ
current (I = VGEN/Z).
11. Measure IT, and record your I = 3.92 mA
result in Table 2.1-2. Did the added
series inductor increase or decrease
the circuit current?
12. Determine the measured value of IT = 20mA, increase
Z [ Z (measured) = VGEN/I
(measured)]. Record your result in
Table 2.1-2. Did the added series
series inductor increase circuit
impedance?
13. Turn off the power sources and Z = 249 Ω, decrease
remove all circuit board connections.
REVIEW QUESTIONS 2.1 ANSWER
1. An RL circuit containing
three series inductors with
reactances of 500Ω, 1000Ω,
and 2100Ω has a total
inductive reactance of B. 3600Ω
2. As inductors are in series, A. circuit current increases.
3. The total inductive reactance
of inductors in series is… [Link] sum of the individual
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4. What is the total inductive reactances
reactance of the circuit shown
in Figure 2.1-5? C. 327Ω
5. If another inductor were
added in series to the circuit
in Figure 2.1-5, the… [Link] impedance would increase
SETUP PICTURES
DATA ANALYSIS
The RL circuit composes of multiple elements that are in series. Resistors and inductors
can be solved the same way in getting their total resistance and inductance respectively.
The higher the number of inductors in the circuit, the higher inductive reactance is. It has
higher impedance but lower the current in the circuit. The current flowing through the
resistors are the same.
To find the impedance, we have to solve the square root of RT2 + XLT2, where RT is the
total resistance and XLT for the total inductive reactance.
The sum of the voltage drops equal the amplitude of the applied voltage. Also, the
measurement of VGEN and the summation of VR1 and VL3 are almost of the same value. The
recorded circuit current after the added series inductor increases by 16 mA, while it’s
impedance decreases.
CONCLUSION
A resistor-inductor circuit (RL circuit) consists of a resistor and an inductor (either in
series or in parallel) driven by a voltage source. When resistors, inductors, and capacitors
are connected in parallel, voltage remains as the reference, is equal, and is in phase across
all components. However, it should be noted that it is current that changes. With each
component it is in phase, or leads, or lags.
Once resistance and individual reactances determined by value and frequency are
known, branch currents are calculated using Ohm's law. Currents are calculated using ac
ohmic values. After reactive currents are subtracted, the Pythagorean theorem is used to
determine (vector) total current. Again the phase angle may be obtained with the arctan
formula. The ratio is the subtracted reactance current divided by the resistive current. A
negative angle indicates that current is lagging the source voltage.
Parallel impedance may be calculated with Ohm's law (Z), after total current has been
determined. Total current is also used for apparent power calculation. True power is still
resistive, and the cosine of the angle remains the power factor.
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