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Alternating Current Circuits Based On Serway and Jewett 6ed

This document provides an outline and objectives for a chapter on alternating current (AC) circuits. The chapter will: 1. Describe AC circuits and investigate the characteristics of simple series circuits containing resistors, inductors, and capacitors driven by a sinusoidal voltage. 2. Explain how resistors, inductors, and capacitors function in AC circuits using phasor diagrams. 3. Discuss AC sources, power in AC circuits, resonance, transformers, power transmission, and electrical filters.

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Alternating Current Circuits Based On Serway and Jewett 6ed

This document provides an outline and objectives for a chapter on alternating current (AC) circuits. The chapter will: 1. Describe AC circuits and investigate the characteristics of simple series circuits containing resistors, inductors, and capacitors driven by a sinusoidal voltage. 2. Explain how resistors, inductors, and capacitors function in AC circuits using phasor diagrams. 3. Discuss AC sources, power in AC circuits, resonance, transformers, power transmission, and electrical filters.

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Alternating Current Circuits

Based on Serway and Jewett e6

CHAPTER OUTLINE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AC Sources Resistors in an AC Circuit Inductors in an AC Circuit Capacitors in an AC Circuit The RLC Series Circuit Power in an AC Circuit Resonance in a Series RLC Circuit The Transformer and Power Transmission Rectifiers and Filters

Chapter Objectives
1-Describe alternating current (AC) circuits

2-Investigate the characteristics of simple series circuits that contain resistors, inductors, and capacitors and that are driven by a sinusoidal voltage 3- The illustration of the functions of some useful device such as transformers, power transmission, and electrical filters will be a conclusive end of this course.

1 AC Sources

2 Resistors in an AC Circuit

Phasor Diagram

Phasor diagram, R

AC terminology
The average value of the current over one cycle is zero. But, does not matter with the resistance, R

The average value of the instantaneous current,

P=i2R

The square root of the mean

Example
This equation states that an alternating current whose maximum value is 2.00 A delivers to a resistor the same power as a direct current that has a value of (0.707)(2.00 A) = 1.41 A. Thus, the average power delivered to a resistor that carries an alternating current is

When we speak of measuring a 120-V alternating voltage from an electrical outlet, we are referring to an rms voltage of 120 V. A quick calculation using Equation 33.5 shows that such an alternating voltage has a maximum value of about 170 V.

3 Inductors in an AC Circuit

Phasor diagram, L

IL lags behind DvL

4 Capacitors in an AC Circuit

Phasor diagram, C

5 The RLC Series Circuit

6 Power in an AC Circuit

Power factor

1/2

7 Resonance in a Series RLC Circuit


A series RLC circuit is said to be in resonance when the current has its maximum value.

ASSIGNMENT
1-Redraw the resonance curves, I and P, using EXCELL software 2- Read sections 33.8 and 33.9

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