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RC Series Circuit AC Circuits

The document describes an RC series circuit and provides equations to calculate various circuit properties. It includes: 1) Equations to calculate the impedance (Z) of the circuit in both polar and rectangular form as a function of resistance (R) and capacitive reactance (XC). 2) Diagrams showing the voltage, impedance, and power relationships in the circuit. 3) An example problem that applies the equations to calculate the total impedance, current, power factor, voltages across the resistor and capacitor for a given RC circuit operating at 60Hz.

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RC Series Circuit AC Circuits

The document describes an RC series circuit and provides equations to calculate various circuit properties. It includes: 1) Equations to calculate the impedance (Z) of the circuit in both polar and rectangular form as a function of resistance (R) and capacitive reactance (XC). 2) Diagrams showing the voltage, impedance, and power relationships in the circuit. 3) An example problem that applies the equations to calculate the total impedance, current, power factor, voltages across the resistor and capacitor for a given RC circuit operating at 60Hz.

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RC Series Circuit

The current I leads the voltage V by 𝜽

𝑿𝑪
𝒁 = √𝑹𝟐 + 𝑿𝒄 𝟐 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 polar form
𝑹

𝒁 = 𝑹 − 𝒋𝑿𝑪 rectangular form


𝟏
𝑿𝑪 = /−𝟗𝟎°𝜴
𝝎𝑪
𝟏
𝑿𝑪 = 𝜴
𝟐𝝅𝒇𝑪

𝑽 = √𝑽𝑹 𝟐 + 𝑽𝑪 𝟐

𝑽/𝜽 = 𝑽𝑹 − 𝒋𝑽𝑪

𝑽=𝑰∗𝒁
Where:
Z = impedance in 𝛺

Impedance Diagram:

𝑿𝑪
𝒁 = √𝑹𝟐 + 𝑿𝒄 𝟐 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 polar form
𝑹

𝒁 = 𝑹 − 𝒋𝑿𝑪 rectangular form


Voltage Diagram:

𝑽 = √𝑽𝑹 𝟐 + 𝑽𝑪 𝟐

𝑽/𝜽 = 𝑽𝑹 − 𝒋𝑽𝑪

𝑽 = 𝑰𝑹
𝑽=𝑰∗𝒁
𝑿𝑪
𝜽 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝑹

Power Diagram:
𝑹
𝒑𝒇 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 = 𝒁 = 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝑹𝑪

RC = I leads voltage V by 𝜽

Example Problem:
A 10-ohm resistor in series with a capacitance of 𝐶 = 153.15𝜇𝑓 is connected to a voltage source
of 120 volts 60 Hz source. Determine:
A. The total impedance
B. The total current
C. The over-all pf
D. The voltage across the resistor
E. The voltage across the capacitor
Solution:
Let
𝑉 = 120 /0° 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠
1
𝑋𝐶 =
𝜔𝐶
1
𝑋𝐶 =
2𝜋𝑓𝐶
1
𝑋𝐶 =
2𝜋(60)(153.15𝑥10−3 )
𝑋𝐶 = 17.32𝛺
A. The total impedance:
𝑋𝐶
𝑍 = √𝑅 2 + 𝑋𝑐 2 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1
𝑅
17.32
𝑍 = √102 + 17.322 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1
10
𝒁 = 𝟐𝟎 /𝟔𝟎°𝜴
Or
𝑍 = 𝑅 − 𝑗𝑋𝐶
𝑍 = 10 − 𝑗17.32
𝒁 = 𝟐𝟎 /−𝟔𝟎°𝜴
B. The total current
𝑉
𝐼=
𝑍
120 /0°
𝐼=
20 /−60°

𝑰 = 𝟔 /𝟔𝟎° 𝑨

C. The overall pf

𝑝𝑓 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

𝑝𝑓 = cos(60°)

𝒑𝒇 = 𝟎. 𝟓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈
D. The voltage across the resistor

𝑉𝑅 = 𝐼𝑅

𝑉𝑅 = 6 /60° (10)

𝑽𝑹 = 𝟔𝟎 /𝟔𝟎° 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒔

E. The voltage across the capacitor

𝑉𝑅 = 𝐼(−𝑗𝑋𝐶 )

𝑉𝑅 = (6 /60°)(17.32 /−90°)

𝑽𝑹 = 𝟏𝟎𝟑. 𝟗𝟐 /−𝟑𝟎° 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒔

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