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Chapter
21
Inductive Circuits
Topics Covered in Chapter 21
21-1: Sine-Wave iL Lags vL by 90°
21-2: XL and R in Series
21-3: Impedance Z Triangle
21-4: XL and R in Parallel
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Topics Covered in Chapter 21
21-5: Q of a Coil
21-6: AF and RF Chokes
21-7: The General Case of Inductive Voltage
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21-1: Sine-Wave iL Lags vL by 90°
When sine-wave variations of current produce an induced voltage,
the current lags its induced voltage by exactly 90°, as shown in Fig.
21-1.
The phasors in Fig. 21-1 (c) show the 90° phase angle between iL
and vL.
The 90° phase relationship between iL and vL is true in any sinewave ac circuit, whether L is in series or parallel.
Fig. 21-1
21-1: Sine-Wave iL Lags vL by 90°
The phase angle of an inductive circuit is 90° because
vL depends on the rate of change of iL.
The iL wave does not have its positive peak until 90°
after the vL wave.
Therefore, iL lags vL by 90°.
Although iL lags vL by 90°, both waves have the same
frequency.
21-2: XL and R in Series
When a coil has series resistance, the current is
limited by both XL and R.
This current I is the same in XL and R, since they are
in series.
Each has its own series voltage drop, equal to IR for
the resistance and IXl for the reactance.
21-2: XL and R in Series
Fig. 21-2:
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21-2: XL and R in Series
Instead of combining waveforms that are out of phase, they can be added
more quickly by using their equivalent phasors, as shown in Fig. 21-3 (a).
These phasors show only the 90° angle without addition.
The method in Fig. 21-3 (b) is to add the tail of one phasor to the arrowhead
of the other, using the angle required to show their relative phase.
Fig. 21-3:
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21-3: Impedance Z Triangle
A triangle of R and XL in series, as
shown in Fig. 21-4, corresponds to a
voltage triangle.
The resultant of the phasor addition
of R and XL is their total opposition in
ohms, called impedance, with the
symbol ZT.
The Z takes into account the 90°
phase relation between R and XL.
Fig. 21-4:
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21-3: Impedance Z Triangle
Phase Angle of a Series RL Circuit
40 Ω
I=2A
50 Ω
R = 30 Ω
VA = 100
q
XL = 40 Ω
VL
VA
Θ= Tan-1
53°
I
XL
R
= Tan-1
VA leads I by 53°
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40
= 53°
30
30 Ω
21-4: XL and R in Parallel
Currents in a Parallel RL Circuit
IT = 5 A
IR
VA = 120
R = 30 Ω
XL = 40 Ω
IL
VA
120
=
= 4A
IR =
R
30
IT =
IR2 + IL2 =
IL =
VA
XL
=
120
= 3A
40
42 + 32 = 5 A
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IT
21-4: XL and R in Parallel
Phase Angle in a Parallel RL Circuit
IT = 5 A
q
VA = 120
XL = 40 Ω
R = 30 W
3A
Θ = Tan
−1
−
4A
IL
IR
= Tan
−1
−
3
= −37°
4
The total current lags the source voltage by 37°.
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21-4: XL and R in Parallel
Phasor Current Triangle
Fig. 21-6 illustrates a phasor
triangle of inductive and resistive
branch currents 90° out of phase
in a parallel circuit.
This phasor triangle is used to
find the resultant IT.
Fig. 21-6:
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21-4: XL and R in Parallel
Impedance of XL and R in Parallel
IT = 5 A
4A
VA = 120
R = 30 W
XL = 40 W
3A
ZEQ=
VA
IT
120
=
= 24Ω
5
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21-4: XL and R in Parallel
In a parallel circuit with L and R:
The parallel branch currents IR and ILhave individual
values that are 90° out of phase.
IR and IL are added by phasors to equal IT, which is the
main-line current.
The negative phase angle −Θ is between the line
current IT and the common parallel voltage VA.
Less parallel XL allows more IL to make the circuit
more inductive, with a larger negative phase angle for
IT with respect to VA.
21-5: Q of a Coil
The ability of a coil to produce self-induced voltage is
indicated by XL, since it includes the factors of
frequency and inductance.
A coil, however, has internal resistance equal to the
resistance of the wire in the coil.
This internal resistance ri of the coil reduces the
current, which means less ability to produce induced
voltage.
Combining these two factors of XL and ri , the quality
or merit of a coil is, Q = XL/ri.
21-5: Q of a Coil
Figure Fig. 21-7 shows a
coil’s inductive reactance XL
and its internal resistance ri.
The quality or merit of a coil
as shown in Fig. 21-7 is
determined as follows:
Q = XL/ri
Fig. 21-7:
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21-6: AF and RF Chokes
In Fig. 21-9, XL is much greater than R for the frequency of the ac source
VT.
L has practically all the voltage drop with very little of VT across R.
The inductance here is used as a choke to prevent the ac signal from
developing any appreciable output across R at the frequency of the
source.
Fig. 21-9
21-7: The General Case of
Inductive Voltage
The voltage across any inductance in any circuit is
always equal to L(di/dt).
This formula gives the instantaneous values of vL
based on the self-induced voltage produced by a
change in magnetic flux from a change in current.
A sine waveform of current I produces a cosine
waveform for the induced voltage vL, equal to L(di/dt).
This means vL has the same waveform as I, but vL and
I are 90° out of phase for sine-wave variations.
The inductive voltage can be calculated as IXL in sinewave circuits.