Download Kirchhoff's Voltage and Current Laws in AC Circuits and more Study notes Law in PDF only on Docsity! 12 Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL) • The algebraic sum of the voltages around a closed loop (CW/CCW) is zero ( voltage rises = voltage drops) – Applied to both instantaneous voltages or voltage phasors • Loop 24312 (BCDA, CW): E24+E43+E31+E12=0 or e24+e43+e31+e12=0 • Loop 2342 (ECF, CCW): E23+E34+E42=0 or e23+e34+e42=0 E12 E43 E31 E24 E23 4 2 1 3 E34 E42 13 Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL) • The algebraic sum of the currents arriving at a node is equal to 0. ( currents in = currents out) • Node A: I1+I3=I2+I4+I5 or i1+i3=i2+i4+i5 I1+I3+(-I2)+(-I4)+(-I5)=0 or i1+i3+(-i2)+(-i4)+(-i5)=0 A 16 Impedance angle: >0 for inductive load and <0 for capacitive load ( ) ( ) ( ) cos( )cos( ) 1 cos( ) cos(2 ) 2 1 cos( ) cos[2( ) ( )] 2 1 cos cos[2( ) ] 2 1 cos cos cos 2( ) sin sin 2( ) 2 m m e i m m e i e i m m e i e e i m m e m m e e p t e t i t E I E I E I E I E I | | / 2 | | / 2 m m E E I I e i ( ) cos [1 cos 2( )] sin sin 2( ) R X e e p p p E I E I Using trigonometric identity 1 cos cos cos( - ) cos( ) 2 A B A B A B Instantaneous Power ( ) cos( )m ee t E t ( ) cos( )m ii t I t Load Z + t 17 100cose 1.25 60 0.625 1.0825 ΩZ j 80 60 2 I 80cos( 60 )oi Example: 100 0 2 E ( ) cos [1 cos 2( )] sin sin 2( ) 2000(1 cos 2 ) 3464 sin 2 R X XR e e p p pp p E I E I 2000 3464 e i 18 Observations: • The frequency of p, pR and pX is twice of e and i, which is 602=120Hz • pR(t) – changes between 0 and 4000 (=2|E||I|cos ) – always 0, and has an average value of 2000 (=|E||I|cos ) – is the power consumed by the load • pX(t) – changes between 3464 (= |E||I|sin) – has an average value of 0 – is the power borrowed & returned by the load. ( ) ( ) ( )( ) ( ) cos [1 cos 2( )] sin sin 2( ) (1 cos 2 320 46 n 200 ) 4si R X XR e e p t p t p tp t p t E I E I