ELE101: Fundamentals of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering
Unit – I: Contents
Ohm’s Law
KCL
KVL
Node Voltage Analysis
Mesh Current
Circuits with Independent Sources
Thevenin and Norton Equivalent
Maximum Power Transfer
Superposition Theorem
Ohm’s Law
Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points
is directly proportional to the potential difference across the two points.
where I is the current through the conductor in units of amperes, V is the potential difference measured across the conductor in units of volts, and R is the resistance of the conductor in units of ohms.
Ohm's law holds for circuits containing only resistive elements (no
capacitances or inductances)
Resistors which are in series or in parallel may be grouped together into a
single "equivalent resistance" in order to apply Ohm's law in analyzing the circuit
When reactive elements such as capacitors, inductors, or transmission lines
are involved in a circuit to which AC or time-varying voltage or current is applied, the relationship between voltage and current becomes the solution to a differential equation, so Ohm's law does not directly apply
Material that obeys Ohm's Law is called "ohmic" or "linear" because the
potential difference across it varies linearly with the current.
Problem1 1.
An emf source of 6.0V is connected to a purely resistive lamp and a current of 2.0 amperes flows. All the wires are resistance-free. What is the resistance of the lamp?
Solution :By conservation of energy, the potential that was
gained (V=6.0V) must be lost in the resistor. So, by Ohm's Law:
V = I R R=V/I R = 3.0
PROBLEMS
ON OHMS LAW
Q2. If a current of 3 A is divided by the following circuit, the current flowing through the 4 Ohm resistor is …
Q3. The diagram at the right shows part of a circuit into which a current I is flowing. Which ammeter shows the highest reading?
Q4. The diagram to the right represents a part of a circuit containing an ohmic resistor, a voltmeter and an ammeter. If the reading on the ammeter A increases the reading on voltmeter V …
Q5. A battery is connected to two identical light bulbs in parallel as well as another identical bulb in series. An ammeter and a
voltmeter are also connected as shown in the circuit diagram
below. One of the light bulbs connected in parallel is unscrewed. How will the ammeter and the
voltmeter readings change?
Q6. In the circuit to the right B1, B2 and B3 are identical light bulbs. The internal resistance of the battery can be ignored.
Which statement is true regarding the relative brightness of the bulbs?
The three bulbs glow with the same brightness, OR B2 and B3 glow with the same brightness but brighter than B1. OR B2 and B3 glow with the same brightness but less brightly than B1 OR B1 glows brighter than B2 while B2 in turn glows brighter than B3
Q7. A student connects three identical resistors as shown in the
sketch to the right.
The potential difference across the battery is 12 Volt. What are the readings on V1 and V2 respectively?
Kirchoff’s Current Law (KCL)
This law is also called Kirchhoff's first law, Kirchhoff's point rule,
or Kirchhoff's junction rule (or nodal rule).
At any node (junction) in an electrical circuit, the sum
of currents flowing into that node is equal to the sum of currents flowing out of that node, or:
The algebraic sum of currents in a network of conductors meeting at a
point is zero.
Kirchoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)
This law is also called Kirchhoff's second law, Kirchhoff's loop (ormesh) rule, and Kirchhoff's second rule.
Similarly to KCL, it can be stated as:
v1 + v2 + v3 – v4 = 0
WRITING KVL EQUATION
For the first loop (Battery, Element #1, Element #2) -VB + V1 + V2 = 0
For the second loop (Element #2, Element #3, Element #4). Note, you
have to be careful with this one because you might not expect the voltage across Element #3 to be defined the way it is.
-V2 - V3 + V4 = 0
For the third loop (Battery, Element #1, Element #3, Element #4)
-VB + V1 - V3 + V4 = 0
PROBLEMS ON KVL, KCL: Problem 8
For circuit below, find value of i1,i2,i3
assuming
R1 = 100 ohm, R2 = 200 ohm, R3 = 300
ohm
E1= 3 V, E2 = 4 V
Write the KVL equations for the following
loops:
Problem 9
Problem 10: Find I
1
, I
2
, I
3
Solution
The Loop/Mesh-Current Method (based
on KVL):
Solution (Continued)
The Node-Voltage Method (based on
KCL):
Problem 11
Find currents in all branches
Classification of Sources
Independent Sources: Ideal Independent Source maintains same
voltage or current regardless of the other elements present in the circuit.Its value is either constant (DC) or sinusoidal (AC).
The strength of voltage or current is not changed by any variation in
connected network.
Dependent Sources: A dependent source is a voltage source or
a current source whose value depends on a voltage or current somewhere else in the network. The voltage or current values is proportional to some other voltage or current in the circuit
Classification of Dependent Sources
Voltage-controlled voltage source: The source delivers the voltage as
per the voltage of the dependent element
Voltage-controlled current source: The source delivers the current as
per the voltage of the dependent element
Current-controlled current source: The source delivers the current
as per the current of the dependent element
Current-controlled voltage source: The source delivers the voltage as
per the current of the dependent element.
Independent Sources
Thevenin Theorem
Any linear electrical network with voltage and current sources
and resistances can be replaced at terminals A-B by an equivalent voltage source Vth in series connection with an equivalent resistance Rth.
This equivalent voltage Vth is the voltage obtained at terminals A-B of
the network with terminals A-B open circuited.
This equivalent resistance Rth is the resistance obtained at terminals
A-B of the network with all its independent current sources open circuited and all its independent voltage sources short circuited.
Problem 12
Problem 13: Use Thevenin Theorem to find I
oProblem 13 (Continued)
Vth = -2V
Rth = 2 ohm
I
o= -2/5 A
Problem 14
Find VX by using Thevenin Theorem.
1 2
4
6
2
V
X3 0 V
+_
+
_
A
B
1 2 4
6 3 0 V +_
A B
(30)(6)
10
6 12
ABV
V
Notice that there is no current flowing in the 4 resistor (A-B) is open. Thus there can be no voltage across the resistor.
We now deactivate the sources to the left of A-B and find the resistance seen looking in these terminals.
1 2
4
6
A
B
RTH
RTH = 12||6 + 4 = 8
8
1 0 V V T H
R T H
2 V X
+ _ + _ A B
10 2
2
2 8
( )( )
XV
V
For the circuit below, find VAB using Thevenin Theorem
+_ 2 0 V
5
2 0
1 0
1 7 1 . 5 A
A
B
Problem 15
+_
2 0 V
5
2 0
1 0 1 . 5 A
A B
20(20)
(1.5)(10)
(20 5)
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OS AB TH
TH
V
V
V
V
V
5
2 0
1 0 A
B
5(20)
10
14
(5 20)
THR
1 4
3 1 V V T H
R T H
1 7 V A B
+ _ + _ A B
17
ABV
V
Problem 16
Find the voltage across the 100 load resistor by usingThevenin Theorem.
+_ 8 6 V
5 0
3 0
4 0
1 0 0
6 I S I S
A
B
First remove the 100 load resistor and find VAB = VTH to the left of terminals A-B.
+_ 8 6 V
5 0
3 0
4 0
6 I S IS
A
B
86 80
6
0
1
6
30
36
S S S
AB S S
I
I
I
A
V
I
I
V
To find RTH we deactivate all independent sources but retain all dependent sources
5 0
3 0
4 0
6 I S IS
A
B R T H
5 0
3 0
4 0
6 IS I S
1 A 1 A
IS + 1 V
50
I
S
30(
I
S
1) 6
I
S
0
15
43
S
I
A
5 0
3 0
4 0
6 IS IS
1 A = I 1 A
IS + 1 V
15
50 1(40) 0
43 V
57.4
V
volts
57.4
1
THV
V
R
I
The Thevenin equivalent circuit tied to the 100 load resistor is shown below.
+
_
R T H
V T H
5 7 . 4
3 6 V 1 0 0
100
36 100
22.9
57.4
100
x
V
V
Norton’s Theorem
Any linear electrical network with voltage and current sources and
only resistances can be replaced at terminals A-B by an equivalent current source INO in parallel connection with an equivalent resistance RNO.
This equivalent current INO is the current obtained at terminals A-B of
the network with terminals A-B short circuited.
This equivalent resistance RNO is the resistance obtained at terminals
A-B of the network with all its voltage sources short circuited and all its current sources open circuited.
Norton’s Equivalent Circuit
Problem 17
Problem 18
Find the Norton equivalent circuit to the left of terminals A-B for the network shown below. Connect the Norton equivalent circuit to the load and find the current in the 50 resistor.
+_
2 0
6 0 4 0
5 0 1 0 A
5 0 V
A
B
+_
2 0
6 0
4 0 1 0 A
5 0 V
IS S
It can be shown by standard circuit analysis that
10.7
SS
I
A
It can also be shown that by deactivating the sources, We find the resistance looking into terminals A-B is
55
NR
RN and RTH will always be the same value for a given circuit. The Norton equivalent circuit tied to the load is shown below.
1 0 . 7 A 5 5 5 0
Conversion to Thevenin Equivalent
Maximum Power Transfer Theorem
The maximum power transfer theorem states that, to
obtain maximum external power from a source with a finite internal resistance, the resistance of the load must equal the resistance of the source as viewed from its output terminals.
It is also referred to as "Jacobi's law"
The theorem can be extended to AC circuits that include reactance,
and states that maximum power transfer occurs when the load impedance is equal to the complex conjugate of the source impedance.
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Problem 19
Find the value of R
Lfor maximum power
transfer to R
L.
54
150
V = (360) = 300V
Th
180
(150)(30)
R = = 25Ω
Th
150 + 30
55
R
= 25Ω
L
56
Calculate the maximum power that can be
delivered to R
L.
2300 2
p = i R = (25)
L
50
p = 900W
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Superposition Theorem
For a linear system the response (Voltage or Current) in any branch of
a circuit having more than one independent source equals the algebraic sum of the responses caused by each independent source acting alone, while all other independent sources are replaced by their internal impedances.
Replacing all other independent voltage sources with a short
circuit (thereby eliminating difference of potential. i.e. V=0, internal impedance of ideal voltage source is ZERO (short circuit)).
Replacing all other independent current sources with an open
circuit (thereby eliminating current. i.e. I=0, internal impedance of ideal current source is infinite (open circuit).