TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

EXPERIMENT NO.4
IMPEDANCE OF PARALLEL RL,RC AND RLC CIRCUITS

SUBMITTED BY:
FAMINI, PATRICK F.
GEOLLEGUE, CHRISTIAN JASON G.
HERNANDEZ, CARMINE ELLA A.
BSECE-3A

SUBMITTED TO:
ENGR. EDWARD I. ACERO

FEBRUARY 3, 2017
I. OBJECTIVES

1. TO VERIFY OHMS LAW FOR SERIES AC CIRCUITS.

2. TO DETERMINE THE BEHAVIOR OF COMBINED ELEMENTS I.E. RL RC
RLC SERIES IN AN AC CIRCUIT.
3. TO MAKE A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CALCULATED VALUES
WITH MEASURED VALUES.
4. TO KNOW THE PHASE ANGLE BETWEEN CURRENT AND VOLTAGE
USING VECTOR DIAGRAM / IMPEDANCE TRIANGLE AS A TOOL.

II. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

A. RL IN SERIES
B. RC IN SERIES

C. RLC IN SERIES
III. DATA & RESULTS

A. RL IN SERIES
PARAMETER CALCULATED MEASURED

IMPEDANCE Z=208.879
PHASE ANGLE() 64.477 DEG. 65 DEG.
ES 104.439 V 104.661 V
VL 94.248 V 94.43V
VR 45 V 45.2 V

B. RC IN SERIES
PARAMETER CALCULATED MEASURED

IMPEDANCE Z= 209.759
PHASE ANGLE() 64.592 DEG. 65 DEG.
ES 62.928 V 62.45 V
VC 56.841 V 56.61 V
VR 27 V 26.9 V

C. RLC IN SERIES
PARAMETER CALCULATED MEASURED

IMPEDANCE Z= 109.393
PHASE ANGLE() 34.641 DEG. 35 DEG.
ES 65.636 V 65 V
VR 54 V 54.1V
VL 113.098 V 113.24 V
VC 75.788 V 76.55 V
IV. COMPUTATIONS
FORMULAS:
X L=2 FC ES =IZ

Z = R 2+ X 2L V C =I X C

1 XC
=tan V R =IR
R

A. RL IN SERIES
X L=2 FL=2 ( 60 HZ )( .5 H )=188.496

Z = R 2+ X 2L = 9 02 +188.4 96 2=208.879

XC 188.496
=tan1 =ta n1 =64.477
R 90

ES =IZ=.5 A208.879=104.4395 V

V C =I X C =.5 A188.496=94.248V

V R =IR=.5 A90=45V

B. RC IN SERIES
X C =2 FC=2 ( 60 HZ ) ( 14 uF )=189.47

Z = R 2+ X 2C = 9 02 +189.4 7 2=209.759

XC 189.47
=tan1 =ta n1 =64.592
R 90

ES =IZ=.3 A209.759=62.928 V

V C =I X C =.3 A189.47=56.841 V
 V R =IR=.3 A90 A=27 V

C. RLC IN SERIES

X L=2 FL=2 ( 60 HZ )( .5 H )=188.496

1 1
XC= = =126.313
2 FC 2 60 Hz21 X 106

R

L X C




R 2+
Z=

X L X C 188.496126.313
=tan1 =tan1 =36.641
R 90

ES =IZ=( 0.6 A )( 109.393 )=65.636V

V R =IR=( 0.6 A ) ( 90 )=54 V

V L =I X L =( 0.6 A )( 188.496 )=113.098 V

V L =I X C =( 0.6 A )( 126.313 )=75.788 V

V. DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS

We observed from the experiment, we proved that if the Resistor

and Inductor are in series, the inductive reactance is in 90 degrees from
the resistor. Meanwhile, if a Resistor and a Conductor are in series, the
capacitive reactance is in -90 degrees from the resistor. From a graph,
Xc and XL are always on the y-axis (depends if positive or negative).

But if the Capacitor, Inductor, Resistor are in series, you first have
to subtract the inductive reactance to the capacitive reactance, which it
will be y-component while R is still the x-component.

VI. CONCLUSION

By performing the experiment, we proved that the Impedance

triangle is a useful and accurate tool in calculating the impedance of an
AC circuit in series. It may either be Resistor- Inductor, Resistor-
Capacitor or Resistor-Capacitor-Inductor (combination0. The impedance
triangle Is simple trigonometry that uses the concept of Pythagorean
Theorem wherein the hypotenuse will be the impedance