sxoazons ck To Schou —Lets Cael Curr | EEP Bi cectricatonginoering-portal.com hitpifetectical-engineering-portal.comiback-to-school-ets-clculate-curent3 Back To School — Let’s Calculate Current I3 e- B Back To School - Let's calculate 13 cole hy R=50 _ R=4Q 2 a by) | Uy=10V CA) wean @) U2=8V Techniques for solving DC circuits Referring to the following circuit, calculate direct current Is: 1. Using Kirchhoff's laws; 2. Using nodal analysis; 3. Applying Thévenin's theorem at nodes A and B. Ok, let's dive into calculation... For start, let's try to remember two Kirchhoff's Laws / Kirchhoff’s Current Law — The algebraic sum of currents at a node is zero. Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law - The algebraic sum of voltages around a closed circuit loop is zero. — KCL stands for Kirchhoff’s Current Law — KVL stands for Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law The following equation can be written: Substituting values, we obtain: nipolectrcal- engineering portal corback-to-schod-lts-caleulate- curerti8 48ran01s Back To School—Le's Calculate Curent | EP Finally, | h=h+h, KCL at node A Thévenin’s voltage Urp at nodes A and B can be easily calculated by disconnecting the right part of the circuit: Ug = Riu + Rokr, KVL at left mesh Usa = Rslg— Rolo, KVL at right mesh h=h+h 1 =0.367A 10 = 5h + 25l2 > In =0.326A -8 = 41; -25ln 1h =0.041A Us -Uaw 0-Uag | Ua2-Urn _ “Rh 7m * Rm 7° (Uses 3 +8 =0 > Usp =8.163V = 0.367A ya Us Uaw _ 10- 8.163 mR OS Ra5a Ry=5O —— a ee Us Ry=252 Ro BO er Um = Ungo = (voltage division rule) = —Ys_ .p, = 10.95 8.333 Ri+R2 5425 Théveniin’s equivalent resistance Rp is the resistance “seen” from nodes A and B, when all generators are nipolectrcal- engineering portal corback-to-schod-lts-caleulate- curerti8 28ran01s Back To School—Le's Calculate Curent | EP deactivated (in our case, only Ey is present): The left side of the circuit can now be substituted by its Thévenin equivalent, in order to calculate current Is: RR, _ 5:25 Rm=R, = 4.1662 , 1 n= RRs = By 525 This single-mesh circuit can be easily solved using KVL (Kirchhoff's voltage law): Readers should note that Uago # Uap: R= 4.1662 -— 4 (_t Ung = Urn - Rtn | = 8.333 — 4.166 - 0,041 = 163 Comparing the three methods, we can conclude that Thévenin's theorem is very powerful, in particular when a single current z value is needed. Another Kirchhoff’s Laws Worked Example (VIDEO) Fi Cant see this video? Click here to watch it on Youtube. Um — Usa = (Rm +3) +15 (Um — Ua2)/(Rrm + Rs 0.041A Thevenin’s Theorem. Example with solution (VIDEO) Cant see this video? Click here to watch it on Youtube. Reference // Fundamentals of electric power engineering — Ceraolo, Massimo, Davide Poli nipolectrcal- engineering portal corback-to-schod-lts-caleulate- curerti8 a8