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After this, the students measured the VR2 with the use of DMM and computed for
which gave them a voltage of 27.3 mV and a power of 115.82 W, respectively.
After this, the students measured the voltage drop across C1 which give them
35.6 mV. With the use of the measured voltage of C1, the students were able to
calculate the reactive power in C1 with the use of the formula QC1 = Irns x VC1rms, which
gave them 150.9 VAR. The students also measured the inductive reactance of the
circuit. To do this, the students first measure the voltage of the inductor, knowing that
the circuit is in series, the students used ohms law to calculate for the inductive
reactance which gave them a reactance of 1.2139 k. After these procedures, the
students set the CM switch 10 in the ON position to change the value of C1 to 0.0044
F. With this, the students were asked to compute for Irms 12mApk-pk. By using the same
process in the earlier procedures, the students got a rms current of 8.4852 mA. With
this, the students noticed that increasing the value of C1 causes the wattage in R2 to
increase.
CONCLUSION
In this experiment, the students were able to determine the AC power division
among the components of an RLC circuit using standard power formulas. In an AC
circuit containing both resistance and reactive components, the total real power
dissipated as heat is in the resistance. The students also learned that because of the
phase shift that they introduce, reactive components draw power from the source during
one part of the cycle, then supply power to the source at other times. This power is
called reactive power, and its unit of measurement is voltampere reactive (var). The
students also were able to learn what apparent power is. Apparent power is the rms
voltage across an impedance multiplied by the rms current through the impedance. Its
unit of measurement is the volt ampere(VA).
After gathering all the data that are needed, verifying the results with an
oscilloscope, the students were able to answer all the given questions in the laboratory
manual. With this, we can conclude that the students successfully met the objectives in
the given experiment.