Experiment #11

Maximum Power Transfer Theorem

Objectives:
To prove Maximum Power Transfer theorem practically

Equipments List:
1. Digital Power supply
2. Digital Multimeter
3. Resistor box
4. 100Ω and 470Ω resestor
5. Plug-in-board
6. Crocodile to Banana wires

Background
The power transferred from a supply source to a load is at its maximum when the
external load resistance equals to the internal resistance of the source. On the other
words" A resistive load will be consumptive maximum power from the supply when
the load resister is equal to the equivalent (Thevenin) network resister".

RL = Rth ……. For maximum power transfer

IL = Vth / (Rth + RL)
= Vth / (Rth + Rth)
= Vth / 2 Rth
Where,
Pmax = (IL)2 RL = (Vth )2 / 4Rth

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A graph of RL against P is shown in Figure 2, the maximum value of power which
occurs when RL = Rth.

Figure
 Experiment #110

Maximum Power Transfer Theorem

Student name –Roa Elias Halabieh-- Reg. #--

21910785--

Group # --Sun 11-1--- date

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Procedure:
1. Connect the circuit shown in figure below. From the circuit, we can note that
Rth=50 and Vth=5V.
2. Change the value of RL in steps as shown in table.
3. Measure the voltage "VL " and current "IL " and record it in the table.

R(Ω) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
IL(mA) 90.82 83.28 78.08 71.28 84.47 82.48 54.7 55.52 52.9 49.9
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VL(volt) 0.454 0.832 1.15 1.43 1.77 1.87 2.06 2.22 2.37 2.50
Power 0.041 0.069 0.089 0.101 0.14 0.15 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.12

4. Plot the curve of the power against the load resistance and determine the
maximum power.

5. Compare between the theoretical and practical results.

 From the curve of the power against the load resistance the maximum power
was at R=60
Error= (60-50/60)*100%=16.6%
6. Comment on your results.
In this circuit the power still increases and get its maximum value when
Rth=R
Then it starts to decreases.