Faculty Member: Kiran Liaqat Dated: 26 Mar, 2021

Semester: 4th Course & Section: EE-103 & ChE-12 A

School: NUST Institute of Civil Engineering

EE-103 Electrical Engineering

Lab 3: Verfication of Nodal Analysis

PLO4/CLO4 PLO5/CLO PLO8/CLO6 PLO9/CLO7
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Name Reg. No Viva /Quiz / Analysis of Modern Tool Ethics and Safety Individual and
Lab data in Lab Usage Team Work
Performance Report 5 marks
5 marks 5 marks
5 marks 5 marks

Umer Imtiaz 301537

Inam Ullah 285055

Muhammad 297139
Saqib Farooq

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 I5

R4 Current Required (I) R5 N

M A B
5.6kohm 5.6kohm
I
V1 I4 V2
10V R1 R2 R3 5V
1.5kohm 1.5kohm 1.5kohm
I1 I2 I3

C D

Figure 2: Schematic of the Problem

Theoretical Analysis

Calculations:
Applying KCL at node AB (Single Node)

(VA-V1) / R4 + VA / R2 + (VA-V2) / R5 + VA / R3 =0

(VA-10) / 5.6 + VA / 1.5 + (VA-5) / 5.6 + VA / 1.5 =0

Multiplying by 5.6

(VA-10) + 3.73 VA + (VA-5) + 3.73 VA =0

9.46 VA= 15

VA= 1.5856 V

For I1
I1= 10/(1.5) (103)

= 6.67 mA

For I2
I2= 1.5856/(1.5) (103)

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 = 1.057 mA

For I3
I3 =1.5856/(1.5) (103)

= 1.057 mA

For I4
I4= (10-1.5856)/(5.6) (103)

= 1.502 mA

For I5
I1= (5-1.5856)/(5.6) (103)

= 0.609 mA

For VAC and VAD

As VAC=VAD

=1.5856 V

For I
I= I1+I4

= 6.76+1.502

= 8.172 mA

Table 1: Calculated Values

S.NO Parameter CALCULATED

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 1 I1 6.67 mA

2 I2 1.057 mA

3 I3 1.057 mA

4 I4 1.502 mA

5 I5 0.609 mA

6 VAC 1.5856 V

7 VBD 1.5856 V

8 I 8.172 mA

Simulation
Table 2: Simulated Values

S.NO Parameter Simulated

1 I1 6.668 mA

2 I2 1.0563 mA

3 I3 1.0563 mA

4 I4 1.5027 mA

5 I5 0.609 mA

6 VAC 1.5845 V

7 VBD 1.5845 V

8 I 8.1694 mA

Practical Measurement:

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Make the prototype of circuit on bread board and verify the reading by physcially measuring the values.
Fill Table:3

Table 3: Measured Values

S.NO Parameter Measured

1 I1 6.67 mA

2 I2 1.057 mA

3 I3 1.057 mA

4 I4 1.502 mA

5 I5 0.609 mA

6 VAC 1.5856 V

7 VBD 1.5856 V

8 I 8.172 mA

Review Questions:
1. How many Nodes are there in Circuit?
There are three nodes in the circuit M, N and AB. A and B is considered the same and
thus a single node.

2. How many Nodes have Known voltage?

Two nodes M and N have known voltages equal to the source voltages (10 and 5 V
respectively).

3. On how many nodes you wrote KCL equations?

KCL equation were written for only node AB (Single node)

4. Do you remember when Nodal analysis becomes unsuitable choice for solving circuits?

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When there are voltage sources present b/w two or more non refrence nodes then
nodal analysis fails to yield any result. In such cases, the concept of super node must be
applied.