Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts
Pablo Borbon Main II, Alangilan, Batangas City, Philippines 4200

BASIC ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

LABORATORY EXPERIMENT NO. 5

PARALLEL RLC CIRCUITS

Group No. 5

Aguda, Donjun C.

Esteban, Mica Ella R.

Fruelda, Kimberly D.

Garcia, Allyssa Joyce O.

Gonzales, Angel Rose D.

Vidal, Joachim Denzel S.

ChE 3201

Engr. Sarah Fruelda

Instructor

MAY 17, 2021

 Laboratory Experiment No. 4

Parallel RLC Circuits

I. DISCUSSION

In working with the resistance in parallel, the more the resistors connected in parallel, the
less the total resistance is. In a way, the solution of the parallel circuit is a bit more involved than
the solution of series circuits. In solving parallel circuits, use the same procedure as before, but the
results are less predictable. The total impedance would always depend on the nature of the
elements. The total impedance may not always become smaller with the addition of additional
elements in parallel.

Figure 1: Parallel RLC Circuit

Consider the parallel RLC circuit above, the supply voltage, V s is common to all
component whilst the supply current, IS consists of three parts. Due to this only the individual
branch current flowing through the resistor, IR, the current flowing through the inductor, IL, and
the current through the capacitor, IC, are needed. Current flowing through each elements differ
from each other and also to the supply current, IS. The total current drawn from supply will not be
mathematical sum of all current in the circuit but their vector sum. The total impedance, Z of the
circuit is calculated using the current similar to that of for a DC parallel circuit, the only difference
is that that admittance is used instead of the impedance.
II. OBJECTIVES

The activity aims to:

1. Determine the resistance, inductance and capacitance by a voltage and current

measurements.
2. Compare measured and calculated voltages and current for a parallel RLC circuit.
3. Determine the impedance of a given circuit to compare the measure value to calculated
value of a given circuit.

III. MATERIALS

 100 w Lamp
 5 µf Capacitor
 2.5372 H Inductor
 AC voltmeter
 AC ammeter
 AC supply
 Multisim

IV. PROCEDURE

A. RLC Circuit

a. Build the circuit given in figure 1 on Multisim.

 Figure 2

b. Measure the total current and the current across the lamp, across 2.5372 H inductor and across
the 5uF capacitor. To measure the total current, refer to figure 2a. Record the current reading at
table 1. Repeat the steps for the current lamp, 2.5372 H inductor and 5uF capacitor. Refer to figure
2b, 2c and 2d.

Figure 3
Figure 3A

Figure 3B

Figure 3C
 Figure 3D

c. Measure the voltage eT, eR , eL and eC. To measure the voltage Et refer to figure 3a. Record
the data at table 2. Repeat the step for the lamp, inductor and capacitor. Refer for the figure 3b,
3c and 3d.

Figure 4
Figure 4A

Figure 4B
 Figure 4C

Figure 4D

d. Using Ohm’s Law, compute the voltage and current for each component. Record it at Table 1
and 2. Use the formula

𝑒𝑅 𝑒𝐿 𝑒𝑐
𝑅= ; 𝑋𝑙 = ; 𝑋𝑐 =
𝑖𝑅 𝑖𝐿 𝑖𝑐

𝑉𝑡
𝑍=
𝐼𝑡

e. Compute the magnitude and phase angle of the impedance using the equation I/Z = (1/R) +(1/-
jXc) + (1/jXl), where Xl = 2πfL and Xc = 1/ 2πfC. Use the 4 uF for the Value of and 2.5372 H
inductor for the value of L.

f. Compute the percent difference between the measure and the computed value of the
impedance.

Table 1: Simulation and Computation Result of the Voltage of Parallel RLC Circuit

Voltage (V) R L C Total

Workbench 16.767 V 16.767 V 16.767 V 16.767 V
 Computation 237.4661 V 469.2909 V 260.2886 V 220 V
% Difference 92.9392% 96.4272% 93.5583% 0

Table 2: Simulation and Computation Result of the Current of Parallel RLC Circuit

Voltage (V) R L C Total

Workbench 3.1703x10-6 A 2.4242 x10-3 A 408.88 x10-3 A 411.30 x10-3 A
Computation 0.4545 A 0.2300 A 0.4147 A 0.4906 A
% Difference 99.9993% 98.9447% 1.4011% 16.1694%
V. ANALYSIS

A. Questions

a. Do the workbench and computational values of voltages and currents agree?

The values obtained from the Multisim and the computations have

noticeable or small discrepancies, but they still agree with each other based on the

formula used.

b. Give possible reasons for any discrepancies.

It may be because of the inaccuracy of the simulator used. Rounding off

values by two to four decimal places are usually done by simulators, resulting

only to values obtained by estimation.

B. Circuit Design

a. Design a parallel RLC circuit having 100 W, 220 V source and a total impedance

of 437.6993 ohms. The reactive capacitance of the circuit is 2652.5824 ohms.

Find the value of R, L and C Circuit.

Solution:

𝑉2
𝑃= 𝑅

(220 𝑉)2
100 𝑊 = 𝑅

𝑅 = 484 𝛺

1
𝑋𝐶 = 2𝜋𝑓𝐶

1
2652.5824 𝛺 =
2𝜋(60 𝐻𝑧)(𝐶)

𝐶 = 1 𝜇𝐹

1 1 2 1 1 2
= √(𝑅) + (𝑋 − 𝑋 )
𝑍 𝐿 𝐶

1 1 2 1 1 2
437.6993 𝛺
= √(484 𝛺) + (𝑋 − 2652.5824 𝛺)
𝐿

𝑋𝐿 = 739.5729741 𝛺

𝑋𝐿 = 2𝜋𝑓𝐿

739.5729741 𝛺 = 2𝜋(60 𝐻𝑧)𝐿

𝐿 = 1.961778244 𝐻
VI. Conclusion

Through this laboratory experiment, we have gained better understanding of the concepts
of parallel RLC circuit. In parallel RLC circuit containing a resistor, R, inductor, L, and a capacitor,
C, the total circuit current IS not the mathematical sum but the vector sum of all circuit of each
components, IR, IL, and IC, with a common supply voltage, VS. The calculated and multisim values
greatly differ from each other, this is due to the assumption of small some small resistance of its
ammeter and not assume not large resistance for volt meter.