EMO Phy 120 Lab 07

Lab 07
Find the Impedance and Phase Angle of a
Series RLC Circuit using MultiSIM
Objective:
Find the Impedance and Phase angle of a Series RLC Circuit.

Apparatus:
MultiSIM
Resistors
Inductors
Capacitors

Series RLC Circuit

In a series circuit, same current flows through each component. The current IR is in-phase with
the voltage VR in the resistor. The current IL lags the voltage VL in the inductor, because it
opposes (slows down) the flow of current. In a pure inductor, current lags the voltage by 90 0.
While The current IC leads the voltage VC in the capacitor, because it opposes any sudden change in the
voltage.
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In a series RL circuit, the magnitude of total impedance is the phasor sum of R and jXL

Z=√ R 2+(X ¿ ¿ L−X C )2 ¿

2
1
√ (
Z= R 2+ ωL−
ωC ) (1)

1
Where X L =ωL and XC =
ωC
and ω=2 πf

Phase angle is given as

(X ¿ ¿ L−X C )
θ=tan −1 ¿
R

θ=tan −1
(ωL− ωC1 ) (2)
R

V R1 L1
A
PR2

100Ω 100mH 100 %

Key=A Key=A
V1 100 %
120Vrms C1
60Hz 100uF
0° Key=A
100 %
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Lab Task: Measuring the Impedance using MultiSIM

Procedure: Calculations
1. Make the circuit as shown in the figure.
2. Set the frequency f = 500 Hz and the values of resistor and inductor as given in the table.
3. Use Eq. (1) to calculate the impedance.

Case-1: R and L = fixed , C = variable

Frequency R L C Impedance Angle

S. No
(Hz) (Ohms) (mH) (uF) Z (Ohms) θ

1 500 10 50 10

2 500 10 50 20

3 500 10 50 30

4 500 10 50 40

5 500 10 50 50
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Case-2: R and C = fixed , L = variable

Frequency R L C Impedance Angle

S. No
(Hz) (Ohms) (mH) (uF) Z (Ohms) θ

1 500 10 10 20

2 500 10 20 20

3 500 10 30 20

4 500 10 40 20

5 500 10 50 20

Case-3: L and C = fixed , R = variable

Frequency R L C Impedance Angle

S. No
(Hz) (Ohms) (mH) (uF) Z (Ohms) θ

1 500 10 50 20

2 500 20 50 20

3 500 30 50 20

4 500 40 50 20

5 500 50 50 20

Procedure: Simulations
1. Make the circuit as shown in the figure.
2. Set the frequency f = 500 Hz and the values of resistor and inductor as given in the table.
3. Set the simulation mode to “Single Frequency AC”.
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4. Generate the expression for impedance “ ” from “Single Frequency AC” tab.
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5. Simulate the circuit for three different case as given in tables.
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6. Take a print out of all the graphs for each case.

Observation

Case-1: R and L = fixed , C = variable

Frequency R L C Impedance Angle

S. No
(Hz) (Ohms) (mH) (uF) Z (Ohms) θ

1 500 10 50 10 125.64722 85.43512

2 500 10 50 20 141.51789 85.94796

3 500 10 50 30 146.81027 86.09427

4 500 10 50 40 149.45681 86.16353

5 500 10 50 50 151.04483 86.20393

Case-2: R and C = fixed , L = variable

Frequency R L C Impedance Angle

S. No
(Hz) (Ohms) (mH) (uF) Z (Ohms) θ

1 500 10 10 20

2 500 10 20 20

3 500 10 30 20

4 500 10 40 20

5 500 10 50 20
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Case-3: L and C = fixed , R = variable

Frequency R L C Impedance Angle

S. No
(Hz) (Ohms) (mH) (uF) Z (Ohms) θ

1 500 10 50 20

2 500 20 50 20

3 500 30 50 20

4 500 40 50 20

5 500 50 50 20

Graphs