EXPERIMENT 7

AIM: To verify Tellegen’s theorem.

APPARATUS: Breadboard, milliammeter, connecting wires, rheostats, DPDT, fuse, voltage

sources.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

[Fig 1: Current Ipq flowing through branch K between node ’p’ and ’q’]

For any given time, the sum of power delivered to each branch of any electric network is zero.
Thus for Kth branch, this theorem states that,

n being the number of branches, VK the drop in the branch and iK the through current, while Vp
and Vq are voltages at p and q nodes. We have,

However, following Kirchhoff’s current laws, the algebraic sum of currents at each node is equal
to zero.
Equations (8) show that the sum of power delivered to a closed network is zero. This proves
Tellegen’s theorem and also validates the conservation of power in any electrical network. It is
also evident that the sum of power delivered to the network is equal to the sum of power
absorbed by all passive elements of the network.

[Fig 2: Circuit diagram of experimental set-up for verification of Tellegen's theorem]

OBSERVATION TABLE:

RESULT: Tellegen’s theorem verified.