John Carlo Lisondato

BS-ECE
Lab Exercise 2.1

INDUCTANCE AND INDUCTIVE REACTANCE

8. XL = 301.59

10. EL = 100V, IL = 0.330 A

11. XL = 303.03 Ω

12. Yes

14. XL = 603.185

15. EL = 100 V; IL = 0.196 A

16. XL = 510.153

17. Yes

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. An ac power circuit containing an inductor has a source voltage ES of 150 V and a source

current IS of 0.5 A. Calculate the inductive reactance XL of the inductor.

I S = E S / XL

0.5A= 150V / XL

XL = 150V / 0.5A

XL = 300 Ω

2. Consider an ac power circuit having a source frequency f and containing a single inductor.

What happens to the inductive reactance XL of the inductor when the source frequency f

decreases to half the initial value?

-The current is inversely proportional to the frequency. If the frequency is reduced by half, then the
circuit inductive reactance is halved implying that the current is doubled.

3. How does inductive reactance XL vary with inductance L?

-The inductive reactance increases with either increase in inductance or increase in frequency. Hence
the inductive reactance varies linearly with inductance and frequency. So, the opposition to the
current flow increases with increase in inductance or frequency.

4. Consider an ac power circuit containing an ideal inductor. Determine the phase shift between

the waveforms of the inductor voltage and current. Consider the inductor voltage as the

reference.

-The current IL “LAGS” the applied voltage by 90o.

5. How does the resistance of the wire coil in an actual inductor affect the phase shift between

the inductor voltage and current?

- The voltage across the internal resistance (Vr) may be small in comparison to the voltage across the
inductance, but Vr will be in phase with the reference phasor (current I) and so will produce a phase
shift causing the phasor for VL to shift towards 0°.