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 American International University- Bangladesh
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
2102: Electrical Circuits 2 (AC) Laboratory

Objective: Analysis of RLC parallel circuit and verification of KCL in AC circuits

Introduction:
An RLC parallel circuit (or LCR circuit or CRL circuit or RCL circuit) is an electrical
circuit consisting of a resistor, an inductor, and a capacitor, connected in parallel. The
RLC part of the name is due to those letters being the usual electrical symbols for
resistance, inductance, and capacitance respectively. The total impedance, Z of a
parallel RLC circuit is calculated using the current of the circuit similar to that for a
DC parallel circuit, the difference this time is that admittance is used instead of
impedance.

Theory:
In ac circuits, we define admittance (Y) as being equal to 1/Z. The unit of measure for
admittance as defined by the SI system is Siemens, which has the symbol S.
Admittance is a measure of how well an ac circuit will admit or allow current to flow
in the circuit. The total admittance of a circuit can also be found by finding the sum
of the parallel admittances. The total impedance ZT of the circuit is then 1/YT; that is,
for the network of Figure 1.

𝑌𝑇 = 𝑌1 + 𝑌2 + 𝑌3 + … … … … + 𝑌𝑁

Figure 1: A parallel circuit having admittances

1 1 1 1
or, since Z = 1/Y, 1
= + + + ...........+
𝑍𝑇 𝑍1 𝑍2 𝑍3 𝑍𝑁
As pointed out in the introduction to this section, conductance is the reciprocal of
1 1
resistance, and 𝑌𝑅 = 𝑍 = 𝑅∠0° = 𝐺∠0°
𝑅
The reciprocal of reactance (1/X) is called susceptance and is a measure of how
susceptible an element is to the passage of current through it.
1 1 1
For the inductor, 𝑌𝐿 = 𝑍 = 𝑋 ∠90° = 𝑋 ∠ − 90°
𝐿 𝐿 𝐿
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Defining 𝐵𝐿 = (Siemens, S)
𝑋𝐿
𝑌𝐿 = 𝐵𝐿 ∠ − 90°

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 Figure 2: An RLC parallel circuit consisting of an inductor and a capacitor

The circuit in Fig.2 represents an RLC parallel circuit where the total current (I) will
divide into IL and IC into the parallel branches. If we apply KCL, I = IL + IC.

Apparatus:
• Oscilloscope
• Function generator
• Multimeter
• Resistor: 100  (3)
• Inductor: 6.3 mH
• Capacitor: 1 F
• Connecting wires
• Breadboard

Precautions:
The connections should be understood according to the figure, and it should be
initially checked if all the other buttons in the inductor and capacitor box are in the
off position.
The signal/function generator should be operated smoothly, and the probes should
be connected perfectly.
The oscilloscope should be calibrated before the channels are connected across
any components to ensure that there is no problem with the probes of the
oscilloscope.
The components should be connected to the breadboard smartly to ensure the
connections.
Procedure:
1. All the necessary materials, including resistors, capacitors, inductors, a function
generator, an oscilloscope, and a power supply, was collected.

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2. The circuit was built using the values chosen from the lab.
3. The function generator and channel 1 of the oscilloscope was connected to the
input of the RLC circuit and channel 2 of the oscilloscope was connected across the
resistor, inductor, and capacitor to see the waveforms.
4. The function generator was set to produce a sinusoidal waveform at 1 kHz.
5. The output waveform on the oscilloscope was observed.
6. The peak values of both the wave shapes was measured. The phase relationship
between the two waves should be determined. The phase angle was found.
7. The wave equations for current, \(i(t)\), and for supply voltage, \(e(t)\), was written
down.
8. The resistance and reactance from the circuit was calculated.
9. The input frequency was set to 5 kHz and the experiment should be repeated.
10. The complete vector diagram of the RLC circuit with the experimental data
obtained was drawn.
11. All the measurements and observations was recorded in a data table.
12. The data collected was analyzed and theoretically calculated to verify KCL.
13. The experience gathered from the experiment was explained, and an appropriate
conclusion from the results compared and observed was written..

Figure: Implanted RCL Circuit

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Figure: Wave of Inductor for 1 k Hz

Figure: Wave of Inductor for 2 k Hz

Figure: Wave of Inductor for 4 k Hz

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 Figure: Wave of Inductor for 1 k Hz

Figure: Wave of Capacitor for 2 k Hz

Figure: Wave of Capacitor for 4 k Hz

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Data Table:

IL IC=VRC/ VR I=VR/
VRL VRC IL+IC
f E
(V)
=VRL/RL L RC C volt R
(V) (A) (A)
(A) (A) s
7.9 - 48.5
1 kHz 2.08 17,8 2.1 18 35.8 3.4 34
6 36.5 
7.9
2 kHz
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2.1 16.5 -29 2.1 20.2 175 36.7 3.3 33
7.9 176.
4 kHz
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2.4 13 12 2.4 23 36 3.1 31
4

Results and Discussions:

𝐼̅ = 𝐼̅𝐿 + 𝐼̅𝐶
𝐼̅ = 17.8 + 18.0 A = 35.8 A
𝐼̅ = 16.5 + 20.2 A = 36.7 A
𝐼̅ = 13 + 23 A =36 A

Report:

Figure: Simulation of 1 kHz for Inductor

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Figure: Simulation of 2 kHz for Inductor

Figure: Simulation of 4 kHz for Inductor

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Discussion:
1) The practical value and simulatedvalue is slightly different for experimental
procedure.

2) We did not use the probe calibrate the oscilloscope.

3) The some of currents throught the indector and capacitor was compared with
the total current to verify KCL.

References:

[1] AC Lab Manual , Department Of EEE, Faculty Of Engineering , American

International University Of Bangladesh
[2] "Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements" by David A. Bell
[3] Modern Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques" by Albert D.
Helfrick and William D. Cooper
[4] "The Art of Electronics" by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill
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