Technological Institute of the Philippines

Electrical Engineering Department

Electrical Circuits II

Laboratory Experiment # 7 Resistor and Capacitor in Series

Grade

Student Name (LN, FN, MI) Student Number Date of Performance Date of Submission SKED CODE / SUBJECT CODE Name of Instructor Signature of Instructor

Laboratory Report Rubric

Name of Student: ____________________________________________________________ Title of Experiment: __________________________________________________________ Criteria Beginner (0 4)
Untidy Report. Submitted Laboratory report did not follow the given format, not organized and not original but with complete required contents Untidy. Presented an incomplete and incorrect result/data. Ideas were not in reference to the result/data gathered during experiment. Not clear, incomplete and too short.

Acceptable (5 7)
Neat Report. Submitted Laboratory report followed the given format, organized but with complete required contents Neat. Presented result/data incomplete. correct but

Proficient (8 10)
Neat and well presented report. Submitted Laboratory report followed the given format, organized, original and with complete required contents. Neat and well presented. Presented correct and complete result/data. Ideas were taken from the result/data gathered during the experiment. Very clear, complete and sufficient to form a discussion. Ideas were very much appropriate to the experiment that has been performed. Very clear, complete and sufficient to form a conclusion. A general theorem or law is formulated and discussed reasonably well to explain the results of the experiment. All questions were correctly answered. Uses rich and imaginative language. Excellent grammar and sentence construction. Ideas are expressed clearly and precisely.

Score

Appearance/Organization /Completeness of Laboratory Report (X0.5)

Figures and Circuit Diagram (X0.5) Accuracy of Results/Data Gathered (X1.5)

Discussion of Results (X2.5)

Ideas were in reference to result/data gathered during experiment. Clear, but not complete and too short.

Conclusion (X3)

Ideas were inappropriate to the experiment. Not clear, incomplete and too short. Failed to link the results of the experiment with a general theorem or law.

Ideas were somehow appropriate to the experiment that has been performed. Clear but not complete and too short. A general theorem or law was cited that supports the data gathered. Majority of the questions were answered correctly. Appropriate choice of language. Few grammatical and syntax errors. Can express ideas.

Answers to Questions/Problems

Answers to questions were incorrect. Inappropriate use of words. Poor grammar and bad sentence construction. Cannot express ideas clearly.

Use of Language

TOTAL

/100

___________________________________ Signature over Printed Name of Instructor

Experiment No. 7 RESISTOR AND CAPACITOR IN SERIES 1. Objective(s): The activity aims to find the voltage and current in a series resistor and capacitor connected across an AC source. 2. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs): The students shall be able to: 2.1 To measure the current and voltages in a series RC circuit. 2.2 To verify the characteristics of a series ac circuit that has resistance and capacitance 3. Discussion: Series RC circuits are used in many types of electronic equipment. When ac voltage is applied to this type of circuit, the characteristics are similar to those of a series RL circuit. In a capacitive circuit, current leads voltage and in an inductive circuit voltage leads current. Therefore these reactive values act in the opposite directions. In circuit calculations, the smaller reactance value is subtracted from the larger value to obtain the total reactance (XT) of the circuit. 4. Resources: Feedback AC Basics 12-302 5. Procedure: A. FIXED FREQUENCY 1. Construct the series RL circuit shown in Figure 7 1.

Figure 7 1. Series RC circuit. 2. Measure the current in the circuit. IT = ______________________ 3. Measure the total voltage, the voltage across the resistor, and the voltage across the capacitor. VT = ______________ VR = ______________ VC = ______________ 4. Using a power analyzer, measure the following: P = _________________ QC = _________________ S = _________________ pf = ________________

5. Using the values obtained in procedures 2 and 3, calculate the following: a. Resistance: R = VR/IR = ____________________________ b. Capacitive reactance: XC = VC/IC = ______________________ c. Impedance: Z = VT/IT = ____________________________ Note: In series RC circuit IT = IR = IC 6. Calculate the following values of the circuit in Figure 7 1: a. Capacitive reactance: XC = 1/2fC = _____________________ b. Impedance: Z = R2 + XC2 = _______________________ c. Total current: IT = VT/Z = ____________________________ d. Voltage across the resistor: VR = IRR = _________________ e. Voltage across the capacitor: VC = ICXC = ______________ f. True power: P = IR2R = _____________________________ g. Capacitive reactive power: QC = IC2XC = ________________ h. Apparent power: S = IT2Z = __________________________ i. Power factor: pf = P/S = _____________________________ 7. Draw an impedance triangle, phasor diagram, and power triangle of the calculated values and measured value. B. CHANGING FREQUENCY 1. Using again the circuit in figure 7 1, measure the total current and compute for the impedance using the formula Z = VT/IT. 2. Repeat procedure no. 1 by changing the frequency to 400, 600, 800, 1200, and 1600 Hz. 3. Compute the impedance in each frequency. Plot a graph of impedance against the frequency.

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6. Data and Results: A. FIXED FREQUENCY Calculated Value VT IT VR VC P QC S pf Measured Value % Difference

(a) Calculated Values (b) Measured Values Figure 7 2. Impedance triangle

(a) Calculated Values Figure 7 3. Phasor triangle

(b) Measured Values

(a) Calculated Values Figure 7 4. Power triangle

(b) Measured Values

B. CHANGING FREQUENCY Frequency Hz 200 400 600 800 1200 1600

1.2

Source Voltage (VT) V

Total current (I) mA

Impedance Z Z = VT/IT

I m p e o d h a m n c e

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

500

1000 Frequency (Hz)

1500

2000

7. Conclusion

8. Assessment: CRITERIA I. Laboratory Skills

Members Members do not occasionally Manipulative Skills demonstrate needed demonstrate needed skills. skills Members are able to Experimental Members are unable to set-up the materials Set-up set-up the materials. with supervision. Members Members do not occasionally Process Skills demonstrate targeted demonstrate targeted process skills. process skills. Members follow Safety Members do not follow safety precautions Precautions safety precautions. most of the time. Members always demonstrate needed skills. Members are able to set-up the material with minimum supervision. Members demonstrate process skills. always targeted

BEGINNER 1

ACCEPTABLE 2

PROFICIENT 3

SCORE

Members follow safety precautions at all times.

II. Work Habits

Time Management Conduct Experiment Members do not finish Members finish on Members finish ahead of / on time with incomplete time with incomplete time with complete data of data. data. and time to revise data. Members have defined responsibilities most of the time. Group conflicts are cooperatively managed most of the time. Clean and orderly workplace with occasional mess during and after the experiment. Members require occasional supervision by the teacher. Members are on tasks and have defined responsibilities at all times. Group conflicts are cooperatively managed at all times. Clean and orderly workplace at all times during and after the experiment. Members do not need to be supervised by the teacher. Total Score = ( ) 100 24

Members do not know their tasks and have no Cooperative and defined responsibilities. Teamwork Group conflicts have to be settled by the teacher. Messy workplace during and after the experiment. require by the

Neatness Orderliness

and

Members Ability to do supervision independent work teacher. Other Comments/Observations:

9. Reference(s): Understanding AC Circuits, Dale R. Patrick/Electric Circuit Fundamentals, Thomas L. Floyd