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Alternating Current
Electricity Lesson 11
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Learning Objectives
• To know what is meant by alternating current.
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To know how to calculate the rms value of analternating current.
•To know how to calculate the power suppliedby an alternating current.
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Recap
• What is the difference between an alternating
current and a direct current?
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phet simulation (AC connected to 1 ohmresistor).
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Definition
• From the specification book:-
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An alternating current (ac) is a current thatrepeatedly reverses its direction.
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Questions
• What is frequency? What is the unit of
frequency?
• What is the frequency of mains electricity?
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Calculate the period of mains electricity.
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Answers
• Frequency is the number of cycles per second.
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The unit of frequency is the hertz (Hz)
• Mains electricity is an alternating current with
a frequency of 50 Hz too fast to noticeflickering.
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Peak Value
• The peak value of an alternating current (or pd) is
the maximum current (or pd) which is the same in
either direction.
• One complete alternation is called a cycle (NOTwavelength).
• The graph is called a sinusoidal waveform or a sine
wave.
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Peak Current
• This depends on the peak pd and the
components in circuit.
• If the peak pd was 260 V and the resistance of
the components in the circuit is 56 Ω, what
would the peak current be?
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Peak Current
• This depends on the peak pd and the
components in circuit.
• If the peak pd was 260 V and the resistance of
the components in the circuit is 56 Ω, what
would the peak current be?
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Why do we use ac?
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Important Physics Ideas
• Conservation of energy (power in=power out).
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Faraday's law of induction (changing magneticfield induces a electric current).
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Ampere’s law (electric current passing througha wire results in magnetic field around it).
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Why do we use ac?
• Power dissipated in the wires =I2/R.
• So we want to transmit electricity using low I.
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Transformers can be used to change the pd of ac.• Power going into transformer = Power going out of
transformer (Pi = Po) (IiVi=IoVo).
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An electric current only gets induced in a wire whenthere is a changing magnetic field.
• There is only a changing magnetic field if there is achanging electric field i.e. alternating pd.
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Observing AC
• An oscilloscope can be used to display the
waveform of the alternating pd from a signal
generator. Demo
• What effect does increasing the output pd
have?
• What effect does increasing the frequency
have?
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These features are shown on the
graph:
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Heating Effect of AC
• Imagine a heater connected to an ac supply.
• It would repeatedly heat up then cool down.
• The power, P, supplied to a heater of resistance R:-
• Recall that direction of the current doesn’t matter sothe power supplied varies with the square of thecurrent.
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Heating Effect of AC
• When I is at its maximum, I0, max. power is supplied.
• When I is zero, zero power is supplied.
• The mean power supplied:-
• This is from the symmetrical shape of the power
curve.
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Root Mean Square Value
• The root mean square value of an alternating current
is the value of direct current that would give the same
heating effect as the alternating current in the same
resistor.
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Question 1
• What is the rms voltage of an ac mains with a
peak voltage of 325 V?
• What would be the power supplied to a 70
ohm resistor?
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Answer
• Vrms = 325 / √2 = 230 V
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Root Mean Square Value
• The values of voltage and current are constantly
changing in AC, unlike in DC in which they are
steady. We can measure AC voltages in two ways:-
• Measure the peak to peak voltage, easily done on acathode ray oscilloscope (CRO).
• Measure the root mean square (rms) value, or the
effective value.
• We use the rms value because its use allows us to do
electrical calculations as if they were direct
currents.