Chapter 9: Circuits Containing Resistance, Inductive Reactance, And Condensive Reactance
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Section titled “Source Metadata”| Field | Value |
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| Source | Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena |
| Year | 1916 |
| Section ID | theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-chapter-09 |
| Location | lines 4674-6992 |
| Status | candidate |
| Word Count | 3916 |
| Equation Candidates In Section | 57 |
| Figure Candidates In Section | 16 |
| Quote Candidates In Section | 0 |
Opening Source Excerpt
Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”CHAPTER IX CIRCUITS CONTAINING RESISTANCE, INDUCTIVE REACTANCE, AND CONDENSIVE REACTANCE 53. Having, in the foregoing, re-established Ohm's law and Kirchhoff 's laws as being also the fundamental laws of alternating- current circuits, when expressed in their complex form, E = ZI, or, 7 = YE, and "EE = 0 in a closed circuit, S/ = 0 at a distributing point, where E, I, Z, Y, are the expressions of e.m.f., current, impe- dance, and admittance in complex quantities — these values representing not only the intensity, but also the phase, of the alternating wave — we can now — by application of these laws, and in the same manner as with continuous-current circuits, keeping in mind, however, that E, I, Z, Y, are complex quanti- ties— calculate alternating-current circuits and networks of circuits containing resistance,Source-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Impedance / reactance
Section titled “Impedance / reactance”CHAPTER IX CIRCUITS CONTAINING RESISTANCE, INDUCTIVE REACTANCE, AND CONDENSIVE REACTANCE 53. Having, in the foregoing, re-established Ohm's law and Kirchhoff 's laws as being also the fundamental laws of alternating- current circuits, when expressed in their complex form, E = ZI, or, 7 = YE, and "EE = 0 in a closed circuit, S/ = ...Alternating current
Section titled “Alternating current”CHAPTER IX CIRCUITS CONTAINING RESISTANCE, INDUCTIVE REACTANCE, AND CONDENSIVE REACTANCE 53. Having, in the foregoing, re-established Ohm's law and Kirchhoff 's laws as being also the fundamental laws of alternating- current circuits, when expressed in their complex form, E = ZI, or, 7 = YE, and "EE = 0 in a closed circuit, S ...Dielectricity / capacity
Section titled “Dielectricity / capacity”... with increasing rapidity. In the general equations, x appears in the expressions for / and E only as x^, so that / and E assume the same value when X is negative as when x is positive; or, in other words, series resistance acts upon a circuit with leading current, or in a condenser circuit, in the same way as upon a circuit with lag- ging current, or an inductive circuit. For a given impedance, z, of the receiver circuit, the current, /, and e.m.f., E, are smaller the larger the value of r; that is, the less the difference of phase in the receiver cir ...Complex quantities
Section titled “Complex quantities”... the fundamental laws of alternating- current circuits, when expressed in their complex form, E = ZI, or, 7 = YE, and "EE = 0 in a closed circuit, S/ = 0 at a distributing point, where E, I, Z, Y, are the expressions of e.m.f., current, impe- dance, and admittance in complex quantities — these values representing not only the intensity, but also the phase, of the alternating wave — we can now — by application of these laws, and in the same manner as with continuous-current circuits, keeping in mind, however, that E, I, Z, Y, are complex quanti- ties— calc ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-eq-candidate-0244 | E = ZI, or, 7 = YE, | line 4683 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-eq-candidate-0245 | ”EE = 0 in a closed circuit, | line 4687 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-eq-candidate-0246 | S/ = 0 at a distributing point, | line 4689 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-eq-candidate-0247 | 1. Resistance in Series with a Circuit | line 4708 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-eq-candidate-0248 | 54. In a constant-potential system with impressed e.m.f., | line 4710 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-eq-candidate-0249 | CIRCUITS CONTAINING RESISTANCE 61 | line 4723 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-eq-candidate-0250 | Eo = ^^7T^; | line 4752 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-eq-candidate-0251 | difference of phase in receiver circuit, tan 6 = - | line 4775 |
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theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-051 | Eo E Fig. 51. M | line 5008 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-052 | Eo Fig. 52. Fig. 53. | line 5025 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-053 | Fig. 52. Fig. 53. 2. Reactance in Series with a Circuit | line 5028 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-054 | ohms inductance-’— reactance-^condensance Fig. 54. E^, are shown for various conditions of a receiver circuit and | line 5409 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-055 | 0 Fig. 55. Fig. 56. | line 5474 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-056 | Fig. 55. Fig. 56. Fig. 57. | line 5477 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-057 | Fig. 56. Fig. 57. is, the current and e.m.f. in the supply circuit are in phase with | line 5480 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-058 | ^w=+90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 degrees lag-«- phase difference in consumer circuit-*- lead Fig. 58. In Figs. 59 and 60, the same curves are plotted… | line 5572 |
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