Power Calculator in Parallel RLC
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A calculator to calculate the average power delivered to a resistor, a capacitor and an inductor in parallel, as shown below, is presented.
The calculator gives the impedance of the parallel circuit as a complex numbers in standard form , its modulus and argument, the power factor and the average power.
Formula for The Average Power Delivered to a pallel RLC Circuit
The general formula of the average power delivered to an impedance \( Z \) as shown in the circuit below is given by
\[ \displaystyle \quad \quad P_a = \dfrac{V_0^2}{2 |Z|} \cos \theta \]
where \( V_0 \) is the peak voltage of the source volatge \( v_ i\). \( |Z| \) is the modulus of \( Z \) and \( \theta \) its argument.
The term \( \cos \theta \) is called the power factor.
\( \omega = 2 \pi f \) , angular frequency in rad/s where \( f \) is the frequency of the voltage source.
The formula of the impedance \( Z \)
of the paralle RLC circuit shown above, in standard complex form, is given by
\( \dfrac{1}{Z} = \dfrac{1}{R} + j \omega \; C - j \dfrac{1}{ \omega \; L} \)
\( |Z| = \dfrac{1} { \sqrt{\dfrac{1}{R^2} + \left(\omega \; C- \dfrac{1}{\omega \; L} \right)^2 }} \)
\( \theta = - \arctan \left(\dfrac{R(\omega^2 \; L \; C - 1) }{ \omega \; L}\right) \)
and in polar form as follows
\[ Z = |Z| e^{j \theta} \]
Use of the calculator
Enter the resistance, the capacitance, the inductance and the frequency as positive real numbers with the given units then press "calculate".
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