Inductor
- The foundation of modern electrical engineering was the discovery by Faraday that when the magnetic flux through a loop of wire was varied, a voltage was set up in the wire.
This process is called electromagnetic induction.
- A conductor wound in the form of a coil is called an inductor (or solenoid)
- An inductor has a strong magnetic field that has many uses
- Inductance opposes current change
- An inductor may have its inductance increased by:-
- adding more turns
- introducing an iron core through the centre of the turns
Inductor
Inductor is a electric component that can store magnetic field energy
Construction
Capacitor is made from a straight line conductor of several circular turns
Inductor in DC Circuit
Magnetic Intensity Strength
Measurement of magnetic strength
Current
Inductance
Inductance has a symbol L measured in Henry unit H
For a staright line conductor
For a circular loop
For a coil of N circular loops conductor
Inductor in AC Circuit
Voltage
Current
Reactance
Resistance to the AC current flow
In frequency domain
In phasor domain
Impedance
Resistance to the AC current flow
In frequency domain
In phasor domain
Time Constant
Power
Power of the capacitor
Inductor Configuration
Inductors in Series
For n inductor connected adjacent to each other as shown
The total resistance
For 2 series resistor of same value
Inductors in parallel
For n inductors connected facing each other as shown
The total inductance
For 2 parallel resistor of same value