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Electromotive Force and Circuits

Electromotive Force and Circuits. For a conductor to have a steady current, it must be a closed loop path If charge goes around a complete circuit and returns to a starting point – potential energy does not change As charges move through the circuit they loose their potential energy

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Electromotive Force and Circuits

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  1. Electromotive Force and Circuits For a conductor to have a steady current, it must be a closed loop path If charge goes around a complete circuit and returns to a starting point – potential energy does not change As charges move through the circuit they loose their potential energy due to resistance

  2. “Electromotive force” (emf, ε) is produced by a battery or a generator and acts as a “charge pump”. It moves charges uphill and is equal to the potential difference across such a device under open-circuit conditions (no current). In reality, batteries have some internal resistance. Emf is measured in Volts (so it is not a “force” per say, but potential difference) Sources of emf – batteries, electric generators, solar cells, fuel cells

  3. In ideal situation, As the charge flows through the circuit, the potential rise as it passes through the ideal source is equal to potential drop via the resistance, Evolution of the electric potential in the circuit with a load Internal Resistance

  4. We measure voltages with voltmeters We measure currents with ammeters An ideal voltmeter would have an infinite resistance An ideal ammeter would have a zero resistance Example: What are voltmeter and ammeter readings?

  5. Examples Bulb B is taken away, will the bulb A glow differently? Which bulb glows brighter? Which bulb glows brighter?

  6. Potential changes around the circuit Potential gain in the battery Potential drop at all resistances In an old, “used-up” battery emf is nearly the same, but internal resistance increases enormously

  7. Electrical energy and power Chemical energy → Electric potential energy → Kinetic energy of charge carriers → Dissipation/Joule heat (heating the resistor through collisions with its atoms) As the charge goes through the resistance the potential energy qV is expended (if both q and V are positive), but charge does not acquire kinetic energy (current is constant). Instead, it converted to heat. The opposite can also happen – if change in potential energy is positive, the charge acquires it - battery

  8. Power Output of a Source

  9. Power Input to a Source Current flows “backwards” Rate of conversion of electric energy into non-electrical energy Work is being done on, rather than by the top battery (source of non-electrostatic force)

  10. Circuits in Series • Resistance (light bulbs) on same path • Current has one pathway - same in every part of the circuit • Total resistance is sum of individual resistances along path • Current in circuit equal to voltage supplied divided by total resistance • Sum of voltages across each lamp equal to total voltage • One bulb burns out - circuit broken - other lamps will not light (think of string of old Christmas lights)

  11. Water Analogy for Series Circuits ISNS 3371 - Phenomena of Nature

  12. Resistors in series

  13. Parallel Circuits • Bulbs connected to same two points of electrical circuit • Voltage same across each bulb • Total current divides among the parallel branches - equals sum of current in each branch - current in each branch inversely proportional to resistance of branch • Overall resistance of circuit lowered with each additional branch • Household wiring (and new Christmas light strings) designed in parallel - too many electrical devices on - too much current - trip fuse/breaker

  14. Water Analogy for Parallel Circuits ISNS 3371 - Phenomena of Nature

  15. Resistors in parallel

  16. Calculating resistance A variable cross-section resistor treated as a serial combination of small straight-wire resistors:

  17. Example: Equivalent resistances

  18. Series versus parallel connection What about power delivered to each bulb? What if one bulb burns out?

  19. Symmetry considerations to calculate equivalent resistances I2 I1 I1 I2 I1 I2 I1 I1 I2 I2 I1 I2 No current through the resistor

  20. Kirchhoff’s rules • To analyze more complex (steady-state) circuits: • For any junction: Sum of incoming currents equals to sum of outgoing currents • (conservation of charge) • Valid for any junction • 2. For any closed circuit loop: Sum of the voltages across all elements of the loop is zero • (conservation of energy) • Valid for any close loop • - The number of independent equations will be equal to the number of unknown currents Loop rule – statement that the electrostatic force is conservative.

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