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TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF DC CIRCUITS

Introduction
When a circuit condition changes from one state to another state, either when the
applied voltage changes or when one of the circuit element changes, a transitional
period exists during which the branch currents & voltage drops change from their
earlier values to new values. After this transient period, the circuit reaches a steady
state value.
DIRECT CURRENT TRANSIENTS:
4.1. RL SERIES TRANSIENT CIRCUITS FOR DC INPUT
A constant voltage V is applied to the series RL circuit. When the switch is closed at
t 0 , as shown in Fig…

Applying KVL the differential equation is,

di(t )
Ri(t )  L V
dt
Taking the Laplace transform on both sides,
V
 R  SL  I (s) 
S
V
V L
I ( s)  
S ( R  SL)  R
SS  
 L

Applying partial fraction expansion,


V
L A B
 
R S R
S (S  ) S
L L
V  R
 A S    B S
L  L

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Comparing the coefficients of like powers of ‘S’,


A  B 0

AR V

L L
V V
Solving , A and B
R R

 

V 1 1 
I (s)    
RS  R
 S  
  L

V    t 
R

i (t )  1  e  L  
R 
 

The initial value of the current is, i(0)  0


V
The final value of current is i ( ) 
R

, i( )  1  e  
L V 0.632V
At t   
1

R R R

At this time, the current is 63.2 % of its final value


This type of equation is known as an exponential rising function & and the plot of
current response is shown in Fig

The time constant (TC) is the time at which the power of exponent ‘e’ is unity.
L
Thus for the RL transient the time constant is,   sec
R

The voltage drop across the resistor & inductor is,

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V     t      t 
R R
 L 
VR  R i (t )  R  1 e  V 1 e  L  

R   
   

  t  
d V 
R  R
     t
 L  
VL  L 1 e  Ve  L 
dt  R  
  

Source free RL circuit


Consider a source free RL circuit shown in Fig below. The inductor has an initial
current of I0 Amps.
The differential equation of the circuit is,
di (t )
R i (t )  L 0
dt
R I (s)  L  SI ( s)  I 0   0

 R  SL  I (s)  I 0 L
 R
 S   I ( s)  I 0
 L
I0
I (s) 
 R
S  
 L
Taking the inverse Laplace transform,
R
t
i(t )  I 0 e L

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Problem 4.3: In the circuit shown in Fig… switch S1 is closed at t  0 & S 2 is opened
t  0.3sec . Find the expression for transient current for both the intervals.

Solution:
With switch S1 & S 2 closed at t  0 , the 50 resistor acts as a short circuit.

The differential equation is,


di(t )
20 i(t )  2  100
dt

100
 20  2S  I (S ) 
S

50 5  10
I (S )  
S  S  5 S  S  10 


i(t )  5 1  e10 t Amps 
 
i(0.3)  5 1  e100.3  4.75 Amps

When switch S 2 is opened the differential equation is,


di(t )
70 i(t )  2  100
dt

100
70 I ( S )  2  S I ( S )  4.75 
S

100
70  2S  I (S )   9.5
S

50  4.75S
I (S ) 
S ( S  35)

Applying partial fraction expansion,


50  4.75S A B
 
S ( S  35) S S  35

50  4.75S  A  S  35  BS

Solving for constants A and B


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A  1.43 and B  3.32

1.43 3.32
I (S )  
S S  35

35t 0.2
i(t )  1.43  3.32 e Amps for t  0.2sec

Problem 4.4: In the circuit shown in Fig…., the switch is closed for a long time. At t  0
the switch is opened. Calculate i (t ) for t  0 .

Solution:
Since the switch is closed for a long time, there exist steady state conditions. Under this
condition inductor acts a short circuit and 16 acts as dead element.

12  4
Now, RT   2  5
16

40 IT  12 8  12
IT   8 Amps i0    6 Amps
5 16 16

When the switch is opened, the circuit condition is shown in Fig 2


di (t )
8i(t )  2 0
dt

8 I (S )  2 S I (S )  i0   0

8  2S  I (S )  12
12 6
I (s)  
8  2S S  4

i(t )  6 e4t Amps for t  0 sec

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