Complete Study Notes of Circuit Theory - Kirchhoff's Laws

By Vishnu Pratap Singh|Updated : February 8th, 2022

Complete coverage of the UPPCL AE Exam syllabus is a very important aspect for any competitive examination but before that important subjects and their concept must be covered thoroughly. In this article, we are going to discuss the fundamental of Kirchhoff's Law which is very useful for UPPCL AE Exams

1. KIRCHOFF'S LAW

  • Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law ( KVL): The sum of voltages around a closed loop circuit is equal to zero.
  • Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL) is Kirchhoff's second law that deals with the conservation of energy around a closed circuit path. ... This voltage law states that for a closed loop series path the algebraic sum of all the voltages around any closed loop in a circuit is equal to zero.

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  • Kirchhoff’s Current Law ( KCL): The algebraic sum of electrical current that merge in a common node of a circuit is zero.
  • Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL) is Kirchhoff's first law that deals with the conservation of charge entering and leaving a junction. This idea by Kirchhoff is commonly known as the Conservation of Charge, as the current is conserved around the junction with no loss of current.

                                               ∑ IIN = ∑IOUT

 

2. STAR-DELTA TRANSFORMATION

  • A part of a bigger circuit that is configured with the three-terminal network Y (or Δ) has to be converted into an equivalent Δ (or Y) through transformations.
  • Applications of these transformations will be studied by solving the resistive circuits.

Delta (Δ) – Wye (Y) conversion:

Let us consider the network shown below and assumed the resistances ( RAB, RBC, RCA) in Δ network are known. Now the requirement is to measure the resistance values of the branches of the Wye (Y) network that would produce same resistances when measured across similar pairs of terminals of Δ network. For this We have to write the equivalence resistance between any two terminals in the following form.

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  • on solving above equations, we get values for star network resistances 

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Conversion from Wye or Star (Y) to Delta (Δ):

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  • To convert a Wye (Y ) to a Delta (Δ ), the relationships RAB, RBC & R3 must be obtained in terms of the Wye (Y)  resistances RA RB and RC Considering the Y connected network, we can write the current expression through RA resistor as

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  • After equating the coefficients of VAB and VAC in both sides, we get the following relationship

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  • similarly we can obtain for RBC for equivalent delta configuration

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  • Observations: With a view to the symmetry of the transformation equations, the Wye (Y) and Delta (Δ) networks have been superimposed on each other.
  • The equivalent Wye (Y) resistance connected to a given terminal is equal to the product of the two Delta (Δ) resistances connected to that same terminal divided by the sum of all the Delta (Δ) resistances.
  • The equivalent Delta (Δ) resistance between the two-terminals is the product of the two star (Y) resistances connected to those terminals divided by the third-star resistance plus the sum of the two same star (Wye) resistances.

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