PETERSON COIL

Name

: R.A.S.C. Ranathunga

Course

: IESL

Group

:G4

Field

: Electrical

Instructed by

: Mr. Pathirawasa

Date of performance: 12/02/2012

CALCULATIONS:
For Resistive Inductance,
VL = IL. (r+JwL)
| |=

i.e. L =

| |

Specimen Calculation:
VL = 20.5 v
|

L=

IL = 0.35A
|

L = 0.18632 H
L = 186.32 mH

Theoretical Calculations:

L=
C = 40.8F

=2f =2 * *50

L = 0.082778 H
L = 82.778 mH

r = 2.8

TABULATIONS:

Fault Current (If) mA

460
440
420
400
380
360
340
320
300
280
260
260
280
300
320
340
360
380
400
420
440
460
480
500
520

Inductance of Coil (L) mH

186.3199
167.3791
158.9858
141.2616
132.3964
127.076
122.164
109.4551
104.0354
93.24262
84.45624
71.82845
65.0559
63.06697
60.59184
57.90411
55.7476
54.7264
53.26033
52.32415
50.97755
50.11606
48.87472
47.69061
46.93105

Fault Current Vs Inductance of Coil

Fault Current (mA)

550
540
530
520
510
500
490
480
470
460
450
440
430
420
410
400
390
380
370
360
350
340
330
320
310
300
290
280
270
260
255mA250
240
230
220
210
200
190
180
170
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

77mH

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200

Inductance of Coil (mH)

RESULTS :

Value of Inductance for minimum fault current

From the graph = 77 mH

Theoretical Value = 82.778 mH

DISCUSSION: