Inductor Water Analogy

For most students the least understood of the three circuit elements is the inductor.

Inductor water analogy. Paul evans feb 7 2019 3. Refrigerant types and their future. Inductors work based on a property called inductance which is simply the ability to store some quantity of energy in a magnetic field. This is equivalent to our inductor.

In general electric potential is equivalent to hydraulic head. Displacement current is like the upward flow of water that bears you up. The advantage of doing this is that there is a large body of theory and analysis techniques concerning complex electrical systems especially in the field of filters. Properties of carbon dioxide at atmospheric pressure.

Home inductors explained inductor water analogy. It will resist an initial flow or any change in flow once it is already turning at a steady rate. There s then a downward flow. When we first start the pump the water is going to flow and it wants to get back to the pump as this is a closed loop just like when electrons leave the battery they flow to try and get back to the other side of the battery.

For an analogy imagine you re in a canoe at sea and a big wave comes at you. Let s think about a simple example like a water wheel to understand what s going on here. Applying pressure to the inductor presses water against the p. You ll like these too.

Hydraulic analogy with horizontal water flow voltage current and charge. Paul evans mar 30 2015 1. A hydraulic inductor is a water wheel connected through a rigid axle to a heavy stone flywheel. An inductor is also very easy to compare and if you ve ever seen a water mill operating it ll be even easier.

Posted on september 25 2020. Yet another water analogy to understand. We will associate the inductor with a water wheel which sits in the flow flow of water as is shown in figure 1. Explaining an inductor in terms of this analogy with a flow of water is fortunately no more difficult than explaining a capacitor.

A hole or long tube is analogous to an inductor that stores kinetic energy associated with the flow of air. The impedance analogy is a method of representing a mechanical system by an analogous electrical system. By selvaraj s p. Diodes transistors and other bits.

Paul evans sep 20 2017 3. Now that you know what an inductor is how exactly does it work in a circuit. The inductor is like the wheel being propelled by the moving water.