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Faculty of Engineering& Technology

Basic Electrical Engineering (203106101)


B. Tech. 1st Year

EXPERIMENT-07

AIM: Verification of Thevenin Theorem.

APPARATUS:

SR EQUIPMENT NAME RANGE QUANTITY


NO
1 Thevenin's kit -- 01
2 Multimeter auto range 01
3 Resistors ( in built in kit) as in kit 01 each
4 connecting wires - as required

THEORY:
THEVENIN’S THEOREM:

Thevenin‟s theorem can be stated as;“An active bilateral linear network containing
energy sources (generators) and impedances can be replaced by an equivalent circuit containing
a voltage source (ETh or VTh) in series with an impedance (ZTh), where the ETh or VThis the open
circuit voltage between terminals of the network and ZThis the impedance measured between the
terminals of this network with all energy sources eliminated”. In other words, “when a
particular branch is removed from a circuit, the open circuit voltage appears across the terminals
of the circuit, is Thevenin‟s equivalent voltage and the equivalent resistance of the circuit
network looking back into the terminal is Thevenin‟s equivalent resistance”. If we replace the
rest of the circuit network by a single voltage source, then the voltage of the source would be
Thevenin‟s equivalent voltage and internal resistance of the voltage source would be Thevenin‟s
equivalent resistance which would be connected in series with the source as shown in the figure.

MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER THEOREM:

The maximum power transfer theorem states that in a linear, bilateral DC network,
maximum power is delivered to the load when the load resistance is equal to the internal
resistance of a source.

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Basic Electrical Engineering (203106101)
B. Tech. 1st Year

Figure 7.1: Diagram for both thevenin and maximum power transfer theorem

The original two terminal circuits are replaced with a Thevenin‟s equivalent circuit across the
variable load resistance. The current through the load for any value of load resistance is

Form the above expression the power delivered depends on the values of RTH and RL. However,
the Thevenin‟s equivalent is constant; the power delivered from this equivalent source to the
load entirely depends on the load resistance RL. To find the exact value of RL, we apply
differentiation to PL with respect to RL and equating it to zero as

Therefore, this is the condition of matching the load where the maximum power transfer occurs
when the load resistance is equal to the Thevenin‟s resistance of the circuit. By substituting the
RTH = RL we get,
The maximum power delivered to the load is,

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Basic Electrical Engineering (203106101)
B. Tech. 1st Year

Hence, the maximum power transfer theorem expresses the state at which maximum power is
delivered to the load, that is, when the load resistance is equal to the Thevenin‟s equivalent
resistance of the circuit.
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

PROCEDURE:

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Basic Electrical Engineering (203106101)
B. Tech. 1st Year

OBSERVATION TABLE:

R1= R2= R3= RL=


Supply Voltage Thevenin’s Voltage Thevenin’s
Sr.
V Vth Resistance
No.
(Volts) (Volts) Rth (ohm)

Supply Voltage Thevenin’s Voltage Thevenin’s Power


Sr.
V Vth Resistance W
No.
(Volts) (Volts) Rth (ohm) (Watts)

CALCULATIONS:

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Faculty of Engineering& Technology
Basic Electrical Engineering (203106101)
B. Tech. 1st Year

CONCLUSION:

QUESTIONS:
Q.1 State Thevenin‟s Theorem.
Q.2 State Maximum Power Transfer Theorem.
Q.3 What are Vth and Rth?
Q.4 For the circuit given find Rth when R1 = ____, R2 = ____ & R3 = ____.
Q.5 What will be the value of Rth when maximum power is delivered to the load given that RL
= _____

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