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| Section 22.2 in Matter and Interactions (4th edition) | Section 22.2 in Matter and Interactions (4th edition) |
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| [[184_notes:changing_e|Next Page: Changing Electric Fields]] | /*[[184_notes:changing_e|Next Page: Changing Electric Fields]] |
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| ===== Changing Flux from an Alternating Current ===== | ===== Changing Flux from an Alternating Current ===== |
| To get around this problem, a step up transformer is used to change a low voltage, high current circuit (like what comes out the generator) into a high voltage, low current circuit for transport from the generator to the neighborhoods or wherever it is needed. A step down transformer is then used close to the neighborhoods to return the high voltage, low current back to a low voltage, high current circuit that is then used in your house. You may have seen these around your neighborhood - they look like small boxes attached to the power lines overhead, generally on the lines going from a larger street into a residential area (shown in the figure to the left). | To get around this problem, a step up transformer is used to change a low voltage, high current circuit (like what comes out the generator) into a high voltage, low current circuit for transport from the generator to the neighborhoods or wherever it is needed. A step down transformer is then used close to the neighborhoods to return the high voltage, low current back to a low voltage, high current circuit that is then used in your house. You may have seen these around your neighborhood - they look like small boxes attached to the power lines overhead, generally on the lines going from a larger street into a residential area (shown in the figure to the left). |
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| [{{ 184_notes:week14_7.png?400|Primary and Secondary solenoids in a transformer}}] | [{{ 184_notes:week14_7.png?400|Primary and Secondary solenoids in a step-up transformer}}] |
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| In these notes, we will go through how a step up transformer works and how it uses induction to change the voltage from a low voltage to a high voltage. We will use a basic transformer, which is essentially two solenoids wrapped around a iron ring (shaped like doughnut), as shown in the figure to the right. The first solenoid, which will refer to as the primary solenoid, is connected to the power generator and has the low voltage (and high current). The second solenoid, which we will refer to as the secondary solenoid, should then have a high voltage (and low current) and eventually be connected to the city through a step down transformer. | In these notes, we will go through how a step up transformer works and how it uses induction to change the voltage from a low voltage to a high voltage. We will use a basic transformer, which is essentially two solenoids wrapped around a iron ring (shaped like doughnut), as shown in the figure to the right. The first solenoid, which will refer to as the primary solenoid, is connected to the power generator and has the low voltage (and high current). The second solenoid, which we will refer to as the secondary solenoid, should then have a high voltage (and low current) and eventually be connected to the city through a step down transformer. |
| Because there is an oscillating potential/current in the first solenoid (from the generator), this will create a constantly changing magnetic field in the primary solenoid. Since the primary solenoid is wrapped around the iron bar, the magnetic field from the solenoid will cause all of the atoms within the iron to align with the magnetic field from the primary solenoid. Because iron atoms are very responsive to magnetic fields, even the atoms that are outside the primary solenoid will align with this magnetic field (largely because they are feeling the effects of their neighboring iron atoms). Since iron is easily magnetized, we will //__assume that the magnetic field in the iron from the primary solenoid will be the same magnetic field in the secondary solenoid__// (still in the iron ring). Because the magnetic field in the primary solenoid is oscillating, this means that the magnetic field in all of the iron ring is also constantly changing. | Because there is an oscillating potential/current in the first solenoid (from the generator), this will create a constantly changing magnetic field in the primary solenoid. Since the primary solenoid is wrapped around the iron bar, the magnetic field from the solenoid will cause all of the atoms within the iron to align with the magnetic field from the primary solenoid. Because iron atoms are very responsive to magnetic fields, even the atoms that are outside the primary solenoid will align with this magnetic field (largely because they are feeling the effects of their neighboring iron atoms). Since iron is easily magnetized, we will //__assume that the magnetic field in the iron from the primary solenoid will be the same magnetic field in the secondary solenoid__// (still in the iron ring). Because the magnetic field in the primary solenoid is oscillating, this means that the magnetic field in all of the iron ring is also constantly changing. |
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| {{ 184_notes:Week14_9.png?400}} | [{{ 184_notes:Week14_9.png?400|Cross sectional area of the iron ring would be dA in our calculation}}] |
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| If we put the secondary solenoid on the end of the iron ring, this changing magnetic field will be the same as that from the primary solenoid: $B_P=B_S$. This changing magnetic field (from the primary solenoid) will induce a voltage ($V_S$) in the secondary solenoid. We can use Faraday's Law to write this as: | If we put the secondary solenoid on the end of the iron ring, this changing magnetic field will be the same as that from the primary solenoid: $B_P=B_S$. This changing magnetic field (from the primary solenoid) will induce a voltage ($V_S$) in the secondary solenoid. We can use Faraday's Law to write this as: |
| ==== Examples ==== | ==== Examples ==== |
| [[:184_notes:examples:Week14_ac_graph|Analyzing an Alternating Current Graph]] | [[:184_notes:examples:Week14_ac_graph|Analyzing an Alternating Current Graph]] |
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| [[:184_notes:examples:Week14_step_down_transformer|Designing a Step-down Transformer]] | [[:184_notes:examples:Week14_step_down_transformer|Designing a Step-down Transformer]] |
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