// To balance the unbalanced bridge // Modern Electronic Instrumentation And Measurement Techniques // By Albert D. Helfrick, William D. Cooper // First Edition Second Impression, 2009 // Dorling Kindersly Pvt. Ltd. India // Example 5-5 in Page 119 clear; clc; close; // Given data Z_1 = -1000*%i; Z_2 = 500; Z_3 = 1000; Z_4 = 100+500*%i; // The balance is not possible with this condition as theta_1+theta_4 will be slightly negative than theta_2+theta3 // Balance can be achieved by 2 methods: disp('First option is to modify Z_1 so that its phase angle is decreased to less than 90deg by placing a resistor in parallel with the capacitor.') // The resistance R_1 can be determined by the standard approach //Calculations Y_1 = Z_4/(Z_2*Z_3); //Also, // Y_1 = (1/R) + %i/1000; // equating both the equations and solving for R_1 R_1 = 1/(Y_1-(%i/1000 )); printf("The value of the resistor R_1 in parallel with capacitor = %d ohm\n",R_1); // It should be noted that the addition of R_1 upsets the first balance condition as the magnitude of Z_1 is changed // Hence the variable R_3 should be adjusted to compensate this effect disp('The second option is to modify the phase angle of arm 2 or arm 3 by adding series capacitor'); Z_3_1 = Z_1 *Z_4/Z_2; // substituting for the component values and solving for X_C yeilds X_C = abs(1000- Z_3_1)/-%i; printf("The value of the reactance of the capacitor used, X_C = %d ohm",imag(X_C)); //In this case the magnitude of the Z_3 is increased so that the first balance condition is changed //A small adjustment of R_3 is necessary to restore balance //Result // First option is to modify Z_1 so that its phase angle is decreased to less than 90deg by placing a resistor in parallel with the capacitor. // The value of the resistor R_1 in parallel with capacitor = 5000 ohm // The second option is to modify the phase angle of arm 2 or arm 3 by adding series capacitor // The value of the reactance of the capacitor used, X_C = 200 ohm