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An ideal inductor is excited by an ideal DC voltage source through a switch, which is initially open. The inductor is initially de-energized. The switch closes at time t = 0 t = 0 .

At time t = 8675309 t = 8675309 , what is the current through the inductor?


The answer is 8675309.0.

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2 solutions

Max Yuen
May 4, 2019

The inductor current ramp rate is proportional to the applied voltage. If the voltage is constant, so is the current ramp rate. Since V = 1 V V=1V and L = 1 H L = 1H , the ramp rate is V L = d I d t = 1 A s 1 I = I 0 + ( A s 1 ) t \frac{V}{L}=\frac{dI}{dt}=1A\cdot s^{-1}\rightarrow I = I_0 + (A\cdot s^{-1})t

(Assuming t t is in seconds . . . MKS/SI units and all.)

Plug in the time t = 8675309 s t=8675309s and we have the answer as 8675309 A 8675309A .

Note: In real life, you would fry the battery or power source before you can get this kind of current.

Here V=1 Volt and L=1 Henry. Therefore the equation for the growth of current is dI/dt=1 with the initial condition I(0)=0. Therefore I=t.

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