Chapter1ElectricandElectronicTechnologyFundamentalsUnit1ElectricElementsandComponentsTextNewWordsandExpressionsExercisesEndUnit1ElectricElementsandComponentsIntroductionElectricalelementsareconceptualabstractionsusedintheanalysisofelectricalnetworks
Anyelectricalnetworkcanbeanalyzedasmultiple,interconnectedelectricalelementsinaschematicdiagramorcircuitdiagram,eachofwhichaffectsthevoltageinthenetworkorcurrentthroughthenetwork
Theseidealelectricalelementsrepresentreal,physicalelectricalorelectroniccomponentsbuttheydonotexistphysicallyandtheyareassumedtohaveidealpropertiesaccordingtoalumpedelementmodel,whilecomponentsareobjectswithlessthanidealproperties,adegreeofuncertaintyintheirvaluesandsomedegreeofnonlinearity,eachofwhichmayrequireacombinationofmultipleelectricalelementsinordertoappro