WHAT IS DIRECT CURRENT? — The Engineering Knowledge

5 min readOct 30, 2022

Hello, readers welcome to the new post. Today we will learn WHAT IS DIRECT CURRENT? DC current or direct current was first time found by Alessandro Volta who was a physicist and he also invented the first chemical battery in 1799. The complete description of electric current was understood through the theory of Andre-Marie Ampere. He said that current flows are due to positive charges. In this experiment, he discussed the current flow of high positive charges to lowes positive charges

In this post, we will discuss the different points of Direct current and finds its practical applications. So let’s get started WHAT IS DIRECT CURRENT?

Introduction to DIRECT CURRENT?

Direct current is caused due to unidirectional flow of electric charges. The cell is an example of dc current.
Dc current flows through conductive material like a wire which also flows from semiconductor materials insulators etc.
Dc current is also called galvanic current. For AC to Dc conversion rectifiers are used that consist of diodes
For dc to ac conversion inverter circuits are used.
There are different applications of dc current like battery charging and power to motors.
Dc current used in railway system high voltage dc current used to for high power transmission to distant areas

WHAT IS CONVENTIONAL CURRENT FLOW

What is ELECTRON CURRENT FLOW

HOW TO CALCULATE CURRENT

The flow rate of charges is called current. It is also calculated by measuring the charge flow through certain points at specific time intervals. Its SI unit is Ampere
The formula used for measuring the current is
Q/t=I
Here Q is charged t is time and I is current

Differences between AC and DC

AC is current that changes its polarity after some time interval and dc current has the same polarity. here some differences are discussed between AC and DC.
Direct current does not change direction and AC current changes when flow in a circuit
The frequency of AC current is fifty or sixty on the bases of the country and DC current has zero since its polarity, not changes
In AC current electrons move back and forth while in DC electrons flow in a single direction
The magnitude of AC varies for different time intervals and DC has the same magnitude
AC has a 0 to 1 power factor and Dc has always one power factor
Impedance is ac parameter and dc has resistance
Wave for dc is pure dc or pulsating while AC has square, triangular, and sinusoidal
Rectifier used for AC to dc conversion and DC to AC inverter used
Ac can operate resistive inductive or capacitance load and dc drive only resistive loads
AC current produces through ac generators like synchronous generators, and induction generators and DC current produces through a battery or DC generator

DC Current Symbol

Is the CURRENT FLOW OF ELECTRONS?

How to measure DC Current

Uses of DC Current

Some uses of Dc current are discussed here
DC is used to charge the mobile battery and some other low-voltage instruments. It is used in emergency lighting security cameras and TV LCD led
In an automobile battery, dc is generated that operates lights start engine and ignition purposes.
For communication purposes forty-eight volts dc used
HVDC transmission lied used for high volts dc power transmission.HVDC is better than the HVAC system. Since fewer losses exist in the HVDC system
The energy produced by the solar system is dc current.
AC is not easy to store and for energy storage, DC is used
In the railway system, dc is used to operate devices

DC Current Flow Direction

The flow of charges or electrons is called electric current. So current direction depends on the flow of charges.
The electron moves from the negative terminal to the positive battery end. So current flows from a positive to a negative point.
It was the first time seen by Benjamin Franklin that something is moving in the conductive material. When he give this theory there was no discovery of electrons and protons at that time so can not find what flows in the conductor.
He supposed that current flow from high-density area to low-density area. So he took the high-density area as positive and the low dense as negative.
So current flow from positive to negative region. This current flow direction is called the conventional direction of the current movement.
When electrons and protons discovered that it finds that current moves from the negative to the positive point of the battery

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Originally published at https://www.theengineeringknowledge.com on October 30, 2022.