The rate of change of voltage across the capacitor decides the flow of current through the capacitor. Capacitors along with resistors and inductors help to build very complex AC circuits in many electronic applications. Let us discuss the behavior of AC circuit with capacitance in brief. What Are AC Capacitive Circuits?
When we connect a capacitor across an AC supply source, it starts charge and discharge continuously due to continuous change in the supply voltage. This is due to changes in AC voltage i.e. AC is positive in the initial cycle for “t = 1” and negative in the second cycle “t = 2” as shown in fig below.
In AC circuits, the situation is quite different. Since the voltage in an AC circuit is constantly changing polarity, the capacitor is never allowed to reach a stable, fully charged state. Instead, it continually charges and discharges as the AC voltage alternates.
In short, when a capacitor is placed in a DC circuit it very quickly becomes charged in such a way as to oppose the applied voltage and all current stops. When the power source is AC, however, the capacitor never has time to "adapt" to it and so won't build up a charge that opposes the current. It's like you keep flipping an hourglass back over.
This means that when a pure capacitor is connected across the AC supply, the maximum current flows through the capacitor when the rate of change of voltage is at maximum (at zero voltage position). And this current diminishes when the rate of change of voltage is at minimum.
However, if we apply an alternating current or AC supply, the capacitor will alternately charge and discharge at a rate determined by the frequency of the supply. Then the Capacitance in AC circuits varies with frequency as the capacitor is being constantly charged and discharged.
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