Applications of Ohms Law

The applications of ohms law are that it helps us in

determining either voltage, current or resistance of a linear circuit
when the other two quantities are known to us. Apart from that,
it makes power calculation a lot simpler, like when we know the
value of the resistance for a particular circuit, we need not know
both the current and the voltage to calculate the power

dissipation since P =
VI. Rather we can use Ohms
Law. To replace either
the voltage or current in the
above expression to produce the result
These are the
applications of Ohms law as we can see from the results, that
the rate of energy loss varies with the square of the voltage or
current. When we double the voltage applied to a circuit, obeying
Ohms law, the rate at which energy is supplied (or power) gets
four times bigger. This phenomena occurs because increasing the
voltage also makes the current rise by the same amount as it has
been explained above.

Limitation of Ohms Law

The limitations of Ohms law are explained as follows:

1. This law cannot be applied to unilateral networks. A
unilateral network has unilateral elements like diode,
transistors, etc., which do not have same voltage current
relation for both directions of current.
2. Ohms law is also not applicable for non linear elements.
Non-linear elements are those which do not give current through
it, is not exactly proportional to the voltage applied, that means
the resistance value of those elements changes for different
values of voltage and current. Examples of non linear elements
are thyristor, electric arc, etc.