Problemson3phasecircuits

1.

connected load having impedances 27.0 25o and a balanced Y-connected load having
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impedances 10.0 30 are supplied by the same three phase ABC system with
Vcn = 169.8 150o V . Obtain the line currents. (
A balanced

I a = 35.8117.36o A, I b = 35.8 2.64o A, I c = 35.8 122.64o A ).

2.

A balanced connected load with impedances 10.0 36.9 and a balanced Y-connected load are
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supplied by the same three phase ABC system with Vca = 141.4240 V . If I b = 40.4413.41 A , what
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are the impedances of the Y-connected load. ( 5.0 53.3 A ).

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3.

three

phase

ABC

system

Vbc = 294.20o V

with

Z bc = 5.00o , Z bc = 4.030o , Z ca = 6.0 15o .

has

Obtain

connected

the
the

line

currents.

load
(

I a = 99.799.7 o A, I b = 127.9 43.3o A, I c = 77.1 172.1o A ).

4.

A three phase ABC system with effective line voltage 100V has Y-connected impedances

Z a = 3.00o , Z b = 3.6156.31o , Z c = 2.24 26.57 o . Obtain the currents I a , I b , I c and I n . (

I a = 19.2590o A, I b = 16 86.31o A, I c = 25.8 123.43o A, I n = 22.5454.2o )
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Three identical impedances are connected in delta to a 3-phase supply of 400 V. The line current is 34.65 A
and the total power taken from the supply is 14.4 kW. Calculate the resistance and reactance values of each
impedance. ( R = 12 , X = 16 ).
A 3 phase 4 wire system supplies power at 400 V and lighting at 230 V. If the lamps in use require 70, 84, 33 A
in each of the three lines, what should be the current in the neutral wire? If a 3 phase Y connected motor is now
started, taking 200 A from the line at a power factor of 0.2, what should be the current in each line and the
neutral current? Find also the total power supplied to the lamps and the motor. (Ans: a: In = 45.7 A, b: In = 45.7
A IL1 = 224.8 A, IL2 = 232 A IL3 = 210.6 A , Plamps = 43kW P motor = 27.7kW)
A three phase three wire ABC system with a balanced load has an effective line voltage 200V and (peak) line
current of 13.61 Amp with a phase PF angle of 30 degrees. Obtain the total power. Ans: 2887 W.
Two balanced - connected loads with impedances

20 60o and 1845o respectively are

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connected to a three-phase system for which a line voltage is Vbc = 212.10 V . Obtain the phase power of
each load. Obtain the total line current with both the loads in parallel and compute the total power and compare
with the sum of the phase powers. Ans: 562.3 W, 883.6 W, 4337.5 W, W=3(562.3W)+3(883.6W).
Obtain the reading of two wattmeters in a three phase three wire system having effective line voltage 240V and

-connected load impedances 2080o . Ans: -1706W, 3206W.

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10. A three-phase wire ABC system with line voltage Vbc = 311.10 V
balanced

has

line

currents

I a = 61.5116.6 A , I b = 61.2 48.00 A , I c = 16.12180 A . Find the readings of watt meters

in lines (a ) A & B , (b ) B & C , (c ) A & C . Ans: a) 5266W, 6370W (b) 9312 W, 2322W (c) 9549 W, 1973
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W.
11. While measuring power in a 3-phase system with balanced source and balanced load, one of the wattmeters
reads (a) zero (b) negative (c) equal and opposite reading as compared to that of the other watmeter. What does
it indicate about the load power factor in these three cases?