Three Phase Theory Professor J R Lucas ac（三阶段理论教授J R卢卡斯ac）.pdfVIP

Three Phase Theory - Professor J R Lucas As you are aware, to transmit power with single phase alternating current, we need two wires (live wire and neutral). However you would have seen that distribution lines usually have only 4 wires. This is because distribution is done using three phase and the o 4th wire is the neutral. How does this help ? Since the three phases are usually 120 out of phase, their phasor addition will be zero if the supply is balanced. VR N VB VY Figure 1(a) – Three phase waveforms Figure 1(b) Phasor Diagram It is seen from figure 1(a) that in the balanced system shown, the three phases, usually designated R, Y, B corresponding to Red, Yellow and Blue, are equal in magnitude and 0 differ in phase angle by 120 . The corresponding phasor diagram is shown in figure 1(b). The voltage between any of the phases and the neutral is called the phase-to-neutral voltage or phase voltage Vp . It is usual to call the voltage between any two lines as the line-to-line voltage or line voltage V . L If the R-phase voltage is V = V ∠0, then the remaining phase voltages would be V = R p Y V ∠-2π/3 and V = V ∠-4π/3. p B p Balanced Supply A balanced three phase supply can be connected either in star as in figure 2 (a) or in delta as in figure 2 (b). VR IP IL