Three Phase Circuits

Advantages of three phase circuits

Generation of three phase voltage

 Balanced Load

Three phase connections- Star and Delta

star connection
 To derive relation between phase and line voltage

VRY (VRN ) (VYN ) 2VRN VYN cos 60

2 2 2
From the Figure,

Substituting VRN=VYN=Vph and VRY=VL

Delta connection
To derive relation between phase and line current in Delta connection
 From the figure, I R ( I RY ) ( I BR ) 2I RY I BR cos 60
2 2 2

Substituting IR=IL and IRY=IBR=Iph, we obtain: I L 3I ph