11 Balanced Three-Phase Circuits Assessment Problems Ae— Zz AP 11.1 Make a sketch: + Vw Be Zz oN + Vic ce Zz ‘We know Van and wish to find Vgc. ‘To do this, write a KVL equation to find Vp, and use the known phase angle relationship between Van and Vac to find Vac. Vas = Van + Vis = Van — Ven Since Van, Van, and Von form a balanced set, and Van = 240/—30°V, and the phase sequence is positive, ‘Vow = [Van|//Van ~ 120° = 240/ Then, Vas = Van — Ve = (240/= 30°) — (240/— 150°) 140/ — 150° V ) = 415.46/0° V Since Vaz, Vac, and Vea form a balanced set with a positive phase sequence, we can find Vac from Vap: Vac = |Vasl/( ‘Thus, Voc = 415.69/ = 120° V 20° = 415.69/— 120° V d-111-2 CHAPTER 11. Balanced Three-Phase Circuits AP 11.2 Make a sketch: Zz Vas Be Zz + ce Zz an We know Voy and wish to find Van. To do this, write a KVL equation to find Vgc, and use the known phase angle relationship between Van and Vac to find Vas. Vac = Ven + Vic = Ven — Vow Since Van, Vn, and Vex form a balanced set, and Vex the phase sequence is negative, Va = [Ven //Ve ‘Then, x — 120° 50/ — 23° — 120° 450/ = 25° V, and = 450/— 145° V Vac = Van — Ven = (450/— 145°) — (450/— 25°) = 779.42/—175°V Since Van, Vac, and Vca form a balanced set with a negative phase sequence, we can find Van from Vac: Vas = |Vacl|//Vnc ~ 120° 79.42/ — 295° V But we normally want phase angle values between +180° and 180°. We add 360° to the phase angle computed above. Thus, Vas = 779.42/65° V AP 11.3 Sketch the a-phase circuit: A | 0.024j0.160] 0.14j08Q [—e + Ta 2400/) 16412 + NProblems 11-3 [a] We can find the line current using Ohm’s law, since the a-phase line current is the current in the a-phase load. Then we can use the fact that 1,4, np, and I.c form a balanced set to find the remaining line currents. Note that since we were not given any phase angles in the problem statement, we can assume that the phase voltage given, Vax, has a phase angle of 0°. 2400/0° = Ta(16 + 12) 80 2400/0" 2400/0" = 96 — 72 = 120/— Igy jig = 90-972 = 120/= 36.87" A With an ach phase sequence, Mop = Max + 120° and flec = [Tua — 120° 80 Tha = 120/— 36.87° A Tun = 120/83.13° A Teg = 120/ = 156.879 A [b] The line voltages at the sonrce are Vat Vie, and Vex. They form a balanced set. To find Vp, use the a-phase circuit to find Vay, and use the relationship between phase voltages and line voltages for a y-connection (see Fig. 11.9[b]). From the a-phase circuit, use KVL: Van = Vas + Van = (0.1 + 70.8)Taa + 2400/0" la= = (0.1 + 0.8)(96 — 772) + 2400/0° = 2467.2 + j69.6 2468,18/1.62° V From Fig. 11.9(b), Vav = Van(V3/— 30°) = 4275.02/ — 28.38° V With an acb phase sequence, Moc = [Van +120? and /Vex = [Vin — 120° $0 Vab = 4275.02/ — 28.38° V Voc = 4275.02/91.62° V Veq = 4275.02/— 148.38" V