Castillo, Peter Cedric V.

07/12/2021
BSEE 2-2
Electrical Circuits 2

AN ASSIGNMENT ON HOW THE THREE PHASE SYSTEM VOLTAGES IS DERIVED

WITH RESPECT TO ABC AND CBA SEQUENCE
A synchronous generator generates the voltages in the three-phase power system. Each of
the three instantaneous voltages in a balanced system has equal amplitudes but is separated from
the other voltages by a phase angle of 120. The three voltages (or phases) are usually denoted by
the letters a, b, and c. The neutral connection, which is denoted as n, serves as a common
reference point for the three phase voltages. As illustrated below, we may define either a positive
phase sequence (abc) or a negative phase sequence (acb). The three sources V, V, and V are the
three-phase system's line-to-neutral voltages.

Figure 1(a) indicates that VBN is 120° behind VAN and VCN is 120° behind VBN. As a result,
the instantaneous voltage to line A is the first to reach its positive peak value, followed by the
instantaneous voltage to line B, and finally the instantaneous voltage to line C. As a result, this
system follows an ABC phase pattern.

VBN now leads VAN by 120° and VCN leads VBN by 120° if the leads to two of the generator
coils are reversed, as shown in Figure 1(b). As a result, the phase sequence has been reversed,
and the system now operates in a CBA mode.
We can readily interpret the phase sequence from a phasor diagram for the voltages in a 3φ
system. The phase sequence is the order in which the voltage phasors would pass the reference
axis if they rotated counterclockwise, as the direction of rotation of a phasor is counterclockwise.
We may create a phasor diagram by putting one phasor (typically VBA) along the reference axis
when given the line voltage and phase sequence of a three-phase source, as shown in Figure 2(a).
All of the initial subscript letters of the voltage phasors must follow the prescribed phase order as
we read clockwise around the phasor diagram in Figure 2(b). The phase sequence must also be
followed by the second subscript letters.

Source: https://my.ece.msstate.edu/faculty/donohoe/ece3614three_phase_power.pdf
Sheikh A. Phase Sequence in Three-Phase System. Retrieved from:
https://electricalacademia.com/electric-power/phase-sequence-three-phase-system/