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Three-phase AC supply

Abdul R. Beig    Department of Electrical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abstract

This chapter presents the basic concepts and analysis of the balanced three-phase circuit. A brief review of generation of balanced three-phase voltages is presented. The three-phase connection of wye- and delta-connected sources, and wye- and delta-connected loads is given. The analysis of different types of three-phase networks is presented. The calculation of active, reactive, and apparent power in a balanced three-phase circuit is presented.

Keywords

three-phase circuits
balanced three-phase source
balanced three-phase load
balanced three-phase system
wye-connected source
delta-connected source
wye-connected load ...

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