Engineering Circuit Analysis: International Student Version, Tenth Edition

Chapter 11. POLYPHASE CIRCUITS

THE LEARNING GOALS FOR THIS CHAPTER ARE:

• Know the characteristics of a balanced, three-phase circuit

• Know the basic wye and delta three-phase connections

• Know how to calculate voltage and currents in balanced, three-phase circuits

• Know how to calculate complex power in balanced, three-phase circuits

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