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ThreePhaseCircuit|StarandDeltaSystem|Electrical4u
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StarConnection
DeltaConnection
Therearetwotypesofsystemavailableinelectriccircuit,singlephaseandthreephasesystem.In
singlephasecircuit,therewillbeonlyonephase,i.ethecurrentwillflowthroughonlyonewireand
therewillbeonereturnpathcalledneutrallinetocompletethecircuit.Soinsinglephaseminimum
amountofpowercanbetransported.Herethegeneratingstationandloadstationwillalsobesingle
phase.Thisisanoldsystemusingfromprevioustime.
In1882,newinventionhasbeendoneonpolyphasesystem,thatmorethanonephasecanbeusedfor
generating,transmittingandforloadsystem.Threephasecircuitisthepolyphasesystemwherethree
phasesaresendtogetherfromthegeneratortotheload.Eachphasearehavingaphasedifferenceof
120,i.e120angleelectrically.Sofromthetotalof360,threephasesareequallydividedinto120
each.Thepowerinthreephasesystemiscontinuousasallthethreephasesareinvolvedingenerating
thetotalpower.Thesinusoidalwavesfor3phasesystemisshownbelow
Thethreephasescanbeusedassinglephaseeach.Soiftheloadissinglephase,thenonephasecan
betakenfromthethreephasecircuitandtheneutralcanbeusedasgroundtocompletethecircuit.
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Thesizeormetalquantityofthreephasedevicesisnothavingmuchdifference.Nowifweconsiderthe
transformer,itwillbealmostsamesizeforbothsinglephaseandthreephasebecausetransformerwill
makeonlythelinkageofflux.Sothethreephasesystemwillhavehigherefficiencycomparedtosingle
phasebecauseforthesameorlittledifferenceinmassoftransformer,threephaselinewillbeout
whereasinsinglephaseitwillbeonlyone.Andlosseswillbeminimuminthreephasecircuit.So
overallinconclusionthethreephasesystemwillhavebetterandhigherefficiencycomparedtothe
singlephasesystem.
Inthreephasecircuit,connectionscanbegivenintwotypes:
1. Starconnection
2. Deltaconnection
Star Connection
Instarconnection,thereisfourwire,threewiresarephasewireandfourthisneutralwhichistaken
fromthestarpoint.Starconnectionispreferredforlongdistancepowertransmissionbecauseitis
havingtheneutralpoint.Inthisweneedtocometotheconceptofbalancedandunbalancedcurrentin
powersystem.
Whenequalcurrentwillflowthroughallthethreephases,thenitiscalledasbalancedcurrent.And
whenthecurrentwillnotbeequalinanyofthephase,thenitisunbalancedcurrent.Inthiscase,during
balancedconditiontherewillbenocurrentflowingthroughtheneutrallineandhencethereisnouseof
theneutralterminal.Butwhentherewillbeunbalancedcurrentflowinginthethreephasecircuit,neutral
ishavingavitalrole.Itwilltaketheunbalancedcurrentthroughtothegroundandprotectthe
transformer.Unbalancedcurrentaffectstransformeranditmayalsocausedamagetothetransformer
andforthisstarconnectionispreferredforlongdistancetransmission.
Thestarconnectionisshownbelow
Instarconnection,thelinevoltageis3timesofphasevoltage.Linevoltageisthevoltagebetween
twophasesinthreephasecircuitandphasevoltageisthevoltagebetweenonephasetotheneutral
line.Andthecurrentissameforbothlineandphase.Itisshownasexpressionbelow
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Delta Connection
Indeltaconnection,thereisthreewiresaloneandnoneutralterminalistaken.Normallydelta
connectionispreferredforshortdistanceduetotheproblemofunbalancedcurrentinthecircuit.The
figureisshownbelowfordeltaconnection.Intheloadstation,groundcanbeusedasneutralpathif
required.
Indeltaconnection,thelinevoltageissamewiththatofphasevoltaage.Andthelinecurrentis3
timesofphasecurrent.Itisshownasexpressionbelow,
Inthreephasecircuit,staranddeltaconnectioncanbearrangedinfourdifferentways
1.
2.
3.
4.
StarStarconnection
StarDeltaconnection
DeltaStarconnection
DeltaDeltaconnection
Butthepowerisindependentofthecircuitarrangementofthethreephasesystem.Thenetpowerinthe
circuitwillbesameinbothstaranddeltaconnection.Thepowerinthreephasecircuitcanbe
calculatedfromtheequationbelow,
Sincethereisthreephases,sothemultipleof3ismadeinthenormalpowerequationandthePFis
powerfactor.Powerfactorisaveryimportantfactorinthreephasesystemandsometimesdueto
certainerror,itiscorrectedbyusingcapacitors.
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