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THREE-PHASE
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KAISER
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INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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A study of neutral currents
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INDEX
Page
Introduction
Proposed Experimenta
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Experiment
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Experiment No . 2
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Experiment
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Experiment
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Experiment No . 5
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Summary
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Bibliography.
Electrical V^orld
Oct.
6,
1906
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London Electrician
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Aug.
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Electric Journal
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1909
Sept., 1906
Apr., 1907
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Dec, 1907
Electrical Engineer
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A. I. E. E, Proceedings
1,
1910
Nov., 1906
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Dec, 1906
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Mar., 1909
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Jul., 1909
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May,
1910
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INTRODUCTION.
With the widespread growth of electrical industries and the multiplication of the
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over which power may be ecenomically tranomitted, engineers are continually attenipting
the use of higher and higher alternating
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The work of engineers to reduce as much
as poBsible the cost of insulation has liad
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Another point probably equally important in favor of the star connected alternator is the fact that
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generator windings are separated by 60 electrical space degrees so that the e.n.f's
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electrical time degrees. Hence the line voltage cannot contain triple harmonics or its
multiples for the addition of the line voltage waves at 60 degrees difference in pliase
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PROPOSED
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Apparatus
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Class
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Pull Load V.
120.
Same specifications as
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Volts
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Form E.
Type H.
1100/2200
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Gore Type.
Style
10171.
Volts
1050
5 K.W.
420/210
Shell Type.
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Ammeters
Voltmeters.
Rheostats,
Frequency Meters.
Lamp Banks,
Experiments:
No. 1 -
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connected star. Repeat using core type instead of shell type transforraerp and compare
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In thin experiment generators No.
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quite distinctly. The voltage between neutrals shows a comparatively strong ninth
harmonic and a third of small value. According to Marchant and Catterson-Gmyth the
third is ordinarily larger than the ninth
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the field
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wave shape is prR,ctically the same as obtained in the previous oscillogram. The
neutral voltage wave still shows the presence of a third and a ninth harmonic but
in this case the third is of much the greater value. IText, the machines were paralled
tween neutrals
volts.
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Oscillogram No.
the
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photograph of
and No.
voltage wave between their neutrals. In order to study the effect of phase displacosient
driving No.
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third harmonic, a ninth, and a small fundamental. The presence of this fundamental
in the neutral may be acco^antea for by a
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Exporiment No. 2.
In experi'.iont Mo, 2, alternator Ho. 2
is connected in ntar to the low side of a set
phase 10
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generator
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age
formers, the values and shapes of the neutral current, the line current, and the coil
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transformers a set of core typo transformers is substituted for the shell type
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voltage between
current when the neutrals are not connected. The value of the exciting current was
1.3 amperes.
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Neutral
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wave has increased in value to such an extent that its distortion is not so pronouncdd.
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Oscillogram
compare
tiie
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7 was
made in ordnr io
current using a set of core type transformers witli tiione obtained when using the sot
those lander which oscillogram No. 11 was taken hut in making the connections the neutral
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which was
previously used and a set of three singlephase star connected transforaors. In this
case it is especially desired to doternint
the effect on the shape and value of the
tlie
v.-avce
due to the
transformers at various
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that an incandescent laoip load nay be carried. The banlcs of lampn are connected in
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wave sioapeo of the various voltages and currents. The neutral is first left opon and
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in
neutral voltage wave shape cauned by operating the transformer cores at different flux
densities.
For oscillogram
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Line current =
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voltages
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age between neutrals of varying the generator field excitation a complete test was run.
showing the relation between tho coil voltage and neutral voltage. A study of this
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shape is ac-
have been caused by the line current flowing through the alternator. The harmonics in
the line current may be assumed to have acted
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A study is
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generator.
neutral connection is left open and oscillograms are taken of the coll voltage, voltage between neutrals, and line current. The
vrave
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line voltage =
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per cent of their normal voltage the difference in volta;re between their neutral
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110
of
former test.
In order to make a further comparison,
No. 2 generator and a set of step up trans-
formers was used with the three-phase transforiaer and oscillograms of line v^lta^e,
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neutral voltage =
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neutral voltage in
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same as in
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quite distinctly.
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flow
between the alternator and tranafornier neutrals, TJhen operating a star co'nnected
three-pl'-a.^e
alternator with
a sot of sin^'^lo-
forms
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and
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voltage S
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