THREEPHASE SYSTEMS Improvement exercises 1.

A balanced Yconnected source with supplies power to a balanced Yconnected load with a perphase impedance of . If , find the perphase impedance of the powerdistribution line. 2. The powerdistribution line of a balanced YY system has a perphase impedance of . If the perphase load impedance is and the perphase power loss on the line is 60 W, find the perphase power absorbed by the load as well as the perphase complex power supplied by the source. 3. A balanced, positivephasesequence Yconnected source with is connected by four perfect conductor lines to an unbalanced Yconnected load having , ,y . Find the current on the neutral line. 4. If the neutral line in the YY system of Problem 3 is removed, find the load neutral node referenced to that of the source neutral node. , the voltage of

5. A balanced, negativephasesequence Y system has a perphase distributionline impedance of and a per phase load impedance of . If , find the line currents and the phase voltages at the load. 6. A balanced Y system has and . If the load absorbs 400W per phase with a lagging power factor of 0.875 and the distribution line absorbs 20W per phase, find , , ,y . 7. A balanced load draws a complex power of kVrms, 60Hz. at a line voltage of 4

a. Assuming a connected load, find a simple parallel equivalent for its phase impedance. b. Assuming a Yconnected load, find a simple series equivalent for its phase impedance. 8. a. What connected capacitor bank must be connected in parallel with the load of Problem 7 to achieve pf = 1? Assume the line voltage remains unchanged b. Repeat, but for a Yconnected bank 9. A balanced load absorbs 360kW at pf = 0.8, lagging. If the load is fed by a balanced source via a powerdistribution line with a perphase impedance of and the line voltage at the load es 660Vrms, find the power factor at the source. 10. A balanced 3 load draws a total of 20kW from a balanced 3 source operating at 60Hz. If the line voltage and current at the load are, respectively, 220Vrms and 70Arms, find

a. The complex power drawn by the load, b. The power factor of the load, and c. A connected capacitor bank that will raise the power factor of the load 0.95, lagging. 11. A balanced source supplies 30kVA at pf = 0.8, lagging, to a balanced load. If the line voltage at the source is 240Vrms and the distribution line has a perphase impedance of , find a. The rms value of the line current b. The rms value of the line voltage at the load, and c. The complex power at the load. 12. A balanced source supplies power to three balanced loads via a powerdistribution line having a perphase impedance of . Load 1 absorbs 100kVA at pf = 0.85, lagging; Load 2 absorbs 25kVAR at pf = 0.75, leading; Load 3 dissipates 20kW at pf = 1. If the line voltage at the load is 240Vrms, find the line voltage and pf at the source. 13. A balanced source supplies power to three balanced loads via a powerdistribution line having a perphase impedance of . Load 1 absorbs 100kVA at pf = 0.95, leading; Load 2 absorbs 125kW at pf = 0.8, lagging; Load 3 draws . If the line voltage at the load is 3kVrms, find the power factor at the source and the load, as well as the efficiency of the system. 14. A balanced Yconnected load is powered by a balanced source and draws a total of 120kW at pf = 0.8, lagging. The line voltage at the load is 208Vrms, 60Hz. a. If three 5mF capacitances are connected in parallel with the load in a Y configuration, find the power factor of the combined load. b. Repeat, but with the capacitances connected in a comment. configuration. Compare and