Chapter 28: General Polyphase Systems
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| Source | Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena |
| Year | 1916 |
| Section ID | theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-chapter-28 |
| Location | lines 34777-34928 |
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Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”CHAPTER XXVIII GENERAL POLYPHASE SYSTEMS 266. A polyphase system is an alternating-current system in which several e.m.fs. of the same frequency, but displaced in phase from each other, produce several currents of equal fre- quency, but displaced phases. Thus any polyphase system can be considered as consisting of a number of single circuits, or branches of the polyphase sys- tem, which may be more or less interlinked with each other. In general the investigation of a polyphase system is carried out by treating the single-phase branch circuits independently. Thus all the discussions on generators, synchronous motors, induction motors, etc., in the preceding chapters, apply to single- phase systems as well as polyphase systems, in the latter case the total power being the sum of the powers of the individual or branch circuits. If the polyphaseSource-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Alternating current
Section titled “Alternating current”CHAPTER XXVIII GENERAL POLYPHASE SYSTEMS 266. A polyphase system is an alternating-current system in which several e.m.fs. of the same frequency, but displaced in phase from each other, produce several currents of equal fre- quency, but displaced phases. Thus any polyphase system can be considered as consisting of a number of single circuits, or branches of the ...Radiation / light
Section titled “Radiation / light”CHAPTER XXVIII GENERAL POLYPHASE SYSTEMS 266. A polyphase system is an alternating-current system in which several e.m.fs. of the same frequency, but displaced in phase from each other, produce several currents of equal fre- quency, but displaced phases. Thus any polyphase system can be considered as consisting of a number of single circuits, or branches of the polyphase sys- tem, which may be more or less interlin ...Waves / transmission lines
Section titled “Waves / transmission lines”... of a period, is a symmetrical system. The quarter-phase system, consisting of two equal e.m.fs. displaced by 90°, or one-quarter of a period, is an unsymmetrical system.- 267. The power in a single-phase system is pulsating; that is, the watt curve of the circuit is a sine wave of double frequency, alternating between a maximum value and zero, or a negative maximum value. In a polyphase system the watt curves of the different branches of the system are pulsating also. Their sum, however, or the total power of the system, may be either con- 396 ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-193 | interlinked system. Fig. 193. The four-phase system as derived by connecting four equi- distant points of a continuous-current armature with four | line 34858 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-194 | ^<MS^iB>^ 4 Fig. 194. The three-phase system, consisting of three e.m.fs. displaced by one-third of a period, is used exclusively as interlinked system. | line 34897 |
theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-fig-195 | —E nmTswusvsvrno- Fig. 195. a three-phase system, in the alternating supply circuit of large synchronous converters. | line 34916 |
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