Chapter 31: Interlinked Polyphase Systems
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| Source | Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena |
| Year | 1916 |
| Section ID | theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-chapter-31 |
| Location | lines 35692-36061 |
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Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”CHAPTER XXXI INTERLINKED POLYPHASE SYSTEMS 283. In a polyphase system the different circuits of displaced phases, which constitute the system, may either be entirely separate and without electrical connection with each other, or they may be connected with each other electrically, so that a part of the electrical conductors are in common to the different phases, and in this case the system is called an interlinked poly- phase system. Thus, for instance, the quarter-phase system will be called an independent sj^stem if the two e.m.fs. in quadrature with each other are produced by two entirely separate coils of the same, or different, but rigidly connected, armatures, and are connected to four wires which energize independent circuits in motors or other receiving devices. If the quarter-phase system is derived by connecting four equidistant points of aSource-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Impedance / reactance
Section titled “Impedance / reactance”... . and current per circuit have to be the ring e.m.f. and ring current. In the generator of a symmetrical polyphase system, if e^E are the e.m.fs. between the n terminals and the neutral point, or star e.m.fs. li = the currents issuing from terminals / over a line of the impedance, Zi (including generator impedance in star connec- tion), we have voltage at end of line i, eE - Zi/., and difference of potential between terminals h and i (e^- - eOf - {Zuh - ZJi), where /» is the star current of the system, Zi the star impedance. The ring voltage ...Alternating current
Section titled “Alternating current”CHAPTER XXXI INTERLINKED POLYPHASE SYSTEMS 283. In a polyphase system the different circuits of displaced phases, which constitute the system, may either be entirely separate and without electrical connection with each other, or they may be connected with each other electrically, so that a part of the electrical conductors are in common to the different phases, and in this case ...Ether references
Section titled “Ether references”... yphase system two ways exist of connecting apparatus into the system. 1. The star connection, represented diagrammatically in Fig. 208. In this connection the n circuits, excited by currents differ- ing from each other by - of a period, are connected with their one end together into a neutral point or common connection, which may either be grounded, or connected with other corre- sponding neutral points, or insulated. 415 416 ALTERNATING-CURRENT PHENOMENA In a three-phase system this connection is usually called a Y connection, from a similar ...Waves / transmission lines
Section titled “Waves / transmission lines”... d and ring-connected generators, motors, etc., or in three-phase systems Y-connected and A-connected apparatus. 285. Obviously, the polyphase system as a whole does not differ, whether star connection or ring connection is used in the generators or other apparatus; and the transmission line of a symmetrical n-phase system always consists of n wires carrying currents of equal strength, when balanced, differing from each other in phase by — of a period. Since the line wires radiate from the n terminals of the generator, the lines can be considered as being in ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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