BASIC ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS – 3 PHASE AC CIRCUITS
1. Three phase star-connected load when supplied from a 400 V, 50 Hz source takes a line
current of 10 A at 66.86º with respect to its line voltage. Calculate: (i) Impedance-
Parameters, (ii) P.f. and active-power consumed. Draw the phasor diagram.
Answers: R=18.48Ω, L=44.1mH, P=5.54kW
2. A 220-V, 3- φ voltage is applied to a balanced delta-connected 3- φ load of phase
impedance (15 + j20) Ω. What is the phasor sum of the three line currents? Why does it
have this value?
Answers: IR=15.23 ∠ – 83.5º, IY=15.47 ∠ – 156.8º, IB=15.26 ∠ 36.8º
3. A 3-phase, 4-wire system having a 254-V line-to-neutral has the following loads connected
between the respective lines and neutral; ZR = 10∠0° ohm; ZY = 10∠37° ohm and ZB = 10∠
− 53° ohm. Calculate the current in the neutral wire and the power taken by each load
when phase sequence is (i) RYB and (ii) RBY.
Answer: (i) IN = 23.49 + j6.85 (ii) IN = −38.45 − j1.8
4. Three similar coils, each having a resistance of 20 ohms and an inductance of 0.05 H are
connected in (i) star (ii) Delta (also called mesh) to a 3-phase, 50-Hz supply with 400-V
between lines. Calculate the total power absorbed and the line current in each case. Draw
the vector diagram of current and voltages in each case.
Answer: Pstar = 5120W & Pdelta = 15360W
5. A Y-connected load is supplied from a 400-V, 3-phase, 3-wire symmetrical system RYB.
The branch circuit impedances are ZR = 10 3 + j10; ZY = 20 + j20 3; ZB = 0 − j10. Determine
the current in each branch. Phase sequence is RYB.
Answer: IR= 26.73∠57 45, IY=6.48 ∠133.7 & IB= 29 ∠109 45
6. Phase voltage and current of a star-connected inductive load is 150 V and 25 A. Power
factor of load is 0.707 (lag). Assuming that the system is 3-wire and power is measured
using two wattmeters, find the readings of wattmeters.
Answer: W1 = 6273 W , W2 = 1681 W
7. In a balanced 3-phase 400-V circuit, the line current is 115.5 A. When power is measured
by two wattmeter method, one meter reads 40 kW and the other zero. What is the power
factor of the load? If the power factor were unity and the line current the same, what would
be the reading of each wattmeter?
Answer: cosΦ = 0.5 & W1=W2=40 kW.
8. A three-phase, three-wire, 100-V, ABC system supplies a balanced delta connected load
with impedance of 20∠45° ohm. (a) Determine the phase and line currents and draw the
phase or diagram (b) Find the wattmeter readings when the two wattmeter method is
applied to the system.
Answer: W1 = 836W & W2 = 224W
9. The power input to a synchronous motor is measured by two wattmeters both of which
indicate 50 kW. If the power factor of the motor be changed to 0.866 leading, determine
the readings of the two wattmeters, the total input power remaining the same. Draw the
vector diagram for the second condition of the load.
Answer: W1 = 33.33kW & W2 = 66.67kW
10. 3-phase, 400 V circuit supplies a Δ-connected load having phase impedances of ZAB =
25∠0°; ZBC = 25∠30° and ZCA = 25∠− 30° . Two wattmeters are connected in the circuit to
measure the load power. Determine the wattmeter readings if their current coils are in the
lines (i) A and B (ii) B and C. The phase sequence is ABC. Check whether the total power is
same in both cases.
Answer: (i) W1 = 8710W & W2 = 8710W & (ii) W1 = 11900W & W2 =5540W
Question to be corrected
Current of 10A at -66.86deg
IY = 6.504 L-67.28A
IB = 46.40 L126.72A