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Balanced and Unbalanced Loads

The document discusses balanced and unbalanced 3-phase systems and loads. A balanced 3-phase system has equal voltages or currents that are 120 degrees out of phase. An unbalanced load is not equally distributed across phases. It is the load, not the source, that determines if a system is balanced or unbalanced. A balanced system has equal currents across phases that sum to zero, while an unbalanced system has unequal currents in each phase.

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Balanced and Unbalanced Loads

The document discusses balanced and unbalanced 3-phase systems and loads. A balanced 3-phase system has equal voltages or currents that are 120 degrees out of phase. An unbalanced load is not equally distributed across phases. It is the load, not the source, that determines if a system is balanced or unbalanced. A balanced system has equal currents across phases that sum to zero, while an unbalanced system has unequal currents in each phase.

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3 Balanced and Unbalanced Loads


Generation of 3 – Phase Supply
Meaning of 3 – Phase Sequence
Meaning of 3 – Phase Balanced and
Unbalanced Supply
Meaning of 3 – Phase Balanced and
Unbalanced Load and System
Relation between Line and Phase voltages
Relation between Line and Phase voltages
Line and Phase Currents in Three – phase Circuits
Relation between Line and Phase Currents
Balanced and Unbalanced 3 phase Systems

• A balanced three-phase voltage or current is one in which the size of


each phase is the same, and the phase angles of the three phases differ
from each other by 120 degrees. With such a balanced load, if
a balanced three-phase supply is applied, the currents will also
be balanced.

• An unbalanced 3 phase load is one in which the load is not equally


distributed over all the three phases. To obtain the equivalent 3 phase
rating the highest single phase loading must be multiplied by 3.
An unbalanced load give rise to unequal phase to phase and phase to
neutral voltages.
Balanced 3-phase Systems
Balanced 3-phase Systems
Balanced 3-phase Systems
Balanced 3-phase Systems
Balanced 3-phase Systems
Balanced 3-phase Systems
Balanced 3-phase Systems

Load Connections
Balanced Y-Y Connection
Balanced Y-Y Connection
Balanced Y-Y Connection
Balanced Y- Connection
Balanced - Connection
Balanced - Y Connection
Balanced / Unbalanced 3 phase Systems
or Load
Balanced / Unbalanced 3 phase Systems
or Load

Video link : Balanced / Unbalanced 3 phase Systems or Load:


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Balanced / Unbalanced 3 phase Systems or Load

• When we talk about a 3 phase balanced or 3 phase


unbalanced system we must first know a very basic
thing, i.e. it is not the source that decides idf a
system is balanced or unbalanced.
• It is the load which decides if a system is balanced
or unbalanced.
3 phase Balanced System / Load
3 phase Balanced System / Load

Ia + Ib + Ic = -Imax + Imax = 0
Properties of Balanced System
3 phase Unbalanced System / Load

Not equal current in all the phases


3 phase Unbalanced System / Load
Reasons for Unbalance

Properties of Unbalanced System

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