Test: Three-Phase AC Circuits - 1 - Electrical Engineering (EE) MCQ

The number of Wattmeter required to measure power in a polyphase system is determined using Blondell’s theorem. According to this, the number of Wattmeter required is equal to one less than the number of wires in the circuit. For example, in a three phase, four wire system (Star network), the number of Wattmeter required is three.

A delta connected AC circuit is achieved by connecting the start end of a winding to the finish end of another winding such that all three windings form a mesh. Since each end of the windings forms the line connection, voltage across each winding is equal to the potential difference between the corresponding lines taken from that winding. Hence the phase voltage is equal to the line voltage.

A generator having two or more electrical windings which are separated by equal electrical angle generates a polyphase electrical system. The electrical angle or displacement depends upon the number of windings or phases. For example, in a three-phase electrical system, the generated voltages are separated from each other by 120° degrees.

As the rotation of the rotor conductors are initiated normally due to the force produced because of interaction between induced current and rotor magnetic field, no external supply is required and the Induction motor is self-starting.

The number of Wattmeter required to measure power in a polyphase system is determined using Blondell’s theorem. According to this, the number of Wattmeter required is equal to one less than the number of wires in the circuit. For example, in a three phase, four wire system (Star network), the number of Wattmeter required is three.