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Three branches in an electrical network can be connected in numbers of forms but most common among
them is either star or delta form. In delta connection, three branches are so connected, that they form a
closed loop. As these three branches are connected nose to tail, they form a triangular closed loop, this
configurationisreferredasdeltaconnection.Ontheotherhand,wheneitherterminalofthreebranchesis
connectedtoacommonpointtoformaYlikepatternisknownasstarconnection.Butthesestaranddelta
connectionscanbetransformedfromoneformtoanother.Forsimplifyingcomplexnetwork,deltatostaror
startodeltatransformationisoftenrequired.
DeltaStarTransformation

Thereplacementofdeltaormeshbyequivalentstarconnectionisknownasdeltastartransformation.
The two connections are equivalent or identical to each other if the impedance is measured between any
pair of lines. That means, the value of impedance will be the same if it is measured between any pair of
lines irrespective of whether the delta is connected between the lines or its equivalent star is connected
betweenthatlines.

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Consideradeltasystemthat'sthreecornerpointsareA,BandCasshowninthefigure.Electricalresistance
ofthebranchbetweenpointsAandB,BandCandCandAareR1,R2andR3respectively.
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TheresistancebetweenthepointsAandBwillbe,

Now,onestarsystemisconnectedtothesepointsA,B,andCasshowninthefigure.ThreearmsRA , RB
andRCofthestarsystemareconnectedwithA,BandCrespectively.Nowifwemeasuretheresistance
valuebetweenpointsAandB,wewillget,

Sincethetwosystemsareidentical,resistancemeasuredbetweenterminalsAandBinbothsystemsmust
beequal.

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Similarly,resistancebetweenpointsBandCbeingequalinthetwosystems,

AndresistancebetweenpointsCandAbeingequalinthetwosystems,

Addingequations(I),(II)and(III)weget,

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Subtractingequations(I),(II)and(III)fromequation(IV)weget,

Therelationofdeltastartransformationcanbeexpressedasfollows.
The equivalent star resistance connected to a given terminal, is equal to the product of the two delta
resistancesconnectedtothesameterminaldividedbythesumofthedeltaconnectedresistances.
IfthedeltaconnectedsystemhassameresistanceRatitsthreesidesthenequivalentstarresistancerwill
be,

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StarDeltaTransformation

Forstardeltatransformationwejustmultiplyequations(v),(VI)and(VI),(VII)and(VII),(V)thatis
bydoing(v)(VI)+(VI)(VII)+(VII)(V)weget,

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Nowdividingequation(VIII)byequations(V),(VI)andequations(VII)separatelyweget,

VideoPresentationofDeltatoStarTransformation

Delta to star transformation

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