POLYPHASE CIRCUIT 6. The rated line current of a delta connected motor is 18A.

Calculate the rated

REVIEW PROBLEMS current of each winding.
a. 11.4A c. 18A
b. 6A d. 10.4A
1. In a balanced 2-phase voltage system, the different 7. Three 33.3Ω resistances are connected in wye across 220V, 3 phase supply. What
phase voltages are 120 volts. What is the line to line is its equivalent delta connected resistance?
voltage? a. 2.22Ω c. 6.7Ω
a. 120V c. 240V b. 20Ω d. 10Ω
b. 170V d. 60V
8. Three condensers, each having a capacity of 75uF are connected in star to a
2. In a balanced 3 phase voltage generator, the 400V, 3-phase, 50Hz supply. Calculate the capacitance of each of the three
different phase voltages are_______ degrees apart. condensers so that when they are connected in delta to the same supply, the line
a. 120 c. 60 current will remain the same.
b. 240 d. 30 a. 150uF c. 225uF
b. 25uF d. 75uF
3. What would be the phase to neutral from a three
phase, wye connected generator if the line to line 9. Three identical resistances connected in wye carry a line current of 30A. If the
voltage is 34,500V? same resistances are connected in delta across the same supply, what is the line
a. 20,000 V c. 11,500 V current?
b. 34,500 V d. 60,000 V a. 10A c. 30A
b. 60A d. 90A
4. Thirty units of 200W, 250v incandescent bulb are
connected in balanced delta across a 3 phase 230V 10. Three identical resistors are connected in delta across balanced, 3 phase source.
source. What would be the current in each line? If one of the resistor is open,
a. 12.8A c. 22.1A a. power will become double
b. 7.36A d. 30A b. power is reduced by 33%
c. power will become three times
5. In a balanced wye system, the phase voltages are: d. power will increase by 67%
Vna = 132cis0o
Vnb = 130cis235o 11. A 15 KVA delta connected balanced load is supplied from 230V, 3-phase source.
Vnc = 133cis117o What is the impedance?
What is the line to line voltage Vcb? a. 3.5Ω c. 10.58Ω
a. 227cis(-15.2o) c. 225.44cis(- b. 2.3Ω d. 6.9Ω
o
93.6 )
b. 218cis37.2o d. 232.4cis27.3o 12. A wye connected balanced load takes 50MVA from a 34.5KV system. What is the
impedance?
a. 11.9Ω c. 71.4Ω
 b. 23.8Ω d. 8.36Ω 17. A generator supplies three phase power to a balanced load. The voltage is 230
volts, the current is 18A and the power factor is 85%. What is the power?
13. The secondary of a three phase transformer bank is a. 3.6KW c. 6.1KW
connected in delta, the line to line voltages is 480V. b. 1.6KW d. 1.4KW
The midpoint of the winding between terminal A & B
is grounded. What are the voltages available? 18. A 170KV, 3-phase electric source delivers 200MVA to a balanced load which has
a. 720,480,240 V c. 480,240,120 V a power factor of 90% lagging. What is the line current?
b. 480, 240, 277 V d. 480, 416, 240 a. 257A c. 402A
V b. 502A d. 679A
19. The metering of a 3-phase inductive load indicated the following values: 4000KW,
14. What is the line current of a three phase delta 3000KVAR, 34.5KV, 80% power factor. What is the line current?
connected motor with a line voltage of 440V, 75% a. 62.8A c. 66.9A
power factor, a power output of 3.73KW and 90% b. 83.7A d. 43.8A
efficiency?
a. 4.67A c. 7.25A 20. A balanced 3-phase load takes 20A at 230V line to line. The phase A line current
b.6.56A d. 8.08A lags the line voltage Vba by 50 degrees. What is the power factor of the load in
percent?
15. A 3-phase, 2400V transformer bank serves four a. 86.7 c. 94
customers with the following loads: b. 64.3 d. 76.6
Customer A = 80KW at 65%pf
Customer B = 60KW at 85%pf 21. The phase b line voltage and the phase a line current of a balanced 3-phase
Customer C = 100KW at 90%pf system are V= 220sin(wt + 210o)volts and I = 10sin(wt-30o)Amp respectively.
Customer D = 120KW at 70%pf What is the power of the system?
What is the total current delivered by the a. 5716W c. 1905W
transformer bank? b. 3810W d. 3300W
a. 86.6A c. 113A
b. 72.4A d. 159A 22. The phase b voltage and the phase b current of a balanced 3-phase system are:
V= 220sin(wt + 210o)volts and I = 10sin(wt-180o)Amp. What is the power of the
16. The secondary of a transformer bank is wye- system?
grounded, it has a balanced voltage and the a. 5716W c. 1905W
balanced load. The voltage to ground is 132V and its b. 3810W d. 3300W
line current is 40A. What is the KVA load?
a. 9.1 c. 27.4 23. Three impedance each 10 + j5Ω connected in delta on a balanced three phase
b. 19.2 d. 15.84 source. If the equation of the voltage is Van = 120sinwt. What is the equation of
the current through the impedance connected across phase a and b?
a. 20.02sin(wt-22o) c. 16.21sin(wt + 56.56o)
o
b. 18.59sin(wt + 3.44 ) d. 21.32sin(wt – 8.15o)
 29. How many wattmeter are required to measure the total power of a three phase
24. A circuit consisting of three resistors rated:10Ω, 4-wire system?
15Ω and 20Ω are connected in delta. What would be a. 1 c. 3
the resistances of the equivalent wye connected b. 2 d. 9.6
load?
a. 0.30, 0.23 and 0.15Ω c. 3.33, 4.44 and 30. The 3-phase, 4-wire source voltage of Van =230sin(wt + 30o)volts supply loads
6.67Ω with the following line currents:
b. 3, 4 and 5Ω d. 5.77, 8.66 and 11.55Ω Ia = 4.7sin(wt +30o) Ib = 6.8sin(wt - 60o) Ic = 3.4sin(wt + 120o)
Determine the total power.
25. Three impedance, -j10, j10 and 10Ω are WYE a. 3113W c. 2786W
connected. Determine the impedance of an b. 2768W d. 2783W
equivalent DELTA.
a. 12.5, j12.5, -12.5Ω c. j8.5, j12.5, 8Ω 31. The power input to a 100Hp, 480V, 85% efficiency and 75% power factor, 3-
b. 10, j10, -j10Ω d. 5, j5, -j5Ω phase motor at full load is measured by two wattmeter connected at lines A & C.
What are the readings in KW?
26. A balanced 3-phase, 3 wire, 240V, 60Hz, ABC source a. 66.23 & 21.55 c. 87.76 & 11.7
supplies power to a star connected resistance 10Ω, b. 69.5 & 18.26 d. 67.89 & 30.4
15Ω and 20Ω. What is the current through 15Ω
resistance? 32. The power input to a 50Hp, 480V, 3-phase motor running at full load is measured
a. 11.23A c. 15.93A by two wattmeter, which indicates, 25.4KW and 17.2KW respectively. What is the
b. 9.77A d. 8.05A operating power factor and line current?
a. 94.8% & 47.2A c. 87% & 82A
27. The load of a wye connected transformer are: b. 95% & 54A d. 89% & 30.4A
Ia = 10cis(-30o) Ib = 12cis215o Ic = 15cis
82o 33. A 7.5Hp wound rotor, 3-phase induction motor draws a line current of 18.4A at
What is the neutral current? 230V when operating at rated output and efficiency of 88%. Applying T-method
a. 1.04cis72.8o c. 0.92cis62.5o of measuring 3-phase power using only one wattmeter, what is the wattmeter
o
b. 2.21cis(-30 ) d. 3.11cis72.8o reading?
a. 3179W c. 2119W
28. A three phase star connected system with 230V b. 2126W d. 1590W
between each phase and neutral has resistances 4, 5
and 6Ω respectively in the 3 phases. What is the 34. A 132KV line, three phase system delivers 70.7MVA of a balanced delta load of
neutral current in ampere? power factor 70.7%. Determine the reactance necessary to attain unity power
a. 16.7 c. 81.9 factor.
b. 141.8 d. 9.6 a. 1092Ω c. 1142Ω
b. 965Ω d. 1045Ω
35. A 3-phase, 480V synchronous motor is operating in Ia = 50cis0o Ib = 40cis240o Ic = 45.8cis130.9o
parallel with 3-phase balanced load of 400KW at Determine the phase b zero sequence component.
0.75pf lagging. In order to improve the power factor a.zero c. 16 + j7.25
to 0.95 lagging, the excitation of the motor was b.45 – j2.9 d. 5 – j2.9
increased. If the mechanical load on the motor
including losses amount to 80KW, calculate the 40. A three phase unbalanced current are:
operating power factor of the motor. Ia = 10cis(-30o) Ib = 0 Ic = 10cis150o
a. 0.65 c. 0.56 What is the phase b positive sequence current?
b. 0.38 d. 0.8 a. 8.66 c. 5.77
b. 5.55cis240o d. 8.66cis120o
36. The sequence components of three phase current
are: 41. A balanced, 500KVA, 3phase, 400V, 60Hz inductive load operates at a pf of 75%.
Io = 0 Ipositive = 90 + j5.78 amp Determine the total capacitor KVAR required improving the pf to 95%.
Inegative = 10 – j5.78 amp a. 207.4 c. 210.70
Determine the phase c current. b. 178.42 d. 102.21
a. 100cis120o c. 73.22cis118o
b. 82cis122 o
d. 91.65cis131o 42. A 2.3 KV three phase system supplies a 120KW, 0.6 pf lagging balanced load.
Determine the capacitance in each of a wye connected capacitor bank to adjust the
37. The sequence component of phase 2 currents are: power factor to 0.9 lagging.
Io = 0 Ipositive = 11.55A Inegative = 11.55cis(- a. 51.1 uF c. 62.5 uF
60o)A b. 52.2 uF d. 78.2 uF
Determine the phase A current. 43. A star connected 400HP, 2000V, 50Hz motor works at a power factor of 0.7
a. 22.3cis15o c. 73.22cis118o lagging . A bank of mesh connected condensers is used to raise the power factor to
b. 20cis150 o
d. 91.65cis131o 0.93 lagging. Calculate the capacitance of each unit required of each if each is rated
500V, 50Hz. The motor efficiency is 95%
38. A delta connected transformer has the following line a. 194uF c. 302 uF
current: b. 225 uF d. 233 uF
Ia = 50cis0o Ib = 40cis240o Ic =
45.8cis130.9o 44. A 400V three phase balanced load takes 40A at a lagging pf of 0.8. An
Determine the phase a negative sequence overexcited synchronous motor is connected to raise the power factor to unity. If the
component. mechanical output of the motor is 15Hp and its efficiency is 85%, find the KVA input
a.15 + j6.21 c. 16 + j7.25 to the motor.
b. 8 + j4.22 d. 5 – j2.9 a. 24.2 KVA c. 20.3 KVA
b. 18.7 KVA d. 21.2 VA
39. The line currents of unbalanced delta connected
load are:
45. A 132KV line three phase system delivers 70.7 MVA
of a balanced delta load of power factor 70.7% lagging.
Determine the reactance necessary to attain unity
power factor.
a. 1,092 ohms c. 965 ohms
b. 1,142 ohms d. 1,045 ohms