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Electrical Power Systems Wadhwa 3

The document discusses electrical power systems and 3-phase arrangements. It explains that a 3-phase system shows the current and voltage waveforms in the three phases of a supply transformer. The output voltage is indicated by the thick line and the current output will be continuous when grid control is not used. It also calculates that for a general n-phase or n-anode system, the changeover from one anode to the other takes place at an electrical angle of (π/2 − π/n) and conduction continues up to (π/2 + π/n).

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Electrical Power Systems Wadhwa 3

The document discusses electrical power systems and 3-phase arrangements. It explains that a 3-phase system shows the current and voltage waveforms in the three phases of a supply transformer. The output voltage is indicated by the thick line and the current output will be continuous when grid control is not used. It also calculates that for a general n-phase or n-anode system, the changeover from one anode to the other takes place at an electrical angle of (π/2 − π/n) and conduction continues up to (π/2 + π/n).

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102 ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS

To begin with, a 3-phase arrangement will be described but analysis will be done for a
general n-phase system. The 3-phase system is the simplest convertor circuit but is not practical
because the direct current in the secondary windings saturates the transformer core. This
could be avoided by using zig-zag connections. The 3-phase system as shown in Fig. 5.1 is,
however, useful in explaining other connections.
Figure 5.2 shows the current and voltage wave-form in the three phases of the supply
transformer. When grid control is not used, conduction will take place between the cathode
and the anode of highest potential and, therefore, the output voltage is indicated by the thick
line and the current output will be continuous. From the voltage wave-form it is clear that the
change-over from one anode to the other takes place at an electrical angle calculated as follows:

a b c a b

O
time

2p/n
Voltage p p

2 n
Current
p p
+
2 n
Id
Phase (a)
time

Phase (b)
time

Phase (c)
time

Fig. 5.2 Wave-forms of anode voltage and rectified current in each phase.

Taking point O as the reference, the conduction starts from 30 and continues up to
150 i.e., (/2 /3) to (/2 + /3) i.e., in general for an n-phase or n-anode system the change-
over takes place at (/2 /n) and conduction continues up to (/2 + /n). Now since conduction
takes place only during the positive half cycle, the average value of the d.c. voltage will be

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