//CHAPTER 3- THREE-PHASE A.C. CIRCUITS //Example 1 disp("CHAPTER 3"); disp("EXAMPLE 1"); //VARIABLE INITIALIZATION v_l=400; //line voltage in Volts r=15; //resistance in Ohms xc=10; //capacitive reactance in Ohms //SOLUTION //solution (i) v_ph=v_l/sqrt(3); //phase voltage=(line voltage)/sqrt(3) for star connection disp(sprintf("(i) The phase voltage is %.2f V",v_ph)); //solution (ii) z_ph=sqrt((r^2)+(xc^2)); I_l=v_ph/z_ph; //phase current = line current for star connection disp(sprintf("(ii) The line current is %.2f A",I_l)); //solution (iii) disp(sprintf("(iii) The phase current is %.2f A",I_l)); //solution (iv) pow_fact=r/z_ph; disp(sprintf("(iv) The power factor of the circuit is %.2f (leading)",pow_fact)); //solution (v) p=sqrt(3)*v_l*I_l*pow_fact; disp(sprintf("(v) The total power absorbed is %.0f W",p)); //solution (vi) va=sqrt(3)*v_l*I_l; disp(sprintf("(vi) The apparent power is %.0f VA",va)); var=sqrt((va^2)-(p^2)); disp(sprintf("The reactive power is %.0f VAR",var)); //Answers (v) and (vi) are different due to precision of floating point numbers //END