PHASOR Diagrams of Basic Electrical Engineering
PHASOR Diagrams of Basic Electrical Engineering
PHASOR Diagrams of Basic Electrical Engineering
Period: T
Time necessary to go through one cycle
Frequency: f = 1/T
Cycles per second
Phase
8 6 4 2 0 -2 0 -4 -6 -8 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05
Complex Numbers
imaginary axis y q x
real axis
x is the real part y is the imaginary part z is the magnitude q is the phase
x z cosq
y z sin q
z x y
2
y q tan x
1
There is a good chance that your calculator will convert from rectangular to polar and from polar to rectangular.
Addition
Addition is most easily performed in rectangular coordinates: A = x + jy B = z + jw A + B = (x + z) + j(y + w)
Addition
Imaginary Axis
A+B
Real Axis
Subtraction
Subtraction is most easily performed in rectangular coordinates: A = x + jy B = z + jw A - B = (x - z) + j(y - w)
Subtraction
Imaginary Axis
A-B
Real Axis
Multiplication
Multiplication is most easily performed in polar coordinates: A = AM q B = BM A B = (AM BM) (q )
Multiplication
Imaginary Axis
B
AB
Real Axis
Division
Division is most easily performed in polar coordinates: A = AM q B = BM A / B = (AM / BM) (q )
Division
Imaginary Axis
B
Real Axis
A/B
Phasors
A phasor is a complex number that represents the magnitude and phase of a sinusoid:
X M coswt q
X X M q
Complex Exponentials
A complex exponential is the mathematical tool needed to obtain phasor of a sinusoidal function. A complex exponential is ejwt = cos wt + j sin wt A complex number A = z q can be represented A = z q = z ejq = z cos q + j z sin q We represent a real-valued sinusoid as the real part of a complex exponential. Complex exponentials provide the link between time functions and phasors. Complex exponentials make solving for AC steady state an algebraic problem
V=zq