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With the same transformer banks as in Problem 3.47, Figure 3.41 shows the oneline diagram of a generator, a step-up transformer bank, a transmission line, a stepown transformer bank, and an impedan load. The generator terminal voltage is 15 kV (line-to-line).
(a) Draw the per-phase equivalent circuit, aounting for phase shifts for positive-sequence operation.
(b) By choosing the line-to-neutral generator terminal voltage as the reference, determine the magnitudes of the generator current, transmiss ion-line current, load current, and line-to-line load voltage. Also, find the three-phase complex power delivered to the load.
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