Why do we generate 3 Phase AC Supply? It is possible to generate 4 Pha

Why do we generate 3 Phase AC Supply? It is possible to
generate 4
Phase and 5 Phase explain it?

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Why do we generate 3 Phase AC Supply? It is possible to generate 4 Phase and 5 Phase expla..

Answer / shariff

It is not economical and feasible to generate other than 3 Phase. It require more and complex applications for to generate and transmit the power.

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Why do we generate 3 Phase AC Supply? It is possible to generate 4 Phase and 5 Phase expla..

Answer / bhuvnesh wadhwa

we can Generate 3phase, 6phase, 9phase even 12 phase.
Which is not economical Feasible.
Handling, cost and complexity is too much Increse.

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Why do we generate 3 Phase AC Supply? It is possible to generate 4 Phase and 5 Phase expla..

Answer / prakash

no, it is not possible to generater 4 and 5 phases.The main
thing is symmetrical phase diffrence. In 3 phase the phase
diffrence is 120 deg. between each phase.Hence we can
generate 3 phase .We can also generate 6 phases with phase
differance 60 deg.

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