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The majority of electrical drive systems in use are powered by a so-called three-phase (three-wire) supply. The main reason for this is that a more efficient (moving from a two- to a three-wire system increases the transmitted power by 73 %) energy transfer from supply to the load, such as a three-phase AC machine, is possible in comparison with a single (two-wire) AC circuit.
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Veltman, A., Pulle, D.W.J., De Doncker, R.W. (2016). Three-Phase Circuits. In: Fundamentals of Electrical Drives. Power Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29409-4_4
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