Benha Faculty of Engineering

Power System (1) - (2014 / 2015)

3rd Year (Power and Control Dep.)
Sheet (2)
Electric Transmission Line Parameters

1) A 3-phase, 50Hz overhead transmission line 200 Km long consisting of 3-

conductors, each of diameter 2 cm and spaced 3 m at the corners of equilateral
triangle. Calculate the inductance and the capacitance of the line.

2) The three conductors of a 3-phase line are arranged at the corners of a triangle
of sides 2 m, 2.5 m and 4.5 m. Calculate the inductance per km of the line when the
conductors are regularly transposed. The diameter of each conductor is 1.24 cm.

3) Calculate the inductance of each conductor in a 3-phase, 3-wire system when

the conductors are arranged in a horizontal plane with spacing such that D 31 = 4 m ,
D12 = D23 = 2 m . The conductors are transposed and have a diameter of 2.5 cm.

4) Calculate G.M.D and G.M.R, then, determine the inductance in henries per
meter
and the capacitance in farads per meter for bundled single phase transmission line
shown in Figure (a).Conductors 1,2 and 3 are in parallel form one path while the
conductors 1',2' and 3' are in parallel form the return path.The diameter of each
conductor is 2 cm.

Fig. (a)
5) Fig. (b) shows the spacings of a double circuit 3-phase overhead line. The
phase sequence is ABC and the line is completely transposed. The conductor radius in
1.3 cm. Find the inductance per phase per kilometre.

m 6

a C'

m 3

b b'

m 3

c a'

Fig. (b)

6) Find the inductance per phase per km of double circuit 3-phase line shown in
Fig. (c). The conductors are transposed and are of radius 0.75 cm each. The phase
sequence is ABC.
m 4

a C'

m 3
m5.5

b b'

m 3

c a'
m 4

Fig. (c)

7) A three-phase line operated at 60 Hz is arranged as shown in Figure (d) . Each

subconductor of the bundled conductor line has the radius of r =1.8 cm. Find the
inductance and capacitance per phase per km of the line for d=45cm.

Fig. (d)
8) Calculate G.M.D and G.M.R, then, determine the inductance per phase in
henries per meter and the capacitance to neutral in farads per meter for the 3-phase,
bundle-conductor overhead transmission line shown in Figure (e). Assume phase
spacing D1=D2=12.19 m, bundle separation S=45.72 cm, and conductor diameter is
2.959 cm.

Fig. (e)

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