Tutorial 3: Series Impedance and Shunt Admittance

1. A two km long, single-phase distribution feeder, shown in the following figure,

is serving a load of 1000 kVA at 0.9 pf lagging at 6.35 kV.
The GMR of a and n Conductors = 0.0076 m
The resistance of a and n Conductors = 0.3 Ω/km
(i) Determine primitive impedance matrix.
0.349  j 0.736 0.049  j 0.447 
0.049  j 0.447 0.349  j 0.736 
 
(ii) Determine phase impedance in Ω/km. (0.404 + j 0.494)
(iii) Determine phase admittance in µS/km. (j2.722)
(iv) Using a short-line model, determine the voltage at the source end and
power loss in the feeder. (6.533 kV, 20.05 kW)

2. A three km long, three-phase distribution feeder, shown in the following figure,

is serving a load of 1500 kVA at 0.8 pf lagging at 6.35 kV.
The GMR and resistance of the phase conductors are 0.006 m and 0.2 ohms/km,
respectively. The GMR and resistance of the neutral conductor are 0.005 m and
0.3 ohms/km, respectively.
(i) Determine primitive impedance matrix.
 0.249  j 0.751 0.049  j 0.462 0.049  j 0.418 0.049  j 0.440 
0.049  j 0.462 0.249  j 0.751 0.049  j 0.462 0.049  j 0.411

 0.049  j 0.418 0.049  j 0.462 0.249  j 0.751 0.049  j 0.390 
 
0.049  j 0.440 0.049  j 0.411 0.049  j 0.390 0.349  j 0.763
(ii) Determine the phase impedance (Zabc) matrix in Ω/km.
0.297  j 0.522 0.093  j 0.247 0.089  j 0.215
 0.093  j 0.247 0.288  j 0.550 0.085  j 0.271
 
 0.089  j 0.215 0.085  j 0.271 0.282  j 0.570 
(iii) Determine the phase admittance (Yabc) matrices in µS/km.
 j 2.959  j 0.834  j 0.436
  j 0.834 j 3.059  j 0.884
 
  j 0.436  j 0.884 j 2.832 
(iv) Using a short-line model, determine voltage at the source end and power
loss in the feeder.
𝑉𝑎𝑛 = 4.06 ∠2.88 kV, 𝑉𝑏𝑛 = 3.26 ∠ − 115.8 kV and
𝑉𝑐𝑛 = 3.69 ∠112.7 kV, Loss = 167.4 kW
3. A single-phase underground line is composed of an aluminum tape-shielded cable. A single copper conductor
is used as the neutral. The cable and neutral are separated by 0.1 m.
Data: Cable: ds = 2.2 cm, dc = 0.8 cm, rp = 0.5 Ω/km
Neutral conductor: dn = 0.8 cm, rn = 0.5 Ω/km
(i) Determine primitive impedance matrix.
(ii) Determine phase impedance in Ω/km.
(iii) Determine phase admittance in µS/km.

Neutral Copper

Cable Conductor