4.1. A solid cylindrical aluminum conductor 25 km long hes an area of 336,400 circular mils. Obtain the conductor resistance at (a) 20°C and (6) 50°C. The resistivity of aluminum at 20°C is 2.8 x 10-8 -m, 42, Auansmission-tine cable consists of 12 identical strands of aluminuin, each 3 min in diameter. The resistivity of aluminum strand st 20°C is 28 x 10°? Som. Find the 50°C ac resistance per km of the cable. Assume a ski effect correction factor of £:02 at 60 Hz 43, A three-phase ransmission line is designed to deliver 190.5 MVA at 220 kV ‘over a distance of 63 ken. The total transmission fine: loss is mot 10 exceed: 2.5 percent of che rated linc MIVA. Ifthe resistivity of the conductor material 8-284 t0-8 em, determine the required conductor diameter and the conductor size it circular mils, 44. A single-phase tranimission line 35 km long consists of two solid round com Guetors, each having a iasteter of 0.9 em, The conducter spacing iy 2.5 mh. Calculate the equivalent diameter of a fictitious hollow, thin-watted conduc, tor having the sane equivalewt inductance as the original line. What is the value of the inductance per conductor? 45. Find the geometric mean radius af 3 conductor in terms of the radius r of an individual strand for (a) Three equal strands as shown in Figure 4,25ta) (bh) Four equal strands as shown in Figure 4.25¢b) OH fa) (b) FIGURE 4.25 Crass section ofthe sraned conguctae for Protilem 4.5.Goin 5 m4 10 m 5 m-£} ac ai ail Conductor + Conductor y FIGURE 426 ‘Conductor layout for Problem 4 6. 4.7. A three-phase, 60-Hz teanisposed transmission fine has a flat horizontal con- figuration as shown in Figure 4.27. The line reactance is 0.486 1 per kila- meter, The conductor geometric mean radins is 2.0 em. Determine the phase spacing Din meters b < p—OG- 35 -—©6 ——— w FIGURE 4.27 ‘Conduetar layout for Problem 4 4.8. A three-phase transposed line is campased of one ACSR 159,000-cmil, 54/19 ‘Lapwing conductor per phase with flat horizontal spacing of 8 m as shown in Figure 4.28. The GAR of each conchctne is | S15 em, (a) Determine the inductance per phase per kilometer of the tine (b) This line is to be replaced by a two-conductor bundke with 8 m spacing measured from the center of the bundles as shown in Figure 4.29. The spac ing bepween the conductars in the bundle is 40 cm. If the ling inductance per phase is to be 77 percent of the inductance in. part (a). what would be the GM R of each new conductor in the bundle? a 4 c CE Dy =8m-—G- Dy = 8m) Lys = 1m FIGURE 4.28 ‘Conductor kayaut for Probes 4.3 (a). a © a0 o,o O10 40 i 1 fe Dy =8m—— Dg = 8m ‘ Djs = 16m——— FIGURE 4.29 Conductor Layout for Problem 4.8 (b).