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KronReduction
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TheKronReductionisarelativelysimpletechniqueforeliminatingnodesfromanetworkwhenthevoltageor
currentatthatnodeiszero.ThetechniqueisnamedafterGabrielKron
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Kron),whodescribedthemethodin[1].

ReductionofaMulticonductorLinewithEarthWires
Considerasectionofthreephaseoverheadlinewithanearthwire.FromOhm'slawforthemulticonductor
system:

Va Zaa Zab Zac | Zae

Ia

Vb Zba Zbb Zbc | Zbe I

b


Vc


= Zca

Zcb Zcc | Zce
Ic


...Equ.(1)

|

Ve Zea Zeb Zec | Zee Ie

WhereVa ,Vb andVc arethephasevoltagesacrossthesectionofline(V)

Ia ,Ib andIc arethephasecurrentsthroughthesectionofline(A)

Zaa ,Zbb andZcc arethephaseselfimpedances( )
Zab = Zba ,Zac = Zca andZbc = Zcb arethemutualcouplingimpedancesbetweenphase

conductors()
Ve andIe arethevoltageandcurrentacrosstheearthwire

Zee istheearthwireselfimpedance( )
Zea = Zae ,Zeb = Zbe andZec = Zce arethemutualcouplingimpedancesbetweenphase

conductorsandtheearthwire()

WecanrewriteEqu.(1)inapartitionedformasfollows:

Vabc ZA | ZE1 Iabc

= |

Ve ZE2 | Zee Ie

Va Ia

WhereVabc = V
b
andIabc = I
b

Vc Ic

Zaa Zab Zac Zae Zea

ZA = Z
ba
Zbb Zbc ,ZE1 = Z
be
andZE2
= Z
eb


Zca Zcb Zcc Zce Zeb

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Ifweassumethatthevoltageintheearthwireiszero,i.e.Ve = 0 andthus:

ZE2 Iabc + Zee Ie = 0

Wecansolveforthecurrentintheearthwire:
1
Ie = Zee ZE2 Iabc

Pluggingthisbackintothetoppartofthepartitionedmatrix:
1
Vabc = ZA Iabc ZE1 Zee ZE2 Iabc

1
= (ZA ZE1 Zee ZE2 ) Iabc

= Zabc Iabc

Thisisthereducedformofthemulticonductorsystem,wheretheearthwirenodeiseliminatedleavingonlythe
threephaseconductornodes.Usingsimilarlogictothatdescribedabove,theKronreductioncanbeusedonmulti
conductorsystemswithanarbitrarynumberofearthwiresandneutralconductors.

References
[1]Kron,G.,"TensorAnalysisofNetworks"(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CMPYF/ref
=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000CMPYF&linkCode=as2
&tag=openelect20),JohnWileyandSons,1965

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