4 Overhead Power Transmission
To see a world in a Grain of Sand anda Heaven in & Wild Flow
Hole nvinity in the palm of yoor hal and Eternity i an
William Blake
4.1 INTRODUCTION
In this section, a brief review of fundamental concepts associated with steady-state ae eireuits
especially with three-phase cireuis, is presented. It is hoped! that this brief review is suflicient &
provide a common base. in terms of notation and references, that is necessary to be able 10 follow
the forsheoming chapters
Also, a brie! review of transmission system modeling is presented in this chapter. Transmission
lines are modeled and classified according to their lengths as
1, Short transmission lines
2, Medium-length transmission lines
3, Long transmission lines
The short transmission Lines are these Fines that have lengths up 10 50 mi or 80 km. The medium
length transmission lines are those lines that have lengths up to 150 mi, or 240 km, Similarly, the
long transmission lines are those lines that have lengths aboxe 150 maior 240 km
4.2 REVIEW OF BASICS
4.2.1 CoMPLey Power IN BALANCED TRANsMission Lines
Figure dla shows a per phase representation (or on
Line diagram) of a short three-phase halanced
bus delines a specific nodal point of trans
mission network. Assume that the bus vol +n phase values (ie, line-t0-0
values) and that the line impedance is Z = R + jX per phase. Since the transmission line is a short
ne. the line current can be assumed to be approximately the same at any point in the line. Howexer
the complex powers Sy and §, are not the same.
Therefore. the complex power per phase* that is being transmitted from bus 10 bus J can be
expressed as
hecause of the line loss
JQ; = Vl" aa
Similarly. the complex power per phase that ish
transmitted from bus jo bus ean be expressed as
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Buse Busy
y
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FIGUREAI Perphise representation of shor raison shor transnsion Fine an (hla
phasor diagram
Sinwe
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subsituting Equation 4.3 imo Equations 4.1 and 2
s
Wivi)20 2
= Les 4
Rai
and
4
as
However, as shown in Figure 4.1b, if the power angle (Le. the phase angle between the two bus
voltages) is defined as
a6
=
2
hin) a
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cand
0. X|Mf—X|VilV,loos7—R]VIIV, sin) as
Similarly
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and
Foe LAIME-XWilvioosy + AIV|N pin?) duo
‘Tho three-phase real and reactive power ean directly be found from Equations 47 through 4.10 if
the ne values
te. Therefore. the
mission ine is much greater than its resis
line impedance value ean be approximated as
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an
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and
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Example 4.1
Assume that the impedance of a transmission fine connecting buses | and 2 is 10LZ! nd
34.6230" and 66,395.1220° V per phase, eespectively, Determine
6) Complex power per phase thats be
a
{b) Active power per phase tha
(6) Reactive power per ph180 Electrical Power Transmission System Engineering
Solution
6)
= 110876072556
11:085,280 6+ j627.2304 VA
wy
Ae= 10.085,
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4.2.2 OveLine Diacraw
In general, eletric power ssstems are represented by
‘The one-line diagram is also referred to as the sing fe 4.2b shows the three
phase equivalent impedance diagaram of the system re 42a, However, the need for the
three-phase equivalent impedance diagram is almost ni in usual situations, This is due to the Fact
that a halanced three-phase system can always be represented by an equivalent impedance diagram
per phase, as shown in Figure 4.2c. Furthermore, the per-phase equivalent impedance can als
bye simplified by neglecting the neutral Hine and representing the system components by standard
syinbols rather than by their equivalent circuits [1]. The result isthe one-Line diagram shown in
Figure 4.2a. Table 4.1 gives some of the symbols that are used in one-tine diagrams, Additional
standard symbols ean be found in Neuenswander [2]
A times. as «need arises, the one-line diagram may’ also show peripheral apparatus such as
insicument transformers tie., CTs and VTS. protective relays, and Lighting arrestors, Theretore, the
dlvails shown on aune-line diagram depend on its purpose. For example, the one-line diagrams that
will be used in load flow studies do not show CBs or relays. contrary tothe ones that will be used in
stability studies, Furthermore, the ones that willbe used in unsymmetrical fault studies may even
show the positive. negative and zero-sequence netsorks separately
Note that the huses the nodal poinssof the transmission netivork) that are shown in Figure 42a
tuave been identified by their bus numbers. Also note thatthe neutral of generator I has been sil,
grounded, that is, the neutral point has been dincely connected to the earth, whereas the neutral of
renerator 2 has been greunded. resistor, Sometimes, its grounded using an
inductance cui. In either case, they ate used to Linnt the current flow to ground under fault conditions
Usually. the neutrals of the ttansformers used in transmission lines are solidly grounded. In
nerator grounding for generators is facilitated by bury und electrode
system made of grids of buried horizontal wires, As the number of meshes in the grid is increased
its conductance becomes greater. Sometimes, a metal plate is buried instead uf a mesh grid
‘Transmission Lines with OHGWs have a ground connection at each supporting seucture te whieh
the GW is connected. In some circumstances, tcounterpotse, that is, hare conductor. is buried under
«transmission fine fo decrease the ground resistance, ifthe soil resistance is high, The best known