Practical Electrical Installation Design Problems

Problem No. 1:

Propose a cable for 0.44kV for a current of 50A and carry through a distance of 50km. The cable must be
installed in air in three cable trefoil touching form?

Problem No. 2:

Is the above cable suitable if we have to carry the current to 1000m?

Problem No. 3:

Propose a cable for 0.44 kV from main feeder which is 200m apart and has to carry a 100A current.
These cables have a track direct in ground and are equally spaced?

Problem No. 4:

Repeat Numerical No. 3 if cable has path through single way ducts?

Problem No. 5:

Propose a cable for single way duct of 440V, for a length of 100m to carry 80A current. In duct,
conductors are equally spaced by 0.15m, and protected by semi enclosed rewire-able fuse of 100A. This
duct is feeding four circuits in single way?

Problem No. 6:

Propose a cable for same amount of distance as current by 150mburried in ground by 0.5m and in trefoil
touching. Voltage is about 1kV and Ground Soil Thermal Resistivity is 1Cm/W?
Problem No. 7:

Determine short circuit current and its duration for a 120mm² mineral insulated aluminum cable of
100m length and for 1kV?

Problem No. 8:

Determine Average Voltage Drop of 500m cable carrying 60A with 0.73 voltage drop/ampere of 440V?

Problem No. 9: (Kitchen Design)

There are some equipment’s in kitchen of a hotel at 220V

 1 Oven = 9kW
 1 Fryer = 9kW
 1 Dishwasher = 2kW
 1 Freezer = 1kW
 1 Food Mixer = 1kW

This kitchen has distribution board of supply 41m apart in duct which is further feeding two bedroom
circuits and TV room circuit also. Average temp is 45C. Propose a protective device with breaking
capacity along with cable whereas the earth fault loop impedance is 0.09ohms.

Rizwan Khan
Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering,

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore