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ENGINEERING COLLEGE
EE8402- TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
UNIT – I

PART-A
1. What is meant by proximity effect?
2. What is transposition? Why are transmission line transposed?
3. A three phase transmission line has its conductors at the corners of an equilateral triangle
with side 3m. The diameter of each conductor is 1.63cm. Find the inductance per km per
phase of the line
4. Why the concept of self GMD is not applicable for capacitance calculation?
5. Write the expression for a capacitance of a 1phase Transmission line.
6. State the limitations of high transmission voltages.
7. Mention the transmission voltages that are followed in Tamil Nadu.
8. Why EHV lines are constructed using bundle conductors.
9. State different types of overhead conductors.
10. What are composite conductors?
11. Why is electrical power preferably to be transmitted at a high voltage?
12. What is the need of transposition?
13. What are the components of a power system?
14. How inductance and capacitance of a transmission line are affected are affected by the
spacing between the conductors?
15. What is skin effect? On what factors does it depend?
16. Distinguish between self and mutual GMD.
17. Mention the advantages of transposition of conductors.
18. What are the advantages of using bundled conductors?
19. What are composite conductors?

PART-B
1. (i) Starting from fundamental derivation of flux linkages with conductor per phase, derive
an expression for the inductance per phase for a 3-phase overhead transmission system when
conductors are symmetrically placed.
(ii)A 3 phase 80 km long transmission line has its conductors of 1.0 cm diameter spaced at
the corners of the equilateral triangle of 100 cm side. Find the inductance per phase of the
system.
2. Derive from first principles the capacitance per km to neutral of three phase overhead
transmission line with overhead transmission line with unsymmetrical spacing of conductors
assuming transportation.
3.Derive the expression for inductance of a three phase line with unsymmetrical Spacing.
4. A 460 KV bundled conductor transmission line has the conductor spacing shown below.
ACSR conductors are used. Determine the inductance per phase per km if the self GMD of
each conductor is 0.9 cm. Assume line regularly transposed.
5. Determine the inductance per km of a double circuit 3ɸ line as shown in Fig. The
transmission line is transposed within each circuit and each circuit remains on its own side.
The diameter of each conductor is 15mm.

6. Derive the expression for inductance of a three phase line with unsymmetrical Spacing.
7. Draw and explain the structure of typical electrical power system with various voltage
levels.
8. Deduce an expression for capacitance of three phase transmission line with unsymmetrical
spacing. (Transposed conductors).
9. (i) Explain the advantages of bundled conductors when used for overhead lines.
(ii) A 3 phase 80 km long transmission line has its conductors of 1.0 cm diameter spaced at
the corners of the equilateral triangle of 100 cm side. Find the inductance per phase of the
system.
10. A three phase circuit line consists of 7/4.5 mm hard drawn copper conductors. The
arrangement of the conductors is given. The line is completely transposed. Calculate
inductive reactance per phase per km of the system.

11. Derive an expression for loop inductance of a single phase transmission system
12. A 220 KV, 50 Hz, 200 Km long three phase line has its conductors on the corners of a
triangle with sides 6 m, 6m and 12 m. The conductor radius is 1.81 cm. Find the capacitance
per phase per km, capacitive reactance per phase, charging current and total charging Mega
volt-amperes.
13. Derive the expression of capacitance of a bundled conductor.