AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Electrical Power & Machines Department

Fall 2019 Sheet (1)

EPM211 -- Properties of Electrical Materials

Assume P.f=0.8 if not mentioned.

1) A transmission line cable consists of 12 identical strands of aluminum, each 3

mm in diameter. The resistivity in aluminum strand at 20 oC is 2.8x10-8 Ω.m.
Find the 50 oC resistance per km of the cable.

2) A transmission line is designed to deliver 88 MW at 220 kV over a distance

of 63 km. the total transmission line loss is not to exceed 2.5 percent of the
delivered MVA. If the resistivity of the conductor material is 2.8x10-8 Ω.m,
determine the required conductor diameter.

3) Select the cable size to a 5 KW, 220 V heater, where the max temperature is
20 oC and there are 2 other cables in its tray touching each other.

4) A 220 V ac source supplies 2 identical machines in a factory. The total load

power is 88 KW.
a) Select the size of their cables If the max temperature to which the cable
is exposed is 50 oC and they are on the same tray, the spacing between
them equal the cable diameter
b) Determine the cable power loss if the distance between the source and
the machines is 250 m.