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CALCULATION OF PIPELINE ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Magnitude Angle

Input (yellow cells), Output (green cells) (degrees)


D: Pipe Diameter (m) 1.00
h: Burial Depth (m) 1
r: Soil Resistivity (Ω-m) 10
f: Frequency (Hz) 60
r'c: Specific Coating Resistance (ohm-sq.m) 1.00E+05
gc: Coating Conductance (S/m) 3.14E-05
G: Pipeline Propagation Constant (1/km) {initial guess} 1.13E-01 42.5
Left Side of Equation 3-49 4.04E-04 85.0
Right Side of Equation 3-49 4.04E-04 85.0
G: Pipeline Propagation Constant (1/km) 1.13E-01 42.5
Zo: Pipeline Characteristic Impedance (ohms) 3.59 42.5
a: Attenuation Constant (1/km) 8.30E-02
CALCULATION OF PIPELINE AC VOLTAGES Magnitude Angle
Input (yellow cells), Output (green cells) (degrees)
Z1: Terminating Impedance at x=0 (ohms) 1000.00 0.0
Z2: Terminating Impedance at x=L (ohms) 1000.00 0.0
L: Pipeline Length (km) 10.0
x: Point of Interest (km) 0.0
E0: LEF (V/km) 10.0
Z0: Pipeline Characteristic Impedance (ohm 3.59E+00 42.5
G: Pipeline Propagation Constant (1/km) 1.13E-01 42.5
V(x): Voltage at Point 'x' (volts) 49.2 -186.0
CALCULATION OF PIPELINE GROUNDING IMPEDANCE Magnitude Angle
Input (yellow cells), Output (green cells) (degrees)
L: Pipeline Length (km) 1
Z0: Pipeline Characteristic Impedance (ohms) 3.59E+00 42.5
G: Pipeline Propagation Constant (1/km) 1.13E-01 42.5
ZG: Pipeline Grounding Impedance (End Injectio 63.4 87.4
ZG: Pipeline Grounding Impedance (Center Inject 63.4 87.5
z: Pipeline's Linear Impedance (Ω/km) 0.404 85.0
y: Pipeline's Shunt Admittance (S/km) 0.031 0.0
CALCULATION OF PARALLEL IMPEDANCES Magnitude Angle
Input (yellow cells), Output (green cells) (degrees)
Impedence 1
Impedance 2
Impedance 3 1000000.00 0.0
Total Parallel Impedance #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Note: For case with only 2 parallel impedances,
leave Impedance 3 equal to 1,000,000

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