Lumino’s Low Loss Conductor Solution for

renewable Sector
Nowadays world is moving towards Green/Renewable energy. Line Loss is crucial factor in renewable energy
transmission. Aside climate change and global warming pose serious threats to our planet and to the quality of
life of next generations. It is imperative to limit the emission in the atmosphere of greenhouse gases (e.g. CO2,
CH4, N2O) by reducing I2R Losses of transmission lines. Our Low Loss Type conductor (hereinafter called “3L
conductor”) can reduce transmission losses by 41% compared to equivalent ACSR Conductor. Renewable lines
adopting our 3L conductor can operate more efficiently, reducing the need of electricity from power stations.
These latter can then reduce their per unit cost, as well as CO2 emission

3L – Low Line Loss Conductor

Lumino’s 3L conductor is specially designed for renewable sector
for distribution and transmission lines. It is designed to operate
continuously at temperatures up to 85°C without loss of strength, it
designed with High conductivity Al and Special Alloy.

Advantage: -

 41% less line loss than equivalent ACSR Conductor.

 Easy to install similar to conventional Alloy conductors.
 Can be installed with existing tower with slight
modification.
 Higher volume of Aluminium in define diameter.

Construction
3L, a homogenous conductor, is a concentric-lay stranded conductor made from TW shape wire high conductivity
aluminium 1370-H19 wires and core having round wire of Special Al Alloy.

Applications
3L conductors are useful for:
 Re-conductoring lines: Increase ampacity with low loss.
 New lines: with slight modification in structures to match sag.
Specifications
Lumino's 3L conductor meets or exceeds the following International specifications:

ASTM B230 Specification for Aluminium Wire for Electrical Purposes.

AS/NZS-1531 Specification for Alloy Wire for Electrical Purposes.

Typical size of 3L conductor and Specification

Cross Conductor Linear DC Tensile *Max Current Modulus Coefficient

Item sectional Diameter Weight Resistance at strength Carrying of Of linear
description area (mm) (kg/km) 20 Deg C (kN) capacity elasticity Expansion
sqmm (Ohm/km) 85 Deg C Gpa Per deg
3L Panther
353 22.00 974 0.0817 61.4 617 56.5 23 X 10-6
Conductor
3L Dog
177 15.65 484 0.1635` 30.9 395 56.5 23 X 10-6
Conductor
 Losses comparison with ACSR Panther & 3L Conductors

S.no Discription ACSR Panther 3L Panther

1 Ampacity at 40 MW @ 0.8 PF 437 437
2 AC resistance at 40 MW 0.1747 0.0989
3 Conductor temp 82 71
4 Losses at 40 MW @ 0.3 LLF (KWH) 601 340
5 Difference in losses (KWH) N/A -261

Note: -
1. Voltage - 66 Kv, carrying 40 MW Power, Line length - 20 Ckm.
2. 3L Panther has 43.4% less loss than ACSR Panther.

Losses comparison with ACSR Dog & 3L Conductors

S.no Discription ACSR Dog 3L Dog

1 Ampacity at 28 MW @ 0.8 PF 302 302
2 AC resistance at 28 MW 0.3519 0.1981
3 Conductor temp 85 72
4 Losses at 28 MW @ 0.3 LLF (KWH) 577 325
5 Difference in losses (KWH) N/A -252

Note: -
1. Voltage - 66 Kv, carrying 28 MW Power, Line length - 20 Ckm.
2. 3L Dog has 43.67% less loss than ACSR Dog.

Cross sectional view of conductor

3L Panther 3L Dog

Assumption for Ampacity calculation: -

- Ampacity based on referenced conductor temperature, 45°C ambient temperature, 0.56 m/sec wind, in
sun, with an emissivity of 0.45 and a coefficient of solar absorption of 0.8, at sea level. (IEEE-738).
- Resistance and ampacity based on an aluminium conductivity of 61.2% IACS at 20°C and a Alloy
conductivity of 59% IACS at 20°C.