Assignment 3 on Inductance Calculation

Marks:15+30+15+15+10=90
 Assignment on Single Phase (3×5=15)

1. Calculate the loop inductance per km of a single phase transmission line comprising of two parallel conductors one meter
apart and 1.25 cm in dia. Also calculate the reactance of the transmission line if frequency is 50 Hz.

2. A single phase line has two parallel conductors 2 meters apart. The diameter of each conductor is 1·2 cm. Calculate the
loop inductance per km of the line.

3. A single phase transmission line has two parallel conductors 3 m apart, the radius of each conductor being 1 cm. Calculate
the loop inductance per km length of the line if the material of the conductor is (i) copper (ii) steel with relative permeability of
100.

Formulas:
𝐿 = 4 × 10 𝑙𝑛 where 𝜇 = 𝜇 [as 𝜇 =1]
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𝑟‘=0.7788r
 Assignment on Composite Conductor (6×5=30)

1. Two conductors of a single phase line, each of 1 cm diameter, are arranged in a vertical plane with one conductor
mounted 1 m above the other. A second identical line is mounted at the same height as the first and spaced horizontally
0·25 m apart from it. The two upper and the two lower conductors are connected in parallel. Determine the inductance
per km of the resulting double circuit line.

(1)
2. Find the self GMD of the each of the conductors. Assume each strand has a radius r.
Each Fig. is a separate math.

(e)
 Assignment on 3 phase line(3×5=15)

1. Find the inductance per km of a 3-phase transmission line using 1·24 cm diameter conductors when these are placed
at the corners of an equilateral triangle of each side 2 m.

2. The three conductors of a 3-phase line are arranged at the corners of a triangle of sides 2 m, 2·5 m and 4·5 m.
Calculate the inductance per km of the line when the conductors are regularly transposed. The diameter of each
conductor is 1·24 cm.
3. Calculate the inductance of each conductor in a 3-phase, 3-wire system when the conductors are arranged in a
horizontal plane with spacing such that D31 = 4 m ; D12 = D23 = 2m. The conductors are transposed and have a
diameter of 2·5 cm.
 Assignment on double circuit 3 phase line (3×5=15)

1. Fig. 1 shows the spacings of a double circuit 3-phase overhead line. The phase sequence is
ABC and the line is completely transposed. The self-distance of each conductor is 0.954 cm.
Find the inductance per phase per kilometre.

2. Find the inductance per phase per km of double circuit 3-phase line shown in (1)
Fig 2. The conductors are transposed and are of radius 0·75 cm each. The phase sequence is
ABC.

3. Calculate the inductance per phase per meter for a three-phase double-circuit
line whose phase conductors have a radius of 5·3 cm with the horizontal conductor
arrangement as shown in Fig 3.

(2)
(3)
 Assignment on Bundle Conductor (1×10=10)
A phase B phase C phase

a1 b1 c1
1. Each conductor of the bundled-conductor line is shown in fig.
The radius of the conductor is 90 cm. Find the Inductive
reactance in ohms per kilometre for d=48 cm. Also, find the per-
unit series reactance of the line if its length is 160 km and the a2 a3 b2 b3 c2 c3
base is 100 MVA, 345 kV.
d=48