Example
Detemnie the Disruptive Critical Voltagethe Visual Corona inception voltage, and the power oss inthe
line de to corom, bot under fir Weather conditions as wel as stoma weather conditions foe 2 100 km
long 3 phase, 132 kV line consisting of conductors of diameter 1.04 cm, arranged in an equilateral triangle
configuration with 3 m spacing, The temperature ofthe sumountngs is 40° Cand the prescure is 750 or.
‘The operating frequency is 50 Hz, [The imegularity factors may be taken as m, = 0.85, 72
“The Aic density coection factor is given by
__p_ 273420 _0.386 p
760° 27341 27340
750 293
760° 313
!. Disruptive ertcal volage
21.28 mr log, (dt) KV to neutral
21.2.x0.925 x 0.85 x 0.52 x loge (30,0052)
5.1 kV
Sinslay,
‘Visual corona voltage = 21.2% 0.925 x 0.72 x 0.52 x log. (310.0052) x_[ 1 + 0.3(0.895 x 0.52)"]
= 672kV
Power loss under fair weather condition is given by
ss1) uo" Jn aig
365 kWiphase
Similarly, power loss under stormy weather condition is given by
20. gp), (2
55.1* 0.8 *.100 kWiphase
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=847 kWiphase