Power System Engineering

Assignment - Unit 1 & 2

1. The three conductors of a 3 phase line are arranged at the corners of a triangle of
sides 2 m, 2.5 m, 4.5 m. Calculate the inductance per km and capacitance per km
of the line when the conductors are regularly transposed. The diameter of each
conductor is 1.24 cm.
[L/ph/m = 12.74 x 10-7 H, L/ph/km = 1.274x10-3mH]

2. Figure shows a double circuit 3 phase over head line of spacing with each other is
6 m apart. The phase sequence is ABC and the line is completely transposed. The
conductor radius is in 1.3 cm. Find the inductance & capacitance /ph/km.
[Ds = 0.275 m, Dm = 4.94m, L/ph/m = 5.7x10-7 H, L/ph/km = 0.57mH]
A C’

3m
B B’
3m
C A’

3. Calculate the inductance and capacitance/ph/m for a 3 phase double circuit line
whose phase conductors have a radius of 5.3 cm with the horizontal conductor
arrangements the spacing between each conductors are 8 m.
[Ds = 0.995 m, Dm = 14.518 m, L/ph/m = 5.36x10-7 H]

4. In a single phase line, conductors a and a’ in parallel form one circuit while
conductors b and b’ in parallel form the return path. Calculate the total inductance
and capacitance of the line per km assuming that current is equally shared by the
two parallel conductors. Conductor dia is in 2 cm. All 4 conductors are arranged
in horizontal form. The spacing between aa’ and bb’ are 20 cm each and distance
between two circuits are 100 cm.
[Ds = 3.94 cm, Dm = 119 cm, L = 0.68 mH/km, Loop L = 1.36mH/km]

5. Power is being transmitted by a split phase, single phase transmission line. Sub
conductors 1,2 form one path and sub conductors1’,2’ form return path. Calculate
the total inductance of the line/km. the diameter of each sub-conductor is 2 cm.
[Ds=8.82 cm Dm = 183 cm, L = 1.212 mH/km]

6. A single circuit 3 phase 400 kV line utilizes bundling arrangement as shown in

figure. Find the inductance/ph/km of the line. GMR of the sub conductor is 0.9
cm. [L = 1.096 mH/km]
40 cm 40 cm 40 cm

Phase A Phase B Phase C

|______10 m________|_______10 m ______|
7. Find the inductance per km per phase of three phase line arranged in a horizontal
plane spaced 8 m apart. The diameter of each conductor is 2.6 cm. The line is
completely transposed. Also calculate the inductance if same three phase line is
re-arranged symmetrically 8 m apart. Enumerate the difference.

8. Derive an expression for the charge value per meter length of the conductor a of
an untransposed three phase line shown in figure. The applied voltage is balanced
three phase, 50 Hz. Take the voltage of the phase a as reference phasor. All
conductors have the small radii. Also find the charging current of phase a. neglect
the effect of ground. (10)

a b c

D D

9. Find the inductive reactance in ohms/km at 50 Hz of a three phase bundled

conductor line with two conductors per phase as shown in below figure. All the
conductors are ACSR with radii of 1.725 cm. (10)

S= 0.4 m S= 0.4 m S= 0.4 m

d=7m d=7m

10. Calculate the capacitance of a 100 km long 3 ph, 50 Hz overhead transmission

line consisting of 3 conductors, each of diameter 2 cm and spaced 2.5 m at the
corners of an equilateral triangle.
[C for 100 km = 1.0075 μF/phase]

11. A 3 phase 50 Hz, 132 kV OHL has conductors placed in a horizontal plane 4 m
apart. Conductor diameter is 2 cm. If the line length is 100 km. calculate the
charging current/phase assuming complete transposition.
[C for 100 km = 0.00885 μF/phase, Charging current = 21.18 A]

12. A balanced three phase load of 80 MW is supplied at 230 kV, 50 Hz and 0.85 lag
by means of a transmission line. The series impedance of a single conductor is (25
+ j 55) ohms and the total phase-neutral admittance is 6.18x10-4 Siemens.
Calculate Vs, Is, PFs, Ps, % Regulation and % Efficiency using
a) Short transmission line, b) Nominal T Method, c) Nominal pi Method and d)
Long Transmission line Method

13. A 15 km long 3 phase overhead line delivers 5 MW at 11 kV at 0.8 power factor

lagging. The I2R loss is 12% of power delivered. The line inductance is 1.1
mH/km/phase. Calculate the Vs & Is