Lecture

Transmission Line Capacitance

Transmission Line Capacitance

• Gauss’s Law Electric Field Strength (E)

• Voltage between conductors
• Capacitance (C=q/v)
Electric Field and Voltage Calculation

Total electric flux leaving a closed surface =Total

charge within the volume enclosed by the closed
surface Normal Electric flux density
integrated over the closed surface =charge enclosed
Example
• A three phase, 400kV, 50Hz, 350km overhead
transmission line has flat horizontal spacing with
three identical conductors. The conductors have an
outside diameter of 3.28cm with 12m spacing
between adjacent conductors.
– Determine the capacitance and capacitive reactance for
the line in ohms/phase.