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American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) EEE 3103: Electrical Power Transmission and Distribution Course Teacher: Ashim Kumar Saha Lecture 3 Problem 1: A single-circuit three phase line operated at 60 Hz is arranged as shown below. The conductors are ACSR Drake. Find the inductive Reactance per mile per phase. Conductor Stranding GMR Aluminum/Steel DS ft 20 ft 20 ft ACSR Drake 26/7 0.0373 Solution: Inductance per phase = 2*10-7 ln
3

eq D S

H/m
24.77

38 ft

Deq = 20 * 20 * 38 = 24.77 ft. Inductance per phase = 2*10-7 ln 0.0373 H/m = 1.2996*10-6 H/m Inductive reactance per phase = 2**f* Inductance per phase = 2**f*1.2996*10-6 /m = 4.8996*10-4 /m = 0.7883 /mile Problem 2: Find the GMR of a three-strand conductor in terms of r of an individual strand. Solution: DS = (r * .778 * 2r * 2r)(r * .778 * 2r * 2r)(r * .778 * 2r * 2r) = (r * .778 * 2r * 2r) = 1.46 r
9 3

r r r

Problem 3: Find the GMR of following conductors. Radius of each strand is r. Solution:

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r r

r
r

r r
r

r r

Conductor 1

Conductor 2
4

conductor 3

For conductor 1: DS = For conductor 2: DS =

For conductor 3: DS =

16

(.778r * 2r * 2r * 2.828r)

(.778r * 2r * 2r * 2.828r)

= 1.722r

16

(.778r * 2r * 2r * 2 3r) 2 (.778r * 2r * 2r * 2r) 2

= 1.691 r = 2.1019r

36

(0.778r * 2r * 2r * 2r * 2r * 2 3r) 3 (0.778r * 2r * 4r * 2r * 4r * 2 3r ) 3

For conductor 4:

DS = (0.778r * 2r * 2r * 2r * 2r * 2r * 2r) (0.778r * 2r * 2r * 2 = 2.176r

49

3r * 4r * 2 3r * 2r ) 6

Bundled Conductors: Conductor 4 Advantages: 1. Reduces Corona effect. 2. Reduces inductive and capacitive reactance. DS = GMR of conductor DSb = GMR of bundled conductor d = distance between two conductors of any bundle. Two conductor bundle:

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d
Three conductor bundle:

DSb =

(D S * d)(D S * d) = (D S * d)

d d

DSb =

(D S * d * d)(D S * d * d)(D S * d * d) = 3 (D S * d 2 )

Four conductor bundle: DSb =

(D S * d * d *
4

d d d
45cm .

16

2d)(D

*d*d*

2d)(D S * d * d *

2d)(D

*d*d*

2d)

= 1.09

(D S * d 3 )

Problem: Each conductor of the following bundled-conductor line is ACSR Pheasant. Find total inductive reactance in ohms per km (and per mile). Here d=

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d 8m a a b

d 8m b c

Conductor ACSR Pheasant Solution:

4 S S

Stranding Aluminum/Steel 54/19

GMR DS ft 0.0466

DSb = (D * d)(D * d) = (D * d) = 0.0466 * 0.3048 * 0.45 =0.080m; [1ft=0.3048m] Deq = 8 * 8 * 16 = 10.08m 10 .08 Inductive reactance per phase = 2**f*2*10-7 ln 0.08 *1000= 0.365 /km Total Inductive reactance = 3* 0.365 /km = 1.095 /km
S

Created by: Ashim Kumar Saha, Assistant Professor, AIUB Special Thanks to: Mahbubur Rahman. Ex. Lecturer (EEE), AIUB