Electrical Power Quality

Sheet # 3
Voltage Profile along AC Distributors (Continued)

1) A 2-wire a.c. feeder 1 km long supplies a load of 100 A at 0.8 p.f. lag 200 volts
at its far end and a load of 60 A at 0.9 p.f. lag at its mid-point. The resistance
and reactance per km (lead and return) are 0.06 ohm and 0.08 ohm,
respectively. Calculate the voltage drop along the distributor from sending end
to mid-point and from mid-point to far end.

2) A single-phase a. c. distributor 500 m long has total impedance of (0.02 +j0.04)

ohms and is fed from one end at 250 V. It is loaded as:
(i) 50 A at unity power factor 200 m from feeding point.
(ii) 100 A at 0.8 p.f. lagging 300 m from feeding point.
(iii) 50 A at 0.6p.f. lagging at the far end.
Calculate the total voltage drop and voltage at the far end.

3) A single-phase distributor, one km long has resistance and reactance of 0.2 Ω

and 0.3 Ω, respectively per conductor. At the far end, the voltage VB = 240 V
and the current is 100 A at p.f. of 0.8 lagging. At the mid-point A of the
distributor, current of 100 A is tapped at a p.f. of 0.6 lagging with reference to
the voltage VA at the mid-point. Calculate the supply voltage Vs for the
distributor and the phase angle between Vs and VB.

4) Assuming a single-phase circuit of impedance R + jX to represent the total

impedance of transmission line and/or transformer. The power factor of the
load is cos θ. Find the load power factor for which the voltage drop along the
circuit is maximum.