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This document contains 12 problems related to transmission line capacitance, charging current, voltage drop, and power flow calculations. The problems involve determining capacitance of single and bundled conductor lines, calculating charging current for different conductor configurations and voltages, evaluating voltage drop and power flow along transmission lines using pi-model approximations and exact calculations, and finding sending and receiving end voltages and power values.

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Problem Set 2

This document contains 12 problems related to transmission line capacitance, charging current, voltage drop, and power flow calculations. The problems involve determining capacitance of single and bundled conductor lines, calculating charging current for different conductor configurations and voltages, evaluating voltage drop and power flow along transmission lines using pi-model approximations and exact calculations, and finding sending and receiving end voltages and power values.

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EE3003 Power Systems – Problem Set 2

1. Find the capacitance of the double circuit transmission line shown in the figure (similar to the
example considered in the class). Radius of conductors is 2 cm.
3m

2m

2m 4m

3m

2. Find the capacitance of the transmission line with bundled conductors shown in the figure
(similar to the example considered in the class). Radius of conductors is 2 cm.
20 cm 20 cm 20 cm

3m 3m

3. A transmission line with horizontal spacing of 3 m has conductors of radius 0.328 cm. The
transmission line is 7.5 m above the ground. Find the % error in the value of capacitance
calculated neglecting the effect of earth.

4. A 110 kV, 50 Hz transmission line has horizontal spacing with 3.5 m distance between adjacent
conductors. The radius of the conductors is 1.05 cm. Find the charging current per phase per
km length of the transmission line neglecting the voltage drop in the series impedance.

5. For the double circuit 110 kV, 50 Hz transmission line shown in question 1, the radius of the
conductors is 0.865 cm. Find the charging current per km per individual conductor neglecting
the voltage drop in the series impedance.

6. A transmission line consists of three single core cables of 5 cm diameter. Find the line to
neutral capacitance per km if the conductor diameter is 3 cm and the sheath is of negligible
thickness. The relative permittivity of the dielectric is 4.

7. A voltage of 11 kV is applied to a transmission line having series resistance per phase of 4 


and series reactance per phase of 12 . At the receiving end of the transmission line is a load of
P kW ( ). At what value of P is the sending end voltage magnitude equal to the receiving
voltage magnitude, if the power factor of the load is (i) 0.707 lag, (ii) 0.85 lead, (iii) unity

S. Krishna, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras


8. For a transmission line, =0.93+j0.016, =20+j140 . The load at the receiving end is 60
MVA at 0.8 lagging power factor. The voltage at the sending end is 220 kV. Calculate the
receiving end voltage.

9. For a transmission line, =0.95+j0.028, l=300 km, f=50 Hz. Find the attenuation constant and
the phase constant.

10. A 50 Hz transmission line has =(0.06+j0.5) /km and =j310-6 S/km. What are the
percentage errors in the parameters (series resistance, series reactance, and shunt susceptance)
of the nominal π-circuit as compared with equivalent π-circuit for transmission line lengths of
100 km, 250 km and 500 km.

11. A 50 Hz transmission line is 80 km long. Total series impedance per phase is (10+j50)  and
shunt admittance per phase is j30010-6 S. The power at the receiving end is 40 MW at 220 kV
with power factor of 0.9 lag. Find voltage at the sending end by (i) short line approximation,
(ii) nominal π-circuit approximation. Repeat for transmission line length of 150 km, assuming
same values of series impedance per unit length and shunt admittance per unit length.

12. A 50 Hz transmission line 300 km long has a series impedance of (40+j125)  per phase and a
shunt admittance of j10-3 S per phase. The receiving end load is 50 MW with 0.8 lagging power
factor at 220 kV. Find the voltage, current, real power, reactive power, apparent power and
power factor at the sending end.

S. Krishna, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras

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