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Branch : EE Batch :Hinglish

Practice Sheet – 01
Subject : Power Systems
Chapter : Transmission Line Parameters
1. In a 3-, 3-wire system, the conductors are arranged 5. When bundle conductors are used in place of single
in a horizontal plane with spacing D13 = 3 m, D12 = conductor, then the correct statement(s) is/are
D23 = 2.5 m. Conductors are transposed having (a) the value of inductor will decrease.
diameter of 2.4 cm. The ratio of mutual GMD to self (b) the value of inductor will increase.
GMD is __________. (c) the value of capacitor will decrease
(d) the value of charging current will increase
2. A 3-, 50 Hz line consists of the conductors each of
diameter 24 mm. The spacing between the
conductors are as follows: 6. A transmission line having a diameter of 1 cm and r
A–B=5m = 4 produced an internal inductance 0.08 H/m. If it
B – C = 6 m, is replaced by an ACSR conductor which has r = 3
C – A = 5 m, with the same size then the internal inductance will
The inductive reactance of the line, if the length of the be _________ H/m.
line is 50 km.
(a) 19.92  (b) 20.38  7. The conductors of a 30 km long, single phase, two
(c) 17.68  (d) 15.57  wire line are separated by a distance of 3m. The
diameter of each conductor is 0.8 cm. If the
3. Two conductors of a single-phase line, each of 2 cm conductors are of copper, the inductance of the
diameter, are arranged in a vertical plane with one circuit is
conductor mounted 1.5 m above the other. A second (a) 58.36 mH (b) 67.32 mH
identical line is mounted at the same height as the (c) 82.44 mH (d) 96.67 mH
first and spaced horizontally 0.5 m apart from it. The
two upper and the two lower conductors are 8. A single phase, two wire transmission line, 10 km
connected in parallel. The inductance per km of the long is made up to round conductors, each 1 cm in
resulting double circuit line is diameter, separated from each other by 3 m. Then the
(a) 0.84 mH (b) 0.92 mH value of capacitance of the circuit is
(c) 0.42 mH (d) 0.63 mH (a) 4.348 pF/m
(b) 6.586 pF/m
4. Consider the two configurations of conductors as (c) 8.696 pF/m
shown below, (d) 13.172 pF/m

9. A 132 kV, 50 Hz, 100 km long three-phase

transmission line has three conductors with equal
radius of 2 cm each. The conductors are arranged at
the corner of an equilateral triangle with a separation
distance of 4 m. The value of charging current is
________A.
The geometric mean radius of the above two
configurations respectively given by, if the radius r 10. A 3- 50 Hz transmission line has its conductors
is 0.5 cm place at the corners of equilateral triangle of side 5 m
(a) 0.54 cm, 0.86 cm and the radius of each conductor is 1.2 cm. The
(b) 0.73 cm, 0.86 cm capacitive reactance per phase for 120 km
(c) 0.73 cm, 0.92 cm transmission line is ______________k .
(d) 0.54 cm, 0.92 cm
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11. One circuit of single-phase line is composed of three 14. A 3-phase transmission line has an equilateral
solid 1.265 cm radius conductors. The return path is spacing of 6 m. It is desired to rebuild the line with
composed of two solid 2 cm radius conductors. same inductance. Now three conductors are placed in
Conductors’ layout is shown in figure. What is the horizontal configuration so that the center conductor
mutual GMD? is midway between the outers. Find the spacing
between outer and central conductor.

(a) 17.39 m (b) 15.8 m

(c) 16.14 m (d) 16.8 m
(a) 2.62 m
(b) 3.98 m
12. The Mutual GMD and self-GMD of composite
conductor x of a single-phase line consisting of three (c) 4.762 m
conductors of 2 cm radius in the ‘go’ conductors and
two conductors of 4 cm radius in return conductor as (d) 5.21 m
given in figure.

15. A 3-phase line with equilateral spacing of 2 meter is

rebuilt with horizontal spacing. The distance
between adjacent conductor is D meter. What will be
the value of D so that new line has same Inductance
as original line?
(a) 21/3 m (b) 22/3 m
(c) 2 m (d) 12/3 m

16. A single circuit three phase transmission line is

(a) 7.162 m, 0.823 m (b) 10.212, 0.433 m composed of four ASCR conductor per phase with
horizontal configuration as given in figure. Radius of
(c) 7.162 m, 0.734 m (d) 6.282 m, 0.823 m each conductor in bundle is 1.725 cm. Find
inductance per km.

13. A single circuit three phase transposed transmission

line is composed of 2 ASCR conductor per phase
with horizontal configuration as given in Figure. The
radius of each sub-conductor in the bundle is 1.725
cm. Find the inductive reactance per km at 50 Hz.

(a) 1.873 mH/km

(b) 0.628 mH/km
(a) 0.329 /km (b) 0.482 /km (c) 0.428 mH/km
(c) 0.128 /km (d) 0.284 /km (d) 0.876 mH/km
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17. A 3-phase, 50 Hz overhead line has regularly 19. The percentage increase in capacitance to neutral per
transposed conductors are horizontally spaced 4 m km if effects of earth is considered in a three-phase
apart. The capacitance of such lines is 0.01 F/km. line spaced equally 3.5 m apart, the radius of
recalculate the capacitance per km when conductors conductor is 0.01 m and they are 8 m above the
are placed equilaterally 4 m apart and are regularly ground.
transposed.
(a) 0.21 % (b) 0.42 %
(a) 0.0110 F (b) 0.0109 F
(c) 0.92 % (d) 1.2 %
(c) 0.0120 F (d) 0.0104 F

20. The mutual GMD of the line will be.

18. A 50 Hz, 220 kV 3-phase transmission line has 3
conductors placed in horizontal plane as given in
figure. If diameter of one conductor is 2 cm, and line
length is 100 km and line are completely transposed.
Then the charging current per phase is.
(a) 7.8 m
(b) 9.8 m
(a) 0.0357 A (b) 0.021 A (c) 8.81 m
(c) 0.0357 kA (d) 0.052 kA (d) 0.073 m
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Answer Key
1. 284.267 11. (d)
2. (a) 12. (c)
3. (c) 13. (d)
4. (b) 14. (c)
5. (a, d) 15. (b)
6. 0.06 16. (d)
7. (c) 17. (d)
8. (a) 18. (c)
9. 25.13 19. (b)
10. 2.876
20. (c)

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