UNIT 1

A transmission line conductor at a river crossing is supported from two towers at

heights of 70 m above water level. The horizontal distance between towers is
00 m. If the tension in conductor is 1!"00 #g! $nd the clearance at a point
midwa% between the towers. The size of conductor is 0.& cm'. (ensit% of
conductor material is ).& g*cm and suspension length of the string is ' metres.
The e+ective diameter of a line is 1.&, cm and it weighs &0 #g per 100 metre
length. -hat would be the additional loading due to ice of radial thic#ness 1.'"
cm and a horizontal wind pressure of 0 #g*m' of pro.ected area/ Also! $nd the
total weight per metre run of the line. (ensit% of ice is &'0 #g*m.
A transmission line has a span of 1"0 metres between supports! the supports
being at the same level. The conductor has a cross0sectional area of ' cm'. The
ultimate strength is "!000 #g*cm'. The speci$c gravit% of the material is ).&. If
the wind pressure is 1." #g*m length of the conductor! calculate the sag at the
centre of the conductor if factor of safet% is ".
A transmission line conductor at a river crossing is supported from two towers at
heights of '0 m and ,0 m above water level. The horizontal distance between
the towers is 00 m. If the tension in the conductor is 1)00 #g and the conductor
weighs 1.0 #g per metre! $nd the clearance between the conductor and the
water level at a point mid0wa% between the towers.
A conductor is strung across a river! being supported at the two ends at heights
of '0 m and 1, m respectivel%! from the bed of the river. The distance between
the supports is 7" m and the weight of the conductor 1 1.' #g*m. If the
clearance of the conductor from the river bed be & m! $nd the horizontal tension
in the conductor. Assume a parabolic con$guration and that there is no wind or
ice loading.
UNIT II
-hat is the inductance per loop metre of two parallel conductors of a single
phase s%stem if each has a diameter of 1 cm and their a2es are " cm apart when
conductors have a relative permeabilit% of 3a4 unit% and 3b4 100. The relative
permeabilit% of the surrounding medium is unit% in both cases. 5nd e+ects ma%
be neglected and the current ma% be assumed uniforml% distributed over cross0
section of the wires.
A '00#m single0phase transmission line having 0.)' cm diameter has two line
conductors separated b% 1." metre. The conductor has a resistance of 0.11 ohm
per #ilometre. 6ind the loop impedance of this line at "0 7z.
A single0phase line has an impedance of "8 ,09 and supplies a load of 1'0 A!
!00 : at 0.) p.f. lagging. ;alculate the sending0end voltage and draw a vector
diagram.
An overhead! single0phase transmission line delivers 1100 #- at #: at 0.) p.f.
lagging. The total resistance of the line is 10 < and total inductive reactance is
1" <. (etermine 3i4 sending0end voltage 3ii4 sending0end p.f. and 3iii4
transmission e=cienc%.