UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (UIU)

Dept. Of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)

Exam: Mid Exam, Trimester: Summer, Year: 2014
Course: EEE 471 (Sec A), Title: Transmission & Distribution
Marks: 60, Time: 1 Hour 45 Minutes
There are Five questions. Answer any Four Questions.
1 1. a) A 26(Al)/7(St) ACSR conductor has a total aluminum conductor area 477,000

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b)

c)
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a)

circular mils. Find the equivalent area of the conductor in m . If the resistance of the
conductor per 1000m and at 500C is 0.0175 ohms, find its resistance at 20 0C. The
constant T for Aluminum is 228.
A conductor of radius 0.6 cm carries a current of 150A at 50 Hz. Find flux linkage
between two points external to the conductor at a distance of 30 cm and 200 cm
respectively from the centre of the conductor.
Find inductive voltage drop for the conductor of question 1.(b) due to internal flux if
the length of the conductor is 1km.
For the following unconventional conductor, find GMR if the radius of each strand is
0.25cm.

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Figure for Q.N. 2.a

b)

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10m
10m
distance between strands=30cm

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a)
b)

4.

A three phase line having bundled conductor per phase with unsymmetrical spacing
is shown in figure Q.2.b. The inductive reactance per phase of the conductor is 0.376
ohms/km. Find the radius of each strand of the conductor.
30cm

Figure for Q.N.2.b

Considering the effect of earth, deduce the expression for capacitance of a single
phase line.
A single phase 6.6 kV, 50 Hz line has two conductors supported horizontally at a
height of 4m from the ground. Radius of each conductor of the line is 0.5cm and the
distance of separation between the conductors is 2.2m. Considering the effect of
earth, find the capacitance of the line for a length of 5km. Find the charging current
flowing through the line considering the effect of earth and without considering the
effect of earth respectively. Comment on the results thus obtained.

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A three phase line has symmetrical spacing as shown below:

Figure for Q.N.4.a

b)

Distance between the conductors is 3.3m and radius of each conductor is 0.55cm.
Find the capacitive and inductive reactance per phase of the line for a length of
50km. Frequency =50Hz.
Conductors of three phase line are arranged as shown below: Distance between the
conductors is 4m and radius of each conductor is 0.45cm. Charges carried by
conductor A at any instant is 40 nC/m and those of conductors B & C each -20nC/m.
Find voltage between C & A i,e VCA [1nC=10-9 C].

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B
Figure for Q.N.4.b

a)

b)

Derive the expression for flux linkage of a conductor in a group of n conductors.

Given that sum of the currents of the conductors is zero. What assumption has been
made to make the derivation?
For the following three phase transposed line, write the expressions for a1,a2
and a3 respectively.
c

Pos

Pos

Pos

D2
D3
D1

Figure for Q.N.5.b

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