Department of Electrical Engineering

United Arab Emirates University

Date: 29/October 2019 Due date: 05/November 2019

ELEC 472 Power Systems HW # 3 [40]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Total
Marks 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 7 11 40/40

[Marks: 2]
Q1. A transmission-line cable, of length 3 km, consists of 19 strands of identical copper
conductors, each 1.5 mm in diameter. Because of the twist of the strands, the actual length of
each conductor is increased by 5%. Determine the resistance of the cable, if the resistivity of
copper is 1.72 𝜇Ω. 𝑐𝑚 at 20 C.
[Marks: 1+1=2]
Q2. A three-phase overhead transmission line is designed to deliver 190.5 MVA at 220 kV over
a distance of 63 km, such that the total transmission line loss is not to exceed 2.5% of the rated
line MVA. The resistivity of the conductor material to be 2.84× 10−8 Ω. 𝑚. By neglecting the
power losses due to insulator leakage currents and corona determine
a. The required conductor diameter in circular mils
b. The conductor size in circular mils.
[Marks: 1+1+1=3]
Q3. A 60-Hz single-phase, two-wire overhead line has solid cylindrical copper conductors with
1.5 cm diameter. The conductors are arranged in a horizontal configuration with 0.5 m spacing.
Calculate in mH/km
a. The inductance of each conductor due to internal flux linkages only,
b. The inductance of each conductor due to both internal and external flux linkages,
c. The total inductance of the line.
[Marks: 1+1+1+1=4]
Q4. A 230-kV, 60-Hz, three-phase completely transposed overhead line has one ACSR 954
kcmil conductor per phase (GMR=0.0403 ft) and flat horizontal phase spacing, with 8 m
between adjacent conductors. Determine
a. The inductance in H/m
b. The inductive reactance in Ω/km.
c. The Capacitance between phase and neutral in mF/km.
d. The capacitive reactance per phase in Ω.km.
[Marks: 1+1+1+1=4]
Q5. Figure Q6 shows the conductor configuration of a completely transposed three-phase
overhead transmission line with bundled phase conductors. All conductors have a radius of 0.74
cm with a 30-cm bundle spacing.
a. Determine the inductance per phase in mH/km.
b. The Capacitance between phase and neutral in mF/km.
c. Find the inductive line reactance per phase in Ω/mi at 60 Hz.
d. The capacitive reactance per phase in Ω.km at 60 Hz.

Figure Q6
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Q6. A 25-km, 34.5-kV, 60-Hz three-phase line has a positive-sequence series impedance 𝑧 =
0.19 + 𝑗0.34 Ω/km. The load at the receiving end absorbs 10 MVA at 33 kV. Assuming a short
line, calculate:
a. The ABCD parameters,
b. The sending-end voltage for a load power factor of 0.9 lagging,
c. The sending-end voltage for a load power factor of 0.9 leading.
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Q7. A 200-km, 230-kV, 60-Hz three-phase line has a positive-sequence series impedance 𝑧 =
0.08 + 𝑗0.48 Ω/km and a positive-sequence shunt admittance 𝑦 = 𝑗3.33 × 10−6 S/km. At full
load, the line delivers 250 MW at 0.99 pf lagging and at 220 kV. Using the nominal 𝜋 circuit,
calculate:
a. The ABCD parameters,
b. The sending-end voltage and current,
c. The percent voltage regulation.
[Marks: 2+4+1=7]
Q8. A 60-Hz, 100-mile, three-phase overhead transmission line, constructed of ACSR
conductors, has a series impedance of 0.1826 + 𝑗0.784 Ω/mi per phase and a shunt capacitive
reactance-to-neutral of 185.5 × 103 ∠ − 90 Ω-mi per phase. Using the nominal 𝜋 circuit for a
medium-length transmission line,
a. Determine the total series impedance and shunt admittance of the line.
b. Compute the voltage, the current, and the real and reactive power at the sending end if
the load at the receiving end draws 200 MVA at unity power factor and at a line-to-line
voltage of 230 kV.
c. Find the percent voltage regulation of the line.
[Marks: 1+1+4+1+1+1+1+1=11]
Q9. A 400-km, 500-kV, 60-Hz uncompensated three-phase line has a positive-sequence series
impedance 𝑧 = 0.03 + 𝑗0.35 Ω/km and a positive-sequence shunt admittance 𝑦 = 𝑗4.4 ×
10−6 S/km. At full load the line delivers 1000 MW at unity power factor and at 475 kV.

a. Calculate 𝑍𝑐 ,
b. Calculate 𝛾𝑙
c. Calculate the exact ABCD parameters for this line.
d. Find the sending-end voltage at full load,
e. Find the sending-end current at full load,
f. Compute the sending-end power factor at full load,
g. Find the full-load line losses,
h. Find the percent voltage regulation.