Tutorial 3

Transmission line performance analysis

(1) A 15 km long 3-phase line has a resistance of 5.13 ohms per phase and
inductive reactance of 5.54 ohms per phase. The sending end voltage is 11kv.
The receiving end load is 1200kw at a power factor of 0.8 lagging. Find the
receiving end voltage and line current.
Ans : Ir=87.95A, Vr=9.846V
(2) A short 3-phase transmission line connected to 33KV generating station at
the sending end is to supply a load of 10 MW at power factor lagging at 30 kV
at the receiving end. If the minimum transmission efficiency is to be 0.96,
determine the per phase values of line resistance and reactance.
Ans: R=2.4ohm per phase, X=8.8 per ohm phase
(3) A 200 km long 3- phase overhead line has a resistance of 48.7 ohms per
phase, inductive reactance of 80.20 hms per phase and capacitance (line to
neutral) 8.42 nF per km. it supplies a load of 13.5 MW at a voltage of 88 kV
and power factor lagging. Using nominal T circuit, find the sending end
voltage, current, regulation and power angle.
Ans: sending end voltage=99.85kV, Sending end line
current=88.36A
Regulation=0.159 or 15.95%, Power angle=5.62 0
(4) A single phase 60 hz generator supplies an inductive load of 4500kw at pf of
0.8 lagging by means of an 20 km long OH Tr line. The line resistance and
inductance are 0.0195 ohm and 0.6 mH per km. The voltage at receiving end
is required to be kept constant at 1.02 kv.
Find (a) the sending end voltage and VR of the line; (b) the value of the
capacitor to be connected in parallel with load so that VR is reduced to 60 %
of that obtain in part (a); (c) compare the transmission efficiency in part (a)
and part (b).
Ans : (a)Vs=11.867 kv VR=16.34% (b) C=38.5 micro F (c) a=97.43%
b=98.06%
(5) A 220 kv 3-ph Tr line is 60 km long. The resistance is 0.15 ohm/km and
inductance 1.4 mH/km. use the short Tr line model to find the voltage and
power at the sending end the VR and efficiency when line is supplying 3 ph
load of
(a) 300 MVA at 0.8 pf lagging at 220 kv

(b) 300 MVA at 0.8 pf leading at 220 kv

Ans: (a) Vsl=251.37 kv VR=14.26% Ps=256.74 MW, =93.47%
(b) Vsl=208.2 kv VR=-5.36% Ps=256.74 MW, =93.47%
(6) Receiving end voltage may be greater than sending end voltage in case of
long transmission line. How does it possible? Discuss with necessary phasor
diagram and expression.
(7) A 3-phase 50 Hz long transmission line has line constant of A = 0.9<1 0. And B
= 400<800. Compute the maximum real power deliverable at the receiving
end if the sending end and receiving end voltages are maintained at 240kV &
220kV respectively. Also compute the reactive power delivered at the
receiving end under this case.
(8) A 3-phase 50 Hz long transmission line has line constants of A = 0.8<1.4 0 and
B = 326<84. 80.
Compute the reactive VARs to be consumed by the
compensating device at receiving end if sending and receiving end voltage
are to be held constant at 220kV at no load.
(9) A transmission line has A =1<0; B = 22<730 ohm; determine C.
(10)
A 3-phase 100km long transmission line is delivering 50MW of power
at 0.8 power factor lagging at 132kV. The resistance and reactance per phase
are 0.1 ohm/km and 0.3 ohm/km respectively. The shunt admittance is j310 Siemens/km. Assuming the load to be balanced and neglecting the leakage
current, calculate the sending end voltage, sending end power, sending end
pf, efficiency and regulation of the line using. (a) Nominal -model (b)
Nominal T-model
Ans: Vsl=143.95kV, = 95.92%, V.R = 9.55% ( for nominal T-model )
Vsl = 143.98kV, = 95.91%, V.R = 9.58% ( for nominal -model )
(11)
Consider a static capacitor bank of 25MVAR is connected across the
line of Q no.10> at (a) the receiving end (b) at the mid-point of the line (using
-model). Evaluate the line losses and % regulation for both the scenarios.
(12)
A 50HZ, 400Kv transmission line is 450km long and has the following
parameters: R=0.033 ohm/km. L=1.067mH/km, C=0.0109F/km. It is
delivering a power of 420MW at 0.95 pf lagging. Neglecting the leakage
conductance, calculate sending end voltage, current, power, power factor,
line regulation, efficiency and power the power angle (load angle). Also
calculate the characteristic impedance and propagation constant.