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TUTORIAL 4
Power Transmission: Line Models and Performance, and Power Flow Analysis
4.1
A 69-kV, three-phase short transmission line is 16 km long. The line has a per phase series
impedance of 0.125 + 0.4375 per km. Determine the sending end voltage, voltage
regulation, the sending end power, and the transmission efficiency when the line delivers
(a) 70 MVA, 0.8 lagging power factor at 64 kV.
(b) 120 MW, unity power factor at 64 kV.
Use lineperf program to verify your results.
4.2
Shunt capacitors are installed at the receiving end to improve the line performance of
Problem 4.1. The line delivers 70 MVA, 0.8 lagging power factor at 64 kV. Determine the
total Mvar and the capacitance per phase of the Y-connected capacitors when the sending
end voltage is
(a) 69 kV.
(b) 64 kV.
Hint: Compute the power angle and the receiving end reactive power.
Use lineperf program to verify your results.
4.3
A 230-kV, three-phase transmission line has a per phase series impedance of = 0.05 +
0.45 per Km and a per phase shunt admittance of = 3.4 106 siemens per km. The
line is 80 km long. Using the nominal model, determine
(a) The transmission line ABCD constants. Find the sending end voltage and current,
voltage regulation, the sending end power and the transmission efficiency when the
line delivers
(b) 200 MVA, 0.8 lagging power factor at 220 kV.
(c) 306 MW, unity power factor at 220 kV.
Use lineperf program to verify your results.
4.4
Shunt capacitors are installed at the receiving end to improve the line performance of
Problem 4.3. The line delivers 200 MVA, 0.8 lagging power factor at 220 kV.
(a) Determine the total Mvar and the capacitance per phase of the Y-connected
capacitors when the sending end voltage is 220 kV. Hint: Compute the power angle
and the receiving end reactive power.
(b) Use lineperf to obtain the compensated line performance.
4.5
The ABCD constants of a three-phase, 345-kV transmission line are
= = 0.98182 + 0.0012447
= 4.035 + 58.947
= 0.00061137
The line delivers 400 MVA at 0.8 lagging power factor at 345 kV. Determine the sending end
quantities, voltage regulation, and transmission efficiency.
4.6
A three-phase, 765-kV, 60-Hz transposed line is composed of four ACSR 1,431,000, 45/7
Bobolink conductors per phase with flat horizontal spacing of 14 m. The conductors have a

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diameter of 3.625 cm and a GMR of 1.439 cm. The bundle spacing is 45 cm. The line is 400 Km
long, and for the purpose of this problem, a lossless line is assumed.
(a) Determine the transmission line surge impedance Zc, phase constant, wavelength , the
surge impedance loading SIL, and the ABCD constant.
(b) The line delivers 2000 MVA at 0.8 lagging power factor at 735 kV. Determine the sending
end quantities and voltage regulation.
(c) Determine the receiving end quantities when 1920MWand 600 Mvar are being transmitted at
765 kV at the sending end.
(d) The line is terminated in a purely resistive load. Determine the sending end quantities and
voltage regulation when the receiving end load resistance is 264.5 at 735 kV.
4.7
The transmission line of Problem 5.8 is energized with 765 kV at the sending end when the
load at the receiving end is removed.
(a) Find the receiving end voltage.
(b) Determine the reactance and the Mvar of a three-phase shunt reactor to be installed
at the receiving end in order to limit the no-load receiving end voltage to 735 kV.
4.8
The transmission line of Problem 4.6 is energized with 765 kV at the sending end when a
three-phase short-circuit occurs at the receiving end. Determine the receiving end current
and the sending end current.
4.9
Shunt capacitors are installed at the receiving end to improve the line performance of
Problem 4.6. The line delivers 2000 MVA, 0.8 lagging power factor.
Determine the total Mvar and the capacitance per phase of the Y-connected capacitors to
keep the receiving end voltage at 735 kV when the sending end voltage is 765 kV. Hint:
Compute the power angle and the receiving end reactive power. Find the sending end
quantities and voltage regulation for the compensated line.
4.10
Series capacitors are installed at the midpoint of the line of Problem 4.6, providing 40
percent compensation. Determine the sending end quantities and the voltage regulation
when the line delivers 2000 MVA at 0.8 lagging power factor at 735 kV.
4.11
A 138 kV, 200 MVA, 60 Hz, three-phase, power transmission line is 100 km long, and has the
following characteristics:
= 0.103 /
= 0.525 /
= 3.3 106 S/km
(a) What is per phase series impedance and shunt admittance of this transmission line?
(b) Should it be modeled as a short, medium, or long transmission line?
(c) Calculate the ABCD constants of this transmission line.
(d) Sketch the phasor diagram of this transmission line when the line is supplying rated
voltage and apparent power at a 0.90 power factor lagging.
(e) Calculate the sending end voltage if the line is supplying rated voltage and apparent
power at 0.90 PF lagging.
(f) What is the voltage regulation of the transmission line for the conditions in (e)?
(g) What is the efficiency of the transmission line for the conditions in (e)?

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(h) If the series resistance and shunt admittance of the transmission line are ignored,
what would the value of the angle be at rated conditions and 0.90 PF lagging?
(i) If the series resistance and shunt admittance of the transmission line are not
ignored, what would the value of the angle be at rated conditions and 0.90 PF
lagging?