// ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ENGINEERING ANALYSIS AND DESIGN // TURAN GONEN // CRC PRESS // SECOND EDITION // CHAPTER : 5 : UNDERGROUND POWER TRANSMISSION AND GAS-INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINES // EXAMPLE : 5.4 : clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // GIVEN DATA C_a = 2 * 10^-6 ; // Capacitance b/w two conductors in F/mi l = 2 ; // length in mi f = 60 ; // Frequency in Hz V_L_L = 34.5 * 10^3 ; // Line-to-line voltage in V // CALCULATIONS C_a1 = C_a * l ; // Capacitance for total cable length in F C_N = 2 * C_a1 ; // capacitance of each conductor to neutral in F . From equ 5.56 V_L_N = V_L_L/sqrt(3) ; // Line-to-neutral voltage in V I_c = 2 * %pi * f * C_N * (V_L_N) ; // Charging current of cable in A // DISPLAY RESULTS disp("EXAMPLE : 5.4 : SOLUTION :-") ; printf("\n Charging current of the cable , I_c = %.2f A \n",I_c) ;