//To find voltge drop percents for a self supporting aerial messenger cable //Page 263 clc; clear; //Terms taken from Example two Il=72; Im=144; C=5280; //Length Constant Ll=5760/C; //Lateral Length Lm=3300/C; //Main Length //From Tables //Lateral rl=4.13; //Resistance per mile xLl=0.258; //Reactance per mile //Main rm=1.29; //Resistance per mile xLm=0.211;//Reactance per mile pf=0.9; //Power Factor Vb=2400; //Base Voltage //Voltage Drops VDlateral=Il*((rl*pf)+(xLl*sind(acosd(pf))))*Ll/2; VDmain=Im*((rm*pf)+(xLm*sind(acosd(pf))))*Lm; //Percent Voltage Drop perVDlateral=VDlateral*100/Vb; perVDmain=VDmain*100/Vb; TVD=perVDlateral+perVDmain; //Total Percent Voltage drop //Case B //Conductors With Ampacities of 268A and 174A for Main and Laterals //From Tables //Lateral rlb=1.03; //Resistance per mile xLlb=0.207; //Reactance per mile //Main rmb=0.518; //Resistance per mile xLmb=0.191;//Reactance per mile Vb=2400; //Base Voltage //Voltage Drops VDlateralb=Il*((rlb*pf)+(xLlb*sind(acosd(pf))))*Ll/2; VDmainb=Im*((rmb*pf)+(xLmb*sind(acosd(pf))))*Lm; //Percent Voltage Drop perVDlateralb=VDlateralb*100/Vb; perVDmainb=VDmainb*100/Vb; TVDb=perVDlateralb+perVDmainb; //Total Percent Voltage drop printf('\na) The percent voltage drops at :\n') printf('Lateral End is %g percent\n',perVDlateral) printf('Main End is %g percent\n',perVDmain) printf('\nb) Conductors with Ampacities of 278A and 174A are used to find the Percent voltage drop of the Main and Lateral as %g percent and %g percent respectively\n',perVDmainb,perVDlateralb) printf('The Above Drops meet the required criterion of 4 percent voltage drop\n')