//Exa 2.6 clc; clear; close; format('v',6); //Given data : Pin=100;//MW VL=380;//kV d=100;//km R=0.045;//ohm/cm^2/km w=0.01;//kg/cm^3 Eta=90;//efficiency % cosfi=1; IL=Pin*10^6/sqrt(3)/VL/10^3/cosfi;//Ampere W=Pin*(1-Eta/100);//MW LineLoss=W*10^6/3;//Watts/conductor R1=LineLoss/IL^2;//in ohm R2=R1/d;//resistance per conductor per km a=R/R2;//in cm^2 volume=a*d*1000;//cm^3 per km run weight=w*volume;//kg per km run w3=3*d*weight;//kg(weight of copper required for 3 conductors for 100 km) disp(w3,"Weight of copper required for 3 conductors of 100 km length(in kg) : "); //Answer in the book is not accurate.