// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART II : TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION // CHAPTER 4: OVERHEAD LINE INSULATORS // EXAMPLE : 4.4 : // Page number 184-185 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data V_3 = 17.5 // Voltage across line unit(kV) c = 1.0/8 // Shunt capacitance = 1/8 of insulator capacitance n = 3.0 // Number of insulators // Calculations K = c // String constant V_1 = V_3/(1+3*K+K**2) // Voltage across top unit(kV) V_2 = (1+K)*V_1 // Voltage across middle unit(kV) V = V_1+V_2+V_3 // Voltage between line & earth(kV) eff = V*100/(n*V_3) // String efficiency(%) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 4.4 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nLine to neutral voltage, V = %.2f kV", V) printf("\nString efficiency = %.2f percent", eff)