// 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 : 4.8 : // Page number 187-188 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data n = 3.0 // Number of insulators // Calculations V_1 = 0.988 // Voltage across top unit as middle unit V_3 = 1.362 // Voltage across bottom unit as middle unit V_2 = 1/(V_1+1+V_3) // Voltage across middle unit as % of line voltage to earth V1 = V_1*V_2*100 // Voltage across top unit as % of line voltage to earth V2 = V_2*100 // Voltage across middle unit as % of line voltage to earth V3 = V_3*V_2*100 // Voltage across bottom unit as % of line voltage to earth eff = 100/(n*V3/100) // String efficiency(%) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 4.8 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nCase(a): Voltage across top unit as a percentage of line voltage to earth, V_1 = %.2f percent", V1) printf("\n Voltage across middle unit as a percentage of line voltage to earth, V_2 = %.2f percent", V2) printf("\n Voltage across bottom unit as a percentage of line voltage to earth, V_3 = %.2f percent", V3) printf("\nCase(b): String efficiency = %.2f percent", eff)