// 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 : 4.9 : // Page number 188 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data n = 3.0 // Number of insulators V = 20.0 // Voltage across each conductor(kV) c = 1.0/5 // Capacitance ratio // Calculations V_2 = 6.0/5.0 // Voltage across middle unit as top unit V_1 = V/(1+2*V_2) // Voltage across top unit(kV) V_3 = V_2*V_1 // Voltage across bottom unit(kV) C_x = c*(1+(1/V_2)) // Capacitance required // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 4.9 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nCase(a): Voltage on the line-end unit, V_3 = %.2f kV", V_3) printf("\nCase(b): Value of capacitance required, Cx = %.3f*C", C_x)