// 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 7: UNDERGROUND CABLES // EXAMPLE : 7.13 : // Page number 219 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data V = 11.0*10**3 // Line Voltage(V) f = 50.0 // Frequency(Hz) C_c = 3.7 // Measured capacitance(µF) // Calculations C_0 = 2*C_c // Capacitance(µF) I_ch = 2*%pi*f*C_0*V/3**0.5*10**-6 // Charging current per phase(A) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 7.13 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nCharging current drawn by a cable = %.2f A", I_ch)