// 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 : 7.14 : // Page number 219-220 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data c_s = 0.90 // Capacitance b/w all conductors(µF) C_0 = 0.4 // Capacitance b/w two conductor(µF) V = 11.0*10**3 // Line Voltage(V) f = 50.0 // Frequency(Hz) // Calculations C_s = c_s/3.0 // Capacitance measured(µF) C_c = (C_0-C_s)/2.0 // Capacitance(µF) C_a = 3.0/2*(C_c+(1/3.0)*C_s) // Capacitance b/w any two conductors(µF) C_b = 2.0*C_c+(2.0/3)*C_s // Capacitance b/w any two bounded conductors and the third conductor(µF) C_o = 3.0*C_c+C_s // Capacitance to neutral(µF) I_c = 2.0*%pi*f*C_o*V/3**0.5*10**-6 // Charging current(A) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 7.14 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nCase(a): Capacitance between any two conductors = %.3f µF", C_a) printf("\nCase(b): Capacitance between any two bounded conductors and the third conductor = %.1f µF", C_b) printf("\nCase(c): Capacitance to neutral, C_0 = %.2f µF", C_o) printf("\n Charging current taken by cable, I_c = %.3f A \n", I_c) printf("\nNOTE: ERROR: Calculation mistakes in textbook answer")