// 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 : 7.3 : // Page number 212 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data V = 66.0*10**3 // Line Voltage(V) l = 1.0 // Length of cable(km) d = 15.0 // Core diameter(cm) D = 60.0 // Sheath diameter(cm) e_r = 3.6 // Relative permittivity f = 50.0 // Frequency(Hz) // Calculations C = e_r/(18.0*log(D/d))*l // Capacitance(µF) I_ch = V/3**0.5*2*%pi*f*C*10**-6 // Charging current(A) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 7.3 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nCapacitance of single-core cable, C = %.3f µF", C) printf("\nCharging current of single-core cable = %.2f A", I_ch)