// 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 8: CORONA // EXAMPLE : 8.7 : // Page number 229-230 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data d = 3.0 // Diameter of conductor(cm) e_r = 4.0 // Relative permittivity d_1 = 3.5 // Internal diameter of porcelain bushing(cm) d_2 = 9.0 // External diameter of porcelain bushing(cm) V = 25.0 // Voltage b/w conductor and clamp(kV) // Calculations r = d/2.0 // Radius of conductor(cm) r_1 = d_1/2.0 // Internal radius of porcelain bushing(cm) r_2 = d_2/2.0 // External radius of porcelain bushing(cm) g_2max = r/(e_r*r_1) // Maximum gradient of inner side of porcelain g_1max = V/(r*log(r_1/r)+g_2max*r_1*log(r_2/r_1)) // Maximum gradient on surface of conductor(kV/cm) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 8.7 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nMaximum gradient on surface of conductor, g_1max = %.2f kV/cm", g_1max) printf("\nSince, gradient exceeds 21.1 kV/cm, corona will be present")