// 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 17: ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS // EXAMPLE : 17.5 : // Page number 425 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data L = 60.0 // Line length(km) P = 5.0 // Load(MW) PF = 0.8 // Lagging power factor V = 33.0*10**3 // Voltage(V) n = 0.85 // Transmission efficiency rho = 1.73*10**-8 // Specific resistance of copper(ohm-mt) density = 8900.0 // Density(kg/mt^3) // Calculations I = P*10**6/(3**0.5*V*PF) // Line current(A) line_loss = (1-n)*P*1000/n // Line loss(kW) line_loss_phase = line_loss/3.0 // Line loss/phase(kW) R = line_loss_phase*1000/I**2 // Resistance/phase(ohm) a = rho*L*1000/R // Area of cross section of conductor(m^2) volume = 3.0*a*L*1000 // Volume of copper(m^3) W_cu = volume*density // Weight of copper in 3-phase system(kg) I_1 = P*10**6/V // Current in single phase system(A) R_1 = line_loss*1000/(2*I_1**2) // Resistance in single phase system(ohm) a_1 = rho*L*1000/R_1 // Area of cross section of conductor in single phase system(m^2) volume_1 = 2.0*a_1*L*1000 // Volume of copper(m^3) W_cu_1 = volume_1*density // Weight of copper in 1-phase system(kg) reduction_cu = (W_cu-W_cu_1)/W_cu*100 // Reduction in copper(%) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 17.5 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nWeight of copper required for 3-phase 2-wire system = %.2e kg", W_cu) printf("\nReduction of weight of copper possible = %.1f percent \n", reduction_cu) printf("\nNOTE: ERROR: Calculation mistakes in the textbook solution")