// 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 : 17.8 : // Page number 428-429 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data cost_km_cu = 2800.0 // Cost per km for each copper conductor of sq.cm(Rs) LF_I = 80.0/100 // Load factor of load current LF_loss = 65.0/100 // Load factor of losses interest_per = 10.0/100 // Rate of interest and depreciation cost_energy = 5.0/100 // Cost of energy(Rs/kWh) rho = 1.78*10**-8 // Resistivity(ohm-m) // Calculations P_2 = cost_km_cu*interest_per // Cost in terms of L(Rs) time_year = 365.0*24 // Total hours in a year P_3 = cost_energy*rho*10**4*time_year*LF_loss // Cost in terms of I^2 & L(Rs) delta = (P_2/P_3)**0.5 // Economical current density for the transmission line(A/sq.cm) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 17.8 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nMost economical current density for the transmission line, δ = %.f A/sq.cm", delta)