// 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 : 17.9 : // Page number 429 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data MD = 1000.0 // Maximum demand(kW) energy_cons = 5.0*10**6 // Annual energy consumption(kWh) PF = 0.85 // Power factor capital_cost = 80000.0 // Capital cost of cable(Rs/km) cost_energy = 5.0/100 // Energy cost(Rs/kWh) interest_per = 10.0/100 // Rate of interest and depreciation r_specific = 1.72*10**-6 // Specific resistance of copper(ohm/cubic.cm) V = 11.0 // Voltage(kV) // Calculations I = MD/(3**0.5*V*PF) // Line current corresponding to maximum demand(A) hours_year = 365.0*24 // Total hours in a year LF = energy_cons/(MD*hours_year) // Load factor loss_LF = 0.25*LF+0.75*LF**2 // Loss load factor P_2 = capital_cost*interest_per // Cost in terms of L(Rs) P_3 = 3.0*I**2*r_specific*10**4*hours_year*loss_LF*cost_energy // Cost in terms of I^2 & L(Rs) a = (P_3/P_2)**0.5 // Most economical cross-section of conductor(sq.cm) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 17.9 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nMost economical cross-section of the conductor, a = %.2f cm^2 \n", a) printf("\nNOTE: ERROR: Calculation mistake in the textbook solution")