// 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 18: POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS // EXAMPLE : 18.6 : // Page number 440-441 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data l_AB = 100.0 // Length between A & B(m) l_BC = 150.0 // Length between B & C(m) l_CD = 200.0 // Length between C & D(m) l_AD = 350.0 // Length between A & D(m) l_AE = 200.0 // Length between A & E(m) l_ED = 250.0 // Length between E & D(m) I_B = 10.0 // Current at B(A) I_C = 20.0 // Current at C(A) I_D = 50.0 // Current at D(A) I_E = 39.0 // Current at E(A) // Calculations x = poly(0,"x") // Current in section AB(A) ABCDEA = x*l_AB+(x-I_B)*l_BC+(x-I_B-I_C)*l_CD+(x-I_B-I_C-I_D)*l_ED+(x-I_B-I_C-I_D-I_E)*l_AE // KVL around loop ABCDEA x_sol = roots(ABCDEA) // Current in section AB(A) V_AD = x_sol*l_AB+(x_sol-I_B)*l_BC+(x_sol-I_B-I_C)*l_CD // Voltage drop from A to D in terms of ρ/a_1(V) R_AD = (l_AB+l_BC+l_CD)*(l_AE+l_ED)/(l_AB+l_BC+l_CD+l_AE+l_ED) // Resistance of n/w across terminals AD in terms of ρ/a I_AD = V_AD/(R_AD+l_AD) // Current in interconnector AD(A) V_A_D = I_AD*l_AD // Voltage drop between A & D in terms of ρ/a_2 a2_a1 = V_A_D/V_AD length_with = (l_AB+l_BC+l_CD+l_AE+l_ED+l_AD) // Length of conductor with interconnector(m) length_without = (l_AB+l_BC+l_CD+l_AE+l_ED) // Length of conductor without interconnector(m) volume_with = a2_a1*length_with/length_without // Weight of copper with interconnector // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 18.6 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nRatio of weight of copper with & without interconnector = %.3f : 1 (or) 1 : %.2f", volume_with,1/volume_with)