// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART IV : UTILIZATION AND TRACTION // CHAPTER 9: ELECTRIC TRACTION SYSTEMS AND POWER SUPPLY // EXAMPLE : 9.1 : // Page number 817-818 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data L = 3.0 // Length of section ACB of rail(km) L_B_A = 2.0 // Distance of B from A(km) I_load = 350.0 // Loading(A/km) r_rail = 0.035 // Resistance of rail(ohm/km) r_feed = 0.03 // Resistance of negative feeder(ohm/km) // Calculations x_val = integrate('I_load*(L-x)','x',0,L_B_A) I = x_val/(L_B_A-0) // Current in negative feeder(A) x = L-(I/I_load) // Distance from feeding point(km) C = integrate('r_rail*I_load*x','x',0,x) V = r_feed*L_B_A*I // Voltage produced by negative booster(V) rating = V*I/1000 // Rating of the booster(kW) // Results disp("PART IV - EXAMPLE : 9.1 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nMaximum potential difference between any two points of the rails, C = %.2f V", C) printf("\nRating of the booster = %.1f kW", rating)