// 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 2: CONSTANTS OF OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES // EXAMPLE : 2.24 : // Page number 119-120 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data V = 250.0 // Line voltage(V) f = 50.0 // Frequency(Hz) D = 1.5 // Distance of separation(m) d = 1.5/100 // Diameter of conductor(m) l = 50.0 // Length of line(km) // Calculations // Case(i) r = d/2 // Radius of conductor(m) e = 8.854*10**-12 // Constant ε_0 C = %pi*e/log(D/r) // Capacitance(F/m) C_l = C*1000.0*l // Capacitance for entire length(F) C_lu = C_l*10.0**6 // Capacitance for entire length(μF) // Case(ii) I_charg = 2.0*%pi*f*C_l*V*1000.0 // Charging current(mA) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 2.24 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nCase(i) : Capacitance of the line, C = %.3f μF", C_lu) printf("\nCase(ii): Charging current, I_charg = %.2f mA", I_charg)