// 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 : 2.9 : // Page number 108-109 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data d = 1.8 // Diameter of conductor(cm) D_A_B = 4.0 // Distance between conductor A & B(cm) D_B_C = 9.0 // Distance between conductor B & C(cm) D_A_C = 6.0 // Distance between conductor A & C(cm) // Calculations D_eq = (D_A_B*D_B_C*D_A_C)**(1.0/3) // Equivalent distance(cm) r_GMR = 0.7788*d/2.0 // GMR(cm) L = 2*10**-4*log(D_eq/r_GMR) // Inductance per phase(H/km) L_mH = L*1000.0 // Inductance per phase(mH/km) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 2.9 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nInductance of the line per phase, L = %.3f mH/km \n", L_mH) printf("\nNOTE: ERROR: Calculation mistake in the textbook")