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Transmission system
• Connecting link between generating
stations and load centers (where
Electricity is distributed among various
consumers, such as, Industrial units,
commercial, and residentials)
• Transmission usually at high voltage
levels
– HV:132kV,220kV
– EHV: 345kV, 500 kV, 750 kV
– UHV: 1000kV, 1500 kV 2
Type of transmission systems
• High Voltage AC system
– Economical up to breakeven distance
(600-800km)
– Requires substations for changing
voltage magnitudes at both terminals
– Short line: up to 80km(50mi)
– Medium Line: upto 240km(150mi)
– Long lines: above 240 km (or 150 mi)
• High voltage DC system (HVDC)
– Economical above break even distance
– Requires power converters at both
ends of the line, which generate
unwanted harmonics on both ac and
dc sides
– Only two wires are required for
transmission
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AC transmission sytem
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CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSMISSION LINES
A =D= 1+ZY
2
B= Z
C= Y(1+ZY)
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Voltage regulation of medium
Line
• % V.R= IVRNLI - IVRFLI x 100
IVRFLI
MECHANICAL DESIGN OF
TRANSMISSION LINES
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
•• ELECTRICAL
MECHANICAL
– Choice of voltage, size of conductor & spacing
– Selection of line route
– Calculation of line constants for regulation & efficiency of line at
– Types
full load of towers & poles
– Corona
– Acquiringloss &ROW(
RFI calculations
right of way)
– Insulation coordination
– Ground and ground clearance
– Stability consideration
– Tower
– Choosingspacing; span
number & type length
of insulators
– Mechanical loading
Span Length
Selection criteria
Requirements:
• Various
Construction
factorscost
such
should
as voltage,
be minimum
Maximum tension on the poles
• during
Number any part supports
of line of the year, public
should besafety and for
minimum regulations.
economically viable
T.L. therefore span of the line should be optimum. This will reduce
the number of line supports and other fixtures, thereby reducing the
over all cost of the line.
Usual span Length
INSULATORS
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Basic requirements
• They must be mechanically very strong
• Dielectric strength must be very high
• They must provide very high insulation resistance to
leakage currents
• Must be free from internal impurities or flaws
• Should not be porous
• Must be impervious to the entrance of gases and liquids
into the material
• Should not be affected by changes in temperature
• Must have high ratio of puncture strength to flash over
voltage.
Materials
Porcelain-should be hard, smooth ,
glazed, free from porosity
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Types of insulators
Pin type
Suspension type
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Polymeric Insulators
Weather shed looks, feels and
acts like rubber. But the material is
in fact, greatly sophisticated
chemical compound. Weather shed
material carries the technical
description of “Ethylene Propylene
copolymer” contracted to “EPM”.
Weather sheds are injection
molded under heat and high
pressure and are assembled over
the fiberglass strength member.
At the interface of the rod and
weather shed, a special silicone
grease is applied to produce a
permanent seal.
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SERIES IMPEDANCE OF
TRANSMISSION LINES
CHAPTER # 3
W.D. STEVENSON
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LINE CONSTANTS
• Resistance
• Inductance
• Capacitance
• Conductance
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COPPER
• Hard drawn (i.e., not annealed after being drawn)
copper used because it’s twice as strong as soft drawn
copper and stretches to much lesser extent
• Good conductivity which however depends on the
percentage of impurities present in it.
• Higher current density, less x-sectional area required.
• Low specific resistance.
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ALUMINIUM
• Conductivity lesser than • Because of larger diameter it is
copper. Commercial hard subjected to greater wind
drawn Al wire has pressure due to which swing is
approximately 60.6% greater and requires large
conductivity in comparison cross arms of supporting
to standard annealed copper towers.
wire.
• Cheaper
• Jointing of aluminum is
• lighter in weight.
difficult
• For same ohmic resistance,
its diameter is about 1.27
times than that of copper
and is therefore useful
against build up of corona at
High voltage levels.
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STEEL
• Greatest tensile strength.
• High resistance.
• Bare conductors not used; deteriorates owing to
rusting.
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Specification:
24 Al / 7 St
24 / 7
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Resistance
• MOST IMPORTANT CAUSE OF POWER LOSS
• EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE OF CONDUCTOR GIVEN
BY
• R = POWER LOSS IN CONDUCTOR
I I2 I
Where, ‘I’ is the rms current in the conductor.
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D.C RESISTANCE
Given by the formula l
Rdc A
WHERE, “ρ = resistivity of conductor,
l= Length of conductor
A= cross section of conductor
In US, l is measured in feet, A in circuilar
mills(cmil) and “ρ in ohms-cmils/ft
In SI units, l is in meters, A in m2 and ρ in ohms-
m
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Area of a solid cylindrical
conductor
• A circular mil (cmil) is the area of a circle
having diameter of 1mil.
– 1 mil= 10-3 in
– Area in cmils= (dia in mil)2
– Mil2 = cmil x π/4
– Area in mm2= area in Cmils x 5.067 x 10-4
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• Variation of resistance of
metallic conductors is
practically linear over the
normal range of operation
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A.C RESISTANCE
• The effective cross sectional area of the
conductor is reduced for alternating current due
to phenomenon known as skin effect.
• Skin effect depends on
Conductor size
Frequency of current
Resistivity and
Permeability
• 1% increase of
resistance for three-
strands conductor
• 2% increase of
resistance for stranded
conductor
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• A.C
▫ At temperature up to 100 c
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Acrobat Document
Unit CONVERSION CHART
1 MIL = 10-3 INCH
AREA IN CMIL at =20°Dia
• RESISTIVITY in Mil
C “ρ” :
2
MIL
•
2
= x Cmil
• HARD DRAWN COPPER 4
• = 1.77 X 10 -8
Ω-m
•AREA in mm
2
= 10.66 Ω-cmil/ft
• = Area in Cmil X 5.067 x 10-4
ALUMINUM
•• 1 mm2=1.9736kcmil
= 2.83 X 10-8 Ω-m -4
•• 1 CMIL= 17.00= Ω 5.067 X 10 mm2
. Cmil/ft
• 1 MIL = 0.7854 X10-6 in2
• 1 in2 = 6.4516 cm2
• 1 ft2 = 0.09209 m2
•
• 1m = 3.28 ft
• 1 ft = 0.3048 m
• 1 MILE = 5280 ft
• 1 MILE = 1.609 Km
• 1 MILE = 1609 m
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Example problem(3.1)
• Table of electrical characteristics of all-Aluminum
Marigold stranded conductor list a dc resistance of
0.01588 ohms per 1000 ft at 20 ⁰ C and an ac resistance
of 0.0956 ohms per mile at 50⁰ C. The conductor has 61
strands and its size is 1,113,000 cmil. Verify the dc
resistance by computing and find the ratio of ac to dc
resistance.
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INDUCTANCE OF A
TRANSMISSION LINE
CHAPTER # 3
W.D.STEVENSON
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Definition of Inductance
• The induced voltage • when a current in a circuit is
changing, its associated
related to rate of
magnetic field( described by
change of flux linking a flux linkages) must be
circuit is given by changing. If constant
d permeability of a medium is
e ........(1) considered then flux linkages
dt are directly proportional to
current. Therefore, we can
write
di
e L ..........(ii )
dt
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τ
L ..........H
i
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LI....wbt
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Mutual Inductance
• Mutual Inductance between two circuits is defined as the
flux linkages of one circuit due to the current in second
circuit per ampere of the current.
M12 Ψ ...H
12
I 2
• The phasor voltage drop in circuit 1 caused by the flux
linkages of circuit 2 is therefore given by
V jω M I .......volts
1 12 2
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Amperes Law:
The magneto motive force (mmf) in
Amperes-turns around any closed
path is equal to the current in
amperes enclosed by the path.
mmf H .ds I
Where
H=magnetic field intensity, At/m
S=distance along path ,m
I=current , A, enclosed
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Exercise Problem:
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Use of Table
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Exercise Problem:
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EQUILATERAL SPACING
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The inductance per phase of three
phase line is given by
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Inductance of unsymmetrical lines
When the conductors of a three
phase line are not spaced
equilaterally, the problem of
finding the inductance becomes
more difficult. The flux linkages
and inductance of all phase are
not the same. A different
inductance in each phase
results an unbalanced circuit.
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Modern power lines are not transposed at
regular intervals although an interchange in the
position of the conductors may be done at
switching stations in order to balance the
inductance of the phases more closely.
The average inductance per phase is given by:
La = Lb= Lc= 2x10 - 7 ln (Deq / Ds) H/m
Where
Deq = (D12 D23 D31 )1/3
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Example 3.4
A single circuit 3-phase line operated at 60-
Hz is arranged as shown. The conductors are
ACSR Drake. Find the inductive reactance
per mile per phase.
20’ 20’
38’
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BUNDLED LINES
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For extra voltage above 230 kV: problems with one
conductor per phase:
Corona power loss
interference with communication lines
High voltage gradient at the conductor in EHV is
reduced by:
having two or more conductors per phase in
close proximity compared with space between
phases.
Such a line is said to be composed of bundle
conductors
Reduced reactance is other advantage 78
BUNDLED CONDUCTORS
At voltages above 230KV, corona on OHL
becomes prominent with associated
power loss and Radio frequency
interference(RFI) in communication lines.
In such condition, transmission lines
using single conductor for each phase ,
are replaced by a number of conductors
per phase e.g., 2,3,4 and 6 conductors per
phase. such a method is called Bundling .
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EXAMPLE OF BUNDLED
LINES
2,3,4,6…….sub-
conductors
Spacers( 75-90m
distance )to prevent
conductor contact.
Inter-bundle
spacing; e.g., 45
cm( 18 in)
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2-CONDUCTOR BUNDLE LINE
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220 KV QUAD- BUNDLE LINE
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Merits & demerits of bundling
Advantages Disadvantages
E surface reduced , corona ‘C’ increase , charging
effect decreases power increases
XL reduced, XC reduced, Ground level E increases
Zs reduced Greater ice/wind load,
SIL increases vibration stresses
Stability and voltage drop Strong towers are
improvement required
Greater load capability Spacers, other
mechanical components
Higher overall cost
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CALCULATION OF
INDUCTANCE OF BUNDLED
LINES
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DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS
For a two-strand bundle:
Dsb = 4√ (DsX d) 2 = (Ds X d)
For a three-strand bundle:
Dsb =9√( Ds Xd Xd )3
= 3√ (Ds Xd 2)
For a four-strand bundle:
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Example Problem 3.5
Each conductor of the bundled line shown in
Fig is ACSR 1,272,000 cmil Pheasent . Find
the inductive reactance in ohms per km ( and
per mile) per phase for d=45 cm. Also find the
per unit series reactance of the line if its
length is 160 km and base is 100 MVA, 345
kV.
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d
8m 8m
d= 45 cm
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PARALLEL
DOUBLE CIRCUIT
TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION
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PARALLEL TRANSMISSION
Disadvantages
Advantages
LARGER
LESS ROW
CROSS
REQUIREMENT
ARMS
REDUCED
REDUCED
CAPACITIVE
INDUCTIVEREACTANCE:
REACTANCEMORE
CHARGING POWER
SUPPLY CONTINUITY
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Chapter # 4 , w.D.Stevenson
SHUNT ADMITTANCE OF
TRANSMISSION LINE
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Shunt capacitance &
conductance
Capacitance causes charging power to flow in the
lines even if they are open at the
receiving(load)end. It also causes voltage rise at
the receiving end if a long transmission line is
lightly loaded or open.
Conductance accounts for leakage over the
insulator surface. Power loss due to leakages
over insulators is usually negligibly small.
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FARRANTI’S EFFECT
ES IC XL
IC
IC R
ER
ELECTRIC INTENSITY AT SOME
POINT “P”
Electric intensity at point p is:
E = D/K
= (Φ/A)/k,
where k= permittivity of free
space=8.85 x10-12 F/m
E = q/ (2Πx .k)
Unit : volts / m
POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE b/w TWO
POINTS
AMOUNT OF WORK DONE
IN MOVING A UNIT
POSITIVE CHARGE FROM
ONE POINT TO ANOTHER.
Work done = +ve if
charge is moved against
the Electric Field
Voltage drop between
Point 1 & 2
V12= q ln (D2/D1)
(2Π .k)
Voltage drop between
Point 1 & 2
V12= q ln (D2/D1)
(2Π .k)
CAPACITANCE OF A 2 WIRE LINE
Vab= qa ln (D/ra) + qb ln (rb/D)
(2Π .k) (2Π .k)
Equilateral spacing
Cn= 2Π .k F/m to neutral
ln (D/r)
Unsymmetrical spacing
Cn= 2Π .k F/m to neutral
ln (Deq/r)
where
Deq= (D12 D23 D31)1/3
Capacitance of Bundled lines
Assumption: D>>d
The mutual distances
for determining Vab
are;
a-b’= D12+(1/2)d+(1/2)d
=D12+d
a’-b=D12-(1/2)d+(1/2)d
=D12-d
Chapter#5, Stevenson
CLASSIFICATION OF
TRANSMISSION LINES
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Towers
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Rigid Tower Guyed V
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Rigid Metal Tower
Used between TXN voltage
through 765 kV.
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FIXED-BRIDGE GUYED
TOWERS
require only 60 to 75% of the
structural steel used I their rigid
equivalents and usually cost less.
Rigid towers are used(favored) I
areas where land use is severely
restricted or very rough ground
makes anchor installation and
ground structure assembly difficult.
If the terrain is flat ad open with
easy access for mobile cranes , the
guyed towers can be readily
assembled on site and raised in
position.
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CROSS ROPE
SUSPESION TOWERS
At 765 kv and 1100 kv , Guyed-V
structures become impractical
because of the tower height. At
765 kv, a guyed-V tower will
require a reasonably level, clear
assembly area of about 130 ft by
160 ft. I addition to space
requirements, the heavy bridge
structures also impose demands
on construction equipment such
as cranes. The alternative
solution would be to replace the
conductor-supporting bridge
with a steel able system
suspended between two guyed
masts. Such a construction is
termed as cross rope
suspension (CRS) tower. The RS
towers offer impressive saving
in materials
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