Inductance Calculations
Last time we derived the formulas for
approximating the inductance of transmission
line.
The formula are dependent on whether or not:
The conductors are solid or stranded
The conductors are bundled or not
The conductors are symmetrical space or
asymmetrical spaced.
Example Problems
Find inductive reactance per phase in ohms per
km
Bundled
Ds must be used (calculated)
Asymmetric spacing
GMD (Deq) must be calculated
Not bundled
Used Ds =r
Stranded
Ds must be calculated
Example 1
Solid, single conductor with a radius of 1cm
Transmission line is operate at 50Hz
Find the inductive reactance
per km.
m
Example 2
Line is solid conductor, symmetrically spaced
that is bundled
This means we should use
Example 3
Tutorial problem
1. Calculate the loop inductance per km of a single phase overhead line
consisting of two conductors each 1 cm diameter and 1.2 m apart.
[ 2.292mH]
2. A 3 phase transposed line has conductors of diameter 2 cm and
spaced at distance of 3.65, 5.5 and 8.2m between centres. Calculate
the inductance per phase per km of line length. [ 1.31mH]
3. A 3 phase 50 km long single circuit 66kV transposed overhead line
has horizontal spacing with 3 m between adjacent conductors and 6
m between outer conductors. The conductor diameter is 2 cm. Find
the inductance per phase. [61.85mH]
Tutorial problem
4. A 3 phase single circuit bundled conductor line with two subconductors per phase has horizontal spacing with 6.1m between the
centre lines of adjacent phases. The distance between the subconductors of each phase is 30.5cm and each sub-conductor has a
diameter of 2.54 cm. Find the inductance per phase per km.
[0.988mH]
5. A 3-phase double circuit line has its conductors at the vertices of a
regular hexagon with side 3.5m. The diameter of each conductor is
2cm. Find the inductance per phase per km.[0.596mH]
6. A 3 phase 132kV, 100km, 50Hz, single circuit line has horizontal
spacing with 3.5m between adjacent conductors. The conductor is
1.2 cm. Find the line capacitance per phase and charging current
per phase. [0.841F, 20.15A]