
-iAd 
I 
Modern 
Po*g!Sy$e!l 
Anelysis
)-Zn/gm 
(s.36)
Now 
for 
a typical 
power 
transmission 
line
g 
(shunt 
conductancelunit 
length) 
= 
0
' 
= 
*fu= 
velocitv 
of 
light
The 
actual 
velocity 
of 
the 
propagation
somewhat 
less 
than 
the 
velocity 
of 
light'
., 
= 
1" 
lot 
= 
6,000 
km
"-  50-
Practical 
transmission 
lines 
are 
much 
shorter 
than 
this 
(usually 
a few
hundred 
kilometre 
s). 
It 
needs 
to 
be 
pointed 
out 
heye 
that 
the 
vyaves 
tlrau'tt 
in
Figs,5.11and5.]'2areforitlustrationonlyanddonotpertainnareal
power 
transmission 
line'
A 
three-phase 
50 
Hz 
transmission 
line 
is 
400 
km 
long' 
The 
voltage 
at the
sending.en 
d 
ts 
220kV. 
The 
line 
parameters 
are 
r 
= 
o.!25 
ohnr/km, 
x 
= 
0.4 
ohm/
tm 
ani 
y 
= 
2.8 
x 
10-6 
rnho/km'
Find 
the 
following:
(i)Thesending-enclcurrentandrebeiving-endvoltagewhenthereisno-load
Solution 
The 
total 
line 
parameters 
are:
R 
- 
0.125 
x 
400 
= 
50.0 
f)
X 
= 
O.4 
x 
400 
= 
160'0 
fl
Y 
= 
2.8 
x  10-6 
x 
400 
lg)" 
- 
l'12 
x 
IA-3 
lxf 
U
Z= 
R+ 
iX= 
(50'0 
+ 
j160'0) 
= 
168'0 
172'6" 
Q
YZ 
= 
l.l2 
x  1O-3 
/90" 
x 
168 
172'6"
= 
0.188 
1162'6"
(i) 
At 
no-load
Vs= 
AVn' 
ls 
= 
CVa
A 
and 
C 
are 
comPuted 
as 
follows:
ll
A 
= 
l* 
t 
YZ 
= 
l+ 
*x 
0.188 
1162',6"
/L- 
) 
2
= 
0.91 
+ 
j0.028
147
(s.42)
of 
wave 
along 
the 
line 
would 
be
7= 
(yz)1/2 
= 
Qu,C(r 
+ 
juL))rt2
- 
iu 
(LQ''' 
(r- 
t 
i)'''
7= 
a+ 
jg 
= 
ju\Lc),,,(t- 
t#)
Now time 
for a 
phase 
change 
of 
2n is 1f 
s, where/= 
cul2r 
is 
the frequency
in 
cycles/s. 
During 
this 
time 
the 
wave 
travels 
a distance 
equal 
to 
). i.e. 
one
wavelensth.
r 
( 
C\ltz
a--l-l
2\L)
0 
= 
a 
(Lq'''
C_
2ffi0
\
Velocity of 
propagation 
of 
wave, , 
= 
-4=: 
f^ 
m/s 
' 
"'
ri 
f
which is 
a well 
known 
result.
For 
a lossless 
transmission 
line 
(R 
= 
0, G 
= 
0),
,= 
7yz)''' 
- 
iu(LC)tlz
such 
that 
e. 
= 
A, 
0 
= 
. 
(Lq'''
)-2110- 
,?n=,=: 
1,,- 
m
and
v 
= 
fA 
= 
ll(LC)rlz 
m|s
For 
a single-phase 
transmission 
line
L= 
lto 
,n 
D
2r 
r'
(s.37)
(s.38)
(5.3e)
(s.40)
(s.41)
ln D/r
v=4' 
(Pol^D 
2*o 
)t/2 
'
It;,.t- 
'l 
t"nG 
)
Since 
r and 
rt 
are 
quite close 
to 
each 
other, 
when 
log is 
taken, 
it 
is sufficiently
accurate 
to 
assume 
that ln 
q, 
= 
h 
D/r.