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Lab Report # 05
COMPUTATION OF LINE PARAMETERS USING MATLAB: Inductance

Submitted by:

Majid Khan FA17-BEE-055

M Muzammil Nadeem FA17-BEE-051

M Sohaib Anis FA17-BEE-098

Submitted to:

Sir Obaid ur Rehman

Section:

BEE-7A

Submission Date:
November 26, 2020
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LAb#5: COMPUTATION OF LINE PARAMETERS USING MATLAB:

Objective:
To determine the positive sequence line parameters L per phase per kilometer of a three-phase
single and double circuit transmission lines for different conductor arrangements.
Introduction:
Line Parameters
Transmission line has four electrical parameters - resistance, inductance, capacitance and
conductance. The inductance and capacitance are due to the effect of magnetic and electric
fields around the conductor. The shunt conductance characterizes the leakage current through
insulators, which is very small and can be neglected. The parameters R, L and C are essential
for the development of the transmission line models to be used in power system analysis both
during planning and operation stages.
While the resistance of the conductor is best determined from manufactures data, the
inductances and capacitances can be evaluated using formula. The student is advised to read
any other text book before taking up the experiment.
Inductance
The inductance is computed from flux linkage per ampere. In the case of the three phase lines,
the inductance of each phase is not the same if conductors are not spaced equilaterally. A
different inductance in each phase results in unbalanced circuit. Conductors are transposed in
order to balance the inductance of the phases and the average inductance per phase is given by
simple formulas, which depends on conductor configuration.
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In-Lab Tasks:
Task #01:

Procedure:
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MATLAB work:
clear all
close all
clc
Dab= 35; % distance in meters
Dbc= 35; % distance in meters
Dca= 70; % distance in meters
dia=1.345/12; % dimeter in feets
r=dia/2; %radius in feets
GMD=(Dab*Dbc*Dca)^(1/3);
GMRL= 0.5328/12; % GMRL in feets
L=0.2*log(GMD/GMRL) %'value of L in mH/km'
Answer:

L = 1.3802
Task # 02:

Procedure:
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MATLAB Work:
clear all
close all
clc
Dab= 35; % distance in meters
Dbc= 35; % distance in meters
Dca= 70; % distance in meters
dia=0.977/12; % diameter in feets
r=dia/2; % radius in feets
d= 18/12; % bundle spacing in feets
Ds= 0.3924/12; % GMR(Ds) in feets
GMD=(Dab*Dbc*Dca)^(1/3);
GMRL=sqrt(d*Ds);
L=0.2*log(GMD/GMRL) % value of L in mH/km

Answer:

L = 1.0588

Task # 03:

Procedure:
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MATLAB Code:
clear all
close all
clc
S11=11; S22=16.5; S33=12.5; % distance b/w conductors in meters
H12=7; H23=6.5; % height b/w conductors in meters
d=18; % bundle spacing in inch
dia=1.4727; % diameter in inches
r=dia/2; % radius in inches
Ds=0.564; % GMR(Ds) in inches
% Ds,d and r converted i to meters
Ds=2.54*Ds/100; d=2.54*d/100; r=2.54*r/100;
a1=-S11/2 - i*H12;
b1=-S22/2 + i*0;
c1=-S33/2 + i*H23;
c2=S11/2 - i*H12;
b2=S22/2 + i*0;
a2=S33/2 + i*H23;
% distance between each conductors in meters
Da1b1 = abs(a1-b1); Da1b2 = abs(a1-b2);
Da1c1 = abs(a1-c1); Da1c2 = abs(a1-c2);
Db1c1 = abs(b1-c1); Db1c2 = abs(b1-c2);
Da2b1 = abs(a2-b1); Da2b2 = abs(a2-b2);
Da2c1 = abs(a2-c1); Da2c2 = abs(a2-c2);
Db2c1 = abs(b2-c1); Db2c2 = abs(b2-c2);
Da1a2 = abs(a1-a2);
Db1b2 = abs(b1-b2);
Dc1c2 = abs(c1-c2);
% GMD b/w each phases
DAB=(Da1b1*Da1b2*Da2b1*Da2b2)^(0.25);
DBC=(Db1c1*Db1c2*Db2c1*Db2c2)^(0.25);
DCA=(Da1c1*Da1c2*Da2c1*Da2c2)^(0.25);
% GMD
GMD=(DAB*DBC*DCA)^(0.3333);
% GMR for each subconductor
Dsb=sqrt(Ds*d);
% GMR for each phases
DSA=sqrt(Dsb*Da1a2);
DSB=sqrt(Dsb*Db1b2);
DSC=sqrt(Dsb*Dc1c2);
% GMRL and GMRC
GMRL=(DSA*DSB*DSC)^(0.333);
L=0.2*log(GMD/GMRL) % value of L in mH/km

Answer:
L = 0.4491
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Effect of distance and radius on line Inductance:

%Checking effect of different distances on Inductance

figure()
%Checking effect of different conductor radius on Inductance
r2 = 1.2:0.2:2.5; %different radius
r3 = 0.7788 * r2 %effective radius
D2 = 200; %Fixed Distance in cm
L2 = (0.2 * log(D2./r3)); %calculating inductance
plot(r3,L2,'-*')
xlim([0.5 2.5])
xlabel('radius in cm')
ylabel('Inductance in mH/Km')
title('Effect of conductor radius on Line Inductance')

RESULTS:
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CONCLUSION:
In this lab we find the inductance of transmission line per phase As we know that
Transmission line has four electrical parameters - resistance, inductance, capacitance and
conductance. The inductance and capacitance are due to the effect of magnetic and electric
fields around the conductor. The inductance is computed from flux linkage per ampere. In the
case of the three phase lines, the inductance of each phase is not the same if conductors are
not spaced equilaterally. This lab is only related to inductance per phase. In the formula given
below it is clear that inductance depend on only two parameters GDM AND GMR.

In this lab we first find the inductance per phase theoretically (by hand) then we verify our
results on MATLAB. The results on paper and the results on MATLAB are exactly same. In
the last task we saw the effect of radius (GMR) and distance (GMD)on single phase line
inductance. We observe that the distance(GMD) between two conductors is directly
proportional to single phase line inductance and the radius (GMR) is inversely proportional to
single phase line inductance. These results are shown in diagram given above.