Tutorial 2
Two Port Network
Question 1
• A 60Hz short transmission line, having R=0.62Ω per phase and
L=93.24mH per phase, supplies a three-phase, wye-connected
100MW load of 0.9 lagging power factor at 215 kV line-to-line voltage.
Calculate the sending-end voltage per phase, the voltage regulation
and efficiency of transmission of the transmission line.
Solution to Question 1
Question 2
• A 10-km-long, single-phase short transmission line has 0.5∠60oΩ/km
impedance. The line supplies a 316.8-kW load at 0.8 power factor
lagging. If the receiving-end voltage is 3.3kV, calculate the voltage
regulation, the sending-end power for the line using loss calculation,
the sending-end power for the line using the sending-end voltage and
power factor.
Solution to Question 2
Question 3
• The per-phase impedance of a short transmission line is (0.3 + j0.4) Ω.
The sending-end line-to-line voltage is 3300V and the load at the
receiving end is 300 kilowatts per phase at 0.8 power factor lagging.
Calculate the receiving-end voltage, the line current, the sending-end
power factor, the power loss per phase by determining the sending-
end power and the power loss per phase by calculating the power
loss directly.
Question 3
Question 4
• The per-phase parameters for a 60-Hz, 200-km-long transmission line
are R=2.07Ω, L=310.8mH, and C=1. 4774μF. The line supplies a
100MW, wye-connected load at 215kV (line-to-line) and 0.9 power
factor lagging. Determine the ABCD constants for the line and
calculate the sending-end voltage, using the nominal-π circuit
representation.
Solution to Question 4
Question 5
• Determine the ABCD constants for the nominal-T circuit of a
transmission line for which R=10 Ω, XL=20Ω, and Y=j400μS for each
phase.
Solution to Question 5
Question 6
• A 138-kV, three-phase short transmission line has a per-phase
impedance of (2+j4)Ω. If the line supplies a 25-MW load at 0.8 power
factor lagging, calculate
• (a) the efficiency of transmission and
• (b) the sending-end voltage and power factor.
Question 6
Question 7
• A three-phase short transmission line having a per-phase impedance
of (2 +j4) Ω has equal line-to-line receiving-end and sending-end
voltages of 115 kV while supplying a load at 0.8 power factor leading.
Calculate the power supplied by the line.
Solution to Question 7
• (66.4E3cosφ + j66.4E3sinφ) = (66.4E3) + (-0.8+j4.4)I
•
• 66.4E3cosφ = 66.4E3 - 0.8I
• j66.4E3sinφ = j4.4I
•
• (sinφ)2 + (cosφ)2 = 1
• (4.4I / 66.4E3)2 + [(66.4E3 - 0.8I) / 66.4E3]2 = 1
• I = 5312 A
Question 8
• A three-phase wye-connected, 20MW load of power factor 0.866
lagging is to be supplied by a transmission line at 138 kV. It is desired
that the line losses not exceeded 5 percent of the load. If the per-
phase resistance of the line is 0.7Ω/km, what is the maximum length
of the line?
Solution to Question 8
Question 9
• The per-phase constants of a 345-kV, three-phase, 150-km-long
transmission line are resistance = 0.1Ω/km, inductance = 1.1mH/km,
and capacitance = 0.02μF/km. The line supplies a 180-MW load at 0.9
power factor lagging. Using the nominal- circuit, determine the
sending-end voltage.
Solution to Question 9
• I = 334.7 A
•
• Ir = 334.7∠-25.84o A
• Y = j2πfC
• Y = j2π(60)[(0.02E-6)(150) / 2]
• Y = j565.5E-6 S
•
• Z = R + j2πfL
• Z = (0.1)(150) + j2π(60)(1.1E-3)(150)
• Z = 63.99∠76.44o Ω
•
• A = D = 1 + YZ = 1 + (j565.5E-6)(63.99∠76.44o) = 0.9649∠0.5038o
• B = Z = 63.99∠76.44o Ω
•
• Vs = AVr + BIr = 205.9∠4.9o kV
• Vs(line) = (205.9E3)(√3) = 356.6 kV
Question 10
• The per-phase constants of a 345-kV, three-phase, 150-km-long
transmission line are resistance = 0.1 Ω /km, inductance = 1.1mH/km,
and capacitance = 0.02μF/km. The line supplies a 180-MW load at 0.9
power factor lagging. Using the nominal-T circuit, determine the
sending-end voltage.
Solution to Question 10
• Y = j2πfC
• Y = j2π(60)[(0.02E-6)(150)]
• Y = j1.131E-3 S
•
• Z = R + j2πfL
• Z = [0.1)(150) + j2π(60)(1.1E-3)(150)] / 2
• Z = 32∠76.44o Ω
•
• A = D = 1 + YZ = 1 + (j1.131E-3)(32∠76.44o)
• A = 0.9649∠0.5034o
• B = 2Z + YZ2 = 2(32∠76.44o) + (j1.131E-3)(32∠76.44o)2
• B = 62.87∠76.69o Ω
• cosθ = 0.9
• θ=25.84o
•
• P = (√3)VIcosθ
• 180E6 = (√3)(345E3)I(0.9)
• I = 334.7 A
•
• Ir = 334.7∠-25.84o A
•
• Vs = AVr + BIr = 206.3∠5o kV
• Vs(line) = (206.3E3)(√3) = 357 kV
