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UNIT–I
1. a) Derive the expression for the inductance of a 3- phase line which is completely
transposed. 6M
b) A single circuit 3- phase line operating at 50 Hz has a conductor diameter of
5.18 mm. The spacing between the line conductors is given in metre. Dry=3.2;
Dyb = 4.0; Dbr = 5.0. Calculate the inductance and inductive reactance per
phase per km. 8M
OR
2. a) Derive the expression for capacitance of a 3- phase overhead line with
unsymmetrical spacing. 8M
b) Find out the capacitance of a single-phase line 30 km long consisting of two
parallel wires each 15 mm diameter and 1.5 m apart. 6M
UNIT–II
3. a) Draw the phasor diagram of a short transmission line and derive an expression
for voltage regulation. 7M
b) A 3-phase 50 Hz transmission line has resistance, inductance and capacitance
per phase of 10 Ω, 0.1 H, and 0.9 µF and delivers a load of 35MW at 132 kV
and 0.8 pf lag. Determine the efficiency and regulation of the line using nominal-
T method. 7M
OR
4. a) Derive A, B, C, D constants of a medium length transmission line and hence
prove that AD – BC = 1. 7M
b) Find the A, B, C, D parameters of a 3- phase , 80 km, 50 Hz transmission line
with series impedance of (0.15+j 0.78) ohm per km and a shunt admittance
of per km. 7M
UNIT–III
5. a) Explain about the equivalent ‘π ’model of a long transmission line? 6M
b) A 3 phase 200km long transmission line has the following constants.
Resistance /ph/km is 0.15ohm, reactance/ph/km is 0.22 ohms, and the shunt
admittance/ph/km is 1.4*10-6 mho. Calculate by rigorous method the sending
end voltage and current when the line is delivering a load of 20MW at 0.75
lagging power factor. The receiving end voltage is 110kv?. 8M
OR
 6. a) Using rigorous method derive expressions for sending-end voltage and current
for long transmission line. 7M
b) Find the A,B,C,D parameters of a 3-phase, 80km, 50Hz transmission line with
series impedance of (0.15+J0.78) ohm per km and a shunt admittance of
J5×10-6 mho per km. 7M
UNIT–IV
7. a) Discuss the phenomenon of wave reflection and refraction. 7M
b) A surge of 10 kV travels along the cable towards its junction with an overhead
line. The surge impedances of the cable and the line are 50 Ω and 450 Ω
respectively. Determine the surge voltage transmitted into the overhead line. 7M
OR
8. a) Explain the factors that affect the corona loss on an overhead transmission line. 6M
b) Find the disruptive critical voltage and visual corona voltage for a grid of line
operating at 132 kV. The line consisting of 1.96 cm diameter conductors spaced
3.81 meters apart. The following data can be considered. Temperature 440 c,
barometric Pressure 73.7 cm of mercury, conductor surface factor 0.84, fine
weather 0.8, rough weather 0.66. 8M
UNIT–V
9. a) Derive the expression for sag when the supports are at equal heights. 7M
b) A transmission line conductor has an effective diameter of 19.5 mm and weighs
1.0 kg/m. If the maximum permissible sag with a horizontal wind pressure of
39kg/m2 of projected area and 12.7 mm radial ice coating is 6.3m. Calculate
the permissible span between two supports at the same level allowing a safety
factor of 2. Finally, strength of the conductors is 800kg and weight of ice is
910kg/m3. 7M
OR
10. a) What are the different types of grading of cables? Explain each. 7M
b) The capacitance of three core cable belted type is measured and found to be
as follows:
Capacitance between three cores bunched together and to the sheath is 7.5 µF.
Capacitance between the conductor and the other two connected together
to the sheath is 4.5 µF.
Calculate the capacitance to neutral and total charging kVA when the cable
is connected to a 11 kV, 50 Hz, three phase supply 7M
1. a) Discuss the concept of geometric mean distance. How is this concept used to find the inductance of
composite conductor line 7M

b) Calculate the inductance per phase of a three-phase double circuit line if the conductors are spaced at
the vertices of a hexagon of side 2 m each. The diameter of each conductor is 2.0 cm. 7M

Example No. 2.14 in Sivanagaraju Text book

2. a) A 3-phase, 50 Hz, 33 kV overhead transmission line has75 km its conductors arranged at the
corners of an equilateral triangle of 2.5m sides and the diameter of each conductor is 1.2 cm. Determine
the inductance and capacitance per phase, if the length of line is. And also calculate the charging
current. 7M

b) Explain Skin effect and proximity effect on transmission lines. 7M

3. a) Derive the expressions for the ABCD constants for the nominal- circuit circuit of a medium
transmission line. 6M

b) A 50 Hz three phase transmission line is 250 km long. It has a total series impedance of (30+j100)
ohms and a shunt admittance of 91410-6 mhos. It delivers 50 MW 220 kV with 0.9 power factor
lagging. Find the (i) sending end voltage, (ii) voltage regulation and (iii) transmission efficiency by
nominal-T method. 8M

Example No. 3.8 in Sivanagaraju Text book

4. a) Starting from the first principles, deduce expressions for ABCD constants of a long line in terms of
its parameters. 7M

6. a) A three phase overhead line is being supported by tree discs suspension insulators, the potential
across the first and second insulators are 7 and 10 kV respectively. Calculate (i) the line voltage, (ii) the
ratio of capacitance between pin and earth to self-capacitance of each unit, (iii) the string efficiency. 7M

Example Problem No. 8.8 in Sivanagaraju Text book

b) Explain the methods used for improving the voltage distribution along the string of insulators in
overhead lines. 7M

7. a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of corona and Why is it different in different weather
conditions. 6M

b) Calculate the minimum sag permissible for a 160 m span, 1.0 cm diameter copper conductor allowing
a maximum tensile stress of 2000 kg/cm2. Assume a horizontal wind pressure of 4 kg/cm2 of projected
area. Take the specific gravity of copper as 8.9 gm/cm3. 8M

Example No. 7.3 in Sivanagaraju Text book

8. a) Derive a formula for capacitance of a single core belted cable. 7M

b) A 66 kV concentric cable with two inter sheaths has a core diameter of 2.3 cm dielectric material 3.5
mm thick constitutes three zones of insulation. Determine the maximum stress in each of the three
layers, if 22 kV is maintained across each of the inner two layers.

Example No. 9.10 in Sivanagaraju Text book