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Assignment on Module 3:

Instructions: Answer/Solve the following problems. Good luck and God bless!

1. A three-phase transmission line has flat, horizontal spacing with 6 ft between

adjacent conductors. At a certain instant the charge on one of the outside
conductors is 0.1 x 10-3 coulomb/mile, and the charge on the center conductor and
on the other outside conductor is -0.05 x 10 -2 coulomb/mile. The radius of each
conductor is 0.1 in. Neglect the effect of ground, and find the voltage drop between
the two identically charged conductors at the instant specified.
2. The 60-cycle capacitive reactance to neutral of a solid conductor, which is one
conductor of a three-phase line with an equivalent equilateral spacing of 4 ft, is 186
x 103 ohms/mile. What value of reactance would be specified in a table listing the
capacitive reactance of the conductor at 1-ft spacing for 25 cps? What is the cross-
sectional area of the conductor in circular mils?
3. Derive an equation for the capacitance to neutral per mile of a single-phase line,
taking into account the effect of ground. Use the same nomenclature as in the
equation derived for the capacitance of a three-phase line where the effect of
ground is represented by image charges.
4. Calculate the capacitance to neutral per mile of a single-phase line composed of
two No. 2 single-strand conductors spaced 10 ft apart and 25 ft above ground.
Compare the values obtained by Eqs. (3.11) and (3.12) and by the equation
derived in Prob. 3.3.
5. Derive a formula for the capacitance between the single inner conductor and the
concentric outer sheath of a power cable. Assume that the radius of the inner
conductor is “a” and that the inner radius of the sheath is “b”.
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Prepared By:
Engr. Ricky S. Valenzuela
Instructor