CONDUCTOR DESIGN AND LOADING CALCULATION

Renew Solar project- 400kV SS

420kV Substation

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Output Report – 5/30/2024

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Output report - Conductor design & loading calculation
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Project Information: ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Reference standard..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Scenario 420kV........................................................................................................................................................... 3
Selected load case : ............................................................................................................................................ 3
Bay ID: Jack Bus-69M Span ................................................................................................................................... 4
Span ID: Jack Bus-69M Span ............................................................................................................................. 4
Summary of Span : Jack Bus-69M Span ..................................................................................................................... 6

Project Information:
Project Id / Number : Renew 400kV Pkg

Project Name : Renew Solar project- 400kV SS

Substation Name : PSS 400kV Substation

Customer Name : Renew

Country : India

Voltage Level : 420kV

Busbar Configuration : One and half breaker

List of bays : Jack Bus-69M Span

Document Information:
Revision : Revision - 0

Document Number : A001

Prepared By : John

Reviewed By : Mathew

Approved By : Marcus

Date : 5/30/2024

Reference standard:

Flexible conductor:

Description Standard reference

Sag and Tension calculation IEC 60826, 2003-10 & Rolf Koch paper
Short circuit force calculation IEC 60865-1, 2011-10
Clearance calculation IEC 61936-1, 2010-08 &
IEC 60071-2, 1996-12

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Scenario 420kV

Selected load case :

Dead Load
Dead Load + Normal Wind Load
Dead Load + Extreme Wind Load
Dead Load + Short Circuit Load

System data
System frequency f = 50 Hz

Initial symmetrical three phase short circuit current I"k = 63000 A

Duration of first short circuit current flow Tk1 = 0.4 s

Rated short circuit duration Tkr = 1 s

Nominal System voltage U = 400 kV

Highest system voltage Um = 420 kV

Rated lightning impulse withstand voltage Up = 1050 kV
Rated switching impulse withstand voltage (Phase to phase) Us_ph_ph = 1425 kV

Rated switching impulse withstand voltage (Phase to earth) Us_ph_e = 950 kV

System X/R Ratio X/R = 13.92 -
Three Phase
Type of short circuit - = -
Short Circuit
Factor for peak short circuit current k = 1.81 -

Environmental data
Initial ambient temperature T1 = 𝜗𝟎 = 50 ℃

Normal wind speed for loading calculation V = 10 m/s

Air mass per unit volume μ = 1.225 kg⁄m3

Terrain category - = C -

General data
Drag coefficient of flexible conductor CXFC = 1 -

Drag coefficient of insulator string CXI = 1.2 -

Conventional value of acceleration of gravity g = 9.81 m/s²

Elevation above sea level H = 270 m

℃
Temperature of normal wind for determination of worst load Tnormal = 5
℃
Maximum temperature for sag calculation Tmax = 75
℃
Minimum temperature for sag / SCF calculation Tmin = 5

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Maximum practical operating temperature for SCF calculation TOper = 75

Temperature step Tstep = 5 ℃

Permeability of vacuum μ0 = 0.0000013 H/m

Control parameter - = Tension -

Bay ID: Jack Bus-69M Span

Span ID: Jack Bus-69M Span

Span data
Centre line distance between main conductors a = 6 m

Centre line distance between sub conductors as = 0.45 m

Width of grider gw = 2 m

Number of sub conductors n = 2 nos

Number of supports N = 2 nos

Resulting spring constant S = 600000 N/m

Angle between wind direction and conductor Ω = 90 degrees

Flexible conductor arrangement - = StrainBus -

Sub conductors formation in main conductor - = Flat -

Lowest value of cable stress when Young's modulus becomes constant σfin = 50000000 N/m²

Sub-Conductor data
Cross sectional area of one subconductor As = 0.0008614 m²

Material constant cth = 2.7E-019 m⁴/(A²s)

Diameter of flexible conductor d = 0.03825 m

EAl N/m2
Young’s modulus of Aluminium conductor = 55000000000

Mass per unit length of single flexible conductor m′s = 2.391 kg⁄m

Conductor material - = AAC -

Conductor name - = BULL -

Coefficient of thermal expansion αm = 0.0000231 1⁄℃

Connector and spacer data

Weight of one spacer ws = 1.8 kg

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String insulator data
Apparent diameter of hardware Dhw = 0.45 m

Diameter of disc insulator string Dins_str = 0.15 m

Length of hardware Lhw = 0.75 m

Length of insulator string Li = 3.7 m

Number of insulator strings nins_str = 2 nos

Weight of hardware Whw = 30 kg

Weight of one insulator string Wins_str = 56 kg

Support arrangement data

Support Reference = S1 S2

Sub span reference = SS1 -

Centre line distance =

. between supports 69 m
(l)

Distance between =
spacers of flexible
. conductors 3 m

(ls )

Number of spacers =
. 19 nos
(ns )

Maximum tension =
. 49000 N
(TENSION)

Distance between
conductor fixing height on
. = 23.5 23.5 m
support and finished
surface level (𝑧)

Dropper conductor name 1= BULL -

Distance from left support 1= 21 m

Current flows through 1=

True -
dropper

Diameter of dropper
conductor ( Ddr) 1= 0.03815 m

Height of dropper (hd) 1= 15.5 m

Number of sub 1=
conductors in one dropper 2 nos
(ndr)

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 Sub conductors formation
1= Flat -
of dropper conductor

Weight of spacers per

1= 10 kg
dropper

Cord length of dropper

1= 16 m
conductor (lv)

Width of dropper
1= 0.45 m
conductor (W)

Plane of dropper Perpendicu

1= -
conductor lar

Weight of dropper
1= 2.378 kg/m
conductor

Number of PG clamps /
1= 6 nos
Tee connector in dropper

Weight of one PG clamp /

1= 1.6 kg
Tee connector

Weight of one dropper 1=

including clamps and 938.77776 N
spacers (wdr)

Total weight of droppers =

including clamps and
. 938.77776 N
spacers of single span
(wdr_ss )

Summary of Span : Jack Bus-69M Span

S a g t en s i o n C a l c u l a t i o n

Subspan : SS1

Evaluation of conductor tension and sag – Without wind (Control parameter = Tension)
Stress, tension, sag at max sag point at different temperatures for each sub conductor
S. No Temperature (℃) Stress (N/mm2 ) Tension (N) Tension ⁄ph (N) Sag (m)
1 5 28.2943 24372.7180 48745.4361 0.8812
2 10 26.2909 22646.9959 45293.9918 0.9483
3 15 24.5661 21161.2735 42322.5470 1.0149
4 20 23.0759 19877.5512 39755.1023 1.0804
5 25 21.7815 18762.5417 37525.0833 1.1446
6 30 20.6502 17788.1185 35576.2369 1.2073
7 35 19.6552 16931.0046 33862.0092 1.2685
8 40 18.7743 16172.1436 32344.2871 1.3280
9 45 17.9893 15496.0004 30992.0009 1.3859
10 50 17.2857 14889.9120 29779.8240 1.4423
11 55 16.6514 14343.5286 28687.0573 1.4973
12 60 16.0766 13848.3552 27696.7105 1.5508
13 65 15.5530 13397.3821 26794.7642 1.6030
14 70 15.0741 12984.7913 25969.5826 1.6540
15 75 14.6340 12605.7252 25211.4504 1.7037

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 Evaluation of conductor tension and sag - With Normal wind (Control parameter = Tension)
Stress, swing, tension, sag at max sag point at different temperatures for each sub conductor
S. No Temperature (℃) Stress (N/mm2 ) Tension (N) Tension ⁄ph (N) Swing (m) Sag (m)
1 5 28.4421 24500 49000 0.8743 0.8836
2 10 26.4381 22773.7862 45547.5724 0.9406 0.9506
3 15 24.7115 21286.4924 42572.9847 1.0063 1.0170
4 20 23.2186 20000.4850 40000.9701 1.0710 1.0824
5 25 21.9210 18882.7619 37765.5238 1.1344 1.1465
6 30 20.7864 17905.4020 35810.8041 1.1964 1.2091
7 35 19.7879 17045.2692 34090.5384 1.2567 1.2701
8 40 18.9034 16283.3989 32566.7977 1.3155 1.3295
9 45 18.1151 15604.3139 31208.6279 1.3728 1.3873
10 50 17.4082 14995.3855 29990.7709 1.4285 1.4437
11 55 16.7707 14446.2823 28892.5646 1.4828 1.4986
12 60 16.1928 13948.5178 27897.0356 1.5357 1.5520
13 65 15.6665 13495.0840 26990.1680 1.5873 1.6042
14 70 15.1848 13080.1608 26160.3217 1.6377 1.6551
15 75 14.7421 12698.8859 25397.7719 1.6869 1.7048
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Evaluation of conductor tension and sag – Without Wind, ice & dropper (Erection case) (Control parameter
Tension)
Stress, tension, sag at max sag point at different temperatures for each sub conductor

S. No Temperature (℃) Stress (N/mm2 ) Tension (N) Tension ⁄ph (N) Sag (m)
1 5 23.7479 20456.4666 40912.9332 0.7888
2 10 21.7654 18748.7239 37497.4479 0.8607
3 15 20.1064 17319.6103 34639.2205 0.9317
4 20 18.7099 16116.7127 32233.4254 1.0012
5 25 17.5249 15095.9849 30191.9698 1.0689
6 30 16.5102 14221.9095 28443.8190 1.1346
7 35 15.6332 13466.4245 26932.8491 1.1983
8 40 14.8683 12807.5296 25615.0592 1.2599
9 45 14.1955 12227.9795 24455.9591 1.3197
10 50 13.5990 11714.1991 23428.3983 1.3775
11 55 13.0664 11255.4303 22510.8606 1.4337
12 60 12.5877 10843.0788 21686.1577 1.4882
13 65 12.1549 10470.2204 20940.4408 1.5412
14 70 11.7614 10131.2275 20262.4550 1.5928
15 75 11.4018 9821.4876 19642.9751 1.6430

Sho rt ci r cu it fo rc e c a l cul a ti on

Subspan : SS1
At Minimum Temperature :

Maximum Tensile force during short circuit, Ft,d = 73248.0209878 𝑁

Maximum tensile forces after the short circuit (drop force), Ff,d = 83350.0382210 𝑁
Pinch Force, Fpi,d = 82168.1723978 𝑁
Reduced ph-ph air clearance during short circuit, a min = 2.8309510 𝑚

At Maximum Temperature :

Maximum Tensile force during short circuit, Ft,d = 50211.3591627 𝑁

Maximum tensile forces after the short circuit (drop force), Ff,d = 76188.3834510 𝑁
Pinch Force, Fpi,d = 65364.4182698 𝑁

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 Reduced ph-ph air clearance during short circuit, a min = 1.8410890 𝑚

Dropper : 1

Tensile force on dropper, Ft_vd = 0 𝑁

Cl e ar a n c e c a l cu l a t i o n

Minimum phase to phase clearance (dph_ph corrected) :

Conductor − conductor = 3100 𝑚𝑚
Rod − conductor = 3600 mm

Minimum phase to earth clearance (dph_e corrected) :

Conductor − structure = 2200 𝑚𝑚
Rod − structure = 2900 𝑚𝑚

Minimum vertical ground clearance from live part, dph_g = 4450 mm

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