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 = 0.5 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 =
. 67000 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 38.7581 33386.2334 66772.4668 0.6433
2 10 35.3583 30457.6724 60915.3449 0.7051
3 15 32.3857 27897.0204 55794.0408 0.7698
4 20 29.8122 25680.2023 51360.4045 0.8363
5 25 27.5962 23771.3284 47542.6568 0.9035
6 30 25.6903 22129.6431 44259.2862 0.9705
7 35 24.0480 20714.9106 41429.8213 1.0368
8 40 22.6266 19490.5731 38981.1461 1.1019
9 45 21.3897 18425.0537 36850.1074 1.1656
10 50 20.3064 17491.8914 34983.7828 1.2278
11 55 19.3514 16669.2855 33338.5711 1.2884
12 60 18.5041 15939.4240 31878.8479 1.3474
13 65 17.7476 15287.7921 30575.5842 1.4048
14 70 17.0682 14702.5508 29405.1017 1.4607
15 75 16.4546 14174.0118 28348.0236 1.5152

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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 38.8902 33500 67000 0.6394 0.6462
2 10 35.4979 30577.9105 61155.8210 0.7005 0.7080
3 15 32.5303 28021.5827 56043.1654 0.7645 0.7726
4 20 29.9594 25807.0028 51614.0056 0.8301 0.8389
5 25 27.7439 23898.5924 47797.1847 0.8963 0.9059
6 30 25.8370 22256.0123 44512.0247 0.9625 0.9727
7 35 24.1925 20839.4350 41678.8701 1.0279 1.0388
8 40 22.7683 19612.6429 39225.2858 1.0922 1.1038
9 45 21.5281 18544.3167 37088.6334 1.1551 1.1674
10 50 20.4413 17608.1776 35216.3551 1.2165 1.2295
11 55 19.4829 16782.5476 33565.0953 1.2764 1.2899
12 60 18.6321 16049.6941 32099.3883 1.3347 1.3488
13 65 17.8722 15395.1513 30790.3026 1.3914 1.4062
14 70 17.1896 14807.1084 29614.2169 1.4467 1.4620
15 75 16.5729 14275.8917 28551.7835 1.5005 1.5164
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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 34.7952 29972.6109 59945.2217 0.5384
2 10 31.1179 26804.9633 53609.9266 0.6020
3 15 27.9574 24082.4880 48164.9761 0.6701
4 20 25.2866 21781.8568 43563.7136 0.7408
5 25 23.0505 19855.7389 39711.4778 0.8127
6 30 21.1825 18246.6434 36493.2868 0.8844
7 35 19.6169 16897.9726 33795.9452 0.9550
8 40 18.2957 15759.9358 31519.8716 1.0239
9 45 17.1713 14791.3839 29582.7678 1.0910
10 50 16.2055 13959.4195 27918.8391 1.1560
11 55 15.3682 13238.1460 26476.2919 1.2190
12 60 14.6358 12607.2748 25214.5495 1.2800
13 65 13.9899 12050.8863 24101.7726 1.3391
14 70 13.4159 11556.4234 23112.8469 1.3964
15 75 12.9021 11113.9094 22227.8188 1.4519

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 = 86906.9132145 𝑁

Maximum tensile forces after the short circuit (drop force), Ff,d = 96423.0521180 𝑁
Pinch Force, Fpi,d = 95717.3963380 𝑁
Reduced ph-ph air clearance during short circuit, a min = 3.2322748 𝑚

At Maximum Temperature :

Maximum Tensile force during short circuit, Ft,d = 55374.7145719 𝑁

Maximum tensile forces after the short circuit (drop force), Ff,d = 80726.7359804 𝑁
Pinch Force, Fpi,d = 67603.3121644 𝑁

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 Reduced ph-ph air clearance during short circuit, a min = 2.0048604 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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