Victoria University: Lab Report To Investigate The Ferranti Effect Using Artificial Transmission Line
Victoria University: Lab Report To Investigate The Ferranti Effect Using Artificial Transmission Line
UNIVERSITY
Lab Report to Investigate the
Ferranti Effect using Artificial
Transmission Line
Using Open Circuit, Load Test and Short Circuit Test to Find
ABCD Parameters of Transmission Lines
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TABLE OF FIGURES
List of Table
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1.0 Introduction:
A long transmission line draws a substantial quantity of charging current. If such
a line is open circuited or very lightly loaded at the receiving end the voltage at
receiving end may become greater than voltage at sending end. This is known as
Ferranti Effect and is due to the voltage drop across the line inductance being in
phase with the sending end voltages. Therefore both capacitance and inductance
is responsible to produce this phenomenon. The capacitance and charging
current is most significant in long transmission lines [1].
The factors that are causing to increase the voltage may of Ferranti effect in the
uncompensated transmission line gives result as remote end voltage is always
higher than that of source voltage. It is the effect of capacitive charging current
as it flows through the inductance of line and resulting that as the length of line
increases, the voltage also increases.
This effect of phenomenon was discovered at the end of 19th century in the
Great Britain during the AC based distribution system. In the UK it was Sebastian
Sinai de Ferranti, who as an ardent defender of an AC system. When he installed
an AC system along with intermediate levels of different voltage and remote
step-down transformers. Ferranti observed on one AC transmission system by
adding an extra distribution line, a rise in voltage in various remote ends [2].
1.2 Equipments:
The list of equipment used in the experiment included the following items:
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2.0 Methodology:
For 3 phase transmission line purpose, the red, yellow and blue leads symbolize
the three phase channels, while the black lead represents the neutral channel.
The three phase connection of the control cable and the colored leads is made to
the main panel and the output side of the transformer bank to the transformer
terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4 which distribute power to the main panel. Also for the
connection of the three phase transmission line to the ATL, the connection is
made from terminal 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the main panel according to the circuit
diagram. After connection of all the wires, the connections were checked by the
supervisor. Now the circuit was ready for the flow of power. The main switch
circuit breaker, Auxiliary Circuit Breaker 1 and Auxilary 2 Circuit breaker for the
transformer bank and main panels were turned ON accordingly and then the
Bank Circuit breaker.
The voltage was raised in step to 415 volts. The readings were recorded for the
Red and yellow, Red and Blue, and Yellow and Blue configurations using the
power meter. The readings indicated a rise of voltage from 416 to 419 volts. This
was because when the length of the line increases specially in extra high voltage
(EHV) lines, beyond 200km, phenomenon called Ferranti Effect in no load or low
load condition occurs.
Similarly, the single phase no-load test was performed by connected the phase
terminal to the meter and neutral point of the Artificial Transmission Line. The
Results for no load three-phase and single phase test were recorded. The
recorded values are given in Table 1 below.
2.1.1 Results:
Source
Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 3 Segment 4
Phases Voltage
( Volts ) ( Volts ) ( Volts ) ( Volts
( Volts )
Yello
Red 416 418 419 420 421
w
Red Blue 416 418 419 419 420
Neutr
Red 242 243 229 230 229
al
Yello
Blue 416 418 419 420 420
w
Yello Neutr
239 240 226 226 226
w al
Blue Neutr 238 239 272 273 272
4
al
421 421
417
416 416
415
1 2 3 4 5
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Graph 2 Open Circuit / No Load Test Graph Single Phase
The relative voltage rise is proportional to the square of the line length.
Adding the phaser diagram for the current circuit in Figure 3 below, we get,
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Figure 3 Phaser Diagram for ABCD Parameters illustration according to
-model circuit
MN = Resistance drop
Therefore; OP = Sending end voltage at no load and is less than receiving end
voltage (Vr) Since, resistance is small compared to reactance; resistance can be
neglected in calculating Ferranti Effect.
From pi model,
YZ
(
V S = 1+
2 )
V R+ Z I R
YZ
(
V S = 1+
2 )
VR
YZ YZ
Or; (
V S V R = 1+
2) (
V R V R =V R 1+ 1
2 )
Or;
V S V R =( YZ2 ) V = ( jCl ) ( r2+ jL ) l V
R R
Neglecting Resistance,
V R 2 l 2 LC
V S V R =
2
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The quantity LC is constant in all line and I equal to velocity of propagation
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LC= 2
( 3 105 )
2 2 10
l 10
1 2 l 2 1010
Therefore, 18 ] which equates, 1 <1
V S =V R 18
So,
V S <V R or vice versa, i.e.
V R> V S
Which implies that the receiving end voltage is greater than sending end voltage
for open circuit condition of long transmission line and this effect is called
Ferranti Effect [4].
For the single phase load measurement, the meter leads were connected to the
Phase and Neutral terminals of the artificial transmission line. The values were
recorded accordingly. The recorded values for the three0phase and single phase
test of 2 KW load is given in the table below.
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Red Yellow 347 1.67 587 -0.59
Red Blue 337 1.60 572 -0.61
Red Neutral 245 0.00 0.00 0.00
Yellow Blue 331 1.60 555 -0.60
Yellow Neutral 244 0.00 0.00 0.00
Blue Neutral 241 0.00 0.00 0.00
Phases Segment II
Similarly for the short circuit single phase analysis, the receiving end phases are
short circuited. The voltage across the Red & Neutral, Blue & Neutral and Yellow
& Neutral was recorded to be 24.4 volts, while the current was 2.74. The Practical
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results for the short circuit test analysis of three phase and single phase are
given in the table below.
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Phases Segment IV
Voltage Current
Powe Power
(V) r (I)
Factor
(W)
Red Yellow 0.00 2.76 0.00 0.00
Red Blue 0.00 2.76 0.00 0.00
Red Neutral 24.4 2.74 106 0.91
Yellow Blue 0.00 2.76 0.00 0.00
Yellow Neutral 24.4 2.74 106 0.91
Blue Neutral 24.4 2.74 106 0.91
Table 3 Short Circuit Test Recorded Values for Three Phase and Single
Phase
250 240
238
200
172
171
Single Phase Voltage ( Volts ) 150
127
114
100
70.3
50 54.2
24.4
0
1 2 3 4 5
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Graph 5 Short Circuit Test Graph for Single Phase
[ ][ ][ ]
VS
IS
=A
C
B = VR
D IR
V S =A V R + B I R Equation( I )
I S=C V R + D I R Equation(II )
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Vr
I S=I r cosh l+ sinh l Equation (IV)
ZC
VS
I R=I S cosh l+ sinh l Equation (VI)
ZC
Vr
C= cosh l ; D= Z C sinh l
Therefore Equation (I) and Equation (II) can be used to calculate the A, B, C, and
D Parameters.
V S =A V R + B ( 0 ) Equation ( I )
V S 416
A= = =0.991
V R 420
Thus its implies that on applying open circuit condition to ABCD parameters, we
get parameter A as the ratio of sending end voltage to the open circuit receiving
end voltage. Since dimension wise A is a ratio of voltage to voltage, A is a
dimension less parameter
I S=C V R +D ( 0 ) Equation ( II )
IS 0
C= = =0 1
V R 420
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mho. Thus C is the open circuit conductance and is given by
C = IS VR mho.
V S =A V R + B I R Equation ( I )
VS 417
B= = =151.190
I R 2.76 90
I S 2.8150.95
D= = =1.02140.95
IR 2.76 90
We get parameter D as the ratio of sending end current to the short circuit
receiving end current. Since dimension wise D is a ratio of current to current, its
a dimension less parameter.
Since the length of the strip is x, the series impedance and shunt admittance
are z x and y x. It is to be:
Z =z l ; Y = y l
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Figure 5 Long transmission line representation [6].
From the circuit considered, the equation for Sending and Receiving current and
Voltages can be derived accordingly.
Equation (7.1)
Equation (7.2)
Now for the current through the strip, applying KCL we get,
Equation (7.3)
The second term of the above equation is the product of two small quantities and
therefore can be neglected. For x 0 we then have,
Equation (7.4)
Equation (7.5)
Equation (7.6)
The roots of the above equation are located at (yz). Hence the solution of (7.6) is of
the form
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Equation (7.7)
Equation (7.8)
Equation (7.9)
ZC =
Z
y
Which is known as the characteristic impedance
Then (7.7) and (7.9) can be written in terms of the characteristic impedance and
propagation constant as:
V = A 1 e x + A1 ex Equation (7.10)
A 1 x A2 x
I= e e Equation (7.11)
ZC Zc
Let us assume that x = 0. Then V = VR and I = IR. From (7.10) and (7.11) we then
get,
V R = A1 + A2 Equation (7.12)
A 1 A2
I R= Equation (7.13)
Z C ZC
Solving (7.12) and (7.13) we get the following values for A1 and A2
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V R +Z C I R V ZC I R
A 1= A 2= R Equation (7.14)
2 2
Also note that for x = l we have V = Vs and I = IS. Therefore replacing x by l and
substituting the values of A1 and A2 in (7.10) and (7.11) we get,
Equation (7.15)
Equation (7.16)
Equation (7.17)
There for equation (7.15) and (7.16) can be re-written as;
Therefore,
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perfect. This is due to small inductive voltage drops across short segments of the
line; the velocity of propagation of voltage and current waves along air lines
equals the velocity of light in a vacuum. It is valid only for lines with air dielectric.
Because for any dielectric > 0 , the propagation velocity along lines with
dielectric other than air is always less than the velocity of light in a vacuum. The
last conclusion enables us to understand an extremely important fact: because
an infinite section of any lossless line with respect to its input terminals behaves
as a resistor of resistance Z, we can eliminate the reflected wave on a line of any
length by terminating the line in its characteristic impedance. If this is done, we
say that the line is matched. Also it is the attenuation of higher frequencies by
the skin effect that causes the degradation of voltage transitions on long
transmission lines, not the dispersion of higher frequencies. Indeed, the
dispersion alone would cause the opposite effect: higher frequencies propagate
far more quickly than lower frequencies.
Since the parameters were found using the three test analysis, the summery of
the results is given in the table below:
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6.0 References:
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