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SW1
2. (line currents, Va = 110)
[Ia = 1.9585∠18.1 A,
Ib = 1.4656∠130.55 A,
Ic = 1.947∠117.8 A]
12-57 pg 54

3. (3.6kVA, 0.85 lag, 2500 W, 80 W, losses)

[Pg = 320 W]
12-77 pg 85

4. (230-V, ZL = 10 + j8 Ω per phase, Iac, Ib)

[Iac = 17.96∠98.66 A,
Ib = 31.10∠171.34 A]
12-21 pg 19

Q1
1. (Power absorbed, Z = 21+ j24)
[P = 1.541 W]
12-40 pg 37

2. (Power absorbed by the given load)

[P = 431.1 W]
12-39 pg 35 & 36

3. (Phase current (Iab) or Line current (Ia))

[Iab = 5.47∠-18.43° A,
Ibc = 5.47∠-138.43° A,
Ica = 5.47∠101.57° A]

[Ia = 9.474∠-48.43° A
Ib = 9.474∠-168.43° A
Ic = 9.474∠71.57° A]
12-19 pg 17

4. (line current, Zdelta = 12-j15, Zy = 4+j6,Zl = 2+J0, Va = 440)

[Ia = 32.88∠-28.4° A]
5. (line current Ib, 3.6 kVA, 0.85 lag, 2500 W, 80 W, losses)
[Ib = 12.804∠-170.19° A]

6.(power delivered, line voltage 208 V)

[P = 1.02 kW]
12-30 pg 27

7. (The consistent and unchanging total instantaneous power in a balanced three-phase

system is equivalent to the average power.)
[True]

8. (A balanced wye- or delta-connected load is one in which the three

phase impedances are equal.)
[True]

9. (The total instantaneous power in a balanced three-phase system is constant and

equal to the average power.)
[True]

10. (3.6kVA, 0.85 lag, 2500 W, 80 W, losses)

[Pg = 320 W]
12-77 pg 85

SW 2
1. (In a certain region the growth rate of energy consumption is 6 percent. In how many
years will the energy consumption be quadrupled?)
[23.1 years]

2. (A certain amount of fuel contains 15 x 10^10 Btu of energy is converted into

electric energy in a power station having a 12% overall efficiency. The
average demand on the station over a 24-h period is 5MW. In how many days
will the fuel be totally consumed?)
[44 days]

3. (A certain amount of fuel can produce 10 quads of energy. In how many days
will the fuel be totally consumed if it is used to satisfy a demand of
10^13Btu/day at a power plant with an overall efficiency of 20%?)
[200 days]
4. (In a power station, 4 x 10^4GWh of energy is to be produced in 1 yr, one third from
coal and two thirds from natural gas. The energy content of coal is 900 W. yrs/ton, and
that of natural gas is 0.03W- yr/ft^3.
A. How much coal will be required?
B. How much natural gas will be required?)
[Weight of Coal = 5.07x10^6 tons
Volume of Natural Gas = 1.522x10^9 ft^3]

5. In a certain country the equivalent fuel reserve for power generation is 3 x 106 MW.
yrs. The present peak power demand is 200GW, and the expected power consumption
growth rate is 2.1%. How long will the fuel reserve last?
[44.64 years]

Blessings
1. (A 170-mile, 230 kV, 60 Hz, three-phase single-circuit transmission line uses a
triangular arrangement with 20 ft, 20 ft and 36 ft spacing, respectively. If the line
conductors have a GMR of 0.0217 ft, determine the capacitive susceptance to neutral
per mile.)
[4.81 x 10^-6 mho per mile]

2. (A single-circuit, 3-phase, 60 Hz transmission line is using a horizontal arrangement

with a spacing distance of 4 m between adjacent conductors. If each conductor has an
outside diameter of 0.8 cm, determine the capacitance to neutral per meter)
[7.793 pF/m]

3. (A single-phase transmission line has total impedance of 1.5 + j0.3 ohms. It delivers 3
MW at 11 kV and at unity power factor. Determine the sending end voltage of the
transmission lines.)
[11.41 kV]

4. (A single-phase transmission line has total impedance of 5<60 ohms and supplies a
total load of 120 A, 3.3 kV and at 0.8 power factor lagging. Calculate the sending end
voltage.)
[3.86 kV]

5. (A 3-phase, 3-wire, short transmission line has a resistance of 3 ohms and a

reactance of 8 ohms per wire. At the receiving end, a balanced 3- phase load draws a
line current of 60 A, at 13,500 volts line to line, 0.90 power factor lagging. Determine the
voltage at the sending end.)
[14.156 V]
6. (A load of 12 MVA, 0.8 pf lagging, 22 kV is served by a transmission line which has a
line resistance of 3 ohms and a line reactance of 10 ohms. Solve for the sending end
voltage.)
[26,795 V]

7. (A short 3-phase, 3 wire line has a resistance of 5 ohms ad reactance of 12 ohms per
wire and transmits power to a 3-phase load drawing 1000 kW at 13,120 volts line to line,
0.8 pf lagging, 60 Hz. Solve for the sending end voltage.)
[14,200 V]

8. (A 3-phase line has a reactance of 4.32 ohms and a resistance of 4.15 ohms. The
load at the receiving end is 3800 kW at 75%-power factor lagging and the voltage at the
sending end is 36 kV. Determine the voltage at the receiving end.)
[35.14 kV]

9. (A single solid round copper wire has a diameter of 0.50 inch. Determine its self
GMD.)
[0.1947 in]

10. (Determine the mutual GMD of a three-phase single-circuit transmission line whose
conductors arranged in a triangular formation so that the two distances between
conductors are 20 ft and the third is 38 ft, respectively?)
[24.77 ft]

11. (A three-phase double circuit line has a horizontal spacing of 40 ft and a vertical
spacing between adjacent levels of 25 ft. Determine the mutual GMD of the line.)
[40.56 ft]

12. (A 230 kV transmission line is 100 miles long. The conductor is ACSR of 1,113,000
CM. The Conductors are horizontally arranged with 20 ft spacing. The resistance per
mile is 0.0969 ohm and its GMR is 0.0435 ft. What is the impedance of the line?)
[9.69 + j77.19 ohms]

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13. A 34.5 kV feeder line is 5 miles long. The conductors are space 4 feet horizontally.
The conductor is 4/0 copper with GMR of 0.01668 ft. What is the reactance? –
[3.46 ohms]
14. A single-phase transmission line 15 km long is using copper conductors of diameter
0.8 cm. If the distance between conductors is 1.25 m, determine the self-inductance of
the transmission lines. –
[0.036 H]

15. A 5 km long, three-phase line has a horizontal configuration of 4 ft spacing. The

conductor is 336.4 MCM ACSR with GMR of 0.0244 ft and a resistance of 0.306 ohm
per mile. What is the impedance?
[2.22 cis 65]

16. (A short 230-kV transmission line has impedance of 5 cis 78 ohms. The sending end
power is 100 MW at 230 kV and 85% power factor. What is the voltage at the other
end?)
[228.2 kV]

17. (A three-phase transmission line, 15 km long serves a substation rated 15 MVA at

34.5 kV, 60 Hz. If the line resistance is 0.12 ohm per kilometer and the line reactance is
0.457 ohm per kilometer, what should the sending end voltage be so that the
transformer can be fully loaded at its rated voltage and unity pf.)
[35,408 V]

18. (A three-phase transmission line, 10 km long delivers a load of 5000 kW at 11 kV

and 0.8 pf lagging at the receiving end. The resistance of the line per km per phase is
0.1 ohm and the reactance per phase per km is 0.2 ohm. Solve for the regulation of the
line.)
[10.45%]

19. (A 3-phase, 3-wire short transmission line having an impedance of 3.6 + j16 ohms
per wire is used to supply an inductive load of 100 A at 0.707 pf and a capacitive load of
50 A at 0.50 pf. The receiving end voltage is 4160 volts per phase. Find percent
regulation.)
[23.71%]

20. (it is desired to deliver 4,000 kW, three-phase at a distance of 25 miles. The load
voltage being 33 kV, 60 Hz and the power factor of the load being 85% lagging. The
reactance of the line per phase is 0.692 ohm per mile. The line loss is 10% of the power
delivered. Determine voltage regulation of the line.)
[11.2%]
21. (A short 230 kV transmission line has an impedance of 5 cis 78 ohms. The sending
end power is 100 MW at 230 kV and 85% power factor. What is the percent regulation
of the line?)
[0.77%]

22. (A short sub-transmission line serves at its end an induction motor rated 500 HP,
0.88 pf, 0.90 efficiency, at 2,400 volts phase to neutral. If the transmission line has a
resistance of 1.5 ohms and a reactance of 2.4 ohms per phase, solve for the voltage
regulation of the line.)
[6.77%]

23. (A short 3-phase, 3-wire transmission line has an impedance of 2 + j6 ohms per
wire, at the receiving end are connected a 3-phase inductive load drawing 5,000 kW at
0.8 pf, line to line voltage of 13,800 V and a capacitor bank drawing 200 A line current.
Solve for the power at the sending end.)
[5,274 kW]

24. (A short 3-wire transmission line has an impedance of 2 + j5 ohms per wire. At the
receiving end, a balanced 3- phase load and capacitor bank draw 3000 kVA, 0.71 pf
lagging and 600 kVAR respectively at 8000 volts per phase to neutral. Determine the
power loss of the transmission line.)
[71.09 kW]

25. (A 10-km, three-phase transmission line delivers power to a load rated 200
kW, 6.9 kV and at 80% lagging power factor. The resistance and reactance of each line
are 0.8 and 1.2 ohms, respectively. What percentage of the power generated is lost in
the transmission line?)
[8.05%]

26. (Each conductor of a three, phase, 3-wire transmission line has impedance of 15 +
j20 ohms at 60 Hz. The voltage between line conductors at the sending end is 13,200
volts. The load connected to this line is balanced and takes 1000 kW at a lagging power
factor. The current per conductor is 70 A. What is the load power factor?)
[0.803 lagging]

27. (A 15 MW, 132 kV, 80% pf three phase load is to be serve by a transmission line
having conductor whose resistance is 0.5 ohm/km. if the losses in the line shall not
exceed 4.5%, how long must this line be?)
[70 km]
28. A 3-phase, 3-wire transmission line supplies at the receiving end an inductive load
of 5,000 kW at 0.8 pf and the line to line voltage of 13,250 V and in addition a capacitor
bank that draws a line current of 90 A. the effective impedance of the transmission line
is 2 + j3 ohms per wire. Determine the sending end power.
[5317 kW]

29. A short 3-phase, 3-wire line has a resistance of 5 ohms and reactance of 12 ohms
per wire and transmit power to a 3-phase load drawing 1000 kW at 13,120 volts line to
line, 0.8 pf lagging, 60 Hz. Solve for the sending end power factor. –
[0.773 lagging]

30. A short 3-phase transmission line has a resistance of 3 ohms and an inductive
reactance of 4 ohms. At the receiving end, the voltage is 13,250 volts line to line, with
load which draws 200 A at 0.707 lagging power factor and a capacitor bank drawing 96
A. Solve for the power factor at the sending end. –
[0.935 lagging]

31. The sending end voltage of a balanced 3-phase transmission line is 8410 volts,
phase to neutral. The line current is 200 amperes with a sending end lagging power
factor of 0.803. The receiving end voltage is 7600 volts, phase to neutral, with the line
current having a lagging power factor of 0.85. solve for the impedance of the
transmission line. –
[1.47 + j5.04 ohms]

32. A short, 3-phase, 3-wire transmission line has a receiving end voltage of 4160 V
phase to neutral and serving a balanced 3-phase load of 998,400 volt-amperes at 0.82
pf lagging. At the sending end the voltage is 4600 V, phase to neutral and the pf is 0.77
lagging. Solve the resistance of the line.
[1.635 ohms]

33. At the sending end of a 3-phase transmission line, the voltage is measured to be
2,540 volts phase to neutral and the line current to be a 60 A at a lagging power factor
of 0.75. At the receiving end, the voltage measured is 2,200 volts phase to neutral and
the power factor is 0.80, likewise lagging current. Solve for the resistance and reactance
of the line.
[2.4 + j6]
34. A three-phase transmission line 5 km long delivers 2 MVA at a power factor of 0.80
lagging. The resistance and reactance per km of each conductor are 0.3 ohm and 0.6
ohm, respectively. Calculate the voltage at the sending end. Assume a transmission line
loss of 7.2% of the power delivered to the load.
[4652.85 V]

35. A certain station in Luzon has 36 kV, 3-phase, is to supply 12 MW load at 30 kV and
0.8 power factor lagging over a 3-phase transmission line. Find the resistance of the line
if the length of the transmission line is 4,000 meters & the efficiency is 90%. –
[5.33 ohms]

36. A three-phase, 3-wire transmission line has an impedance per wire of 3 + j7 ohms,
the receiving end load is 1950 kW, 0.65 pf lagging with the line voltage of 13,200 V.
Determine the efficiency of the line.
[92.64%]

37. A short line has a resistance of 4 ohms and a reactance of 12 ohms per wire and
transmits power to a concentrated load of 1000 kVa, 13,200 volts, 3-phase, 60 Hz, 0.8
pf inductive load. Find its efficiency. –
[97.21%]

38. A 230 kV transmission line is sending 100MW power at 230 kV and 90% power
factor. The impedance is 5 + j 20 and its capacitive reactance is 2500 ohms. Determine
the receiving end voltage.
[222.83 kV]

39. A 3-phase, 60 Hz transmission line delivers 20 MVA to a load of 66 kV. If a nominal

“pi” circuit is used, what would be the transmission efficiency if the admittance is j0.0006
mhos?
[90.8%]

40. A 230 kV transmission line has impedance of 50 cis 78 ohms and a capacitive
reactance of 1200 ohms. It transmits the power of a base load plant. On a certain dry
season, the sending end power is 100 MW at 235 kV and 95% power factor
continuously for a period of one month. If cost of generation is 1.30 pesos per kW-hr
what is the cost of the line losses for the one-month period.
[P 2.3 million]