Overhead lines

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Overhead lines

An overhead line can be characterized by its line impedances. The mutual impedances of the overhead lines are influenced by the conductor sizing and positioning. The impedance calculation has been based on Carson's method for overhead lines with earth return.

 

This tool can be started by choosing: Tools | Tools | Power lines

 

Base for the calculation procedure is the tower configuration, containing the conductor positions and their types. Also bundle conductors can be defined here. Once a configuration has been defined, it can be saved as: <Name>.txt.

 

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Conductor type

The calculation uses conductor type data from the types file. These data are on the work sheet Lineconductor. The parameters are:

 

Name

Unit

Description

Name


Conductor type name

Unom

kV

Rated voltage

Inom

A

Rated current

R

Ohm/km

Specific AC resistance

Lint

mH/km

Conductor internal inductance

d_ext

mm

Conductor outside diameter

d_int

mm

Conductor internal diameter, if hollow

 

Internal induction

The conductor self induction is the sum of the internal and the external induction. The external induction is a function of the conductor outside diameter. The internal induction can be calculated from the conductor material properties. A relationship exists between the internal induction, the relative permeability and the geometric mean radius.

 

The internal induction can be calculated from the relative permeability:

with:

 

For hollow conductors (0<q<r):

For solid conductors (q=0):

 

 

The relative permeability for a number of materials can be found in the table below.

 

Material

μ r

Copper (Cu)

1

Iron (Fe)

100-1000

Aluminium (Al)

1

Bronze

1

All Aluminium Alloy Conductors (AAAC)

0.6 – 1.3

All Aluminium Standarc Conductors (AAC)

1.0 – 1.3

Aluminium Conductor Alloy Reinforced (ACAR)

0.8 – 1.1

Aluminium Conductor Steel Reinforced(ACSR)

0.5 – 6.5

ACSR EHS (extra high strength)

5.1 – 6.4

Allumoweld

6.8 – 8.2

EHS Cooperweld

22.3 – 35.4

 

When calculating the impedances of lines, the geometric mean radius (GMR) is used. In case the skin effect can be neglected, the GMR is equal to the geometric mean distance between all infinitesimal partial conductors in the conductor cross-section. For a solid conductor, consisting of magnetic material with a relative permeability of μr, this results in:

 

The internal induction can be calculated from the GMR:

 

 

Tower image

The conductors positions are presented in the tower image. Phase conductors and bundles are presented as red dots, while the earth conductor is presented as a green dot.

 

Calculate

This function calculates the positive and zero sequence impedances (Z1 and Z0) and the mutual impedances (Z00).

 

Circuits:

Name                              Z1              Z0

                             Ohm/km          Ohm/km

-------------------- --------------- ---------------

Circ1                 0,0842+0,4192j  0,2670+1,1620j

Circ2                 0,0840+0,4195j  0,2584+1,1861j

 

Mutual coupling:

Circuit 1            Circuit 2                        Z00

                                                  Ohm/km

-------------------- -------------------- ---------------

Circ1                Circ2                 0,1787+0,7158j

 

 

Results

This function presents the results in a matrix. The right mouse button allows saving the results or copying to Word or Excel.

 

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Pictures

This function enables the depiction of the tower construction. By right-mouse clicking in the field at Pictures, a pop-up menu appears, in which pictures can be added, deleted and shown.

 

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