Eee 306 Lab Documents
Eee 306 Lab Documents
Eee 306 Lab Documents
EEE 306
Power System I Laboratory
Experiment 1
Study of the transmission line models
Objective:
To study the characteristics of a transmission line at no-load and full-load.
To construct the models of short, medium and long transmission lines and
evaluate their performance in terms of voltage regulation, transmission efficiency
etc.
Introduction:
Electric power has three major areas of interest:
a) Power generation
b) Power transmission
c) Power utilization
The experiment is concerned with the transmission of power between a source (power
generator) and a remotely located load (power utilization).
Theory:
A transmission line has four parameters R, L, C and G distributed uniformly along the
whole length of the line. The resistance, R and inductance, L form the series impedance.
The capacitance, C and conductance, G existing between conductors and/or neutral form
shunt paths throughout the length of the line. Depending on the length of the line,
transmission lines are classified as
I. Short transmission line: When the length of a transmission line up to 80 km, it is
usually considered as a short transmission line. Due to smaller length, the shunt
paths can be neglected. The short length line model is shown below.
Z =zl
Load
~
Gen
+
-
V
s
I
s
I
L
+
-
V
L
2
where,
r = series resistance per unit length(m) per phase;
L = inductance per unit length(m) per phase;
C = shunt capacitance per unit length(m) per phase;
z =r +j L =series impedance per unit length(m) per phase;
l = length of the transmission line;
II. Medium transmission line: When the length of the transmission line is about 80-240
km, it is considered as a medium transmission line.
Medium length line( ) model:
where,
y = shunt admittance per unit length(m) per phase to neutral
Y = yl =j C
l =total shunt admittance per phase to neutral
III. Long transmission line: When the length of a transmission line is more than 240
km, it is considered as a long transmission line.
Long line model:
sinh Z l
l
Load
V
s
I
L
+
-
V
L
2
Y
I
s
-
2
Y
Z =zl
Load
V
s
I
L
+
-
V
L
2
Y
2
Y
~
Gen
+
-
I
s
~
+
Gen
3
where ,
tanh( )
2
2 2
( )
2
l
Y Y
l