FUNDAMENTALS OF POWER FLOW AND POWER LIMITS
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Fig. 1.2 Equivalent
π circuit of a transmission line.
Note that
Z (= zl) and Y (= yl) in Figure 1.2 represent the total series impedance and shunt
admittance of the line, respectively. Also note that
γ
l = ZY .
Problems
1. Derive the expressions for Z
π
and Y
π
/2 as shown in Fig.1.2.
2.
Derive the equivalent T circuit.
l
l
γ
sinh
and
2/
)2/tanh(
l
l
γ
are the factors by which the total line series impedance and shunt
admittance are to be multiplied in order to obtain the series impedance and shunt admittances of
the equivalent
π circuit. The correction factors approach unity as
γ
l (or ZY) approaches zero, i.e.,
as the line becomes electrically shorter.
A
π circuit in which the series arm has the impedance Z and each of the shunt arms has the
admittance
Y/2, obtained by setting the correction factors equal to unity, is called a nominal π
circuit. A T circuit with two series arms each of impedance
Z/2 and one shunt arm of admittance
Y is called a nominal T circuit. Nominal π and nominal T are approximations to the equivalent π
and equivalent T, respectively. The approximations are valid for lines less than 100 miles long.
Longer lines may be broken into two or more segments and each segment may be represented by
a nominal
π or T. A nominal π is more convenient for computational purposes and is therefore
more widely used.
Problem
Derive the sending-end voltage (V
S
) and current (I
S
) in terms of the receiving-end voltage (V
R
)
and current (
I
R
), and vice-versa, for both the nominal π and the nominal T circuits.
For short transmission lines (less than 50 miles long), the total shunt capacitance is small and can
be neglected. Therefore, a short transmission line, for the purpose of power flow and stability
studies, can be represented by the simple series circuit shown in Figure 1.3.