The resistance of a transmission line is an important parameter as it is the main cause of power loss in a transmission line. It is defined as the opposition offered by the transmission line conductors to the flow of current. The resistance of the line is uniformly distributed along its whole length. But the performance of the line can be conveniently analaysed by considering the distributed resistance as lumped one as shown in the Fig. 1.
Where the power loss in conductor is in watts and current flowing through the conductor in amperes.
When the distribution of current in a conductor is uniform then the effective resistance is equal to d.c. resistance of the conductor. This direct resistance is given by,
where ρ = resistivity of conductor (Ω-m)
l = length of conductor (m)
a = cross-sectional area of conductor (m2)
The d.c. resistance computed from the above equation of the stranded conductors is greater as spiraling of the strands makes them longer than the conductor itself. This increase in resistance is taken as 1% for 3 strand conductors and 2% for concentrically stranded conductors.
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