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    Capacitance of Transmission Lines

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    Capacitance in transmission lines results from the potential difference between conductors, which causes them to charge like capacitor plates. Capacitance depends on conductor size and spacing, and becomes increasingly important for longer lines or higher voltages. An alternating voltage on a line causes charging and discharging currents, affecting voltage drop, efficiency, and stability. Analysis of capacitance uses Gauss's law relating electric charge to flux.

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    Capacitance in transmission lines results from the potential difference between conductors, which causes them to charge like capacitor plates. Capacitance depends on conductor size and spacing, and becomes increasingly important for longer lines or higher voltages. An alternating voltage on a line causes charging and discharging currents, affecting voltage drop, efficiency, and stability. Analysis of capacitance uses Gauss's law relating electric charge to flux.

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    Capacitance in transmission lines results from the potential difference between conductors, which causes them to charge like capacitor plates. Capacitance depends on conductor size and spacing, and becomes increasingly important for longer lines or higher voltages. An alternating voltage on a line causes charging and discharging currents, affecting voltage drop, efficiency, and stability. Analysis of capacitance uses Gauss's law relating electric charge to flux.

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    CAPACITANCE OF TRANSMISSION LINES

    Capacitance of a transmission line is the result of the potential difference between the conductors; it causes them to
    be charged in the same manner as the plates of a capacitor when there is a potential difference between them. The
    capacitance between conductors is the charge per unit of potential difference. Capacitance between parallel
    conductors is a constant depending on the size and spacing of the conductors. For power lines less than about 80 km
    (50 mi) long, the effect of capacitance can be slight and is often neglected. For longer lines of higher voltage
    capacitance becomes increasingly important.

    An alternating voltage impressed on a transmission line causes the charge on the conductors at any point to increase
    and decrease with the increase and decrease of the instantaneous value of the voltage between conductors at the
    point. The flow of charge is current, and the current caused by the alternate charging and discharging of a line due to
    an alternating voltage is called the charging current of the line. Since capacitance is a shunt between conductors,
    charging current flows in a transmission line even when it is open-circuited. It affects the voltage drop along the lines
    as well as efficiency and power factor of the line and the stability of the system of which the line is a part.

    The basis of the analysis of capacitance is Gauss's law for electric fields. The law states that the total electric charge
    within a closed surface equals the total electric flux emerging from the surface. In other words, the total charge
    within the closed surface equals the integral over the surface of the normal component of the electric flux density.

    Capacitance of a Single-Phase Two-Wire Line


    Problem 1
    A single-phase transmission line having a length of
    15 miles is composed of two copper conductors placed 7 ft.
    apart having a diameter of 0.575 inch. Determine the line-
    to-line capacitance in Farad if the system frequency is 60 Hz.

    Problem 2
    A complete transposed 60 Hz three-phase
    transmission line has a flat horizontal configuration and
    spaced 3 m between adjacent conductors. Each conductor
    has a diameter of 1.25 inches. If the length of the
    transmission line is 120 km, calculate;
    a. capactitance to neutral of the line in farad
    b. shunt admittance to neutral of the line in Siemens

    Problem 3
    A three-phase transposed transmission line is
    composed of four solid round conductors per phase with
    horizontal configuration as shown in the figure. The GMR
    and diameter of each conductor is 1.357 cm and 3.55 cm
    respectively. Calculate the inductance and capacitance of
    the line per phase if the bundle spacing is 50 cm.

    Capacitance to Neutral or Ground of a Single-phase Two-Wire Line


    Capacitance per Phase to Neutral of a Three-Phase Lines

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    GMR of Bundled Conductor


    Capacitance per Phase to Neutral

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