Transmission Parameters from

the Tables
 Summary for L and C
0
 
1
Dm
La  Dm  d ab d ab d ab
(1) ( 2) ( 3) 3
ln L
2 Rb

 
1
2 Rb  r1 d1, 2 d1,3 d 1, 4 ....d1,b
* b
Ca 
Dm
ln c
Rb
 Line Parameters form the tables:
Table A8.1 , pp 605-607
Code Word: Refers to standard conductor sizes. These conductor sizes were
developed by aluminum many years ago. They are mostly bird names

Size: Indicated in kcmil . 1kcmil – 1000cmil. This is related to the conductor

diameter.

1 mil = 10-3 inches

If conductor diameter d is given in mils then d cmils 

For example if d=1000mils, then the size of the conductor in cmils =
d2=(1000)2 =1,000,000cmils=1000kcmils

inches mils cmils or kcmils

inches mils cmils or kcmils
 Example from Table 8.1
Find the area in square inches of “Waxwing” conductor

For “Waxwing” the size is : 266.8 kcmil

Cmils = 266.8 X103

d in mils = cmils   266,800  516.53mils

1 mil = 10-3 inches

516.53
d  0.51653in
1000
r is the radius of the conductor = d/2= 0.2583in

The area of the conductor in square inches = πr2

πr 2  π(0.2583) 2  0.2095in 2
General expression for area “A” in square inches
d in mils
d2
πd  10 
-3 2
Aπ 
4 4
π10 -6
  d2
4

π10 -6
  cmils
4

 (0.7854  10 -6  cmils)in 2
 Stranding Al/St

The most common type: Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced

(ACSR)

“Waxwing” has Al./St. 18/1

It has 18 strands of aluminum around 1 strand of steel

Partridge has Al./St. 26/7 : 26 strands of aluminum around

7 strands of steel
 Number of Aluminum Layers

The strands are configured in a number of concentric

layers equal to this number

Example : The conductor “FLICKER” has 24/7

Its core will have 7 strands of steel

(6 configured around 1)

24 strands of Aluminum ( 9 configured around the steel

core , 15 configured around 9 )
 Inductive Ohms/mile: 1 foot spacing : Xa

Per phase inductive reactance( spacing phase positions :1 foot)

Per phase reactance Ω/m of non bundled transmission line is 2πfLa

Where : 0 D
La  ln *
2 r
0 D D
X L  2fL a  2f ln *  f 0 ln *   / m
2 r r
1 mile = 1609 meters

D D
X L  f 0 ln *  1609 / mile  2.022  10 f ln *  / mile
3

r r
3 Dm
For bundled case : X L  2.022  10 f ln  / mile
Rb
 GMR can be computed or we can use the GMR from the table

Dm
X L  2.022  10 3 f ln  / mile
Rb

3 1
X L  2.022  10 f ln  2.022  10 3 f ln Dm 
GMRtable

Xa Xd
To get Xa , we need to know only the conductor used . You do not need to know
the geometry of the phase positions.
Xd : Inductive reactance spacing factor at 60Hz and is given by Table A8.2(
you need only GMD , f=60Hz
 Capacitive Ohms/mile: 1 foot spacing : X’a

2 1 1 Dm 2 Dm  Dm
C   Xc   2 ln  ln  ln
Dm C  R
c
2f R
c
f R
c
ln c
b b b
Rb
 Dm
Xc  ln c
f Rb

1 1 1
C   1.779  10 6 ln   1.779  10 6 ln Dm
f Rb f

' '
Xa Xd
 Example 3.10
Dove Conductor: 10ft apart , f=60Hz, Find the inductive reactance

3 Dm
X L  2.022  10 f ln  / mile
Rb
D  10 ft; GMR  0.0313
3 10
X L  2.022  10  60 ln  0.6992 / mile
0.0313
From the tables A8.1 and A8.2

From A8.1 X a  0.420 / mi

From A8.2 X d  0.2794 / mi ( at 10ft)

X L  X a  X d  .0.6994 / mi