Advantages of Bundled Conductors in Transmission Lines

April 28, 2016

Bundled Conductors in Transmission Lines
For transmission of more power for long distances to load centers Extra High Voltage (EHV) transmission is employed. Implementing Extra...
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Difference between Solid Conductor and Stranded Conductor

April 28, 2016

Difference between Solid Conductor and Stranded Conductor
Difference between Solid Conductor and Stranded Conductor Solid Conductor: It consists of single piece of metal wire. It is cheap...
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Advantages of HVDC transmission

April 25, 2016

Advantages of HVDC transmission
High voltage transmission is employed to transfer the bilk power from sending end to receiving end with lesser losses. Generally...
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Classification of Transmission Lines

April 25, 2016

Classification of Transmission Lines
Over head transmission lines are classified based on the manner in which the capacitance is considered: Short Transmission Lines: Transmission...
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Surge Impedance Loading of Transmission Line

April 25, 2016

Loading of any transmission line depends on, Thermal limitation (I2R limitation) Voltage regulation Stability Limitation This is defined as the...
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Comparison of HVDC transmission and HVAC transmission

April 24, 2016

HVDC transmission compared to HVAC transmission
DC transmission has some advantages over AC transmission, but it cannot completely replace ac transmission system due to some limitations...
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Insulating Material for Cable Requirements

April 24, 2016

Insulating Material for Cable Requirements
The life and satisfactory operation of a cable depends to a great extent upon the characteristics of the insulation employed....
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Current Limiting Reactors in Power System

April 24, 2016

Current Limiting Reactors in Power System
Current Limiting Reactors are connected in series with the power system essentially to damp the short circuit fault current. During...
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Advantages & Disadvantages of AC and DC Power Transmission

April 24, 2016

Advantages & Disadvantages of AC and DC Power Transmission
AC and DC modes of transmission and distribution of power has both advantages and disadvantages:  DC requires only two conductors...
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Advantages of Suspension Insulators and Pin type Insulators

April 24, 2016

Advantages of Suspension Insulators and Pin type Insulators
With increase in the operating voltage the insulation requirement will also increases. Transmission system will have transmission voltages as high...
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