Estimate the corona loss for a three-phase, 110 kV, 50 Hz, 150 km long transmission line  consisting of three conductors each of 10 mm diameter and spaced 2.5 m apart in an equilateral  triangle formation. The temperature of air is 40ºC and the atmospheric pressure is 750 mm of  mercury. Take irregularity factor as 0.89. Ionization of air may be assumed to take place at a  maximum voltage gradient of 30 kV/cm

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Estimate the corona loss for a three-phase, 110 kV, 50 Hz, 150 km long transmission line 
consisting of three conductors each of 10 mm diameter and spaced 2.5 m apart in an equilateral  triangle formation. The temperature of air is 40ºC and the atmospheric pressure is 750 mm of  mercury. Take irregularity factor as 0.89. Ionization of air may be assumed to take place at a 
maximum voltage gradient of 30 kV/cm.

 

 

 

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