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How to Find Out the Current Taken By Long Tranmission Over Head Lines

03/08/2012 6:51 AM

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I am working for the Indian Railway and is presently looking after the 25 kV over head electrification of tracks. I am currently handling the electrification of a new track for a length of about 150 kms. as per the existing practice the verticvcal supportis i.e. traction masts are erected and the cantilever pipes for hodling the catenary wire and contact wire are also fixed. The copper caternary consisting of 107 Sq.mm cadmium copper is first strung and then the 65 Sq.mm copper contact wire is also strung. The stringing is usually done in day time and is generally done for say 2 to 3 kms per day. In order to avoid theft of copper caternary and contact wires during night time, the strung copper catenary wires and contact wires are usually energised with 2200 volts supply. The 2200 volts supply is derived from a 5 kvA 230 volts / 2200 volts single phase step up transformer. The name plate of the transformer reads the primary no load current of about 20 Amps. While the LV side of the trafnsformer is protected with a 6 amps single pole MCB backed by a 63 Amps rewireable fuse unit the HV side is protected by a HT drop out fuse rated 1.0 amps. The idea is that any effort to steal the copper wires are likely to reult an earth fault and therby the 6 Amps MCB should trip. Upon tripping of this 6 Amps MCB a circuit will sense the absence of supply on the load side of this 6 amps MCB and will initiate a hooter. At one of the station it is observed that the raw supply to the 6 amsp MCB is taken from a distribution board which is having a 16 amps MCB as feeder control. While testing the working of the system by intentionally connecting the charged wire to earth it is observed that both the 6 amps and 16 amsp MCB are tripping. Thus the hooter supply also fails and the purpose gets defeated. Can any one guide me how do I calculate the value of charging current for every kilometer of wires run or so and also how to calculate the fault current based on the length of the wire and thridly what should I do to avoid tripping of 16 A MCB and ensure that only the 6 amps MCB trips. Can any one also plz tell me whether i can include / attach drawings / photos to make my questions more clear in this forum and if so how do i do it.

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Re: How to find out the current taken by long tranmission over head lines

03/08/2012 7:17 AM

Your likely problem is that the 16A and 6A MCBs don't coordinate - the 16A MCB's trip characteristic probably intersects with the 6A unit for the current sensed for the secondary fault.

You can feed your circuit from a different feeder than the 16A MCB (one with a larger breaker). Your transformer is already protected for internal faults by its 63A fuse (300% FLA). Either that, or feed power to your horn from a different circuit, and accept the 16A breaker trip when the 6A trips.

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03/08/2012 7:34 AM

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Re: How to Find Out the Current Taken By Long Tranmission Over Head Lines

03/16/2012 2:39 AM

Thanks for the replies. I measured the current on the LV side and it was observed that it was taking about 7.5 amps (the total length of wire strung is about 128 kms). I found that my 6 Amps MCB was tripping frequently and now I have replaced it with 10 Amps MCB. I am also trying to make a sketch of exg. arrangements and I shall attach soon for better understanding of my question. Thanks a lot for the prompt answers. However, I shall be more thankful if any one could tell me the formula for calculating the current that will be flowing in a overhead wire (in fact a pair of copper wires, one of cadmium copper of 107 Sq.mm cross section and the other of 65 Sq.mm pure copper, both strung in open air and held at a distance of about one feet from each other by means of GI binding wires) of length say about 130 kms (that is not connected to any load or equipment at either end) and is fed with 2200 volts AC approximately at the at the mid point. Perhaps the scheme may be more clear after I attach the sketch. Thank you once again.

Ramesh.

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