Transmission line Definition and 184 Threads

  1. V

    Transmission line energy loss/length.

    Here are some figures from this article. Wiki: Electric Power Transmission Unless I made a mistake, that would be approximately 100W to 200W loss per foot. That's some 6 to 13 times as much as the percentage loss in the example above, but it doesn't tell me what is the line length or energy...
  2. K

    Representation of a 1 phase transmission line as line charges

    Hi, According to what I understood, when a terminal is connected to a line, it causes electrons to flow in one direction. And so for a single phase transmission line in parallel if connected to supply, then in one side electrons will be flowing in one direction and the same electrons will be...
  3. C

    What Is the Minimum Diameter for a 600kV DC Transmission Line with 2% Loss?

    Homework Statement You have been asked to develop a cross-country DC electrical transmission line to deliver 300MW of power to a town 200km away. This design is to only have a 2% loss (98% efficiency). If the line voltage is 600kV, what is the minimum diameter that the aluminum wire can be...
  4. iVenky

    Where does the origin lie in the Transmission line equation

    Transmission line equation is of the form- Φ(x, t) = F(x − ct) + G(x + ct) where F(x-ct) is the forward traveling wave and G(x+ct) is the reverse traveling wave 'x' is the distance from the origin. Now my question is where does the origin lie? Usually in Transmission lines we assume...
  5. reddvoid

    Engineering Open circuited quarter wave transmission line

    Homework Statement The Attempt at a Solution I m getting 10V as one side is O.C so the whole voltage come across it...correct me where i m going wrong
  6. Y

    Skin effect of transmission line

    I have to thinking about how the skin effect come into play in transmission lines with two conductors and dielectric in the middle. For normal skin effect, we consider a potential across a conductor as shown: Where the tangential E right above and right below the surface at z=0, are...
  7. T

    Zin of a Transmission Line Given ZL, Zo, l and f

    Homework Statement What is the input impedance in polar coordinates of 222.85 cm long 50 ohms line with a load of 20-j40 ohms at 300MHz? Homework Equations lambda=v/f Znorm=ZL/ZO The Attempt at a Solution Normalizing the load impedance: ZL/ZO=(20-j40)/50=0.4-j0.8 Plotting that in...
  8. J

    [Power system] The choice of transmission line

    Hi, I'm kind of struggling on finding information regarding the transfer of 1000MW to a load located 500km away. As far as 400kV transmission line is considered I can't find a design similar to these therefore would anyone be able if the following would be correct: Assumption: (using...
  9. F

    Standing waves on a transmission line and time

    Hi, I'm hoping somebody can help me understand something. I'm studying transmission lines and I'm confused about SWR and standing waves on a transmission line. According to my book the voltage on the transmision line is the super position of an incident and reflected voltage wave given by...
  10. M

    [Electrical Engineering] Three-phase transmission line problem

    Homework Statement A three-phase line delivers 3600 kW at its receiving end at a lagging power factor of 0.85. The line resistance and reactance are 5 Ohms and 8 Ohms per phase respectively. Given that the sending end line voltage is 33kV, you are asked to determine the receiving end line...
  11. T

    Is It Safe to Touch Metal Inside Your Car if a Transmission Line Falls on It?

    I mean even something tiny, like the seat-adjuster...would that electrocute you to death? Is it possible to touch something plastic and still get electrocuted?
  12. F

    Transmission line characteristics

    Homework Statement If a transmission line operating at 250 MHz has a characteristic impedance Z0 of 50 Ohm and propagation coefficient γ = 0.4 + j7.5 per meter, calculate its primary coefficients R, L, C and G. Hello, I do not know what formula I can use to solve this problem. If anyone...
  13. L

    What is the Optimal Resistance Matching for a Transmission Line?

    Homework Statement I have source with some impedance (say 10 ohms-not shown in fig). since the tx line is 50 ohms, I added a series termination resistor of 40 ohms to match it with the tx line. After the series resistor there is a parallel termination of 50 ohms, which is followed by a tx...
  14. T

    Engineering Transmission line 3 phase double circuit problem

    Hi, i just need some help with something, I have been given a question to solve. I need to find a) sending end current, b) sending end power factor c) full load active power losses of a three phase "double Circuit" transmission line...I know how to calculate all of those for a three phase...
  15. E

    Help finding the load impedance of a transmission line?

    Help finding the load impedance of a transmission line? How do you find the load impedance of a transmission line?
  16. K

    Characteristic Impedance of a Transmission Line

    So we are told in our class that the characteristic impedance of a coaxial cable is impractical to be at a value like 500Ohms. Why is that? The assumption is that the transmission line is lossless and that the dielectic constant (Er) is 1
  17. F

    Transmission line reflection coefficient

    Hello, I am looking at the following calculation for the reflection coefficient of a transmission line using the formula ((ZL - ZO) / (ZL +ZO) I can understand it all apart from the last part (0.355e^j). Can someone please tell me how that figure was gained from (-0.354 + 0.030j) (216 + j15...
  18. I_am_learning

    Can Transmission line be dangerous during rain ?

    Can Transmission line be dangerous during rain ?! Suppose you are standing beneath 132KV transmission line. A pretty big water drop drops from the transmission line into your bald head. Is there any chance you get shock? My understanding of physics tells me that, if the drop left the...
  19. D

    Transmission line and cable specifications

    Are the R,L,C specifications for a cable to be taken as the lumped circuit model paramters, or can I use the dimensions to actually calculate the cable's total R,L, and C? Say a cable has a specification of "capacitance = 10pF/m", then is it safe to say that if I have 10 meters of the cable...
  20. C

    Understanding the Impedance Conditions in Transmission Line Problems

    hi need some direction on this problem please. see attached file, i decided to type more or less my progress,instead of attaching nonsence !. i had had a few more ideas but no luck. any positive direction would be much appreciated, I've looked back at my textbook (electromagnetics by hayt...
  21. K

    Coaxial Cable ( Transmission line )

    How does current flow in a coaxial cable in each of the following cases : 1. When the cable is connected to a DC voltage source. 2. When the cable is connected to an AC voltage source 3. When the outer metallic shield is connected to ground and DC and Ac sources are connected separately I...
  22. N

    Quarter Wavelength Transmission Line

    An open-ended quarter-wavelength, air-spaced, parallel-wire transmission line is found to be in resonance with an oscillator when its length is 0.25 m. When a capacitance of 1 pF is connected across the open end, it is found that the length of the line must be reduced to 0.125 m to obtain...
  23. M

    How can I find the no-load Vr and Is for a long transmission line?

    Homework Statement I was given all the full load stats of a long transmission line(100km) Vs, Is etec and i need to find the N0-load Vr and Is and no load Power consumed Homework Equations Im not entirely sure how to handle this, i would think, sense there is no load Vr and Vs are the...
  24. N

    Mutual Conductance formula/computation in transmission line

    Hi all, I am trying to compute the coupling effects or crosstalk in the circuit attached. In MTL (multiconductor transmission line) model of two wire or three wire lines for main lines, how to calculate or simple equation of mutual conductance? which is denoted as g12 in the circuit...
  25. T

    How do transformers affect power transmission in a circuit?

    Homework Statement As attached. Homework Equations - The Attempt at a Solution I think P is a step-up transformer while Q is a step-down transformer. Does the current and/or voltage change during XY? I know the answer is either B or C, but I do not the explanation. Can anyone...
  26. Y

    How Do We Derive the Transmission Line Equations Using Differential Methods?

    Eqn. (2.1) \frac{\partial v}{\partial z} = -L \frac{\partial i}{\partial t} Eqn. (2.2) \frac{\partial i}{\partial z} = -C \frac{\partial v}{\partial t} Eqn. (2.5) v(z,t)=V^+f(t-\frac{z}{v_p})+V^-f(t+\frac{z}{v_p}) From the book I'm reading: "By substituting Equation (2.5) into Equations...
  27. P

    Transmission Line Impedance Matching

    In the case of a complex source impedance ZS and load impedance ZL, maximum power transfer is obtained when ZS = ZL*. For a lossless transmission line terminated on one end with a purely resistive load, zero reflection is obtained when ZS=ZL. What about the case of a lossy transmission...
  28. B

    Transfer function of transmission line

    Homework Statement Calculate the output vo(t) if the input is the signal vin(t) shown in attached figures. The Attempt at a Solution I've calculated that ransfer function transmission line: H(s) = Vo(s)/Vin(s) = exp(-j*gamma*l), where gamma = -j*omega*sqrt(LC). However, tau = sqrt(LC)*l...
  29. A

    Analysis of Transmission Line Load at 900MHz

    Figure below shows a load made up of a 50 W resistance, a 15 nH inductance and a 22 pF capacitance connected in series. The load is terminated to a two-wire transmission line with characteristics impedance of 50 W. (i) Determine the load reflection coefficient at an operating frequency...
  30. J

    33kV 3phase fault causing transmission line entanglement

    Good morning Gentlemen (and Ladies), I'm looking for some help from you HV experts out there. I have had an event where it is believed that a flooded transformer connection box induced a fault on to a 33kV 3phase transmission line, and the fault current was enough for the repulsive forces...
  31. SredniVashtar

    Four wires transmission line for data

    I read on Kraus' "Electromagnetics", 4th edition (p 583), that four-wire transmission lines (in a quadrupole configuration - the conductor with the same polarity are in diagonal) improve shielding. + - - + I tried to find some more information about this sort of transmission lines but...
  32. R

    Grabbing the ends of a transmission line

    If you have a two-wire transmission line that is open-ended at the load, and connected to an alternating voltage generator at the source, then the voltage between the open ends can be as high as twice the voltage of the generator. However, if the two ends are shorted, then the voltage would be...
  33. C

    How does a coaxial transmission line work?

    On a coaxial transmission line is there AC current running through the center wire? And this AC current produces EM radiation that bounces down the wave guide. So is the purpose of this transmission line to send the signal via radio waves. And is this how cable tv works, are radio waves being...
  34. T

    Transmission line charateristics measurement?

    Transmission line charateristics measurement?? Dear all, I want to do cable analysis of a 3800m long twisted pair wire to set up a communication system. It is not usual twisted pair wire (telephone), has different impedance, R=194, L=4mH, C=180uF. The things to be analyzed are...
  35. F

    Can Single Wire Transmission Use a Goubou Wave?

    hello forum, has anyone heard before about a Goubou wave and single wire transmission? I always thought that for a circuit to properly work two conductors were needed, the signal conductor and the return conductor, both in DC and AC... Is that true? thanks. fisico30
  36. L

    Understanding Reflections in High Speed Digital Designs

    In high speed digital designs, there is a series terminating resistor to match the output impedance of the driver IC with the transmission line on the PCB. Some think the purpose of this resistor is to decrease the drive of the IC. How do I convince them its not to decrease the (current) drive...
  37. Y

    Question on finding inductance of parallel plate transmission line.

    Find the inductance per unit length of parallel plate tx line width = w and space =d between the two plates. w>>d. My question is whether the total inductance is twice the calculate inductance because total inductance is the sum of inductance of the top and the bottom plate. But it seems all...
  38. Y

    Question on Q of a quarter wave transformer using lossy transmission line.

    I don't know whether this is the right place, should actually belong to EE but my experience is you really don't get a lot of help in EM over there because I notice there is only one or two people that attempted answer these. This is regarding to finding the Q factor of a lossy tx line using...
  39. H

    Simple Transmission Line Question

    Say you had a lossless transmission line that consists of an ideal source, a 50 ohm impedance, a 100 ohm impedance, and a 100 ohm terminator. The material is the same. You send a pulse down the line. When the pulse hits the impedance mismatch, you get a smaller reflection back, and a pulse...
  40. Y

    Question on TEM wave travel in parallel plate transmission line.

    I want to confirm that the TEM wave is actually travel inside the dielectric between the two plates of the parallel plate transmission line. So even though surface current and surface charge appeared on the surface of the conductor plates as the consequence of the boundary conditions between the...
  41. L

    How Can Transmission Lines Be Modeled and Matched?

    I have two questions about Tx lines 1. Can we think of the Tx line in terms of just LC ladder. If yes, why can't this be thought of as a LC filter. In that case, the tx line would be a low pass filter. Increasing C would make the cut off freq even lower. 2. If I don't terminate at the load...
  42. H

    What is a transmission line resonator ?

    Hi, I'm learning something on circuit QED, which has a part called transmission line resonator (TLR). It plays the role of a cavity. However, I don't get how it works that way. Can anyone give some help ? Thanks in advance !
  43. S

    How to Calculate Heat Loss in a Long Cable for a Single-Phase Load?

    Homework Statement A 69 kW single-phase load with a power factor of 0.68 lagging is fed by a long cable with an impedance of 0.011+j0.005 Ω per phase. The voltage across the load is 230 V RMS. Calculate the heat loss in the cable in Watt [W]. Homework Equations The Attempt at a...
  44. D

    Earth as return path for power transmission line?

    This is from How Stuff Works: The power company essentially uses the Earth as one of the wires in the power system. The Earth is a pretty good conductor and it is huge, so it makes a good return path for electrons. "Ground" in the power distribution grid is literally "the ground" that's all...
  45. L

    Transmission line analysis help

    I am at a loss on how to apply transmission line theory when a probe is connected to a high speed bus or for a matched RF line. For example, a signal going from a PCI clock to a bufffer which has a very short trace(so no termination is required). Now, if I connect a logic analyzer probe to this...
  46. R

    What is the reflection coefficient on a transmission line at a resistor halfway?

    Homework Statement If I have a coaxial transmission line, with a resistor halfway through, and another resistor at the end, how do I calculate the reflection coefficient for the spot where the resistor is halfway? Here is a diagram of what I mean. Dashes and dots are are the lines, and }...
  47. S

    How to Model a Transmission Line with Ground Plane Effects?

    Homework Statement In modelling the transmission line, usually we use R1L1G1C1. But if considering the ground plane, yet another set of R2L2 will appear. How to construct the 6 parameter of transmission line model? Homework Equations \gamma^2=(R+j\omega L)(G+j\omega C) The Attempt...
  48. S

    2.45GHz RF microstrip Transmission Line design

    Hello all, I'm now working on the 2.45GHz frequency transmission line layout on the PCB. I would like to know whether there is a design guideline for the 1) minimum length of the transmission line. how do I know or calculate? I can calculate the width of the TL to get the 50ohm impedance...
  49. A

    Rectangular Pulse on a Transmission Line

    Homework Statement In Fig a line is used to produce a short rectangular pulse of width 12ns and peak value 800V. With S-2 open. S-1 is closed to charge the line to Vdc; after charging, S-1 is opened. Then, at t = 0, S-2 is closed to discharge the line through RR and form the pulse. Find the...
  50. A

    Standing Wave pattern on an open circuited transmission line with length λ/4

    Here's a scenario about which I have doubt. Consider a transmission line which has a length λ/4 and which has open circuit at load end. The source resistance is zero. The source voltage be Vs and the source frequency is sufficiently high to be considered as high frequency application . The line...
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