Inductance of a

Bundled Conductor
Noto, Rachel Ann Q.
Centeno, Beatrice Kim R.
Outline:
• Advantages of Bundling
• Relationship of Composite Conductors to Bundled Conductors
• GMR of Bundled Conductors
Relationship of Composite Conductors and
Bundled Conductors
• Composite Conductors- which consist of two or more solid cylindrical
subconductors in parallel. A stranded conductor is one example of a composite
conductor. For simplicity assume that for each conductor, the subconductors are
identical and share the conductor current equally.

• If the conductors are stranded and the bundle spacing d is large compared to the
conductor outside radius, each stranded conductor is first replaced by a solid
cylindrical conductor with 𝐺𝑀𝑅 = 𝐷𝑆 . Then the bundle is replaced by one
equivalent conductor with 𝐺𝑀𝑅 = 𝐷𝑆𝐿
• The inductance is then,
𝐺𝑀𝐷 𝑚𝐻ൗ
𝐿𝑎 = 0.2𝑙𝑛 𝑘𝑚
𝐷𝑆𝐿
Advantages of Bundling
• EHV lines use more than one conductor per phase.
• Reduces corona loss
– CORONA occurs when a high voltage value of electric field strength at a
conductor surface causes the air to become electrically ionized and to conduct.

• Reduces the series reactance of the line by increasing the GMR of

the bundle.
 −7 𝐷
𝐿𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 = 2 × 10 𝑙𝑛
𝑟′
Where:
𝑟 ′ = 0.7788𝑟
Three-phase with equilateral spacing is the same as
for one conductor of a single phase circuit.

𝐺𝑀𝐷
𝐿𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 = 2 × 10−7𝑙𝑛
𝐺𝑀𝑅
RECAP Where:
𝑛 𝑚
𝑚𝑛
𝐺𝑀𝐷 = ෑ ෑ 𝐷𝑘𝑚
𝑘=1 𝑚=1′
 𝑛 𝑛
𝑛2
𝐺𝑀𝑅 = ෑ ෑ 𝐷𝑘𝑛
𝑘=1 𝑛=1

𝐷
𝐿3∅𝑠𝑦𝑚 = 2 × 10−7 𝑙𝑛
𝐷𝑠
Where:
𝐷𝑠 = 𝑟 ′ = 0.7788𝑟

𝐷𝑒𝑞
𝐿3∅𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑦𝑚 = 2 × 10−7𝑙𝑛
𝐷𝑠
Where:
3
𝐷𝑒𝑞 = 𝐷12 𝐷21𝐷31
 For the two-subconductor bundle:
4
𝐷𝑆𝐿 = 𝐷𝑠𝑏 = (𝐷𝑠 × 𝑑)2 = 𝐷𝑠 × 𝑑

For three-subconductor bundle:

9 3
𝐷𝑆𝐿 = 𝐷𝑠𝑏 = (𝐷𝑠 × 𝑑 × 𝑑)3 = 𝐷𝑠 × 𝑑 2

GMR for
Bundled For the four-subconductor bundle:
16 4
𝐷𝑠𝑏 = (𝐷𝑠 × 𝑑 × 𝑑 × 𝑑)4 = 𝐷𝑠 × 𝑑 3
Conductors
If sides are equal(square):
16 4
𝐷𝑆𝐿 = (𝐷𝑠 × 𝑑 × 𝑑 × 𝑑 2)4 = 1.0905 𝐷𝑠 × 𝑑 3
EXAMPLE 1:
A three-phase transposed line is composed of one ACSR 159,000 cmil, conductor per
phase with flat horizontal spacing of 8 meters as shown in the figure 1. The GMR of
each conductor is 1.515 cm.
(a) Determine the inductance per phase per kilometer of the line
(b) This line is to be replaced by a two-conductor bundle with 8-m spacing measured
from the center of the bundles as shown in figure 2. The spacing between the
conductors in the bundle is 40 cm. If the line inductance per phase is to be 77
percent of the inductance in part (a), what would be the GMR of each new
conductor in the bundle?

Figure 1 Figure 2
EXAMPLE 2
A bundled and transposed three-phase transmission line
has a conductor configuration shown below. The identical
conductors have a radius of 0.74 cm. The spacing between
phase conductors is 30 cm. Determine the line reactance per
phase in ohms per mile at 60 Hz.
Solutions:
 Example 1:

(a) GMD= 3 (8)(8)(16) = 10.0794 m

GMR= 1.515 cm
1007.94 𝑐𝑚
L=0.2 ln = 1.3 mH/km
1.515 𝑐𝑚

(b) 𝐿2 = (1.3)(0.77) = 1.001 mH/Km

1007.94
1.001= 0.2 ln
𝐷𝑆𝐿

𝐷𝑆𝐿 = 6.7576 cm

Note : 𝐷𝑆𝐿 = 𝐷𝑠 𝑥 𝑑

6.7576= 𝐷𝑠 𝑥 40
Ds = 1.14 cm
Example 2

6.3m

GMD= 3 (6.3)(6.3)(12.6)
= 7.9375 m
=793.75 cm
0.74
GMR = 0.7788𝑥 (0.3)
100

4 0.74 2
= 0.7788𝑥 (0.3)2
100

= 0.04158 m
L=1.0503 mH/km
𝑋𝐿= 2π𝑓𝐿
−3 𝞨
=2 π(60)(1.0503x10 )
𝑘𝑚
𝞨
= 0.39597
𝑘𝑚
𝞨
=0.637
𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒