Capacitance Formula (Bundle
conductors)
Capacitance of Bundle conductors
𝑞𝑎 2𝜋𝜀0
𝐶𝑛 = = 𝐹 𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙
𝑉𝑎𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑞
𝑙𝑛 𝑏
𝐷𝑠𝐶
Here,
3
𝐷𝑒𝑞 = 𝐷12 𝐷23 𝐷31
𝑏
𝐷𝑠𝐶 = 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝐺𝑀𝑅, 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠.
Capacitance of Bundle conductors
Bundle arrangement for calculation of 𝑫𝒃𝒔𝑪 :
d
d d d d
d d d
For a two-stranded bundle,
𝑏
𝐷sC =
4
(𝑟. 𝑑)2 = 𝑟. 𝑑 𝑟 × 𝑟 × 𝑑𝑎1𝑎2 × 𝑑𝑎2𝑎2
For a three-stranded bundle,
𝑏 9 3 𝑟 × 𝑟 × 𝑟 × 𝑑𝑎1𝑎2 × 𝑑𝑎1𝑎3 × 𝑑𝑎2𝑎1 × 𝑑𝑎2𝑎3 × 𝑑𝑎3𝑎1 × 𝑑𝑎3𝑎2
𝐷sC = (𝑟. 𝑑. 𝑑)3 = 𝑟𝑑 2
For a four-stranded bundle,
16 4
𝑏
𝐷sC = (𝑟. 𝑑. 𝑑. 2𝑑)4 = 1.09 𝑟𝑑 3