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Chapter 26, Problem 55GP
A 15-km-long, 230 kV aluminum transmission line delivers 34 MW to a city. If we assume a solid cylindrical cable, what minimum diameter is needed if the voltage decrease along this run is to be no more than 1.0% of the transmission voltage? The resistivity of aluminum is 2.7 × 10–8 Ω · m.
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