The statement that a loop feeder is relatively more economical in urban areas than in rural areas is:

True, because the extra cost of the loop is small per kW served in urban areas

False, because urban areas have scattered loads

False, because loops are cheaper than radial feeders everywhere

True, because rural areas need no reliability

Why is closing a loop costly in a rural area?

Load points are far apart, so many extra km of line serve few kW

Loops need no switches in rural areas

What additional benefit helps recover the cost of an urban loop quickly?

Loop reduces outage time and losses because current flows from both sides, and urban outages are costly

Urban consumers lose little from outages

Loop removes the need for any protection

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T/F: loop arrangement in urban area economical

Short answer

TRUE. Loop feeders require extra conductor and switches; in urban areas, high load density and short distances to close the loop result in low cost per kW served, while improved reliability and voltage regulation justify the investment. In rural areas, long distances for few loads make loops uneconomical.

State and justify whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE: The loop arrangement of distribution feeder in urban area is relatively economical than rural area.

TRUE.

A loop (ring) feeder needs extra conductor to close the ring and extra switches to sectionalize it. Its cost is justified by the load it serves and the reliability it adds.

Urban area: the load density is high and the load points are close together, so the extra length needed to close the loop is short. The added cost per kW served is small. Urban consumers (commercial, hospitals, offices) also lose a lot from outages, and the loop reduces outage time and losses (current flows from both sides, so the voltage drop is lower). The extra cost is therefore quickly recovered.
Rural area: the loads are small and scattered over long distances. Closing a loop may need many extra km of line for a few kW of load, so the cost per kW is very high. The value of the energy saved from shorter outages is low. A simple radial feeder is more economical there.

Point	Urban	Rural
Load density	High	Low
Extra length to close the loop	Short	Long
Cost per kW of the loop	Low	High
Value of reliability	High	Low

So the loop arrangement is relatively more economical in urban areas than in rural areas.

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