Dr. B.C.

Roy Engineering College, Durgapur

Utilization of Electric Power
Subject code: EE-702(a)
Objective type questions:
1. i) In sub-urban services as compared with city services
a) the coasting period is high
b) the coasting period is smaller but free running period is longer
c) the coasting period and free running period are smaller
d) none of these
ii) Quadrilateral speed-time curve is a better approximation to the actual conditions
for
a) sub-urban service b) city service c) main line service

d) both (a) and (b)

iii)Aluminium is difficult to weld because

a) it has an oxide coating

b) it conducts away heat very rapidly

c) both of these

d) none of these

iv) Stroboscopic effect is related to

a) fluorescent lamp b) incandescent lamp c) night lamp d) none of these
v) The primary consideration for the construction of an efficient lamp is
a) maximum temperature of the filament
b) minimum temperature of the filament
c) maximum length of the filament
d) light temperature coefficient
vi) Filament lamp at starting will take current
a) equal to its full running current
b) more than its full running current
c) less than its full running current
d) none of these.
vii) Induction heating is used for
a) insulating materials
b) magnetic materials
c) non-magnetic materials
d) both magnetic and non-magnetic materials

viii) Specific energy consumption is minimum in

a) main line service
b) city service
c) sub-urban service
d) city and suburban services
ix) The co-efficient of adhesion is highest when
a) the rail is dusty

b) the rail is wet c) the rail is oiled d) the rail is dry

x) The depth of penetration at 1000 Hz for a particular change is 2 cm at 250 Hz.

The depth will be
a) 0.5 cm

b) 1 cm

c) 4cm

d) 8cm

xi) Heat dissipation by radiation from a service varies

a) inversely as the square of temperature
b) directly as the fourth square of the temperature
c) directly as temperature
d) none of these
xii) During resistance welding heat produced at the joint is proportional to
(a) I2R (b) kVA (c) Current (d) Voltage
Ans.a

13. For radiant heating around 2250C, the heating elements are made of
a) copper alloy

b)carbon

c) tungsten alloy

d)stainless steel alloy

Ans.c
14. The electrode of a direct arc furnace is made of
a) tungsten

b) graphite

c) silver

d) copper

ans.b
15. Direct arc furnaces have __________ power factor.
a) unity

b) low, lagging

c) low, leading

d) any of the above

ans.b
16. For heating element high resistivity material is chosen to
a) reduce the length of heating element
c) reduce the effect of the oxidation

b) increase the life of the heating element

d) produce large amount of heat

ans.a
17. In induction heating which one is very high?
a) phase angle b) frequency c) current d) voltage
ans.b
18. In indirect resistance heating, maximum heat transfer takes place by
a) radiation b)convection c)conduction d) any of them
ans.a

19. Hysteresis loss and eddy current loss are used in

a) induction heating of steel b) dielectric heating
c) induction heating of brass c) resistance heating
ans.a
20. Electric arc welding produces temperature upto
a) 1000C
b) 1500C c) 3500C d) 5550C
21. Which of the welding process uses consumable electrodes?
a) TIG b) MIG c) Laser
d) all of these
ans b.
22. In seam welding
a) the work-piece is fixed and disc electrodes move
b) the work-piece moves but rotating electrodes are fixed
c) any of the above d) none of these
ans b
23.------- has the highest value of thermal conductivity.
a) Copper b)Aluminium c) Brass d) Steel
24. .is used for heating of non conductive materials
a) Eddy current heating b) arc heating c) Induction heating d) Dielectric heating
25. Candela is the unit of
a) wavelength b)luminous intensity c) luminous flux d) frequency
26. A solid angle is expressed in terms of
a) radians/meter b) radians c) steradians d) degree
27. The unit of luminous flux is
a) watt/m2 b) lumen c) lumen/m2 d) watt
28. Filament lamp operate normally at a pf of
a) 0.5 lagging b) 0.8 lagging c) unity
d) 0.8 leading
29. Fine diameter tungsten wires are made by
a) turning
b)swaging c)compressing d) wire drawing
30. What percentage of the input energy is radiated by filament lamp
a) 2-5% b) 10-15% c) 25-30% d) 40-50%
31. In houses, the illumination is in the range of
a) 2-5 lumens/watt b)10-20 lumens/watt c)35-45 lumens/watt d)60-65 lumens/watt
32. The colour of sodium vapour discharge lamp is
a) red b)pink c)yellow d)bluish green
33.Carbon arec lamps are commonly used in
a) photography b) cinema projectors c) domestic lighting
d) street lighting
34.On which of the following factors does the depreciation or maintenance factor depend?
a) Lamp cleaning schedule
b) Agening of the lamp
c) Type of work carried out at the premises
d)All of the above factors
35. For the same lumen output the running cost of the fluorescent lamp is
a) equal to that of filament lamp
b) less than that of filament lamp
c)more than that of filament lamp c) None of these

Short answer type questions:

2. Explain the design procedure of the heating elements when the power and voltage
of the oven is known.
3. What is dielectric heating? Mention some application areas of dielectric heating.
4. Define average speed and schedule speed. If total time ist and stop time is 20 sec
find the ratio of average speed and schedule speed.
5. What are the factors that affect the specific energy consumption of a train?
6. What is the difference between dead weight and accelerating weight?
7. With a neat sketch discuss the mechanism of train motion.
8. What is anodizing? What is meant by Throwing power of an electrolyte?
9. What is reverse current process in electroplating? What are the advantages of this
process?
10. A lamp of 100 candela is placed 1 m below a plane mirror which reflects 90% of
light falling on it. The lamp is hung 4m above ground. Find the illumination at a
point on the ground 3m away from the point vertically below the lamp.
11. What do you mean by plan angle and solid angle?
12. State and explain the laws of illumination.
13. Explain the design procedure of the heating elements when the power and voltage
of the oven is known.
14. What is dielectric heating? Mention some application areas of dielectric heating.
15. Define average speed and schedule speed. If total time ist and stop time is 20 sec
find the ratio of average speed and schedule speed.
16. What are the factors that affect the specific energy consumption of a train?
17. What is the difference between dear weight and accelerating weight?
18. With a neat sketch discuss the mechanism of train motion.
19. What is anodizing? What is meant by Throwing power of an electrolyte?
20. What is reverse current process in electroplating? What are the advantages of this
process?
21. A lamp of 100 candela is placed 1 m below a plane mirror which reflects 90% of
light falling on it. The lamp is hung 4m above ground. Find the illumination at a
point on the ground 3m away from the point vertically below the lamp.
22. What do you mean by plan angle and solid angle?
23. State and explain the laws of illumination.
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29.

What is Welding? State the various welding processes.

Explain briefly (i) Ultra sonic welding (ii) Electron beam welding (iii) TIG (iv) MIG
Discuss different resistance welding with neat sketch.
What is difference between Arc welding and Resistance welding?
Explain Polar curve and the Rousseau diagram regarding illumination.
Find the intensity of illumination at a point due to following sources
(i) Strip (ii) circular disk (iii) rectangular source

30. Discuss construction and working principle of (i) Sodium vapour lamp (ii) Mercury
vapour lamp (iii) Fluorescent Lamp and (iv) Incandescent lamp
31. Write short notes on Flood lighting and Street lighting.

Long answer questions:

32. Discuss the methods of temperature control for resistance oven or furnace with
neat diagram.
33. A 30 KW, 3 phases, 400 V resistance ovens is employ nickel chrome strip
0.025cm thick for the 3- phase star connected heating elements. If the wire
temperature is to be 1100C and that of charge is to be 700C. Estimate a suitable
width for the strip. Assume radiating efficiency as 0.6 and emissivity as 0.9, the
specific resistance of Nichrome alloy is 1.0310-6 ohm-m. State any assumption
made.
34. A 3-phase arc furnace is used to melt 8 tonne steel in 1hour36 mins. Estimate the
average input power to the furnace if the over all efficiency is 60%. The current
input is 8000A with the above KW input. The resistance and reactance of furnace
(including transformer) are 0.004 and 0.006, respectively. Estimate arc voltage,
power factor and total KVA taken from power supply. Specific heat of steel is
444.4K/kg/0C. Latent heat of fusion of steel is 37.25KJ/kg. Melting and initial
points of steel is 13700C and 200C, respectively.
35. Describe with a simple sketch the working of a coreless type of induction furnace.
Give some applications of induction heating.
36. An insulating slab 2 cm thick and 150cm2 in area is to be heated by dielectric
heating. The power required is 300 watts and frequency is 30 MHz. the material
has a relative permittivity of 5 and p.f. of 0.05. Determine the voltage necessary
and current that will flow through the material. If the voltage is limited to 600 volt
calculate the frequency that will produce the same loss.
37. Explain speed-time curve of a train running on main line. What difference does
exit in speed time curve in case of city and sub-urban services?
38. A train is required to run between two stations 1.6km apart at an average speed of
43km/h. If the maximum speed is limited to 64 km/h, acceleration to 2 km/h/s ,
coasting to 0.16km/h/s and breaking retardation to 32km/h/s, determine the
duration of acceleration, coasting and breaking periods.
39. Derive the expression of tractive effort for propulsion of a train. And using this
expression also derives the expression of specific energy consumption.
40. A hall of 30 m long and 15 m wide with a ceiling height of 5 m is to be provided
with a general illumination of 120 lumens / m 2. Taking a coefficient of utilization of
0.5 and depreciation factor of 1.42, determine the number of fluorescent tubes
required, their spacing, mounting height and total wattage. Take luminous efficiency
of fluorescent tube as 40 lumens/watt for 80 W tube.
41. What do you mean by resistance welding? What are the advantages of this welding?
Discuss various types of resistance welding.
42. Discuss briefly the principle of operation of laser and ultrasonic welding.

43. Discuss the methods of temperature control for resistance oven or furnace with
neat diagram.
44. A 30 KW, 3 phases, 400 V resistance ovens is employ nickel chrome strip
0.025cm thick for the 3- phase star connected heating elements. If the wire
temperature is to be 1100C and that of charge is to be 700C. Estimate a suitable
width for the strip. Assume radiating efficiency as 0.6 and emissivity as 0.9, the
specific resistance of Nichrome alloy is 1.0310-6 ohm-m. State any assumption
made.
45. A 3-phase arc furnace is used to melt 8 tonne steel in 1hour36 mins. Estimate the
average input power to the furnace if the overall efficiency is 60%. The current
input is 8000A with the above KW input. The resistance and reactance of furnace
(including transformer) are 0.004 and 0.006, respectively. Estimate arc voltage,
power factor and total KVA taken from power supply. Specific heat of steel is
444.4K/kg/0C. Latent heat of fusion of steel is 37.25KJ/kg. Melting and initial
points of steel is 13700C and 200C, respectively.
46. Describe with a simple sketch the working of a coreless type of induction furnace.
Give some applications of induction heating.
47. An insulating slab 2 cm thick and 150cm2 in area is to be heated by dielectric
heating. The power required is 300 watts and frequency is 30 MHz. the material
has a relative permittivity of 5 and p.f. of 0.05. Determine the voltage necessary
and current that will flow through the material. If the voltage is limited to 600 volt
calculate the frequency that will produce the same loss.
48. Explain speed-time curve of a train running on main line. What difference does
exit in speed time curve in case of city and sub-urban services?
49. A train is required to run between two stations 1.6km apart at an average speed of
43km/h. If the maximum speed is limited to 64 km/h, acceleration to 2 km/h/s ,
coasting to 0.16km/h/s and breaking retardation to 32km/h/s, determine the
duration of acceleration, coasting and breaking periods.
50. Derive the expression of tractive effort for propulsion of a train. And using this
expression also derives the expression of specific energy consumption.
51. A hall of 30 m long and 15 m wide with a ceiling height of 5 m is to be provided
with a general illumination of 120 lumens / m 2. Taking a coefficient of utilization of
0.5 and depreciation factor of 1.42, determine the number of fluorescent tubes
required, their spacing, mounting height and total wattage. Take luminous efficiency
of fluorescent tube as 40 lumens/watt for 80 W tube.
52. What is M.S.C.P and M.H.C.P? How do you find M.S.C.P and M.H.C.P from polar
curve?
53. What do you mean by resistance welding? What are the advantages of this welding?
Discuss various types of resistance welding.
54. Discuss briefly the principle of operation of laser and ultrasonic welding.