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Electrical interview question:How do you select a cable size (Cu & Al) for a particular
load?
Answer:At first calculate the electrical current of the load, after that derate the electrical
current considering derating factor(depending on site condition and laying of cable) after
choose the cable size from cable catalog considering derating electrical current.After
that measure the length of cable required from supply point of load to load poin.
Calculate the voltage drop which will max 3% (resistance and reactance of cable found
from
cable
catalog
of
selecting
cable)
if
voltage
drop>3%
then
choose
next
higher
size
of
cable.
Electrical interview question:What are HRC fuses and where it is used?
Answer:HRC stand for "high rupturing capacity" fuse and it is used in distribution
system
for
electrical
transformers.
Electrical interview question:Which power plant has high load factor?
Answer:All base load power plants have a high load factor. If we use high efficiency
power plants to supply the base load,we can reduce the cost of generation.Hydel power
plants have a higher efficiency than thermal & nuclear power plants.
Electrical interview question:Mention the methods for starting an induction motor?
Answer:The
different
methods
of
starting
an
induction
motor
DOL:direct online starter
Star
delta
starter
Auto
transformer
starter
Resistance
starter
Series
reactor
starter
Electrical interview question:What is the difference between earth resistance and
earth
electrode
resistance?
Answer:Only one of the terminals is evident in the earth resistance. In order to find the
second terminal we should recourse to its definition: Earth Resistance is the resistance
existing between the electrically accessible part of a buried electrode and another point
of
the
earth,
which
is
far
away.
The
resistance
of
the
electrode
has
the
following
components:
(A) the resistance of the metal and that of the connection to it.
(B) the contact resistance of the surrounding earth to the electrode.
Electrical interview question:What is use of lockout relay in ht voltage?
Answer:A lock-out relay is generally placed in line before or after the e-stop switch so
the power can be shut off at one central location. This relay is powered by the same
electrical source as the control power and is operated by a key lock switch. The relay
itself may have up to 24 contact points within the unit itself. This allows the control
power for multiple machines to be locked out by the turn of a single key switch.
Electrical interview question:What is the power factor of an alternator at no load?
plant will always be less than the thermal efficiency of the steam plant, it will be of the
order of 29-33%
Overall efficiency of steam plant is determined by multiplying the thermal efficiency of
the plant with efficiency of the generator (electrical efficiency)
Why the Thermal efficiency of the steam power plant is quite low?
Answer: In Steam power station, more than 50% of the total heat of combustion is lost
as heat rejected to the condenser and the loss is unavoidable as the heat energy
cannot be converted in to mechanical energy with out a drop in temperature. Steam in
the condenser is at lowest temperature. This is the reason that the thermal efficiency of
the power plant is quite low.
On what factors efficiency (thermal) of the steam plant depends?
Answer: Efficiency of the thermal plant depends on three factors, they are
1. pressure of steam entering the turbine
2. temperature of the steam entering the turbine
3. pressure in the condenser
Thermal efficiency increases with increase in temperature and pressure of the steam
entering the turbine. For this reason high temperature and pressure are used. Thermal
efficiency is effectively increased by decreasing the pressure in the condenser, so
pressure in the condenser is kept as low as possible.
Thermal efficiency also increases by reheating the steam between turbine stages
On the other hand, increase of the machine voltage significantly beyond the
minimum necessary value results in more insulation required on the generator
stator windings, thus increasing its size and cost.
Therefore an optimum value of Voltage and Current values are attained for designing
the generator considering the cost and size factors of the generator.
Example:
660 MW generation plant usually operate at 23.5 kV with line currents of about 19 000 A
at 0.85 power factor.
7. Post Insulator
8. Civil
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Structures
Foundations
Stool
132/220/400kV
Sectional
Equipment
Earth
1. Layout of switchyard
2. Auto-Transformer: Function and why used ?
3. Transformer specification / Datasheet
Tx. Protection
WTI
OTI
Buckohles
Rg <1 ohm
Conductor spacing
Touch V, step v
ACSR
AAC
Al Pipe
4. SLD Full Protection from Gen. Transformer, Line, BB : Full SLD of HPP.
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C & R Panel
Relaying Scheme : Diffential Protection, Distance Protection, Relay Setting (OC, EF, Trip
Ckt Healthy, OV, UV)
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REF settings
5. Lightning (RIL,Rangit)
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6. Softwares Used
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AutoCad
Etap Earthing
VB++
Mobile Software
7. Capacitor Panel
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Pf Improvement
Function
8. Battery Calculation
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IEEE845
9. CT Code
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Core
VA Burden
10. PT Code
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IVT
CVT
Dry
Fuse
11kV
11. Synchronising
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DG sets
System
12. Ganttary
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Wind Loading
Ice Loading
400 kV (17+8)
220kV
16. Cables
-
11kV
220kV
FRLA