EE6711 PSS LAB VIVA QUESTIONS:

EXPT NO:1 COMPUTATION OF PARAMETERS AND MODELLING OF

TRANSMISSION LINES
1. Define GMD.

2. Define GMR.

3. Define skin effect.

4. What is meant by transposition?

5. Define Ferranti effect and proximity effect.

6. What are ABCD parameters? Derive the same for short and medium transmission
lines.

7. What is ACSR conductor?

8. Compare ACSR conductor with bundled conductor.

9. Define Surge impedance and Surge impedance loading.

10. What are advantages of bundled conductors?

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 EXPT NO: 2 FORMATION OF BUS ADMITTANCE AND IMPEDANCE
MATRICES
1. Define Per unit value.

2. What are advantages of per unit?

3. Mention the different methods for forming YbusMatrix.

4. State the advantage of building algorithm over other methods of forming ZbusMatrix

5. Mention the different methods for forming ZbusMatrix.

6. What are applications of YbusMatrix?

7. What are applications of ZbusMatrix?

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EXPERIMENT 3 LOAD FLOW ANALYSIS - I : SOLUTION OF LOAD FLOW
AND RELATED PROBLEMS USING GAUSS-SEIDEL METHOD
1. What is the need for load flow analysis?

2. Write the quantities that are associated with each bus in a system.

3. Classify the bus in the power system.

4. Write the load flow equations.

5. State the need for slack bus.

6. Give the reason for using iterative methods to solve load flow problems.

7. Why acceleration factor is needed?

8. Define Slack bus.

9. Define Load bus

10. Define Generator bus.

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EXPT NO: 4 LOAD FLOW ANALYSIS-:II SOLUTION OF LOAD FLOW AND
RELATEDPROBLEMS USING NEWTON-RAPHSON AND FAST
DECOUPLEDMETHOD
1. Compare Newton Raphson method with Gauss-Seidal method.

2. Compare Fast decouple method with Newton Raphson method.

3. Compare Fast decouple method with Gauss-Seidal method.

4. Describe briefly about Jacobian matrix.

5. When will iteration stop in Newton Raphson method?

6. When will iteration stop in Fast decouple method?

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EXPT NO: 5 FAULT ANALYSIS
1. What is the need for fault analysis?

2. What is meant by fault?

3. What are the different types of fault?

4. Define symmetrical fault.

5. Define unsymmetrical fault.

6. Define Short circuit MVA.

7. What are symmetrical components?

8. What are positive sequence components?

9. What are negative sequence components?

10. What are zero sequence components?

11. Express the unbalanced voltages in terms of symmetrical components.

12. Express the symmetrical components in terms of unbalanced voltages.

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EXPT NO: 6 TRANSIENT AND SMALL SIGNAL STABILITY ANALYSIS OF
SINGLE-MACHINE INFINITE BUS SYSTEM

1. Define power system stability and voltage stability.

2. Define steady state stability.

3. Define transient stability.

4. What is steady state stability limit?

5. What is SMIB system?

6. What is transient stability limit?

7. Give the expression for swing equation.

8. Define Swing curve.

9. Write the power angle equation and draw the power angle curve.

10. Define critical clearing time and angle.

11. State and explain about equal area criterion.

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 EXPT NO:7 TRANSIENT STABILITY ANALYSIS OF MULTIMACHINE
POWER SYSTEMS

1. Define transient stability multi-machine system.

2. Define Swing curve for multi-machine system.

3. State and explain about equal area criterion for multi-machine system.

EXPT NO:8ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENTS IN POWER SYSTEMS

1. What is meant by transients?

2. When is electromagnetic transient produced in Power Systems?

3. What are the impacts of electromagnetic transients in Power Systems?

4. What is the need to study about electromagnetic transients in Power Systems?

5. What are the disadvantages of electromagnetic transients in Power Systems?

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EXPERIMENT: 9 LOAD-FREQUENCY DYNAMICS OF SINGLE-AREA AND
TWO-AREA POWER SYSTEMS
1. What is the necessity for frequency constancy in a power system?

2. What is the need for frequency regulation?

3. What is the need for voltage regulation in power system?

4. What happens to frequency if the load on the generator increases?

5. What is meant by AFRC?

6. State the difference between P-f and Q-lVl.

7. Define area control error.

8. What is the basic role of ALFC?

9. What is meant by control area?

10. List the advantage of multi area operation.

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EXPT NO: 10 ECONOMIC DISPATCH IN POWER SYSTEMS
1. What is the purpose of economic dispatch?

2. Write the co- ordination equation taking the effect of losses.

3. Write the constraints in Unit Commitment.

4. Write the co- ordination equation without losses.

5. What is meant by incremental cost curve?

6. State the unit commitment problem.

7. What is meant by unit commitment?

8. What is Lagrangian multiplier?

9. Compare with unit commitment and economic dispatch.

10. Write the coordination equation neglecting losses.

11. State the unit commitment problem.

12. Write the constraints in Unit Commitment.

13. What is meant by priority list method?

14. Compare with unit commitment and economic dispatch.

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