M.Tech. (Integrated Power System) Second Semester (C.B.C.S.

)
Power System Protection

P. Pages : 2 NIR/KW/18/4395
Time : Three Hours Max. Marks : 70
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes : 1. All questions carry marks as indicated.
2. Solve Question 1 OR Questions No. 2.
3. Solve Question 3 OR Questions No. 4.
4. Solve Question 5 OR Questions No. 6.
5. Solve Question 7 OR Questions No. 8.
6. Solve Question 9 OR Questions No. 10.
7. Due credit will be given to neatness and adequate dimensions.
8. Assume suitable data whenever necessary.
9. Illustrate your answer whenever necessary with help of neat sketches.
10. Use of non programmable calculator is permitted.

1. a) Explain the fundamental characteristic of protective relay in details. 6

b) Explain phenomenon of breaking of capacitive current and current by circuit breaker. 8

OR

2. a) Explain the term restriking voltages, recovery voltage and RRRV. What measures to be 6
taken to reduce them ?

b) what are the different abnormal conditions of the power system ? Explain it. 8

3. a) How EHV line are protected against short circuit fault ? 6

b) Write a short note on distance and carrier aided protection scheme for 3 phase line. 4

c) Write a short note on out-of-step blocking scheme. 4

OR

4. a) Justify the statement "Unstable power swing is an indication that the generators are 8
getting out-of-step".

b) Differentiate between amplitude and phase comparator. 6

5. a) Explain the various method used for protection of generator. 7

b) What are the problem's encountered in differential protection of transformer. 7

OR

6. a) Explain the different methods of protection of induction motor. 7

b) Explain the differential scheme for Bus-Bar protection. 7

NIR/KW/18/4395 1 P.T.O
7. a) Differentiate between electromechanical relay and numerical relay. 6

b) Explain anti-aliasing filter in details. 4

c) Write a short note on sampling theorem. 4

OR

8. a) Explain the statement that "All numericals relay have the same hardware but what 6
distinguishes the relay is the underlying software".

b) What do you mean by digital filter ? Explain. 4

c) Compare the IIR & FIR filter. 4

9. a) Explain sinusoidal based algorithm with examples. 6

b) Develop the differential equation algorithm for distance protection of a transmission line. 8

OR

10. a) What do you mean by Fourier analysis used in protection of power system ? 6

b) Develop the algorithm based on the first and second derivative method for protection of 8
power transformer.

************

NIR/KW/18/4395 2