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Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru – 572 103

(An Autonomous Institution affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Accredited by NBA, New Delhi,
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Seventh Semester B.E. – Electrical & Electronics Engg. Examinations May 2016
Computer Techniques in Power Systems
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
Not : 1. Question No. 1 is Compulsory
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2. Answer any 4 full questions from question No. 2 to Question No. 6

1 a) Define an oriented graph of a network.

b) Define a tree.
c) Write the formula to calculate YBOS using singular transformation method.
d) Name the three types of buses identified to carryout load flow analysis.
e) Acceleration factor is used during load flow analysis to _______ the iterative solution.
f) What is the practical method of load flow analysis?
g) When an element (Zb) is added in between reference bus and old bus, it is called _______.
h) Define primitive network.
i) Mention the performance cures of a turbo-generated boiler unit.
j) Write the expression to calculate reactive power(Q). at any bus in N-R method in polar form 1  10
k) What are iterative methods mainly used to solve power flow problems? 2
ℓ) Mention the condition for economic or optimum scheduling of generation without loss. 2
m) Define penalty factor. 2
n) Write down the expressions for loss coefficients in a system consisting of two generating
plants and single load. 2
o) Mention different numerical techniques for solutions of swing equation. 2

2 a) With a neat sketch define (i) Tree (ii) Co-Tree and (iii) Oriented graph 6
b) The bus incidence matrix (A) for a network of 8 elements and 5 nodes (4 – buses) is given
below. Reconstruct the oriented graph and write element node incidence matrix (A)
Elements
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A= Nodes (1) 1 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 0
(2) 0 1 0 0 1 -1 0 -1
(3) 0 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0
(4) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
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c) Determine YBUS by singular transformation for the system with data as below.
Element BUS code Self-admittance
No p–q (P.U.)
1 0–1 1.4
2 1–2 1.6
3 2–3 2.4
4 3–0 2.0
5 2–0 1.8 8

3 a) Write a note on : (i) Classification of buses for load flow studies (ii) Importance of Slackbus
or reference bus 4
b) List the algorithmic procedure steps of Gauss-Siedal load flow analysis of given system, by
giving the generalized equations wherever needed. 8
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c) Using G-S load flow procedure, determine the bus voltage at buses – 2 and 3 of the system 8
shown in Figure 3(c) at the end of first iteration the values shown are p.u. impedances.
 Fig. 3(c)

4 a) Explain Newton- Raphson method of conducting load flow analysis on a power system
network consisting of slack bus and load buses only with Y BUS in polor co-ordinates. Draw the
flow chart. 12
b) List the assumptions made in N-R method so that it called FDLF method. 4
c) Compare NR method & Gauss-Siedal load flow solution techniques with respect to (i) Time
per iteration (ii) Total solution time. 4

5 a) Derive expressions for loss coefficients of a power system consisting of two generating plants
and one single load. 6
b) Incremental fuel costs in Rs/MW-hr for a plant consisting of 3 units are as follows:
dc1 dc2 dc3
 0.20 p g1  40,  0.25 p g 2  30,  0.20 p g3  20 Assume that all the three
dp g1 dp g 2 dp g3
units are operating at all times & total load varies from 60MW to 400 MW. The minimum
and maximum loads on each unit are 20MW and 150MW respectively. How will 400 MW
load be shared among the three units for economic operation. What is the corresponding value
of the plant incremental costs? 8
c) Derive the condition for economic scheduling of generation with transmission losses
considered. 6

6 a) Explain the solution procedure by RUNGE-KUTTA-IV order method used during the
transient stability analysis of a given power system. 10
b) Explain the representation of synchronous machine & load for transient stability studies. 10

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