Gollis University

Assignment One

Name: Hamse Mohamed jama

ID:15117

Questions

1. Compare the pros and cons of overhead lines undergrounding

cables?
2. What is a bushing?
3. Which two purposes are severed by the oil transformer? Elaborate.
4. What are the difference between CTs and VTs?
5. Why should the secondary of CT never become open-circuit while
it is energized?
6. Describe the concept of auto reclosing?
7. How does an isolator differ from a circuit breaker?
8. Describe the arc interruption processes in air blast,SF6,oil and
vacuum circuit breakers?
9. What are the pros and cons of AC and DC transmission?
Answers
1. The underground cables have several pros over the overhead
lines; they have smaller voltage drops, low chances of developing
faults and have low maintenance costs. However, they are more
expensive to manufacture, and their cost may vary depending on
2. A bushing is a thin tube or sleeve that allows relative motion by
sliding (our type), as compared to rolling. A bushing might also
be called a sleeve bearing. 
3. . Transformer oil has long served two purposes, cooling and
insulating. The large, steel encased transformers we see
connected to the electrical grid are filled with transformer
4. There are several types of differences between the voltage and
the current transformer. One of the major difference
between them is that the current transformer converts the high
value of current into low value whereas the potential or voltage
 transformer converts the high value of voltages into
low voltage..
5. A current transformer should never be open-circuited
while main current is passing through the primary winding. ...
Because the main circuit is now mostly magnetizing current, the
flux in the core shoots up to a high level and a very high voltage
appears across the secondary.
6. Use of an auto-reclose scheme to re-energise the line after a
fault trip permits ... and the main advantages to be and therefore it
is convenient to discuss them under ... transmission lines.
studies to be conducted for a defined set of power system ...
single-phase tripping and reclosure, and phase-phase faults .
7. Difference between Isolator and Circuit Breaker: Isolator is an
off-load device while, circuit breaker is an on-load
device. Isolator is a switch operated manually, which separate
the circuit from the power main and discharges the trapped
charges in the circuit. ... ISOLATOR is a Mechanical device
which acts as a switch.
8. In an SF6 circuit-breaker, the current continues to flow after
contact separation through the arc whose plasma consists of
ionized SF6 gas. ... The first generation of the SF6 circuit
breakers used the two-pressure principle of the air-blast circuit-
breaker.
9. AC and DC Transmission System ( With their advantages and
disadvantages) ... Electric Power System - Generation,
Transmission & Distribution of Electricity