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(i) If penalty factor of a plant is unity. Its 1
incremental transmission loss is
a) -1
b
b) 0.0
c) 1
d) 2.0
(ii) The generating station suitable to operate 1
as peak load plant is
a) thermal power station
c
b) nuclear power station
c) pumped storage power station
d) none of these .
(iii) A synchronous condenser is a

a) D.C. generator

b) Induction motor

c) Overexcited
synchronous
motor

d) Underexcited
synchronous
motor

(iv) In a two plant system, load is connected 1

to plant no. 2. The loss coefficients
a) B11, B12, B22 are non zero
b) B11 is non zero but B12 and B22
are zero b
c) B11 and B12 are non zero but
B22 is zero
d) B11 and B22 are non zero but B12
is zero.
(v) TCSC is a

a) Shunt controller

b) Series controller

c) Combination of i)
and ii)

d) none
(vi) If a generating units is situated very near 1
to the load center the penalty factor for
this unit will be
a) about 1 a
b) zero
c) infinity
d) none of these
(vi) The unit of transmission loss coefficient 1
is
a) MW
b
b) (MW)-1
c) (MW)-2
d) Unit less.
(vii) A generator unit has an incremental
production cost of 60 per MWh. If the
penalty factor for this unit is 1.2,the
incremental cost of power delivered is

a) Rs. 50 per MWh

b) Rs. 72 per MWh

c) Rs. 61.20 per

MWh

d) Rs. 18 per MWh

(viii In central AGC of a given control area, 1

) the change in (error) frequency
a) area control error
a
b) volume control error
c) nonlinear Control error
d) optimal control error.
(ix) Lighting arrester should be located

a) Near the circuit

breaker

b) Away from the

circuit breaker

c) Near the
transformer

d) Away from the

transformer
(x) Permissible change in power frequency is 1
a) ±0.5 Hz
b) ± 1 Hz a
c) ± 5 Hz
d) ±10 Hz
(xi) Unit of regulation of speed governor is 1
a) Hz/MW
b) MW/Hz a
c) Unit less
d) km/sec.
(xii) The unit of transmission loss coefficient

a) MW c)
MW-1

b) MW-2 d)
unit less

(xiii The propagation constant is given by 1

) a) γ = √((Z/Y))
b) γ=√((ZY)) b
c) γ=√((Z+Y))
d) γ=√((Z-Y)
Unit of regulation of speed governor is

a) Hz/MW c)
MW/Hz

b) Unit less d)
Km/sec

(xiv) A synchronous condenser is a 1

a) synchronous generator
b) paper condenser c
c) synchronous motor
d) none of these.
(xv) Series compensation in transmission lines 1
a) increases stability limit
b) decreases stability limit a
c) has no effect on stability limit
d) any of these.
(xvi) i. The propagation constant is
given by

a) y = √(Z/Y) b)
y = √(ZY)
 c) y =
√(Z+Y)

b) d) y = √(Z-Y)

(xvii Load compensation is used to improve 1

) a) voltage profile and power factor
b) voltage profile and reactive power a
c) reactive power and power factor
d) none of these.
(xvii Ferranti effect happens in transmission
i)
line when the line is

a) Short and loaded b) long and

loaded c) long and
unloaded d) none of these.

(xix) The generating station suitable to

operate as peak load plant is

a) Thermal power station b)

nuclear power station c)
pumped storage power
station d) none of these

(xx) The highest transmission voltage used

in India is

a) 400 kV b) 220 kV c)
132 kV d) 765 kV

(xxi) If penalty factor of a plant is unity , its

incremental transmission loss is

a) 1.0 b) -1.0 c)
0.0 d) 2.0

(xxii In AGC , the voltage and frequency is

)
controlled by
 a) Excitation control

b) Turbine control

c) Turbine speed control and

Excitation control
respectively

d) Excitation control and

turbine speed control
respectively

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2. Develop the condition of economic 5
operation of a power system with
transmission line loss not being
considered.
3 What is the significance of reactive power
in power system? Prove that voltage
regulation in a transmission line mainly
depends on reactive power.

4. What do you mean by ALFC? Derive the 5

block diagram of primary ALFC loop.
5. Explain reflection coefficient, surge 5
impedance, surge impedance loading.
6. What is an Exciter? What is its role in
AVR loop of the alternator.

7. What is the load compensation? Discuss 5

its objectives in power systems.
8. Explain Bewly’s Lattice Diagram.

9. There are two turbo-generators feeding a 5 P1=56.97MW, P2=103.03MW and

load bus with the following incremental
λ=3.855
characteristics:
dF1 ( P1 )
 3  0.015P1 and
dP1
dF2 ( P2 )
 2  0.018P2 . Find the
dP2
economic schedule if total load is 160
MW. Assume no generator limits.
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10. (a) Describe the solution methodology of 8
economic load dispatch with transmission
loss. What are penalty factor and
incremental transmission loss?
(b) A two bus system, without generator limits, 7 PgA = 328.05 MW, PgB = 176.64
has been considered (shown in Fig. 1) where, MW, λ = 5.96 and Pl = 4.7 MW.

PloadA = 400 MW, PloadB = 100 MW and

Pl = 0.0008(PgB – 100)2.
(IFC)A = 0.006PgA + 4.0 unit of
cost/MWhr and (IFC)B = 0.007PgB + 4.0 unit
of cost/MWhr. Find optimal generation for
each plant and the power loss in the line.

Fig. 1 A two-bus system

11. a) Derive the condition for economic
operation of multi-generator
system considering network
losses.
b) What is Penalty factor?
c) A two-bus system has load 400
MW at Unit-1 and 100 MW at
Unit-2. The loss of the line
connected between Unit-1 and
Unit-2 is given by-
PL = 0.0008 (Pg1 -100)2
The cost function of the two units
are given as
Fc1=500+4Pg1+0.003Pg12 and
Fc2=600+4Pg2+0.0035Pg22.
Find optimal generation for each
plant and total loss in line.
12. (a) What is hydro-thermal scheduling? What 6
do you mean by long term and short term
hydro-thermal scheduling? How do you
justify for the cost of water?
(b) A power system has two generating plants 9 PF1 = 1.25, PF2 = 2.67
and the power is being dispatched
economically with P1 = 125MW and P2 =
250 MW. The loss coefficients are B11 =
0.10 × 10-2 MW-1,
B12 = -0.01× 10-2 MW-1, B22 = 0.13× 10-2
MW-1. To raise the total load on the
 system by 1 MW will cost an additional
Rs 200 per hour. What will be the penalty
factor for plant 1 and plant 2 ?
13. a) Derive expression for the current and
voltage surges travelling on
transmission lines when a short
circuit is encountered at the
receiving end.
b) A 132 kV transmission line has
a surge impedance of 450 Ω. The
line terminates at 7.5 MVA,
132/33 kV transformer which may
be represented by a lumped
inductance of 15 H and a
capacitance of 0.003 µF in
parallel. A rectangular surge of
1500 kV travels along the line
towards the transformer. Calculate
the transmitted voltage into the
transformer.
c) What is surge arrester?
14. (a) Draw and level the complete block 7
diagram representation of a two area
control system.

(b) A 1000 MW control area (1) is 8 Static frequency drop = -0.00326

interconnected with a 5000 MW control Hz
area (2). The 1000 MW area has the
system parameters given below, R = 2
Hz/pu MW and B = 0.01 pu MW/HZ and
increase in load, ΔPD1 = 0.01 pu MW.
Area 2 has the same parameters R and B
but in terms of the 5000 MW base. Find
the static frequency drop?
15. (a) Explain clearly what you mean by 8
compensation of line and discuss briefly
different methods of compensation.
(b) Illustrate Bewley’s lattice diagram for 7
travelling waves.
16. Write short notes on any three of the
following:
(a) Static Var Compensator (SVC) 5

(b) Pumped storage plant

(c) Static Synchronous Compensator 5

(STATCOM)
(d) FACTS 5

(e) Distributed and dispersed generation. 5

 (f) Necessity of restructuring in electricity
market
(g) Hydrothermal scheduling

(e) Unit commitment. 5

 SUGGESTION
OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING USING JAVA (For EE 7th Sem)
Academic Year: 2021-2022

MCQ:

1. In System.out.println, out is
a) Class
b) Method
c) Output stream object
d) Input stream object

2. What restriction is there on using the super reference in a constructor?

a) It can only be used in the parent's constructor.

b) Only one child class can use it.
c) It must be used in the last statement of the constructor
d) It must be used in the first statement of the constructor

3. String in Java is a?
a) Class
b) Object
c) Variable
d) character array

4. What is the output of this code fragment?

int x=10;int y=3;

System.out.println (y % x);

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3

5. Out of the following which one is not correctly matched?

a) int- 24 bits
b) double - 64 bits
c) short -16 bits
d) byte - 8 bits

6. Bytecode in Java is
a) platform dependent
b) platform independent
c) depends on machine architecture only
d) depends on operating system only

7. Which one of the following statements is wrong?

a) A base class reference can refer to an object of a derived class

b) The dynamic method dispatch is not carried out at the run time
c) The super() construct refers to the base class constructor
d) The super.base-class-method-name( ) format can be used only within a derived class

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OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING USING JAVA (For EE 7th Sem)
Academic Year: 2021-2022

8. Which of the following statements is not correct?

a) The ‘try' block should be followed by a ‘catch' block
b) The ‘try' block should be followed by a ‘finally' block
c) The ‘try’ block should be followed by either a ‘catch' block or a ‘finally' block
d) The 'try' block should be followed by at least two 'catch' blocks

9. What is an example of static polymorphism?

a) Inner class
b) Anonymous class
c) Method overloading
d) Method overriding

10. What is the process of defining more than one method in a class differentiated by method
signature?
a) Method overriding
b) Method overloading
c) Method doubling
d) None of the mentioned

11. What would happen if constructors have return types?

a) Compilation error
b) Runtime error
c) Successful Compilation and Execution
d) Only String return type is allowed

12. What is the correct ordering for the import, class and package declarations where found in a
single file?
a) package, import, class
b) import, package, class
c) class, import, package
d) package, class, import

13. Which of these is not a correct statement?

a) Every class containing abstract method must be declared abstract
b) Abstract class defines only the structure of the class not its implementation
c) Abstract class can be initiated by new operator
d) Abstract class can be inherited

14. Final is useful

a) to protect a method from overloading
b) to protect a class from inherit
c) to protect a class from implementing
d) None of these

15. Which one of the following is wrong?

a) 'Runnable' is a predefined interface
b) The sleep() method instructs a thread to terminate its execution
c) The isAlive() method tells whether a thread has not yet died
d) MAX_PRIORITY represents the level 10

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Academic Year: 2021-2022
16. Order of execution of constructors in Java Inheritance is
a) Base to derived class
b) Derived to base class
c) Random order
d) None of these

17. Which of the following statements is correct?

a) Public method is accessible to all other classes in the hierarchy
b) Public method is accessible only to subclasses of its parent class
c) Public method can only be called by object of its class
d) Public method can be accessed by calling object of the public class

18. Applet can be used for generating

a) Static web page
b) Dynamic web page
c) Active web page
d) None of these

19. Which one of the following is wrong?

a) 'Runnable' is a predefined interface
b) The sleep() method instructs a thread to terminate its execution
c) The isAlive() method tells whether a thread has not yet died
d) MAX_PRIORITY represents the level 10

Descriptive Questions:

1. What is bytecode? What do you mean by JVM?

2. Why java is called platform independent language.
3. List out the differences between Procedure Oriented Programming and Object Oriented
Programming.
4. Why main () is preceded by keyword “public static void “?
5. Differentiate between default and parameterized constructor with a single java program.
6. Explain method overloading with the help of a java program
7. Explain Constructor overloading with the help of a java program.
8. What is the use of ‘this’ keyword in Java? Explain with example.
9. Write a program to access static variable and static method to explain 'static’ keyword properly.

10. What is polymorphism? Explain with an example.

11. What are the differences between Method Overloading and Method Overriding?
12. Explain Dynamic Method Dispatch with suitable example.
13. What is “Deadly Diamond of Death” problem? What is the solution for it?
14. What is the difference between abstract class and interface?
15. What are the differences between Early binding and Late binding?
16. How can you incorporate multiple inheritance in Java? Explain with an example.
17. How can you incorporate multilevel inheritance in Java? Explain with an example.
18. Explain the difference between public, private, protected and default access specifiers in java.

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OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING USING JAVA (For EE 7th Sem)
Academic Year: 2021-2022

19. How can you import a package into your own program?
20. What are the benefits of organizing classes into package?
21. How can you create your own package and add classes in that? Explain with the help of an example.

22. What do you mean by the term “Exception”?

23. Can you define your own exception? Explain with example.
24. What is the difference between Checked and unchecked exception?
25. State the difference between ‘throw’ and ‘throws’ keywords with the help of a single java program.
26. What is the significance of ArrayIndexOutOfBound exception?
27. Write a simple java program where exception occurs but not handled with the help of try-catch-
finally block.
28. Differentiate between final and finally.

29. Write short notes on Data Encapsulation.

30. Write short notes on Data abstraction.
31. Write short notes on Garbage Collection.
32. Write short notes on Inheritance.
33. Write short notes on Thread Life cycle.

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GROUP – A

(Multiple Choice Type Questions)

1. In case of power failure, while a crane is in operation, the perfect electrical braking technique is
a) Regenerative
b) Dynamic
c) Counter current
d) Mechanical braking

2. A variable frequency variable voltage induction motor

a) Can be accelerated at constant torque or constant current
b) Suffers from poor starting characteristics as in the case of mains fed motor
c) Has only steeped variation of speed
d) Suffers from stability considerations

3. The heating time constant of an electrical machine gives an induction of its

a) Cooling
b) Rating
c) Over-load Capacity
d) Short-time Rating

4. A variable frequency variable voltage induction motor

e) Can be accelerated at constant torque or constant current
f) Suffers from poor starting characteristics as in the case of mains fed motor
g) Has only steeped variation of speed
h) Suffers from stability considerations

5. The line shaft drive also known as

a) Individual Drive
b) Group Drive
c) Multi motor drive
d) Load drive

6. A circuit used for Rheostat brake control mode of a DC chopper drive operates in
a) Two Quadrant
b) Three Quadrant
c) One Quadrant
d) Four Quadrant

7. A machine driving pulsed torque load is equipped with flywheel in order to

a) Equalize the current demand during the operation
b) Equalize the torque requirement
 c) Reduce the mechanical load
d) Make the motor thermally suitable to drive the load

8. In fan motor the torque is proportional to

a) Speed
b)
(speed)2
c) 1/speed
d) 1/(speed)2

9. The consideration involved in the selection of the type of electric drive for the Load
Variation application depends upon

a) Constant Load
b) Continuous Variable Load
c) Pulsating Load
d) All of the above

10. The advantages of a group driver electric drive are

a) High efficiency
b) Low Noise
c) Constant speed
d) All of the above

11. When quick speed reversal is a consideration, the motor preferred is

a) synchronous motor
b) squirrel cage induction motor
c) wound rotor induction motor
d) dc motor.

12. In voltage source inverters (VSIs), the amplitude of the output voltage is
a) independent of the load
b) dependent on the load
c) dependent only on L loads
d) none of the mentioned
13. The starting torque of DC motor is independent of which of the following
a) Flux
b) Armature Current
c) Flux and Armature Current
d) Speed

14. A circuit used for Rheostat brake control mode of a DC chopper

drive operates in
 a) Two Quadrant
b) Three Quadrant
c) One Quadrant
d) Four Quadrant

15. A machine driving pulsed torque load is equipped with flywheel in order to
a) Equalize the current demand during the operation
b) Equalize the torque requirement
c) Reduce the mechanical load
d) Make the motor thermally suitable to drive the load
16. In chopper fed drive the speed is controlled by changing
a) the duty cycle b) the firing angle
c) either (a) or (b) at a time
d) all of these.
17. Which braking is not possible in series motor?
a) Regenerative braking.
b) Dynamic braking.
c) Counter electric current braking.
d) Rheostat braking
18. A wound rotor induction motor is preferred over squirrel cage induction motor when the major
consideration involved is
a) high starting torque
b) low starting current
c) speed control over limited range
d) all of the above

19. The selection of control gear for a particular application is based on the consideration of

a) Duty
b) Starting Torque
c) Limitation of starting current
d) All of the above

20. Polarity of supply voltage is reversed in which type of braking?

a) Regenerative braking.

b) Dynamic braking.

c) Plugging.

d) None of these.

21. The energy loss during starting of a DC separately excited motor is

a) Jw2 /2
b) Jw2/4
c) 3Jw2/2
d) Jw2
22. The motor of less than full load power rating can be used if the load is
a) Continuous Duty
b) Short Time Duty
c) Intermittent Duty
d) Fluctuating Duty

23. The slip s for plugging is

a) s-1
b) 2s-1
c) 2-s
d) 2+s

24. The stator voltage control for speed control of I.M. is suitable for
a) Drive of a crane
b) Fan and pump drives
c) Running it as generator
d) Constant Load drive

25. The starting torque of DC motor is independent of which of the following

e) Flux
f) Armature Current
g) Flux and Armature Current
h) Speed

26. Which operation is not possible for semi-converter fed DC drive system?
a) IInd quadrant (V-I)
b) IIIrd quadrant
c) IVth quadrant
a) All of these

GROUP – B

(Short Answer Type Questions)

1. Discuss how the speed of an induction motor can be controlled by the stator voltage.

2. A drive has the following parameters:

𝑇 = 150 − 0.1𝑁, 𝑁 − 𝑚, where N is the speed in rpm.
Load torque 𝑇𝑙 = 100 𝑁 − 𝑚.
Initially the drive is operating at steady state. The characteristics of the load torque are changed
to 𝑇𝑙 = −100 𝑁 − 𝑚. Calculate the initial & final equilibrium speeds.
3. Explain four quadrant operation of a motor driving of a hoist load.

4. What are the different classes of motor duty cycle?

5. Deduce the relation necessary to obtain the heating & cooling curve of an electric
motor.
 6. What is the primary external factor that determines the steady-state running
current of a d.c. motor, for any given armature voltage?

7. As the slip of an induction motor increase, the current in the rotor increases,
but beyond a certain slip the torque begins to fall. Why is this?

8. What is shaft drive? Give examples. State advantages and disadvantages of Such drives

9. Why VVVF method of speed control of a 3-phase induction motor is preferable to the
frequency control method? Draw typical speed- torque curves for the both the methods

10. Deduce heating and cooling curve of a machine.

11. What do you mean by electric drive?

12. Deduce the condition for steady state stability of a motor load combination.

GROUP – C

(Long Answer Type Questions)

1.a. What are the reasons of load equalization in an electric drives?

2.b. Find the equivalent drive parameters for rotational load

2.c. A 3- phase, 50 kW, 8 pole, 960 rpm induction motor equipped with a flywheel is has a constant load
torque of 300N-m for 10 sec and at wide intervals additional torque of 1500 N-m for 10 sec. Calculate
the weight of flywheel used for load equalization, if the motor torque were not to exceed twice the
rated torque and the gyration is 0.95m,(ii)The taken after removal of additional load before the motor
torque becomes 700 N-m. Assume motor operates on that portion of the slip-torque characteristics,
which is linear to exceed twice the rated torque and the gyration is 0.95m,(ii)The taken after removal
of additional load before the motor torque becomes 700 N-m. Assume motor operates on that portion
of the slip-torque characteristics, which is linear
3. A 500KW, 3-phase, 3.3KV, 50HZ, 0.8 (lagging) power factor, 4 pole, star-connected
synchronous motor has following parameters: XS = 5Ω, RS = 0. Rated field current is 15 A.
Calculate
i) Armature current and power factor at half the rated torque and rated field current.
ii) Field current to get unity power factor at the rated torque.
iii) Torque for unity power factor operation at field current of 12.5 A.

4. A motor operates on a periodic duty cycle in which it is clutched to its load for 10 min and
declutched to run on no-load for 20 min. Minimum temperature rise is 40ºC. Heating and cooling time
constants are equal and have a value of 60 min. When load is declutched continuously the temperature
rise is 15ºC. Determine
 i) Maximum temperature during the duty cycle.

ii) Temperature when the load is clutched continuously

5 Explain the operation of Ward-Leonard drive system with suitable diagram.

6. Distinguish between CSI and VSI mode of operation.

7. Write a short note on i) Solar and Battery Powered Drive

ii) Stepper motor

iii) Vector Controlled Induction motor drive.

iv) Sinusoidal SPM machine drives.

v) Chopper fed DC drives

vi) Cranes and Hoist Drives

vii) Classes of Motor Duty

, A 220 8. A 220V, 980 rpm, 80A dc separately excited motor has an armature resistance of 0·05 Ω. It is
braked by plugging from an initial speed of 1000 rpm. Calculate

i) Resistance to be placed in armature circuit to limit braking current to 2 times the full load value.

ii) Braking torque

iii) Torque when the speed has fallen to zero

9.a A weight of 500 kg is being raised at a uniform speed of 1000 rpm. The moments of inertia of motor
and the winch are 0·5 kg-m2 and 0·3 kg-m2 respectively. Calculate:- a). the motor torque and b).the equivalent
moment of inertia referred to the motor shaft.

In the absence of any weight the motor develops a torque of 100 N-m when running at 1000 rpm.

9. b Explain how regenerative braking is done in a 3-phase induction motor. Show graphically the
four quadrant operation of the motor

10.a Explain the self control mode operation of synchronous motor?

10.b A 220V, 150A,875 rpm d.c separately excited, motor has an armature resistance of 0.06 ohm.
It
is fed from a single phase fully controlled rectifier with an ac source voltage of 220V, 50Hz.
Assuming continuous conduction,
i)Calculate firing angle for rated motor torque 750 rpm.
ii) Calculate firing angle for rated motor torque (-500) rpm.
iii)Motor speed for α =160ْ and rated torque

11.a Explain the principle of slip power recovery scheme of controlling the speed of induction motorusing
Static Kramer drive
11.b Deduce heating and cooling curve of a machine.

12. a Why equivalent current method is not applicable for speed dependent motors?

12.b A motor driving a mining equipment has to supply a load rising uniformly from zero to a
maximum of 1500 kW in 20 seconds during acceleration period, 1000kW for 50 seconds during the
full load period and during acceleration period of 10 seconds when regenerative braking takes place,
the kW returned to the mains falls from an initial value of 500 to zero uniformly. The interval for
decking before the next load cycle starts is 20 seconds. Estimate a suitable kW rating of the motor,
based on rms power.