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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER– VI (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2021
Subject Code:2160908 Date:26/11/2021
Subject Name:Electrical Power system – II
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

MARKS
Q.1 (a) Explain how transmission lines are classified? 03
(b) With the help of appropriate examples, explain the difference between 04
symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults.

(c) Derive the expression for velocity of travelling wave through an overhead 07
transmission line. What would be the velocity of travelling wave through a
cable having a relative permittivity of εr = 3?

Q.2 (a) Explain corona phenomena in brief 03

(b) Discuss the criteria for selection of circuit breakers 04
(c) A transmission line of inductance 0.1H and resistance 5Ω having a supply 07
voltage of v = 100 sin(100πt + 150) is suddenly short circuited at time t = 0.
Write down the expression for short circuit current. What should be the
switching instant so that dc offset current is zero?
OR
(c) Derive the expression for sequence impedance of transmission lines. 07
Comment on the results derived.

Q.3 (a) Define voltage regulation of transmission line. What should be the ideal 03
value of voltage regulation?
(b) What is characteristic impedance of a transmission line? If a certain 04
transmission line has inductance L = 80 mH and capacitance C = 5μF, what
will be the value of its characteristic impedance?
(c) Using rigorous solution method, derive the expression for A,B,C,D 07
constants of long transmission lines in terms of hyperbolic sine and cosine
terms
OR
Q.3 (a) Define sub-transient, transient and steady state reactance of a synchronous 03
machine
(b) Derive the equation for sending end voltage and current for a line 04
represented by nominal-T method
(c) A substation as shown in shown in figure receives 5 MVA at 6 kV, 0.85 pf 07
lagging on the low voltage side of transformer from a power station through
a cable having per phase resistance and reactance of 8Ω and 2.5Ω. Identical
6.6/33 kV transformers are installed at each end of the line. The 6.6 kV side
of the transformers is delta connected while 33 kV is star connected. The
resistance and reactance of the star connected windings are 0.5Ω and 3.75Ω

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 respectively, and for the delta connected windings are 0.06Ω and 0.36Ω
respectively. What is the voltage at the sending end?

Q.4 (a) Discuss how unbalanced system can be conveniently analyzed using the 03
method of symmetrical components
(b) Explain how positive and negative sequence voltages undergo phase shift 04
in star-delta transformers
(c) Draw and explain zero-sequence reactance diagrams for different types of 07
transformer connections
OR
Q.4 (a) A certain generator having solidly grounded neutral has X1 = X2 = 0.2 pu 03
and X0 = 0.05 pu. For a line-to line fault, calculate the value of positive and
negative sequence component of current Ia1 and Ia2. Neglect fault
impedance.
(b) Explain why capacitance switching presents a very duty on the circuit 04
breaker?
(c) Two 11 kV, 12 MVA, 3-Ф star connected generators operate in parallel. 07
The positive, negative and zero sequence reactances of each are j0.09, j0.05
and j0.04 pu respectively. If L-G fault occurs near one of the terminals of
the generator, estimate the value of fault current.

Q.5 (a) State the disadvantages of corona 03

(b) What is arcing ground phenomena? Explain how it affects isolated neutral 04
systems.
(c) Derive the expression for sequence voltages and currents for double line to 07
ground fault at the generator terminals. Explain how would you connect
sequence networks for analyzing such types of faults
OR
Q.5 (a) Show that symmetrical component transformation is power invariant 03
(b) Discuss the transient nature of voltage and current waves when line is short 04
circuited at the receiving end
(c) A 3-Ф, 50Hz, 150 km long transmission line has a total resistance of 35Ω, 07
total series reactance of 140Ω and shunt admittance of 930 × 10-6 mhos. It
delivers 40 MW at 220 kV at 0.9 pf lagging. Using nominal-π method,
calculate sending end voltage and current

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