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II B.Tech II Semester, Regular Examinations, April 2012 POWER SYSTEM - I (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)

SET - 1

Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry Equal Marks ~~~~~~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~ 1.

Max. Marks: 75

Give the layout of a modern thermal power plant and explain briefly.

2.

a) What are the various types of radiation hazards? Explain

3.

a) Explain with the help a neat block diagram, the working principle of Gas Power generation b) Draw the flow diagram of solar energy storage

4.

a) How does AC distribution differ from DC distribution?

b) What is the importance of load power factor in AC distribution c) A 2-wire, DC distributor 500 m long is loaded uniformly at the rate of 0.4A/m. If the voltage drop in the distributor is not to exceed 5V, Calculate the area of cross section of each conductor required when the distributor is fed at one end. Take resistivity of a conductor material as 1.7 10-8 -m. 5.

a) Draw the layout of typical substation showing the location of all the substation equipment? Discuss them

6.

a) Deduce an expression for insulation resistance of a single core cable in terms of specific

resistance of dielectric, its core and sheath diameter b) State the classification of cables according to voltage and discuss their general construction

b) Explain the installation and maintenance of gas insulated substation

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7.

a) Define the following i) Load factor ii) Diversity factor iii) Capacity factor iv) Plant use factor

b) A Power station is to fed four regions of load whose peak loads are 12, 7, 10 and 8 MW. The diversity factor at the station is 1.4 and the average annual load factor is 65%. Determine the following i) Maximum demand on the station ii) Annual energy supplied by the station and iii) Suggest the installed capacity

8.

a) Explain the various types of costs of generation

b) Compare the annual cost of supplying a factor load having a maximum demand of 1MW at a load factor of 50% by energy obtained from i) Nuclear power plant and ii) Public supply Nuclear Power Plant:

Capital Cost = Rs. 50,000

Cost of Fuel = Rs. 600 per 1000 kg Fuel consumption = 30 g per kwh generated Maintenance Cost etc. = Rs. 0.005 per kwh generated

Wages = Rs. 20,000 per annum

Interest and Depreciation = 10% Public Supply: Rs. 50 per k + Rs. 0.03 per k h generated

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Code No: R22022

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II B.Tech II Semester, Regular Examinations, April 2012 POWER SYSTEM - I (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)

SET - 2

Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry Equal Marks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.

Max. Marks: 75

a) What are the essential requirements of steam power station design

b) Explain the function of super heater and economical in thermal power plant

b) Describe with the help of a neat sketch the construction working of a pressurized water reactor

3.

Describe with the help a neat sketch, the working of a solar power plant. What are its salient features

4.

a) Give the comparison between radial distribution and ring main distribution b) A 2-wire, DC distributor 500 m long has a uniformly distributed load of 1A/m. There are concentrated loads of 200A, 150A, 50A, and 100A at 100 m, 200 m, 300 m, and 400 m respectively from one end. The distribution resistance is 0.1/Km (go and return) if the distributor is fed at both ends at 220 V determine i) The value of minimum potential

ii) The Position of minimum potential on the distributor

5.

a) Make a list of the main equipments in a substation? Explain b) State the advantages of gas insulated substation over air insulated substation

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a) Explain with help of neat diagram the construction and working of a nuclear power plant

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a) Draw the cross section of an insulated cable and explain the significance of the various layers b) The capacitance of a 3- cable are 6.3 F between the three cores bunched together and earthed sheath and 3.7 F between one core and the other two connected to earth. Determine the charging current drawn by the cable when connected a 3- , 132kV, 50Hz, supply

7.

a) What are the various methods of tariff? Explain power factor tariff.

b) A consumer has a connected load of 12 lamps each of 100W at his/her premises. His/her load demand as follows: From Mid night 5 A.M ; 200W 5 A.M to 6 P.M; No Load 6 P.M to 7 P. M; 700W

7 P.M to 9 P. M; 1,000W

9 P.M to Mid night; 500W Draw the load curve and calculate the

i) Energy consumption during 24 Hours, ii) Demand factor iii) Average load

iv) Maximum demand and v) Load factor

8.

a) Explain the factor to be considered in fixed up the tariff b) A customer takes a consumer load of 200 kW at a p. f of 0.85 lag for 12 hours/day and 365

days/annum. Calculate the annual payment under each of the following tariffs i) Rs. 1.3/ kWh + Rs. 1000/kVA/annum ii) Rs. 1.25/kWh +Rs. 1000/kW/annum+30paise/kVArh

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II B.Tech II Semester, Regular Examinations, April 2012 POWER SYSTEM - I (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)

SET - 3

Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry Equal Marks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.

Max. Marks: 75

a) Describing briefly the various methods of steam turbine governing b) Explain the function of super heater with neat diagram

b) What is boiling water reactor? How does it different from pressurized water reactor

3.

What are the various types of solar energy collectors? Explain in details with neat sketches.

4.

a) Explain the design features of distribution systems

b) A 2 wire, DC ring distributor is 300m long and is fed at 240V at point A. At point B, 150m from A, is loaded of 120A is taken and at C, 100m in the opposite direction, a load of 80A, is taken. If the resistance per 100m of single conductor is 0.03, find the currents in each section of distributor and voltages at points B and C.

5.

a) What are the various types of bus bar arrangements in the substion? discuss main and transfer bus bar system

b) Explain the construction aspect of gas insulated substation

6.

a) Draw the cross section of a 3-core belted high voltage cable and describe its various parts b) Find the expression for electrostatic stress in a single core cable. Where does maximum stress occur and where is it minimum and why?

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7.

a) Explain briefly the following i) Load curve ii) Load duration curve give significances b) A power station has a maximum demand of 15MW, a load factor of 0.7, a plant capacity factor of 0. 525 and a plant use factor of 0.85. Find the following i) The daily energy produced ii) The reserve capacity of the plant

iii) The maximum energy that could be produced daily if the plant operating schedule is fully loaded when in operation

8.

a) What are the factor influencing the formulation of tariff b) The data of a power station as follows

Installed capacity = 200MW, Capital Cost = Rs. 350 106, rate of interest and depreciation = 20%, annual cost of fuel oil, salaries and taxation = Rs. 40 106 and load factor = 0.5. Determine the cost of generation and the cost of saving per kWh, if the annual load factor is raised to 0.6. Comment on the results

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II B.Tech II Semester, Regular Examinations, April 2012 POWER SYSTEM - I (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)

SET - 4

Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry Equal Marks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.

Max. Marks: 75

Describe briefly the various components in modern thermal power station with neat flow diagram.

b) Describe with the help of a neat sketch, the construction working of a boiling water reactor. What are its merits and demerits?

3.

a) Draw the single line diagram of solar power generation plant? Explain operating principle? b) Briefly discuss the various components of gas power plant

4.

a) State the main types of distribution systems and compare their applications b) A single phase, ring distributor PQR is fed at P. The loads at Q and R are 50A at p.f. 0.8 lag and 80A at p.f. 0.707 lag respectively, both expressed relative to the voltage at P. The total impedance of the three sections PQ, QR and RP are (1.5 + j 1.5) , (2+j3) and (2+j1) respectively. Determine the current in each section with respect to the voltage at P.

5.

a) State the advantages of outdoor substations over indoor substations b) Explain the different types of gas insulated substations

6.

a) Describe the reasons for grading of cables b) A single core, 33kV cable has a conductor diameter of 2 cm and a sheath of inside diameter 5.3cm. The cable has an inner layer of 1cm thick of rubber of dielectric constant 4.5 and rest impregnated refer of dielectric constant 3.6. Find the maximum stresses in the rubber and in the paper 1 of 2

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a) What do you mean by Binding Energy? What are the total binding energy and binding 12 energy per nucleon for the C 6 nucleus?

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SET - 4

7.

a) Draw the integrated load duration curve? Explain its significance b) The yearly duration curve of a certain plant can be considered as a straight line from 150MW to 40MW. Power is supplied with one generating unit of 100MW capacity and two units of 50MW capacity each. Determine i) installed capacity ii) load factor iii) plant factor iv) utilization factor

8.

a) What are the objectives and requirements of tariff

b) The following data related to a power plant of 120MW capacity

Capital cost = Rs. 1500/k , interest and depreciation = 10% on capital, annual running charges = Rs. 20 106, profit to be gained = 10% of the capital, the energy consumed by the power plant auxiliaries = 5% of generated, the annual load factor = 0.6, annual capacity factor = 0.5. Calculate the following i) The reserve capacity

ii) The cost of generation per kwh

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