QUESTION BANK

UNIT-1
PART-B (2MARK)
1. Define power system transients.
2. State the principle of superposition.
3. Mention the applications of superposition principle in the determination
of transients.
4. Mention the limitations of superposition principle.
5. Mention the sources of power system transients.
6. What is current chopping?
7. What is meant by ferroresonance?
8. What are the causes of switching surges?
9. What is meant by arcing ground?
10.
What is meant by lightning?
11.
What are the types of lightning?
12.
What are the types of power system transients?
13.
What are the effects of lightning?
14.
What is meant by insulation failure?
15.
What is meant by subsidence transients?
16.
what are the causes of overvoltage?
17.
what is meant by switching surges?
18.
state the importance of transient study in planning.
19.
what are the sources of transients?
20.
Draw a simple circuit which can produce transients.
21.
Mention the difference between lightning and switching over
voltage.
PART-B (16MARK)
1. what are the sources and effects of transients on power system?
Explain in detail.
2. Explain the various types of power system transients with illustration.
3. write short notes on:
(i) Current chopping
(ii) Ferroresonance condition
4. what are the effects of lightning transients in a power system? Explain
with necessary diagram.
5. Explain the significance of transient studies in power system planning.
6. Explain the effects of transients on power system.
7. Explain in detail about Double frequency transients.
8. Explain the Energizing RL circuit with sine wave drive.
9. Explain the importance of study of transients in planning.
10.
Explain induced transient over voltages on overhead lines.
UNIT-II

PART-A (2MARK)
1. What is meant by Resistance switching?
2. Define switching transients.
3. Give the relation between time constant of parallel and series circuit.
4. What is need of resistance switching?
5. why is airblast circuit breakers are more sensitive to restriking voltage
transients?
6. Define load switching.
7. What is meant by current chopping?
8. Define capacitance switching.
9. Define ferroresonacne condition.
10.
what is meant by abnormal switching transients?
11.
Define arcing ground?
12.
what is the difference between a switch and isolator?
13.
What are the different types of harmonics?
14.
State the causes of temporary over voltages in a power system.
15.
What is meant by load rejection?
16.
What is current suppression?
17.
What is Ferro resonance?
18.
What do you mean by short line fault?
19.
Draw the waveform for capacitance switching with multiple
restrikes.
20.
Draw the load switching circuit and waveforms.
PART-B (16 MARK)
1. Explain resistance switching with equivalent circuit.
2. Explain with appropriate waveform.
(i) Current suppression
(ii) Current chopping
3. Explain load switching with equivalent circuit.
4. What is capacitance switching? Explain in brief the effect of source
regulation and capacitance switching with a restrike.
5. Write short notes on ferroresonance effect.
6. Explain with appropriate waveform, the capacitance switching with one
and multi restrikes.
7. Explain the switching in both normal and abnormal conditions with
neat diagram.
8. Explain deeply about Ferroresonance in a power circuit with series
combination of a capacitor and linear inductor.
9. Explain interruption of low magnetizing current chopping.
10.
Explain resistance switching with neat diagram.
UNIT-III
PART-A (2 MARK)

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Define over voltage protection factor.

Differentiate the lightning over voltage and the switching over voltage.
Define lightning.
What are the different types of strokes?
Explain direct lightning stroke.
Explain induced lightning stroke.
what are the factors contributing to good transmission line design?
Explain the significance of tower footing resistance.
Draw the equivalent circuit for coupling between the line and stroke
channel.
10.
What is the necessity of insulation co-ordination?
11.
What are the basic steps involved in insulation co-ordination.
12.
Explain the various regions of the cloud.
13.
Mention the different theories of charge formation.
14.
What does a thunder cloud consist?
15.
What is back flashover?
16.
State the parameters and the characteristics of the lighting
strokes.
17.
Define Isokeraunic level or thunderstorm days.
18.
State the factors influence the lightning induced voltages on
transmission lines.
19.
Define Basic Impulse Level(BIS).
20.
What is the use of ground wires?
PART-B (16 MARK)
1. Explain with neat sketches the mechanism of lightning discharge.
2. Explain with neat diagrams the two different theories of charge
generation and operator in a thunder clouds.
3. Explain the mechanisms by which lightning strokes develop and induce
overvoltages on overhead power lines.
4. Give the mathematical model for lightning discharges and explain
them.
5. Explain the interaction between lightning and power system.
6. Explain the lightning phenomenon with neat sketch.
7. Explain in detail how the charges are formed in the clouds.
8. Derive the mathematical model for lightning and also give its iteraction
with power systems.
9. What are the factors that contribute good line design? Explain the
protection offered by ground wires.
10.
Explain about the tower footing resistance with neat sketch.

UNIT-IV
PART-A (2MARK)

1. What do you mean by travelling waves?

2. What are the damages caused by the travelling waves?
3. What is surge impedance of a line and why is it also called the natural
impedance?
4. What is the application of Bewleys lattice diagram?
5. What are the specifications of a travelling waves?
6. Define Crest and Front of a travelling wave.
7. What is Tail and polarity of a wave?
8. Why step waves are considered to be dangerous to the apparatus?
9. Obtain the equivalent circuit for travelling waves.
10.
Draw equivalent circuit of the bifurcated line.
11.
Write the expression for reflection coefficient and refraction
coefficient.
12.
What is the effect of shunt capacitance at the terminal of a
transmission lines?
13.
Why velocity of propagation over all overhead lines is same?
14.
Why velocity of propagation over all overhead lines is same?
15.
What is attenuation? What is distortion? How they are caused?
16.
What are the design principles observed in the lattice diagram?
17.
Write the travelling equation or telegraphic equation?
18.
How are the transmission lines classified?
19.
What are standing waves?
20.
What is Standing wave ratio?
PART-B (16 MARK)
1. Derive the expressions for the voltage and current waves on long
transmission line.
2. Explain the transient response of systems with series and shunt
distributed lines.
3. Explain the transient response of systems with series and shunt
lumped parameters.
4. Explain the travelling wave concept with step response.
5. Describe in detail the terms
(i)
Attenuation
(ii)
Distortion of travelling wave
6. Derive the expressions for reflection and refraction coefficient and
explain the behavior of travelling waves at short circuited lines.
7. Explain the behavior of travelling waves at reactive
termination(capacitance termination and inductive termination)
8. Explain the behavior of travelling waves at open circuited lines.
9. Explain the Bewleys lattice diagram with an example.
10.
Derive an expression for standing wave equation.
UNIT-V
PART-A (2MARK)

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4.

What is meant by kilometric fault?

What are the causes of overvoltage?
What is meant by switching surges?
Calculate the surge impedance of the line with inductance is 110mH
and capacitance is 2.5 micro Farad.
5. Define reflection coefficient.
6. Define transmission coefficient.
7. What is meant by EMTP?
8. What are the effects of load rejections in power system?
9. Draw the Nortons equivalent circuit to model a inductor and capacitor
in a network for EMTP calculation.
10.
Write the network equation to model to transmission network for
EMTP calculation.
11.
What are the effects of transients when a switch is closed?
PART-B (16 MARKS)
1. Explain the occurrences and effects of kilometric faults in a power
system.
2. Explain in detail about the switching surges on an integrated power
system.
3. Derive the reflection and transmission coefficient in an integrated
power system.
4. Explain the network modeling for EMTP calculation.
5. Explain the modeling of lumped parameters R,L and C for EMTP
calculations.
6. Explain the computational procedure for EMTP calculation with a neat
flowchart.
7. Derive the expression for response and recovery voltage of a shorted
line.
8. Explain the causes of transients on closing and reclosing of
transmission line.
9. Explain and analyses the cause of overvoltage induced by various
faults occurring in a power system.
10.
A transmission line of surges impedance 450 ohms has a
capacitance 2000 pF shunted across it in the middle. If a step wave E
comes on the line, find the voltage rise at capacitance.
11.
Develop an electromagnetic transient program to simulate the
performance of a single phase long line, fed from an ideal voltage
source.
12.
Describe about the energisation of 3 phases, 15 miles distributed
parameter line connected to a transformer and RL load.