Roever College of Engineering & Technology
Roever College of Engineering & Technology
Roever College of Engineering & Technology
Part A (10*2=20)
Answer all questions
1) What is meant by connected load?
2) Define Load factor?
3) State Diversity factor?
4) What are the sources of reactive power? How it is controlled?
5) What is synchronous condenser?
6) What is the use of off-load tap changer and TCUL?
7) Define SCADA system?
8) Define state estimation?
9) State the advantages of forward DP approach?
10) Name the regional grids in Indian Power system operation and control.
Part B (5*16=80)
Answer all questions
11 a) Explain the overview of power system operation and control with diagram (16)
(Or)
b) (i) Describe about the different reserve requirements in power systems operation. (4)
(ii) A generating station has the following daily load cycle:
Time in (hrs)
Load(MW)
0-6
20
6-10
25
10-12
30
12-16
25
16-20
35
20-24
20
Draw the load curve and calculate maximum demand, units generated per day, average
load, load factor. (12)
12 a) (i) Discuss generation and absorption of Reactive Power (8)
(ii) Explain how voltage control can be affected by injection of Reactive Power (8)
(Or)
b) Discuss about the various methods of voltage control. (16)
13 a) List and brief the various functions of energy control Centre. (16)
(Or)
b) Draw a state transition diagram of a power system showing different sets of operating states
classified according to security level. Mark on the diagram and explain the state transitions that
may occur due to system disturbances and also the different control actions that can be taken to
improve the security level of the system. (16)
14 a) Briefly explain about the plant level and the system level controls. (16)
(Or)
b) List and discuss the classification of power system loads and its important characteristics. (16)
15 a) Draw the circuit diagram for a typical excitation system and derive the transfer function model
and draw the block diagram (16)
(Or)
b) Explain the hardware components and functional aspects of SCADA system using a fundamental
block diagram. (16)
HOD/EEE