This document contains 37 questions related to power system transients that are important for an exam in May/June 2016. The questions cover topics such as the definition of transients in power systems, the causes and types of transients, the importance and effects of transients, transformer equations for RLC circuits, traveling waves, standing waves, lumped parameters, faults and protection devices. The document was provided by an instructor of a power systems transients course to help students prepare for an upcoming exam.
This document contains 37 questions related to power system transients that are important for an exam in May/June 2016. The questions cover topics such as the definition of transients in power systems, the causes and types of transients, the importance and effects of transients, transformer equations for RLC circuits, traveling waves, standing waves, lumped parameters, faults and protection devices. The document was provided by an instructor of a power systems transients course to help students prepare for an upcoming exam.
This document contains 37 questions related to power system transients that are important for an exam in May/June 2016. The questions cover topics such as the definition of transients in power systems, the causes and types of transients, the importance and effects of transients, transformer equations for RLC circuits, traveling waves, standing waves, lumped parameters, faults and protection devices. The document was provided by an instructor of a power systems transients course to help students prepare for an upcoming exam.
This document contains 37 questions related to power system transients that are important for an exam in May/June 2016. The questions cover topics such as the definition of transients in power systems, the causes and types of transients, the importance and effects of transients, transformer equations for RLC circuits, traveling waves, standing waves, lumped parameters, faults and protection devices. The document was provided by an instructor of a power systems transients course to help students prepare for an upcoming exam.
1. What is called transient in a power system? 2. What are the causes (sources) of transients? 3. Name the different types of transients? 4. What are the importancess of transients? 5. What are the effects of transients on power system? 6. Write the basic transform of RLC circuit transients. 7. Write the expression for current in a parallel RL circuit using Laplace transform. 8. What is meant by arcing ground? 9. What is current suppression or current chopping? 10. What is Ferro resonance? 11. What is meant by resistance switching? 12. What is restriking voltage? 13. What is capacitance switching? 14. Define tower footing resistance. 15. What do you mean by lightning? 16. What are the factors contributing to a good line design? 17. What are the protective devices used to protect power system equipments against lightning? 18. Draw the model for lightning stroke. 19. What are the protections afforded by ground wires? 20. Define shielding or protective angle. 21. List the characteristic features of lightning stroke. 22. Define Isokeraunic level or thunderstorm days. 23. Draw the circuit of long transmission line with lumped parameters. 24. Give the concept of travelling wave. 25. What is the importance of bewleys lattice diagram? 26. Write the travelling wave equation. 27. Draw the lattice diagram of a single transmission line terminated by an impedance. 28. What are the specifications of a travelling wave? 29. Why step waves are considered to be dangerous to the apparatus? 30. Why velocity of propagation of over all over head lines is same? 31. Define standing waves. 32. Define lumped parameters. 33. Distinguish between line dropping and load rejection. 34. Define short line or Kilometric fault. 35. What is meant by EMTP? 36. What are the applications of EMTP? 37. What is meant by distribution of over voltage in a power system?