Question Bank
Unit1
1. Explain production and absorption of reactive power by different power system
equipment’s.
2. Enlist the methods of voltage control and explain any one of them.
3. Explain the construction and working of Static VAR Compensator. List down its
advantages.
4. Explain the necessity of Reactive Power Control
Unit2
5. Derive swing equation for a synchronous generator.
6. What are the different Types of stability? Explain in Brief.
7. Explain the equal area criteria in detail with any one application.
8. State and explain in short different methods to improve steady state and transient
stability.
Unit3
9. Explain the construction and working of DC excitation system with neat sketch.
10. Write a short note on AC excitation system and Static excitation system.
11. Write a short on control and protective functions of excitation system.
12. What are different elements of an excitation system? Explain with the help of block
diagram.
Unit4
13. Explain LFC control of Single area control.
14. Explain LFC control of two area control.
15. With neat diagram explain the speed governing mechanism.
16. Write short note on speed governor dead band and its effect on AGC.
Uinit5
17. Explain the constraints on Unit Commitment
18. Explain the constraints on economic operation of power system.
19. Derive the condition for economic division of load between units in a plant.(not
considering transmission load)
20. Write a short note on optimal scheduling of hydro thermal system.
21. The B matrix for a two plant system is given by:
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The economic schedule for a certain load is given as: P1 = 150 MW and P2 = 275 MW.
Calculate the penalty factor of plant 1 and plant 2
22. A two bus power system is shown in Fig.
Incremental fuel costs of two generators are given as
Loss Expression as MW
Determine optimal scheduling and power loss of transmission link.
23. Explain the constraints with respect to Unit Commitment.
24. The fuel input per hour of plant 1 and plant 2 is given as:
Determine the economic operating schedule and the corresponding cost of generation if
the minimum and maximum loading on each unit is 25MW and 100 MW respectively.
Total demand is 180 MW and transmission losses are neglected. If the load is equally
shared by both the units, determine the saving obtained by loading the units as per equal
incremental fuel cost.
