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VALLIAMMAIENGINEERINGCOLLEGE
SRMNagar,Kattankulathur603203.
DEPARTMENTOFELECTRICALANDELECTRONICSENGINEERING
QuestionBank
Programme:ME
Subject:PX7204PowerQuality
Semester/Branch/Section:IIPowerSystemsEngineering
UNITIINTRODUCTION
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Whatispowerquality?
Whatisthemostcommonpowerqualityproblem?
Howcanpowerqualityproblembedetected?
WhatareHarmonics?
Howdomeasure/characterizepowerquality?
Differentiatebetweenpowerquality,voltagequality¤tquality?
Whatarethevariouspowerqualityissues?
Whatisthemeaningofpowerqualitydisturbances?
Definelongdurationvariationsandshortdurationvariationsandclassifyitevents?
WhatarethecausesofSags?
WhatarethecausesofSwells&Interruption?
Definewaveformdistortionsandwhatarethecomponents?
DefineTotalHarmonicDistortionandmentiontheformulausedtocalculateTHD?
DefineTotalDemandDistortion(TDD)?
Define(i)DCoffset(ii)Interharmonics(iii)Voltageflicker
Differentiatebetweenundervoltageandovervoltageandwhatareitcauses?
DifferentiatebetweenImpulsivetransientsandoscillatorytransientsanditstypes?
Definevoltageunbalance?Whataresourceofvoltageunbalance?
DefineCBEMAcurve&ITICcurve?
Whatarethemainobjectivesofpowerqualitystandards?
PARTB
Definepowerquality?Explainthereasonsforincreasedconcerninpowerquality?(16)
Whatarethemajorpowerqualityissues?Explainthem?(16)
Explainthecharacterizationofelectricalpowerquality?(16)
WritethevariousIEEEandIECpowerqualitystandards?
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DiscussabouttheCBEMAcurves.Explainabouttheeventdescribedinthecurve?
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Explain1)Shortdurationvoltagevariation
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2)Longdurationvoltagevariation
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7. Explain1)Transients2)Waveformdistortion
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8. ExplainthepowerqualityPhenomenaordisturbances?
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9. Explainindetailaboutpowerqualityproblem?
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10.Explainpowerqualitystandards?(8)
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UNITII
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ANALYSISOFSINGLEPHASEANDTHREEPHASESYSTEM
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PartA
Whatarelinearandnonlinearloads?
Whatisaninstantaneousvoltage,currentandPower?
Whatisanactive,reactiveandapparentpower?
Writeavoltageexpressionforbalancedthreephasesystem.
Writeavoltageexpressionforunbalancedthreephasesystem.
Whatisacomplexpower?
Whatisadisplacementfactororfundamentalpowerfactor?
Whatisadistortionfactor?
Whatisathreephaseinstantaneousactivepower?
Whatisathreephaseinstantaneousreactivepower?
Whatisasequencecomponent?
Whatispositivesequencepowerandunbalancepower?
WhatisaBudeanusreactivepower?
WhatisaVoltageregulation?
Writeinstantaneoussymmetricalcomponents?
Comparethreephasethreewiresystemwiththreephasefourwiresystem.
Whatismeantthreephasethreewiresystem?
Whatismeantbythreephasefourwiresystem?
Whatispowerfactor?
Nameanyfourtypessagmitigationdevices.
PartB
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ExplainindetailaboutsinusoidalvoltagesourcesupplyingNonlinearloadcurrent.
ExplainindetailaboutNonsinusoidalvoltagesourcesupplyingNonlinearloadcurrent.
Explainindetailaboutsinusoidalvoltagesourcesupplyinglinearloadcurrent.
ExplainindetailaboutNonsinusoidalvoltagesourcesupplyinglinearloadcurrent.
Explainindetailaboutthreesinusoidalbalancedsystems.
ExplainindetailaboutthreeNonsinusoidalbalancedsystems.
ExplaintheconceptofPowerFactor.
Explainthreephasethreewiresystem.
Explainthreephasefourwiresystem.
Givetheshortnotesonvoltageregulationanddistortionfactor.
UNITIII
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CONVENTIONALLOADCOMPENSATIONMETHODS
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PARTA
Whatisloadcompensation?
Whatisvoltageregulation?
WhatisDSTATCOM?
HowusingDSTATCOMinloadcompensation?
Defineidealshuntcompensator?
WhatisPCC(PointofCommonCoupling)?
Whatispropertyofidealshuntcompensator?
Whatisopenloopbalancing?
Whatisclosedloopbalancing?
Whatiscurrentbalancing?
DefineBusadmittanceandBussusceptance?
DefineZero,PositiveandNegativephasesequence?
Writematrixofequationofphasevoltageresponse.Linetolinevoltageresponse?
DefinetheHarmonicReduction?
Definevoltagesag(or)dipreduction?
Whatisdepthofthevoltagedip?
WhatisInstantaneoussymmetricalcomponent?
Whatissymmetricalcomponentsoperator?
Writethetransformationmatrix(P)ofsymmetricalcomponents?
Writeaninstantaneousreal&reactivepowermatrixforthreephasesinstantaneous?
PARTB
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ExplainLoadcompensation.
ExplainVoltageregulationwithnecessarydiagram.
Explainindetailaboutclassicalloadbalancingproblem?
Explainindetailaboutharmonicreductionwithexample?
Explainindetailaboutvoltagesag(Or)dipreductionwithexample?
Derivethesymmetricalcomponentsofphasorquantities?
Derivetheinstantaneousrealandreactivepowercomponents?
Derivetheexpressionforextractionoffundamentalsequencecomponentsfrommeasured
quantity?
9.Writeshortnotesonphasorsymmetricalcomponentquantities.
10.Briefnotesonharmonicreductionanddepthofthevoltagedip.
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UnitIV
LOADCOMPENSATIONUSINGDSTATCOM
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PartA
Whataretheprimaryaimsofashuntcompensatorinadistributionsystem?
Definethefactor.
DrawtheDSTATCOMstructurewithneutralclampedthreephaseVSI.
Whathappens,ifthetransformersareconnectedinHbridgeVSIintheDSTATCOMstructure?
HowthechoppercircuitinDSTATCOMstructurecanbeequalsthevoltageacrossthecapacitor
(Cdc)?
Ischoppercircuitcancompensatethezerosequencecurrent?How?
WhatisthedrawbackofconnectingtransformerinDSTATCOMstructure?
WhatisthepurposeofincludingtransformersinDSTATCOMstructure?
Howcanweeliminatethedistortioninsourcecurrent?
WhatisswitchingcontrolofDSTATCOM?
Whatisswitchingbandtrackingcontrol?
Writethefunctionusedinswitchingcontrol.
Ifvoltagesourceisbalanced&loadsareunbalancedthentheveninequivalentvoltagesource
getsbalancedorunbalanced?Justifyyouranswerandwhatistheeffect?
InDSTATCOMcurrentcontrolthroughphasors,whathappen,whenbothloadandsourceare
unbalanced?
InDSTATCOMcurrentcontrolthroughphasors,whathappen,whenbothloadandsourceare
unbalancedandloadisdisorted?
InDSTATCOMcurrentcontrolthroughphasors,whathappen,whenbothloadandsourceare
unbalancedaswellasdisorted?
Whatarethemodesexhibitsinvoltagecontrolmode?
Showtheresultwhencompensatorisconnectedattheendofthe1stcycle
WhatisPQtheory?
Writethepowerinvarianttransformation.
PartB
1) Explainindetailaboutcompensatingsinglephaseload.
2) ExplainindetailaboutgeneratingreferencecurrentusinginstantaneousPQtheory.
3) Explainindetailaboutgeneratingreferencecurrentsusinginstantaneoussymmetrical
components.
4) ExplainDSTATCOMStructure
5) ExplaincontrolofDSTATCOMconnectedtostiffsource
6) ExplainDSTATCOMconnectedtoaWeaksupplypoint
7) ExplainswitchingcontrolofDSTATCOM.
8) ExplainDSTATCOMinvoltagecontrolmode
9) Showtheresultswhencompensatorisconnectedattheendofthe1stcycleandexplainthe
effectsindetail.
10) Explainindetailaboutidealthreephaseshuntcompensatorstructure.
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UNIT5
SERIESCOMPENSATIONOFPOWERDISTRIBUTIONSYSTEM
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PartA
WhatisDVR?
DrawtheDVRStructure
WhatisUPQC?
WhataretheUPQCconfigurations?
DrawtherightshuntUPQCconfiguration?
DrawtheleftshuntUPQCconfiguration?
Whatisthebasicprincipleofseriescompensation?
Differencebetweenshuntandseriescompensation?
Howtheharmonicsinnonlinearloadscanbeneutralized?
WhatisthedrawbackofDVRstructure?
Whatisseriesactivefilter?
CompareandContrastbetweenDVRandDSTATCOMstructure.
Whatisvoltagerestoration?
WhatisdccapacitorsupportedDVR?
WhatistheRectifiersupportedDVR?
WhatisDVRstructure?
Whataretheadvantagesofseriesactivefilter?
WritethestateequationofleftshuntUPQCControl.
Givetheexampleofvoltagerestoration.
Whatismeanbyseriesactivefilter?
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DescribeaboutrectifiersupportedDVRwithExample.
ExplainaboutDCcapacitorSupportedDVR.
DescribeDVRStructure.
DescribeaboutvoltageRestorationwithExample.
ExplainSeriesActiveFilter.
WhatisUPQC?ExplaintheUPQCConfigurations
ExplainStructure&ControlofRightShuntUPQC.
DerivetheStateEquationofleftShuntUPQCControl.
Givetheshortnotesonseriesandshuntcompensation.
CompareandContrastbetweenDVRandDSTATCOMstructure.
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