Power Systems Questions and Answers - Inductance of Composite Conductor Lines

1. The charging current of a 400 kV is _____ that of 220 kV line of the same length.
a) more than
b) less than
c) equal to
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Line charging current is proportional to voltage.

2. Voltage regulation in the power system is __________
a) rise in voltage at receiving end
b) dip in voltage at receiving end
c) rise in voltage at sending end
d) dip in voltage at sending end

Answer: a
Explanation: VR is rise in voltage at receiving end for a transmission line.

3. Voltage regulation becomes negative for a ______load.
a) leading
b) lagging
c) zero power factor
d) unity power factor

Answer: a
Explanation: VR will be negative for a leading load at a receiving end.

4. Based on the below given phasor diagram, the condition for the zero voltage regulation occurs at ______________
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a) OC = OA
b) OC > OA
c) OC = OD
d) DC = AB

Answer: a
Explanation: Zero VR occurs when both the emf and the load voltage are equal.

5. For a transmission line under study of failure analysis, it is observed that the current at the receiving end is same as that of the sending end, then what can be concluded about the nature of the transmission line?
a) It is short TL
b) It is medium TL
c) It is long TL
d) Current is always same at the receiving end and the sending end.

Answer: a
Explanation: It is a short transmission line as the capacitance considered is zero and so the line charging current is also zero.

6. A single phase 50 hz, generator supplies an inductive load of 5 MW at a power factor of 0.8 lagging using OHTL over 20 km. The resistance and reactance are 0.39Ω and 3.96 Ω. The voltage at receiving station is maintained at 10 KV. The sending end voltage is ______
a) 11.68 kV
b) 7.62 kV
c) 14.4 kV
d) 12.2 kV

Answer: a
Explanation: Current, I = 5000/(10*0.8)
=625 A
Vs = |Vr|+|I|*(RcosФr + XsinФr)
= 10000+625(0.39*0.8+3.96*0.6)
= 11.68kV.

7.When the frequency of the system is increased, the charging MVAR of a system will __________
a) increase
b) decrease
c) remain constant
d) cannot be said

Answer: a
Explanation: Increasing the frequency decreases the reactance and thus charging current increases and so the MVAR.

8.Taking a case study for the long line under no load condition, the receiving end voltage is ____________
a) more than the sending-end voltage
b) less than the sending-end voltage
c) equal to the sending-end voltage
d) it will not be affected by the loading

Answer: a
Explanation: Due to Ferranti effect, the voltage will be more at receiving end in a LTL.

9. While given receiving-end voltage for a long transmission line, the sending-end voltage is more than the actual is found out using _____________
a) Nominal-pi method
b) Nominal-T method
c) Load end capacitance method
d) Any of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: In the nominal pi method, the losses are minimum.

10. Nominal-T and nominal-π are equivalent to each other.
a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Explanation: Nominal-T and nominal-π are not equivalent to each other. They can’t be interchanged.