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Electrical Engineering B.Tech Question Bank Advanced High Voltage Engineering Paper Code - EE801A Semester - 8

This document contains a question bank for an Advanced High Voltage Engineering exam with questions divided into three groups: Group A contains multiple choice questions, Group B contains short answer questions, and Group C contains long answer questions. The questions cover topics such as series resonant circuits, materials used in surge arrestors, partial discharge, corona discharge, lightning characteristics, impulse voltages, vacuum breakdown, high voltage generation and measurement techniques, partial discharge measurement, insulation testing methods, and tests performed on equipment like transformers and circuit breakers.

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Electrical Engineering B.Tech Question Bank Advanced High Voltage Engineering Paper Code - EE801A Semester - 8

This document contains a question bank for an Advanced High Voltage Engineering exam with questions divided into three groups: Group A contains multiple choice questions, Group B contains short answer questions, and Group C contains long answer questions. The questions cover topics such as series resonant circuits, materials used in surge arrestors, partial discharge, corona discharge, lightning characteristics, impulse voltages, vacuum breakdown, high voltage generation and measurement techniques, partial discharge measurement, insulation testing methods, and tests performed on equipment like transformers and circuit breakers.

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Electrical Engineering

B.Tech
Question Bank
Advanced High Voltage Engineering
Paper Code – EE801A
Semester – 8

Group – A
(Multiple Choice Type Qestions)

1. Choose the correct alternatives


i) Series resonant circuit operates at
a) unity power factor
b) leading power factor
c) lagging power factor
d) zero power factor
ii) Material used in gapless surge arrestor used in h.v power system is
a) graphite
b) silicon carbide
c) zinc oxide
iii) corona discharge is
a) partial discharge
b) disruptive discharge
c) none of these
iv) Most of the lighning strokes are of
a) negative polarity
b) positive polarity
c) neutral polarity
d) none of these
v) The peak value of lightning current is of the order of
a) 10000 A
b) 106 A
c) 100 A
d) 1000 A
vi) The principal device to protect a sub-station equipment from lightning
over voltages is
a) lightning arrestor
b) lightning conductor
c) counter poise
d) none of these

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Group-B
(Short Answer Type Qestions)

1. Define Townsend’s first ionization coefficient. Will it remain constant in a non-


uniform field?
2. Explain the physical significance of the Townsend’s criterion for breakdown.
3. Is there any anomaly between the Townsend’s and Streamer mechanisms? Show
that the latter is a transition from former.
4. What are electronegative gases? Explain why electronegative gases have high
breakdown field stress.
5. What is vacuum? How is it categorized? What is the usual range of vacuum used
in high voltage apparatus?
6. What do you mean by a 2000 kV , 1.2/50 impulse voltage?
7. What is a chopped wave ? Why does chopping take place?
8. Explain with diagrams, different types of rectifier circuit for producing high DC
voltages.
9. Why is controlled triggering required in an impulse generator? Describe a typical
trigger arrangement.
10. How are switching impulse generated in the laboratory?
11. With a neat diagram explain the arrangement to measure the peak value of an
impulse voltage by an indicating meter.
12. What do you mean by a) 50% impulse flashover voltage, b) withstand voltage
and c) chopped impulses?
13. “Corona inception voltage in a non-uniform field is lesser with negative polarity
compared to positive polarity voltage application” justify the statement.
14. What is partial discharge ? Differentiate between internal and external discharge.
15. Develop and draw equivalent circuit of insulating material during partial
discharge.
16. Describe how a fault in a long cable can be detected and located using partial
discharge technique.
17. What is inverted Schering Bridge? Give its application.

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Group-C
(Long Answer Type Qestions)

1. Explain why corona is not observed in a uniform field. Discuss the breakdown
characteristics of a gas in a strongly non-uniform field.
2. What are bad effects of corona in a transmission line? Comment on corona current
characteristics.
3. Briefly discuss the corona loss.
4. Discuss the various mechanisms of vacuum breakdown.
5. Derive expression for the voltage efficiency of a single-stage impulse generator.
6. With a neat sketch explain the operation of a multi-stage Marx impulse generator
circuit. Show that this circuit may be reduced to an equivalent single-stage circuit.
State the assumption made.
7. Explain with the help of a schematic diagram the working of a Cockroft-Walton
voltage multiplier circuit. Find the expression for ripple in output voltage.
8. With neat sketch describe the working of a Van de Graaff electrostatic generator.
What are the factors that limit the output violtage?.
9. With a neat diagram explain the arrangement to measure the peak value of an
impulse voltage by capacitance voltage divider.
10. With a neat diagram explain the arrangement to measure the peak value of an
impulse voltage by resistive voltage divider.
11. What are delay cables? Explain how a delay cable is connected to a resistive and a
capacitive voltage divider to avoid distortion.
12. Explain the concept of apparent charge in partial-discharge measurements.
Describe a simple experimental technique to measure partial discharge.
13. Describe the impulse current test performed on lightning arresters. How do you
conclude that the arrester has passed the test?
14. Describe the impulse test performed on transformer. How do you conclude that
the arrester has passed the test?
15. Describe various tests to be carried out on a circuit breaker.
16. Briefly explain how the partial discharges in an insulation system or equipment
can be detected and displayed.
17. Explain how the volume resistivity of a solid dielectric is determined.
18. Starting from the first principles, develop expression to evolve equivalent circuit
of an insulating material.
19. Draw a neat diagram of High Voltage Schering Bridge and analyze it for balanced
condition. Draw its phasor diagram. Assume 1) Series equivalent and 2) Parallel
equivalent representation of the insulating material.
20. Discuss various types of transformer ratio arm bridges and give their application
and advantages.

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