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This document contains a midterm exam for an electrical engineering course on power generation. It has three sections: 1. Section A contains 25 multiple choice questions testing fundamentals of electrical power generation terms and concepts. 2. Section B has two questions - the first asks students to calculate efficiency and load from information on a steam power plant, and the second asks students to explain the main parts of a nuclear reactor. 3. Section C has two longer questions - the first asks students to calculate average discharge, pondage, and capacity from hydro plant data, and the second asks students to plot a daily load curve and calculate associated metrics from demand information.

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This document contains a midterm exam for an electrical engineering course on power generation. It has three sections: 1. Section A contains 25 multiple choice questions testing fundamentals of electrical power generation terms and concepts. 2. Section B has two questions - the first asks students to calculate efficiency and load from information on a steam power plant, and the second asks students to explain the main parts of a nuclear reactor. 3. Section C has two longer questions - the first asks students to calculate average discharge, pondage, and capacity from hydro plant data, and the second asks students to plot a daily load curve and calculate associated metrics from demand information.

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COMSATS university Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus

Department of Electrical Engineering


Mid Term Paper / Fall 2022

Class: EPE 7 (A&B) Date: 17 /11/ 2022


Subject: Power generation
Instructor: Engr. Sifat Ali Shah
Time Allowed: 1. 5 hours Max Marks: 50
Name:___________________ Reg. No#________________

Course Learning Program Learning Domain / Level


Question Objective Objective Justification
(CLO) (PLO)
1 CLO-0 PLO-0 - MCQs
2 CLO-1 PLO-1 Cognitive/ Fundamentals and explanation of term in
C2 electrical power generation
Cognitive/ Analysis and design of power generation plant
3 CLO-2 PLO-2 C4

Section -A ( 25 marks )
Q1. Select and choose the correct answer of the following

1. The connected load is generally ---------- than maximum demand

2. Load factor is the ratio of – (a) average load to maximum load (b) maximum load to

demand factor (c) average load to minimum load

3. The plot, time in hours against discharge in m2/sec. the obtain curve is known as

(a) daily load curve (b) hydrograph curve (c) monthly load curve

4. To let the water into conduit pipe is called

(a) Spill way gate (b) forebay (c) intake gate (d) penstock

5. The area under the daily load curve gives ...... (i) Average load, (ii) maximum demand,

(iii) units generated per day

6 . The function of a moderator is to----- (a) absorb the part of the Kinetic energy of the neutrons

(b) extract the heat (c) reflect back some of the neutrons (d) start the reactor

7. Moderator is not required in ------------

(a) Pressurized water reactor (b) Gas cooled reactor (c) Boiling water reactor (d) Breeder reactor

8. 1 amu is equal to -----------MeV


9. In PWR ---------- is use as moderator (a) graphite (b) CO2 (c) H2O

10. In all modern power station the generator used is of ------------poles

(a) 4 poles (b) 2poles (c) 6poles

11. The steam is supplied to the turbine, where it is ------------------

(a) Condense (b) expand (c) contract

12. Generally ----------- tube boiler are used for producing electric power station

13. The coal size of ----------- mm and below are allowed to pass through it.

14. The water treatment plant mainly comprises------ system

15. Economizers’ are used to heat ........ (a) air (b) feed water (c) steam
16. UGC, where we convert coal in to gas called----------.

17. In a steam power plant ,the water treatment plant the maximum silica content---------

18. A steam condenser is basically a (a) Boiler (b) Condenser (c) Heat exchanger

19. Deuterium oxide is used in nuclear reactors as--


(a) fuel (b) moderator (c) shield (d) regulator

20. A sodium graphite reactor uses


(a) sodium as moderator and graphite as coolant (b) sodium as coolant and graphite as moderator
(c) a mixture of sodium and graphite as coolant (d) a mixture of sodium and graphite as
moderator.

21. A fast breeder reactor


(a) operates with fast neutrons and produces less fissionable material than it consumes
(b) operates with fast neutrons and produces more fissionable material than it consumes
(c) operates with slow neutrons and produces less fissionable material than it consumes
(d) operates with slow neutrons and produces more fissionable material than it consumes

22. In a fast breeder reactor , neutron shielding is provided by the use of ----

(a) boron (b) light water (c) graphite (d) all of them

23.The equipment installed in power plants to reduce air pollution due to smoke is----

(a) Induced draft fans (b) De-super heaters (c) Electrostatic precipitators (d) Re-heaters.
24. Steam pressures usually used in thermal power plants are-------
(a) 5 kg/cm2 to 10 kg / cm2 (b) 17 kg/cm2 to 167.5 kg / cm2
(c) 17 kg/cm2 to 170 kg / cm2 (d) 70 kg/cm2 to 215 kg / cm2

25. water treatment in a steam power station, the maximum iron and copper content----------------
Section B (12+12 = 24 marks )

Q2 (A) A steam power station spends Rs. 30 lakhs per annum for coal used in the station.
The coal has a calorific value of 5000 kcal/kg and costs Rs. 300 per ton.
If the station has thermal efficiency of 33% and electrical efficiency of 90%,
find the average load on the station

(B) Explain with a neat sketch the various (main) parts of a nuclear reactor

Section -C (12+14 = 26 marks )


Q3 (A) The weekly discharge of a typical hydroelectric plant is as under :
Day Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
Discharge(m3/sec) 500 520 850 800 875 900 546
The plant has an effective head of 15 m and an overall efficiency of 85%. If the plant
operates on 40% load factor,
estimate
(i) the average daily discharge
(ii) pondage required and
(iii) installed capacity of proposed plant.

(B) A power station has to meet the following demand :


Group A : 200 kW between 8 A.M. and 6 P.M.
Group B : 100 kW between 6 A.M. and 10 A.M.
Group C : 50 kW between 6 A.M. and 10 A.M.
Group D : 100 kW between 10 A.M. and 6 P.M.
and then between 6 P.M. and 6 A.M.
(i) Plot the daily load curve and determine
(ii) diversity factor
(iii) units generated per day
(vi) load factor.

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