6.

A single phase transmission

Power System line 50 miles long and
consist of two solid
1. A certain type of stranded
conductors spaced 5 ft apart
cable has 37 strands
center to center. The
measuring 0.116 inch. The
diameter of the conductor is
equivalent area of the cable
0.46 inches. At a frequency
in circular mils is
of 60 hz, what is the total
approximately 500000
reactance for the
2. What is the GMR of a seven conductors. 70.5 ohm
strands conductor in terms
7. Determine the mutual GMD of
of radius r of an individual
a three phase single circuit
strand? 2.304r
transmission line whose
3. A 3-phase line is designed conductors arranged in a
with equilateral spacing of triangular formation so that
16 ft. It is decided to the two distances between
build the line with conductors are 20 ft and the
horizontal spacing such that third is 38 ft respectively.
D13 = 2D12 = 2D23. The 24.77 ft
conductors are transposed.
8. A 230 kV transmission line
What would be the spacing
is 100 miles long. The
between adjacent conductor
conductor is ACSR of
in order to obtain the same
1,113,000 CM. The conductors
inductance? 12.7 ft.
are horizontally arranged
4. A 345 kV transmission line with 20 ft spacing. The
has two bundled conductor resistance per mile is
per phase, spaced 18 inches 0.0969 ohm and its GMR is
horizontally. The conductor 0.0435 ft. What is the
used in the bundle has a impedance of the line? 9.69
self GMD of 0.0403 ft. If + j77.19
the phases are spaced 15.5
9. A 34.5 kV feeder line is 5
ft apart, what is the self
miles long. The conductors
GMR of the bundled
are apace 4 feet
conductor? 0.246 ft
horizontally. The conductor
5. What is the loop inductance is 4/0 copper with GMR of
per loop km of two parallel 0.01668 ft. What is the
conductors of single phase reactance of the line? 3.46
system if each has a ohm
diameter of 1 cm and their
10. A 5 km long 3-phase line has
axes are 150 cm apart? When
a horizontal configuration
conductor have relative
of 4 ft. spacing. The
permeability of 50. 7.28 mH
conductor is 336.4 MCM with
a GMR of 0.0244 ft. and a
resistance of 0.306 ohm per
mile. What is the impedance?
2.22 cis 65º
11. The conductor of a 3-phase 16. A load of 12 MVA 0.8 pf. Lag
transmission line are , 22 kV is served by a
vertical flat horizontal transmission line which has
spacing of 6 m. If the a resistance of 3 ohms and a
diameter are 500 mils for line reactance of 10 ohms.
every conductor and the line Solve for the sending end
is 25 km, what is the per voltage. 26.721 kV
phase capacitance to 17. A substation receives 4,500
neutral? 0.2 uF kW power at 0.9 p.f. lag. At
12. A 60 hz 3-phase 100 miles 10 kV from a generating
transmission line draws a station over a transmission
charging current of 0.5 A line of impedance 6 + j20
per mile when the line is ohms/phase. Identical
tested at 100 kV to neutral. transformer of 30/10 kV
The capacitive susceptance ratio are installed at each
of the line to neutral in end of the line, the
mho is nearest to 5 x 10-4 transmission line voltage is
13. A 170 mile 230 kV 60 hz 3- 30 kV. the equivalent
phase single circuit impedance of each
transmission line uses a transformer on HV side is 2
triangular arrangement with + j8 ohms/phase. What is the
20 ft , 20 ft , and 36 ft voltage at the generating
spacing respectively. If the station busbars? 11.5 kV
line conductors have a GMR 18. A 3-phase transmission line
of 0.0217 ft. determine the with an impedance per phase
capacitive susceptance to of 5 + j11.3 ohms is
neutral per mile. 4.81 x10-6 supplying a load of 1,000 kW
mho per mile at 80% p.f. lag., 11 kV at
14. A single circuit 3-phase 60 the receiving end. Determine
hz transmission is using a the sending end power
horizontal arrangement with factor.0.765
a spacing distance of 4 m 19. A 3-phase short transmission
between adjacent conductors. line delivers a load of 150
If each conductor has an kVA at 2,400V line to line,
outside diameter of 0.8 cm , 0.8 p.f. lag. Solve for the
determine the capacitance to per cent regulation of the
neutral per meter. 7.793 line if the impedance per
pF/m wire is 1.5 + j4 ohms. 0.096
15. A three phase double circuit
line has a horizontal
spacing of 40 ft. and a
vertical spacing between
adjacent levels of 25 ft.
Determine the mutual GMD of
theline. 40.56 ft
20. A short 3-phase transmission 24. A 3-phase transmission line
line serves at its end an has a resistance of 10 ohms
induction motor 500 hp, 80% per wire and a reactance of
p.f. lag. 90% efficiency and 80 ohms per wire. The load
2400 volt phase to neutral. current is 90 Amps and the
If the line has an impedance p.f. of the load is 80% lag.
of 1.5 + j2.4 ohm/cond , The sending end voltage of
determine the percent the line is 44 kV. What is
regulation of the line. 0.08 the receiving end line
21. A 3-phase 3-wire voltage? 34.3 kV
transmission line has an 25. A 3-phase short transmission
impedance per wire of 3 + j7 line has a resistance of 8
ohms. The receiving end load ohms and a reactance of 11
is 1950 kW at 0.65 p.f. lag. ohms per phase is supplied
with line voltage of 13.8 with a voltage of 11 kV. At
kV. What kVAR of a bank the end of the line is a
capacitors to be placed at balanced load P kW at a p.f.
the input end of the line to of 0.8 leading. For what
increase the p.f. at that value of P in kW is the
end to 0.8 lag. 1042 regulation of the line is
22. A short 3-phase transmission zero? 209
line with an impedance per 26. A 3-phase short transmission
phase of 3 + j7 supplies a line has a resistance and
balanced load that draws 200 reactance per phase of 15
Amps at 13.8 kV with 0.707 ohms and 20 ohms
p.f. lag. In addition, a respectively. If the sending
capacitor bank that draws 90 end voltage is 33 kV and the
Amps is connected across the regulation of the line is
load. Determine the not to exceed 10%, what is
efficiency of the line. the maximum power which can
0.943 be transmitted over the
23. A 33 kV 3-phase generating line? 18 MW
station is to supply 10 MW 27. A short 3-phase 3-wire
load at 31 kV 0.9 p.f. lag transmission line has an
over transmission line 3 km impedance of 2 + j6 ohms per
long. For the efficiency of conductor at the receiving
the line to be 96%, what end are connected a 3-phase
must be the impedance of the inductive load drawing 5000
line? 6.8 cis 62º kW at 0.8 pf. Line to line
voltage of 13,800 V and a
capacitor bank drawing 200 A
line current. Solve for the
power at the sending end.
5274 kW
28. A 15 MW , 132 kV 80% p.f. 3- 32. A short 3-wire transmission
phase load is to be served line has an impedance of 2 +
by a transmission line j5 ohms per wire. At the
having conductors whose receiving end, a balanced 3-
resistance is 0.5 ohm/km. If phase load and capacitor
the losses on the line shall bank draw 3000 kVA , 0.71
not exceed 4.5%, how long p.f. lag and 600 kVAR
must this line be? 70 km respectively at 8000 volts
29. A 3-phase transmission line phase to neutral. Determine
5 km long delivers 2 MVA at the power loss of the
a p.f. of 0.80 lag. The transmission line 71.09 kW
resistance and reactance per 33. A 10 km 3-phase transmission
km of each conductor are 0.3 line delivers power to a
ohm and 0.6 ohm load rated 200 kW 6.9 kV and
respectively. Calculate the at 80% lag p.f. The
voltage at the sending end resistance and reactance of
assuming a line loss of 7.2% each line are 0.8 and 1.2
of the power delivered to ohms respectively. What
the load. 4653 V percentage of the power
30. A certain station in Luzon generated is lost in the
has 36 kV 3-phase is to transmission line? 0.0805
supply 12 MW load at 30 kV 34. A 3-phase line has a
and 0.8 p.f. lag. over a 3- reactance of 4.32 ohms and a
phase transmission line. resistance of 4.15 ohms. The
Find the resistance of the load at the receiving end is
line if the length of the 3,800 kW at 75% p.f. lag and
transmission line is 4,000 the voltage at the sending
meters and the efficiency is end is 36 kV. Determine the
90%. 5.33 voltage at the receiving
31. The sending end voltage of a end? 35.14 kV
balanced 3-phase 35. It is desired to deliver
transmission line is 8410 4000 kW 3-phase at a
volts phase to neutral. The distance of 25 miles. The
line current is 200A with a load voltage being 33 kV 60
sending end lag p.f. of hz and the p.f. of the load
0.803. The receiving end being 85% lag. the reactance
voltage is 7600 V phase to of the line per phase is
neutral with the line 0.692 ohms per mile. The
current having a lag p.f. of line loss is 10% of the
0.85. Solve for the power delivered. Determine
impedance of the line. 1.47 the voltage regulation of
+ j5.04 the line. 0.112
36. A certain type of stranded 41. A single phase transmission
cable has 37 strands line 50 miles long and
measuring 0.116 inch. The consist of two solid
equivalent area of the cable conductors spaced 5 ft apart
in circular mils is center to center. The
approximately 500000 diameter of the conductor is
37. What is the GMR of a seven 0.46 inches. At a frequency
strands conductor in terms of 60 hz, what is the total
of radius r of an individual reactance for the
strand? 2.177r conductors. 70.5 ohm
38. A 3-phase line is designed 42. Determine the mutual GMD of
with equilateral spacing of a three phase single circuit
16 ft. It is decided to transmission line whose
build the line with conductors arranged in a
horizontal spacing such that triangular formation so that
D13 = 2D12 = 2D23. The the two distances between
conductors are transposed. conductors are 20 ft and the
What would be the spacing third is 38 ft respectively.
between adjacent conductor 24.77 ft
in order to obtain the same 43. A 230 kV transmission line
inductance? 12.7 ft is 100 miles long. The
39. A 345 kV transmission line conductor is ACSR of
has two bundled conductor 1,113,000 CM. The conductors
per phase, spaced 18 inches are horizontally arranged
horizontally. The conductor with 20 ft spacing. The
used in the bundle has a resistance per mile is
self GMD of 0.0403 ft. If 0.0969 ohm and its GMR is
the phases are spaced 15.5 0.0435 ft. What is the
ft apart, what is the self impedance of the line? 9.69
GMR of the bundled + j77.19
conductor? 0.246 ft 44. A 34.5 kV feeder line is 5
40. What is the loop inductance miles long. The conductors
per loop km of two parallel are apace 4 feet
conductors of single phase horizontally. The conductor
system if each has a is 4/0 copper with GMR of
diameter of 1 cm and their 0.01668 ft. What is the
axes are 150 cm apart? When reactance of the line? 3.46
conductor have relative ohm
permeability of 50. 7.28 mH 45. A 5 km long 3-phase line has
a horizontal configuration
of 4 ft. spacing. The
conductor is 336.4 MCM with
a GMR of 0.0244 ft. and a
resistance of 0.306 ohm per
mile. What is the impedance?
2.22 cis 65º
46. The conductor of a 3-phase 51. In a pure reactive circuit,
transmission line are the power factor is 0
vertical flat horizontal 52. Power factor is defined as
spacing of 6 m. If the the ratio of watts to volt
diameter are 500 mils for ampere
every conductor and the line 53. In a series circuit
is 25 km, what is the per consisting of resistance and
phase capacitance to reactance, power factor is
neutral? 0.2 uF defined as the ratio of
47. A 60 hz 3-phase 100 miles resistance to impedance
transmission line draws a 54. For a parallel circuit
charging current of 0.5 A consisting of resistance and
per mile when the line is reactance the value of power
tested at 100 kV to neutral. factor is the ratio of
The capacitive susceptance impedance to resistance
of the line to neutral in
55. It is not easy to find the
mho is nearest to 5 x 10-4
value of impedance in
48. A 170 mile 230 kV 60 hz 3- parallel circuit but power
phase single circuit factor can be easily
transmission line uses a obtained as the ratio of
triangular arrangement with active current to line
20 ft , 20 ft , and 36 ft current
spacing respectively. If the
56. The power factor of a.c.
line conductors have a GMR
circuit containing both a
of 0.0217 ft. determine the
resistor and a capacitor is
capacitive susceptance to
leading power factor
neutral per mile. 4.81 x10-6
57. In an ac circuit, a low
mho per mile
value of reactive volt
49. A single circuit 3-phase 60
ampere compared with watts
hz transmission is using a
indicates high power factor
horizontal arrangement with
58. In a given ac circuit when
a spacing distance of 4 m
power factor is unity the
between adjacent conductors.
reactive power is 0
If each conductor has an
outside diameter of 0.8 cm , 59. The capacitor of power
determine the capacitance to factor correction are rated
neutral per meter. 7.793 in terms of kVAR
pF/m 60. Poor power factor results in
50. A three phase double circuit all of the following except
line has a horizontal reduction in power losses
spacing of 40 ft. and a 61. Power factor of an inductive
vertical spacing between circuit can be improved by
adjacent levels of 25 ft. connecting to it in either
Determine the mutual GMD of series or parallel
theline. 40.56 ft
62. For the same load, if the 74. Out of the following, which
power factor of load is one is not unconventional
reduced it will draw more source of energy nuclear
current power
63. The power factor of an 75. Heating value of coal
incandescent bulb is unity largely depends on ash
64. Power factor of the content
magnetizing component of a 76. Power plants using coal work
transformer is zero closely on which the
65. One of the reasons of for following cycle rankine
improving the power factor cycle
is to decrease the reactive 77. The efficiency of the
power thermal power plant improves
66. Another reason for improving with use of high steam
the power factor is to avoid pressures
poor voltage regulation 78. Nuclear reactor generally
67. Power factor improvement may employ fission
be achieved by the use of 79. For economy in generation
synchronous motor power plant installation
68. The advantage of using factor should be high
static capacitor to improve 80. The ration of sum of
the power factor is because individual maximum demand to
they are almost loss free maximum demand of
69. Many industrial tariffs installation is known as
penalize consumers whose diversity factor
power factor falls below 0.8 81. A diesel power plant is best
70. A factory takes a load of suited as stand by plant
1000 KW and has a reactive 82. A gas turbine power plant
power of 1000 kVAR. Its usually suits for peak load
power factor is 0.7 operation
71. A current of 10A at a power 83. A nuclear power plant is
factor of 0.8 lagging is invariably used as a base
taken from 250V ac supply. load plant
The reactive power of the 84. Efficiency is secondary
system is 1500 VAR consideration in case of
72. Which of the following peak load plant
generating stations has 85. Which of the following
maximum running cost hydro plants will take least time
power station in starting from cold
73. Which of the following condition to full load
methods of generating operation gas turbine
electric power from the sea 86. In a steam power plant,
water is more advantageous which component needs
tidal power maximum maintenance
attention boiler
87. A low utilization factor for
a plant indicates that plant
is used for stand by purpose
only
88. While calculating the cost
of electric power
generation, which of the
following is not considered
a fixed cost repair and
maintenance
89. Maximum demand of an
installation is given by its
average maximum demand over
a definite interval of time
during a certain period
90. A diversity factor of 2.5
gives a saving of ______% in
the generating equipment. 60
91. Mark the wrong statement.
High load factor of a
generating equipment implies
lower diversity in demand
92. In a generating station,
fixed charges at 100% load
factor are 6 cents/kWh. With
25% load factor, the charges
would become______
cents/kWh. 24
93. Mark the wrong statement.
While considering power
factor improvement, the most
economical angle of lag
depends on the rate of
depreciation
94. A 3-phase balanced system
working at 0.9 lag p.f. has
a line loss of 3600 kW. If
the p.f. is reduced to 0.6,
the line loss would become
______kW. 8100