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POWER SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL

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1) Solve Q.1 or Q.2,Q.3 or Q.4,Q.5 or Q.6 and Q.7 or Q.8.
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3) Neat diagram must be drawn wherever neccesary.
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4) Assume suitable data, if necessary.
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Q1) a) Explain the necessity of maintaining frequency constant. [4]

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b) Explain the droop characteristics of the speed governor system. [6]

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c) Explain the working of proportional plus integral load frequency control

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of an isolated power system along with its frequency response curve.[8]

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Q2) a) Draw the complete block diagram of single area load frequency control.[4]
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b) Explain the necessity of automatic generation control (AGC). Also, explain

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the concept of area control error (ACE) of a single area and two area
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case. [6]
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c) With the neat block diagram, explain two area of load frequency control.
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Q3) a) Define the terms related to the constraints of the Unit Commitment: [4]
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i) Crew Constraints
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ii) Minimum uptime

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iii) Minimum downtime

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‘priority list method’ for unit commitment. [5]

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c) Explain with the mathematical formulation, the Lagrange Multiplier method

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Q4) a) What is the need for a unit commitment study in the power system?
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Explain. [4]
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b) Write a short note on: [5]

i) Heat rate curve of a thermal generating unit.
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c) Using the priority list method prepare a unit commitment table using
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three generating units, for load values such as 400MW, 900MW, and
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1100MW.The incremental fuel cost of three units and other details are as
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(IC)1 = (0.003P1 + 8)*103 Kcal/MWhr
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(IC)2 = (0.002P2 + 8.5)*103 Kcal/MWhr

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(IC)3 = (0.004P3 + 9)*103 Kcal/MWhr

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50<P1<500 MW;40<P2 <400 MW;20<P3<200 MW

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The fuel cost is (CP) 1 = 1.1 Rs / Kcal, (CP) 2 = 1.05Rs / kcal,
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Q5) a) What is the need for interconnection of the power system? [4]
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b) Explain in detail: Interchange evaluation with unit commitment. [4]

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c) With an example explain the economic interchange between interconncted

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Q6) a) What do you mean by power pool? What is the role of the power pool in

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b) Write a short note on: Capacity Interchange, diversity interchange. [6]

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c) Explain: [6]

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Q7) a) State the procedure to draw the QV curve. Hence, draw the QV curve
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b) What are the effects of voltage instability on the power system? Explain
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PV curve in detail and hence draw the PV curve with appropriate labeling
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showing stable-unstable region. [7]
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Q8) a) What is the use of the PV curve in voltage stability analysis? State the
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b) Write a short note on load characteristics in the voltage stability. [6]

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c) What is the concept of voltage collapse in the power system? What are
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