Faculty of Environment & Technology: Hassan Nouri UFME7M-15-M Modern Power Systems
Faculty of Environment & Technology: Hassan Nouri UFME7M-15-M Modern Power Systems
Faculty of Environment & Technology: Hassan Nouri UFME7M-15-M Modern Power Systems
Technology
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Examination Period: March
Instructions to Candidates:
QUESTION 1
(a) Define the term “per Unit” system and discuss its advantages in
calculation.
[5 Marks]
(b) The one line diagram of a three phase, two bus, power system is
shown in figure Q.1. The manufacturer’s data for each component
is given as:
Draw the per unit impedance diagram of the network on the base of
100 MVA.
[20 Marks]
Figure Q.1
Module Code: UFME7M-15-M Academic Year:2011-2012
(a)
With the aid of circuit diagrams discuss how the negative sequence
reactance of synchronous machines is measured.
[5 Marks]
(b)
[3 Marks]
(ii) Draw the per phase, per unit sequence reactance diagrams of
the network on the base of 100 MVA.
[7 Marks]
QUESTION 3
[10Marks]
(ii) From the concept of equal area criterion, determine the critical angle
for the condition when a sudden increase in the generator output will not
cause the loss of stability.
[15 Marks]
Figure Q.3
Module Code: UFME7M-15-M Academic Year:2011-2012
QUESTION 4
[ 5 Marks]
(b) Figure Q.4 shows the single line diagram of a three bus system.
Data for this system are given in Tables I and II.
(i) Using the Gauss-Seidel method, determine the phasor
values of the voltage at bus 2 after one round of iteration.
[ 20 Marks]