Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati Institute of Technology, Surat
Electrical Engineering Department
B.E. 4th Year (Semester – 8)
Subject: - PSOC
Chapter - 1 Automatic Generation and Voltage Control
1) Drive the expression for steady state frequency change for single
area system with the following cases. I. Changes in load with fixed
speed 2.Changes in speed with fixed demand.
2) Explain Load Frequency Control Two Area Case?
3) Explain Load Frequency Control with Generation Rate Constraints.
4) Demonstrate why the frequency and voltage to be regulated in
power system?
5) What is meant by free governor operation?
Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati Institute of Technology, Surat
Electrical Engineering Department
B.E. 4th Year (Semester – 8)
Subject: - PSOC
Chapter - 2 Power System Security
1) Write short note on sensitivity factors used in security analysis
2) Explain contingency analysis in detail and its importance.
3) Explain system state classification with relevant figures clearly showing the
security levels and transition between different security levels.
4) What are major functions of system security? Explain them in brief.
5) Introduce power system security by a short note on it.
6) Explain the following with the help of circuit diagrams. 1. Optimal dispatch 2
Post contingency 3 Secure dispatch 4 Secure post-contingency.
Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati Institute of Technology, Surat
Electrical Engineering Department
B.E. 4th Year (Semester – 8)
Subject: - PSOC
Chapter - 3 Reactive Power and Voltage Control
1) Develop an expression to find the magnitude of reactive power requirement
for voltage control in log transmission lines.
2) Why reactive compensation is required. Explain different methods of reactive
compensation.
3) Define the surge impedance loading (SIL) of a transmission line.
4) For a transmission line connected between two buses, derive the expression of
voltage regulation and also establish from the phasor diagram and the
equations that the Q and V have a strong coupling.
5) Explain voltage collapse and state main factors that leads to voltage collapse.
6) Derive the expression for critical receiving end voltage and critical power
angle at voltage stability limit for a two bus Power system.
7) Enlist different types of reactive power compensation methods for (1) heavily
loaded, (2) on no load and also explain voltage stressed power systems.
Explain static VAR compensators in detail.
8) Define the voltage regulation. Derive expression for voltage regulation of a
transmission line and show its relation with reactive power.
9) What do you mean by line load ability?
Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati Institute of Technology, Surat
Electrical Engineering Department
B.E. 4th Year (Semester – 8)
Subject: - PSOC
Chapter - 4 State Estimation
1) What do you mean by state estimation? And how does it differ from load flow
solutions. Discuss External System Equivalency.
2) Explain static and dynamic state estimation of power system.
3) Explain least square approximation method for state estimation.
4) Explain Tracking State Estimation for Power system.
5) Describe Least Square Estimation (LSE) and Weighted LSE for estimation of x
(vector of n random variables) using another vector y of variables m (>n).
6) In relation to state estimation process, explain detection, identification and
suppression of bad data in the measurement vector.
7) Explain various applications of state estimations in a power system.
8) Develop step by step the mathematical model for a state estimator using line
power flows with the help of weighted least square method as suggested by
Dopazo et al.
9) What do you mean by “Bad Data” in power system? How does it creep in while
obtaining a good state estimator? Explain clearly how it is taken care of by
using theory of probability
Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati Institute of Technology, Surat
Electrical Engineering Department
B.E. 4th Year (Semester – 8)
Subject: -PSOC
Chapter - 5 Load Forecasting
1) Write short note on load forecasting.
2) Classify forecasting methodology & explain.
3) Explain the estimation of Periodic Components of Load Forecasting
Techniques.
4) Explain Long Term Load Predictions using Econometric Models.
5) Describe Auto-Regressive Model and Auto- regressive Moving Average Model
for load forecasting.
6) How is the forecaster's knowledge and intuition considered superior to any
load forecasting method? Should a forecaster intervene to modify a forecast,
when, why and how ?
7) Which method of load forecasting would you suggest for long term and why?
Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati Institute of Technology, Surat
Electrical Engineering Department
B.E. 4th Year (Semester – 8)
Subject: - PSOC
Chapter - 6 Introduction to Power System Deregulation and Restructuring
1) Write a short note on Indian scenario of power systems
2) Explain in detail the deregulation of power supply and it’s advantage
3) Explain a vertically integrated utility of Power system Structures
4) Discuss its advantages and relative limitations to vertical integrated system.
5) Describe the different types of market model
6) Explain various Players involved in the Indian Power sector
7) Discuss the importance and features of congestion management in
deregulated power system.
8) Write short note on System monitoring Explain how system blackout occurs.
9) Draw hierarchy of Load dispatch centers in India. Also list out Locations of
NLDC, Regional LDCs and that of ALDCs of Western Region.
