Exam Date & Time: 24-Apr-2024 (09:15 AM - 12:30 PM)
CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
Fourth Semester of BTECH(EE)
University Theory Examination (Regular) April 2024
ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION AND ITS ECONOMICS [EE254]
Marks: 70 Duration: 195 mins.
Section - 1
Answer all the questions. Section Duration: 40 mins
MCQs
1 The cost of fuel transportation is minimum in________plant. (1)
All of
Steam Power Hydro-electric Nuclear power
these
2 A 2 kW water heater operates 8 hrs per day, if the cost of each unit is Rs. 3 per unit, then calculate (1)
the total bill for one month (30 days), assuming the charges for the first 100 units are nil.
Rs. 1140 Rs. 1440 Rs. 1740 Rs. 840
3 Which of the following materials are not used for the transmission and distribution of electrical power? (1)
Copper Aluminium Tungsten Steel
4 In the case of components of hydropower plants, water is taken to the water turbine through a huge (1)
steel pipe from the valve house is known as_________.
Draft
Surge tank Spillway Penstock
tube
5 India's first nuclear power plant was built at________. (1)
Tarapur Rana partap sagar Kalpakkam Kakrapar
6 The running cost of a nuclear power plant is about________ paise per unit. (1)
20 48 64 70
7 The load factor is _______. (1)
Always less than Less than or greater than Always greater than Less than
unity 1 1 zero
8 The principle of solar power is based on_________. (1)
Hydroelectric Thermoelectric Photovoltaic
Fission
effect effect effect
9 Domestic consumers are usually charged________. (1)
Flat rate Block rate Power factor Simple rate
tariff tariff tariff tariff
10 The connected load of a consumer is 2 kW and his maximum demand is 1.5 kW. The load factor of (1)
the consumer is_________.
None of
0.75 0.375 1.33
these
11 If there is one power plant only, the installed capacity of that power plant should be equal (1)
to________.
Average load Base load Minimum load Peak load
12 Primary transmission is done by a_________system. (1)
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3-phase, 3-wire 3-phase, 4-wire 3-phase, 5-wire 1-phase, 2-wire
13 Phase advancers are used for which among the following machines? (1)
Synchronous DC
Transformer Induction motor
machine machines
14 The best coal suitable for the production of energy is_______. (1)
Lignite Bituminous Anthracite Peat
15 Which of the following is an example for non-conventional energy resource? (1)
Petrol Diesel Wind Coal
16 Which particle is bombarded on heavy nucleus of nuclear fuel? (1)
Electron Proton Neutron Photon
17 Which element of hydroelectric power plant prevents the penstock from water hammer phenomenon? (1)
Valves and Draft
Spillway Surge tank
gates tubes
18 A string of insulators consisting of 7 units. The voltage across the bottom most unit is 25% of the total (1)
voltage. The string efficiency of this system will be________.
57.14 % 50.6 % 80.4 % 67.7 %
19 Which of the following is the main field of application of pin type insulator? (1)
Distribution Transmission Transmission and distribution EHV transmission
system system system system
20 For which among the following consumers is penalty imposed for low power factor? (1)
Residential consumers Industrial consumers Agricultural consumers Commercial consumer
Section - 2
Answer 5 out of 8 questions.
Descriptive
21 Draw and explain the layout of nuclear power plant. (5)
22 Draw and explain the layout of thermal power plant. (5)
23 What is fuel cell? Give the difference between fuel cell & battery. (5)
24 Explain photovoltaic based solar power plant with its essential components. (5)
25 What do you understand by the load curve? What informations are conveyed by a load curve? (5)
26 Define underground cable & explain the construction of cable with diagram. (5)
27 Define power factor. Explain disadvantages of low power factor. Also give causes of low power factor. (5)
28 Draw and explain typical AC power supply scheme. (5)
Section - 3
Answer 5 out of 7 questions.
Numerical
29 A string of 4 insulators has a self-capacitance equal to 10 times the pin to earth capacitance. (5)
Calculate (i) the voltage distribution across various units expressed as a percentage of total voltage
across the string and (ii) string efficiency. Assume 1 A current flow in the top insulator.
30 The wind is blowing at the rate of 20 m/s having the atmosphere at 1 bar, 300 K. This wind is (5)
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harnessed by a wind turbine having its efficiency of 50%. Find the maximum power and the actual
power per square meter of rotor area which can be developed by the turbine. Assume, R= 287 Nm/kg
K, Area = 1 m2.
31 A thermal station has the following data: (5)
Max demand = 22,000 kW ; Load Factor = 42%
Boiler efficiency = 85% ; Turbine efficiency = 91%
Coal consumption = 0.9 kg/kWh ; Cost of 1 ton of coal = Rs. 250
Determine (i) thermal efficiency and (ii) coal bill per annum.
32 A single phase motor connected to 240 V, 50 Hz supply takes 22 A at a power factor of 0·7 lagging. (5)
Calculate the capacitance required in parallel with the motor to raise the power factor to 0·9 lagging.
33 A 150 MW steam station uses coal of calorific value 6200 kcal/kg. Thermal efficiency of the station is (5)
40% and electrical efficiency is 94%. calculate the coal consumption per hour when the station is
delivering its full rated output.
34 Wind at 1 bar and 25 degree Celsius has a velocity of 15 m/s. Calculate: (5)
(i)Total power density in wind stream
(ii)Maximum power density
(iii)A reasonable obtainable power density
(iv)Total power produced if rotor diameter is 50 m and it runs at 70 rpm
(v)The torque and the axial thrust produced at maximum efficiency.
35 A generating station has the following daily load cycle: (5)
Time (hours) 6-8 8-12 12-16 16-20 20-24 24-6
Load (MW) 20 50 90 30 70 25
Plot the daily load curve and determine: (i) Maximum demand (ii) units generated per day (iii) average
load (iv) load factor.
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