R19EEE-PC3203 R19
LENDI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (AUTONOMOUS)
Permanently Affiliated to JNTUK, Kakinada
Jonnada: Vizianagaram
III B. Tech, II-Semester Regular Examinations, JUNE/JULY-2022
Switchgear and Protection
(EEE Only)
Date: 27-06-2022 Time: 3 Hours. Max. Marks: 70
Answer ONE Question from each UNIT and each question carries 14 Marks
UNIT-1
1. (A) Why is current chopping considered as serious drawback in a circuit
breaker? [7 Marks,CO1,Understand]
(B) What do you understand by the term “Short Circuit MVA”? How is the
breaking capacity specified? [7 Marks,CO1,Understand]
(OR)
2. (A) An 11 kV, 50 Hz alternator is connected to a system which has inductance
and capacitance per phase of 10 mH and 0.01 μF respectively. Determine
(i) the maximum voltage across the breaker contacts; (ii) Frequency of
transient oscillation; (iii) the average RRRV; and (iv) the maximum RRRV.
[7 Marks,CO1, Apply]
(B) Compare the performance of SF6 gas with air when used for circuit
breaking. [7 Marks,CO1, Remember]
UNIT-2
3. (A) What is Reach, under reach and over reach of relay?
[7 Marks,CO2,Remember]
(B) With neat sketch, explain the principle of operation of “Induction disc type
Over Current (O.C) relay”. How the time delay mechanism is adjusted in the
O.C. IDMT relay characteristics? Explain in brief. [7 Marks,CO2,Understand]
(OR)
4. (A) What are the different types of electromagnetic relays? Explain
[7 Marks,CO2, Understand]
(B) Explain in detail about primary and backup protection and its types?
[7 Marks,CO2,Understand]
UNIT-3
5. (A) Explain the different types of faults in transformer?
[7 Marks,CO3,Understand]
(B) What type of a protective scheme is employed for the protection of the field
winding of the alternator against ground faults? Explain in detail.
[7 Marks,CO3,Understand]
(OR)
6. (A) Compare CT & PT. What are the applications of CT & PT?
[7 Marks,CO3,Remember]
(B) Explain the Merz-price circulation current scheme of protection used for
power transformer. [7 Marks,CO3,Understand]
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UNIT-4
7. (A) What are the different types of bus-bar arrangements used in sub-stations?
Illustrate your answer with suitable diagrams. [7 Marks,CO4,Remember]
(B) Explain about the different techniques used for bus-bar protection.
[7
Marks,CO4,Understand]
(OR)
8. (A) Explain in detail with a schematic diagram, the protection scheme for the
Parallel Feeder [7 Marks,CO4,Understand]
(B) Explain the need for bus bar protection and the difficulties encountered in
bus bar protection [7 Marks,CO4,Understand]
UNIT-5
9. (A) Discuss and derive the expressions for over voltages due to lightning?
[7 Marks,CO5,Apply]
(B) Explain in detail with neat illustrations, about the types of lightning strokes
[7 Marks,CO5,Understand]
(OR)
10. (A) How will you synthesize a reactance relay using an amplitude comparator?
[7 Marks,CO5,Understand]
(B) When the input signal to the cosine-type phase comparator contains a dc
offset, how does the performance of the relay get affected ?
[7 Marks,CO5,Understand]
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