KPR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

POWER SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL
UNIT 2 - REAL POWERFREQUENCY CONTROL
PART -A
1. What is the function of load frequency control?
2. How is the real power in a power system controlled?
3. How can the flow of high pressure steam controlled?
4. What is meant by fly ball governor?
5. What is the purpose of speed changer?
6. Define inertia constant.
7. Define regulation.
8. State any two necessities to put alternators in parallel.
9. Give the conditions for proper synchronizing of alternators.
10. Define per unit droop.
11. List the advantages of multi-area operation.
12. What are the types of automatic load frequency control for interconnected power
system?
13. What is meant by control area?
14. State the basic role of ALFC.
15. What is meant by AFRC?
16. What is area control error?
17. What is AGC?
18. State the advantages of state space analysis.
PART B
1. Explain the mathematical model of speed governing mechanism with suitable
diagram.
2. With neat block diagram, explain the single area load frequency control system.
3. Develop the model of two control area and obtain its block diagram
representation. Explain the salient features under static and dynamic conditions.
4. How is speed governor mechanism modelled? Explain its operations with the
speed load characteristics?
5. Develop the state variable model of single area load frequency control system and
state the advantages of state variable model.
6. Problems related to speed load characteristics and single area and two area
characteristics.