Assignment no 2

Power system Analysis

Symmetrical & unsymmetrical faults
Q1 A small generating station has a bus bar divided into three stations. Each section is
connected to a tie bar with reactors, each rated 5 MVA 0.1 pu reactance. A
generator of 8 MVA rating and 0.15 pu reactance is connected to each section of the
bus bar. etermine short circuit capacit! of the bus bar if a three phase fault ta"es
place on one section of the bus bar. Ans: 78,73MVA
Q2 A generating station A has a short circuit capacit! of 1000 MVA. Another station #
has a short circuit capacit! of $50 MVA. %he! are operating at 11 &V. 'ind the
short circuit MVA if
(a) the! are connected in parallel.
(b) *f the! are connected b! a cable of 0.5 ohm reactance per phase and three
phase fault ta"es place at generating station A.
Ans: a! 1"#$ MVA %! 117"&'7 MVA
Q3 A single line to ground fault occurs on phase (a) at a point + in the circuit whose
single line diagram is shown below.
etermine the fault current. %he reactances of the transmission lines are ,
1
-,
.
-1./
and ,
0
-00/ on a base of 1..5 MVA and 01$0 Volts.
Ans: 27"#&"A!
Q' A 10 MVA, 11.8 &V, 12phase alternator has a sub transient reactance of 15/ and
negative and 3ero se4uence reactances of 15/ and 5/ respectivel!. %he alternator
supplies two motors over a transmission line having transformers at both ends as
shown on one line diagram. %he motors have rated input of .0MVA and 10 MVA
both 1..5 &V, with .0/ sub transient recatances and negative 5 3ero se4uence
reactances are .0/ and 5/ respectivel!. 6urrent limiting reactors are ..0 ohm each
in neutral of alternator and large motor. %he rating of both transformers are 15 MVA,
11..7115&V 879 connected with lea"age reactance of 10/. :eries reactance of the
line is 80 ohms. %he 3ero se4uence reactance of the line is .00 ohms. etermine the
fault current when
(a) ;2< (b) ;2; and ;2;2< fault ta"es place at point +.

Q# %hree $.$ &V, 1 phase, 10 MVA alternators are connected to a common bus. Each
alternator has a positive reactance of 0.15 pu. %he negative and 3ero se4uence
impedances are =5/ and 10/ of positive se4uence reactance. A single line to ground
fault occurs on the bus. 'ind the fault current if
a! All alternator neutrals are solidl! grounded.
%! >ne alternator neutrals is solidl! grounded and other two neutrals are
isolated.
c! >ne alternator neutral is solidl! grounded through 0.1 ohm resistance and
other two neutrals are isolated.
Ans: a! 2#"$3&"A %! 1*8$#&#A c! 1$"77&8A!
Q" E?plain the term short circuit capacit!.
A power station has two 10 MVA generators each with 0.15 pu
reactance and one 10MVA generator with 0.1.5 pu reactance. *t is
suppl!ing to 1.1 "V switchgear through a 5 MVA transformer. *f
the short circuit capacit! of switch gear is 100MVA, find the safe
minimum reactance of transformer.
Ans: $&'$+u $&$87 o,m!&
Q7 :how that a line to ground fault at the terminals of the
s!nchronous generator with solidl! grounded neutral is
more severe than a three phase fault.
Q8 'igure below shows single line diagram of a three phase power s!stem. ( @6 Aai + 105)
#oth generator and motor are rated
.500"VA, $00volts with ,1-,.- 10/
and ,0-5/. %1 and %. are
transformers each rated .500"VA,
$00V2 delta and 01$0V star with
,1-,.-,o- 5/. %he transmission line reactances are ,1-,.-15/ and ,o- 50/ on a base of
.500"VA, 0.1$"V. A double line to ground fault occurs on line b 5 c at point + in the s!stem.
Assuming no load condition and neglecting pre2fault current determine fault current.
Q* A 50 MVA 11 &V three phase s!nchronous generator was subBected to different
t!pes of fault. %he faults currents are as followsC
-. fault 2 0.00AD -- fault 2 .$00AD --- t,ree +,ase fault! 2 .000A
%he generator neutral is solidl! grounded. 'ind the per unit value of positive, negative
and 3ero se4uence reactances of the generator.
(Ans: /
$
0$&12"+u, /
1
0 1&312+u, /
2
0 $&'3"+u!
Q1$ A three phase 10 MVA 11 &V s!nchronous generator with a solidl! grounded neutral
point, supplies a feeder. %he relevant impedances of the generator and the feeder are
as followsC
.enerator 1ee2er
Positi3e se4uence B 1..E B 1.0E
5egati3e se4uence B 0.FE B 1.0E
6ero se4uence B 0.0E B 1.0E
A fault from one phase to ground occurs at the far end of the feeder. etermine the
voltage to neutral of the fault! phase at the terminals of the generator.
Ans: '233&*V!
Q11 raw the se4uence networ"s for the s!stem shown in the figure. etermine the fault
current when ;; fault occurs at point '. the per unit reactances all referred to the
same base are as followsC
,
0
,
1
,
.
<enerator <
1
0.05 0.1 0..
<enerator <
.
0.01 0..5 0.15
;ine 1 0.=0 0.1 0.1
;ine . 0.=0 0.1 0.1
%ransformer %
1
0.1. 0.1. 0.1.
%ransformer %
.
0.1 0.1 0.1
#oth the generators are generating 1 pu voltage. *f rating of generators and
transformers are 100 MVA, 11&V and 100 MVA11711.&V. 'ind the actual fault
currents of all the three lines.
Ans: 7
f
0 7
%
0 7
c
0 '&2""+u, 7
a
0$!