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QuestionBank
Programme:ME
Subject:PS7202FLEXIBLEACTRANSMISSIONSYSTEMS
Semester/Branch/Section:IIPowerSystemsEngineering

UnitI
PartA

1. Whatisrealpower?
2. Definereactivepower.
3. Definepowerfactor.
4. Whatisthesignificanceofpowerfactor?
5. Listtheobjectivesofreactivepowercompensation.
6. Listthefictionalrequirementsofreactivepowercompensators.
7. Whataretheconventionalcontrolmechanismsforvoltagecontrol?
8. Listthemaintechnicalrequirementsofstaticconverters.
9. WhataretheneedsofFACTScontrollerinmodernpowersystem?
10. Whatarethefactorswhichlimitloadingcapability?
11. WritethelistofFACTSdevicestocontrolthelinepowerflows.
12. DefineFACTS.
13. WhatisTCR?
14. DrawthebasiccircuitofTCR.
15. WhatisTSC?
16. DrawthebasiccircuitofTSC.
17. WhatisTCSC?
18. DrawthebasiccircuitofTCSC.
19. WhatisSSSC?
20. DrawthebasiccircuitofSSSC.

PartB
1. ExplainwithaneatsketchthevarioustypesofconventionalcontrolMechanismofVoltage
inElectricalTransmissionNetwork.
2. Explainwithnecessarydiagramstheanalysisofuncompensatedtransmissionline.
3. ExplainthevariousbasictypesofFACTScontrollersindetail.
4. ExplaintheroleofFACTSdevicesinreactivepowercompensation.
5. Derive the expression for active as well as reactive power flow in a lossless transmission
line?Drawnecessaryphasordiagram.
6. By using power angle curve explain how by changing the value of line impedance the
maximumamountofactivepowerflowwillchange?
7. Explain and differentiate the effect of series and shunt compensation at midpoint of the
line.
8. Explainthereactivepowercompensationatthesending,midpointandreceivingendsofthe
transmissionlines.
9. ExplaintheworkingandcharacteristicofThyristorSwitchedSeriesCapacitor.
10. Briefly describe the way by which the transient stability is enhanced due to static VAR
compensator.

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UnitII
PartA

1. WhatisSVC?
2. WhatarethetwotypesofSVC?
3. WhatarethefactorstobeconsideredfordesigningSVCtoregulatemidpointvoltage?
4. DrawtheconfigurationofSVCmodel.
5. Whatisloadcompensation?
6. Whatissystemcompensation?
7. Whatisseriescompensation?
8. Whatisshuntcompensation?
9. DrawthecharacteristicsofSVC.
10. ListthecharacteristicsofSVC.
11. ListtheobjectivesofSVC.
12. DrawtheVIcharacteristicsofSVC.
13. DrawtheVQcharacteristicsofSVC.
14. ListtheadvantagesofTSCTCRtypeSVCoverFCTCRtypeSVC.
15. DefineSTATCOM.
16. DrawthebasiccircuitofSTATCOM.
17. DrawtheVIcharacteristicsofSTATCOM.
18. DrawtheVQcharacteristicsofSTATCOM.
19. DefineUPFC
20. DrawthebasiccircuitofUPFC.

PARTB

1. IllustratethemodellingofSVCforstabilityanalysis.
2. ExplainthetransientstabilityenhancementofSMIBsystemusingSVC.
3. Howisshuntcompensationclassified?Explainindetail.
4. CompareandcontrastSTATCOMandSVC.
5. ExplainSVCwithrespecttothefollowingaspects.
i. Diagram
ii. Operation
iii. VIcharacteristics
6. ExplainabouttheperformanceofSVCincontrollingvoltageinapowersystem.
7. ExplaintheoperationofSTATCOMwithanaidofblockdiagram.
8. DiscussindetailaboutSVCSVCinteraction.
9. ExplainthebasicoperatingprincipleandthecontrolcapabilityofUPFC.
10. Withaneatsketch,explaintheoperationoftwodifferentconfigurationofSVC.

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UnitIII
PartA
1. WhatisTCSC?
2. WhatisGCSC?
3. DifferentiateGCSCandTCSC.
4. DrawtheequivalentcircuitofTCSCfortwomodes.
5. Whatistheneedforvariableseriescompensation?
6. ListtheadvantagesofTCSC.
7. WhataretheadvantagesofGCSC?
8. WhatareTCSClosses?
9. DefineconstantanglecontrolofTCSC.
10. WhatarethefactorstobeconsideredintheplacementofTCSC?
11. DrawtheVIcapabilitycharacteristicsofsinglemoduleTCSC.
12. DrawtheXIcapabilitycharacteristicsofsinglemoduleTCSC.
13. ListthevariousmodesofoperationofTCSC.
14. ListthevariouslimitswhichdefinethecapabilitycharacteristicsofTCSC.
15. DrawtheVIcapabilitycharacteristicsofmultimoduleTCSC.
16. DrawtheXIcapabilitycharacteristicsofmultimoduleTCSC.
17. ListtheapplicationsofTCSC.
18. ListtheadvantagesofGCSC.
19. DrawthebasicblockdiagramofopenloopcontrolofTCSC.
20. DrawthebasicblockdiagramofcloseloopcontrolofTCSC.

PartB

1. DemonstratetheanalysisofTCSCwithneatsketch.
2. IllustratethemodellingofGCSCforloadflowstudies.
3. Explainindetailthephenomenonofsubsynchronousresonance(SSR)withanexample.
4. Explain why present transmission system with capacitive series compensation in prone to
SSR.
5. Withhelpofpoweranglecurveexplainhowtransientstabilityisimprovedwiththeseries
controllers.
6. DrawVIcharacteristicsandlossesforTCSC.
7. WithaneatblockdiagramexplaintheclosedloopcontrolofTCSC.
8. ExplainwithaneatsketchthevariousmodesofoperationofTCSC.
9. ExplainhowthesystemdampingisenhancedwiththehelpofTCSC.
10. IllustratethemodellingofTCSCforloadflowstudies.

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UnitIV
PartA

1. WhatisSTATCOM?
2. ListthefunctionsofSTATCOM.
3. DrawtheVIcharacteristicsofSTATCOM.
4. ListthevariousapplicationsofSTATCOM.
5. WhatisSSSC?
6. DrawthebasiccontrolschemeofSSSC.
7. ListthevariousfunctionsofSSSC.
8. DrawtheblockdiagramofSSSC.
9. WhataretheapplicationsofSSSC?
10. DifferentiateSTATCOMandSSSC.
11. WhatisUPFC?
12. DrawthebasicblockdiagramofUPFC.
13. ListtheapplicationsofUPFC.
14. WhatisIPFC?
15. DifferentiateclearlybetweenanUPFCandIPFC.
16. GivetheobjectivesofNGHSSRdampingscheme.
17. DrawthephasordiagramillustratingthepowerflowcontrolcapabilitiesofUPFC.
18. StatethesalientfeaturesofUPFC.
19. Writethesignificanceofsubsynchronousresonance.
20. DrawthebasicblockdiagramofIPFC.

PartB

1. DemonstratethemodellingofSTATCOMandmentionsomeapplications.
2. ExplainindetailwithaneatsketchtheoperationofSTATCOM.
3. DrawandexplaintheprincipleofoperationofSSSC.
4. ExplainthemodellingofSSSCforpowerflowstudies.
5. ExplainthemodellingofSSSCfortransientstabilitystudies
6. Explain,modellingofUPFCforpowerflowstudies.
7. ExplainthemodellingofUPFCfortransientstabilitystudies
8. ComparedifferentFACTScontrollersusedinACsystem.
9. Explain,modellingofIPFCforpowerflowstudies.
10. ExplainthemodellingofIPFCfortransientstabilitystudies

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UnitV
PartA
1. WhatismeantbyFACTScontrollerinteraction?
2. Definethetermcoordination.
3. List the possible combinations of FACTS controllers on interactions between them in ac
system.
4. ClassifythevariouscontrolinteractionsofFACTScontrollersbasedonthefrequencyranges.
5. WhatislocalmodeoscillationintheACsystem?
6. WhatisinterareamodeoscillationintheACsystem?
7. Whatdoyoumeanbysubsynchronousresonanceinteractions?
8. ListthemethodsusedtoanalysetheSVCSVCinteractions.
9. WhatisEMTP?
10. WhatistheuseofEMTPinthestudyofSVCSVCinteraction?
11. Definestaticsynchronousgenerator.
12. WhatarethebenefitsofFACTScontrollersusedintheACsystem?
13. WhatarethecausesforSSRinteractions?
14. Whatdoyouunderstandbycontrollerinteractions?
15. WriteanythreefactorstotesttheeffectivenessofSVC.
16. WriteanytwolocationsinwhichtheSVCsareplacedinthetransmissionsystem.
17. WhatisSVCTCSCinteraction?
18. ExplainTCSCTCSCinteraction.
19. Listthebasicprocedureforthedesignofcontroller.
20. List various methods of coordination of multiple controllers using nonlinear control
techniques.

PartB

1. ExplainindetailaboutSVCSVCinteraction
2. Explainaboutcoordinationofmultiplecontrollersusinglinearcontroltechniques.
3. DescribethecoordinationprocedureofmultiplecontrollersusingGeneticAlgorithm.
4. By means of a block diagram explain the simulation of a generalised IPFC which can be
operatedasaSTATCOM,SSSC,UPFCorIPFC.
5. ExplainindetailvariouscontrolinteractionsbetweenthedifferentcontrollersusedintheAC
system.
6. Draw and explain about the interactions between SVCs in the ac power system without
seriescompensation.
7. DrawandexplainabouttheinteractionsbetweenSVCsintheacpowersystemwithseries
compensation.
8. Draw and explain about the high frequency interactions between SVCs in the ac power
system.
9. Draw and explain the effect of electrical coupling and short circuit levels during SVCSVC
interactionsintheacsystem.
10. DrawandexplainabouttheadditionalcoordinationfeaturesofSVCintheacpowersystem.

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