USN 1 S I 7EE03

Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru – 572 103

(An Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU, Belagavi, Approved by AICTE, Programmes Accredited by NBA, New Delhi, An ISO9001:2008 Certified Institute)

Seventh Semester B.E. Electrical & Electronics Engg. Examinations Nov - Dec. 2016
Computer Techniques in Power Systems
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
Note : 1. Question No. 1 is Compulsory
2. Answer any 4 full questions from question No. 2 to Question No. 6

1 a) Which of the bus is used to supply transmission losses in load flow solution? 1
b) Which are the unspecified quantities at a voltage controlled bus? 1
c) Write the formula to calculate Ybus using singular transformation. 1
d) State the transmission loss formula for a system of two units. 1
e) Write the expression to calculate penalty factor for ith plant. 1
f) Minimum fuel cost is obtained when the incremental fuel cost is multiplied by its _______ . 1
g) Which is the best method for accurate load flow calculation on large power systems? 1
h) In G-S method of power flow problem, the number of iterations may be reduced. If the
correction in voltage is multiplied by _______ . 1
i) In a power system network, the number of basic loops in equal to _______ . 1
j) What are the methods of formulating Ybus of a power system network? 1
k) Mathematical model of transient stability is _______ equations. 1
ℓ) In a power system network the number of basic cut-sets is equal to _______ . 1
m) Write the expression to calculate real power (P) and reactive power (Q) at any bus in N-R
method of conducting load flow analysis in polar form. 2
n) List any two properties of a tree, in a oriented connected graph. 2
o) Write the performance equations of an element in both impedance form and admittance form. 2
p) Without mutual coupling and ‘p’ is not the reference for addition of link, write the expression
for Zℓi and Zℓℓ. 2

2 a) For the power system shown in Figure 2(a) draw the oriented graph and obtain the incidence
matrices  , A, B, B̂ , K choose bus ‘1’ as reference, take elements 4 and 5 as links.

Figure 2(a) 10
b) For the power system shown in Figure 2(b) with Bus 1 as reference and line data impedances in
PU as shown. Compute Zbus using building algorithm. Add the elements in sequence 1-2, 2-3
and 1-3.

Figure 2(b) 10

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3 a) Explain what is meant by load flow analysis in a power system. Also state the classification
of buses with the quantities associated with each bus in a power system network. 6
b) The Figure 3(b) shows a 3-bus power system using G-S method, determine the bus voltages
at the end of first iteration. The values shown are line impedances in P.U. Bus data are given
in table 3(b). Also calculate power delivered by slack bus.
generation Load
Bus Voltage Bus type
PG(p.u.) QG(p.u.) PD(p.u.) QD(p.u.)
1 - - - - 1.05 Slack Bus
2 3 - - - 1.0 PV Bus
3 - - 4 2 - PQ Bus
Table 3(b)

Figure 3(b) 14

4 a) Explain the algorithmic procedure for load flow analysis using Newton-Raphson’s method in
polar co-ordinators. 10
b) What are the assumptions made in fast decoupled load flow method? Explain algorithm
through a flowchart. 10

5 a) What is penalty factor? Derive an expression for optimal economic dispatch including
transmission losses. 10
b) What are ‘B’ coefficients? Derive an expression for the ‘B’ coefficients for 2 plants
supplying to multiple loads. Hence, arrive at an expression for the transmission line loss PL.
State the assumptions made. 10

6 a) Explain Runga-Kutta method used in solution of swing equation for transient stability
analysis. 10
b) With the help of a flow chart, explain modified Euler’s method used for transient stability
studies in power system. 10
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