UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS | me —_ UNISA lezen HVE4701 ‘October!November 2019 High Voltage Engineering IV (Theory) Duration 3 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST. MR E NAUDE, ‘SECOND MR TS HLALELE EXTERNAL, PROF JL MUNDA, Use of a non-programmable pocket calculator 1s permissible Closed book examination This examination question paper remains the property ofthe Univeraty of South Africa and may not be Tamoved trom the examination venue . ‘This examination question paper consists of 4 pages including this “cover” page plus 1 formulae sheet Answer all the questionsHVE4701 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2019 PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU HAVE THE OPINION THAT INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED FOR YOU TO ANSWER A PARTICULAR QUESTION, MAKE A REALISTIC ASSUMPTION, MOTIVATE IT AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION. ‘SECTION 1; CALCULATIONS 11 An overhead transmission line, which has a surge impedance of 4500, 1s at one end connected to two cables which have surge impedance of 450 and 650 respectively A surge of 440kV moves along the line to the junction Calculate the magnitudes of the reflected and transmitted voltages and currents at the junction (11) 12 A5OHz Schenng Bridge is used to test a 22kV single core cable with a conductor radius ‘of 13mm and an insulation thickness of 13mm The resistivity of the insulation ts given as 125GQm and the cable 1s 12 km long A balanced condition was obtained wit 1. Standard HV Capacitor C10 1pF 2 Adjustable Resistor 250 3. Adjustable Capacitor 0 4pF in parallel with a 5000 resistance Calculate 121 Capacitance of the cable 122 Value of nsulation equivalent Rx 123 Load loss angle 1424 The total dielectric loss 125 The dielectnc hysteresis loss (14) 13 An electrostatic voltmeter has two parallel plates The movable plate is 100mm in diameter The plates are 20mm apart and the voltage 1s 11kV 131 Determine the pull between the plates in Newton 4.32 Determine the change in capacitance for a movement of 1mm of the movable plates (4) 14 With all other parameters remaining identical, determine the approximate ratio of voltage drop for an 8 stage to 4 stage Cockcroft-Walton circuit (4) 15 Determine what the axial length in mm of a capacitor must be if the radi of ts cylindrical plates are 5mm and 3mm respectively to have a capacitance of 0 3pF (2#2=4) 16 The parameters of an overhead shield wire are 3mH/km and 6nF/km Calculate 161 The surge impedance 16.2. The surge velocity in msec (142=3) [40]HVE4701 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2019 SECTION 2: THEORY QUESTIONS 21. What factors (atmosphenc, environment or design factors) eg humidity affect the breakdown voltage of outdoor insulation and explain how each of these factors affect the breakdown (2x7=14) 22 Compare Current transformers and Rogowski coil current methods (2x6=10) 23 Name five possible means of arc extinction in circuit breakers (6) 24 What tests made at the manufacturer's premises are classified as test to prove the design of circutt breakers and what test is done after erection on site? 4) 25 Discuss shortly the IR test and test for efficiency of discharge device for power capacitors 2.6 Name the items that the design of a compensating reactor depends on i 27 Bnefly discuss the two sources of overvoltage in a system El 28 Descnbe two methods used for generating high voltage AC s (60) TOTAL = 1001 HVE4701 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2019 HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING IV FORMULA SHEET Jc =G.E Spec. dielectric loss = 6.E” fe W = @CE’tan+6.E’ e+? pale aso| Hemel) Eb = 2