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B.Tech. DEGREE
EXAMINATIONS, October/ 2021
Continuous Assessment II - VII Semester
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Year of Admission - 2017
PEE E61 – HVDC Transmission Systems

Time: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 50

Instruction to the Candidates
1. Answer ALL questions

PART – A - (10 X 1 = 10 Marks)

1. A thyristor-controlled series capacitor can greatly enhance the _________ of the (CO3)
network.
a) Stability b) power factor
c) efficiency d) None of these
2. Control of power in DC link is necessary because _______. (CO3)
a) current order setting needs to be done b) power can be reversed
c) current sensitive to voltage changes and d) All of these
may damage the converters
3. Extinction angle γ is optimised so that _________. (CO3)

a) DC current is kept minimum b) kVAR requirement is minimum

c) DC output voltage is minimum d) all of the above

4. VDCOL controlling is done and is necessary when _________. (CO3)

a) low voltage due to faults b) low voltage due to faults

c) to regulate DC current depending on DC d) to regulate DC current depending on
voltage due to fault on AC side DC voltage due to fault on AC side
5. Main drawback of CEA control is that ____________. (CO3)
 a) it cannot offer stable operation in weak b) more reactive kVAR are needed
AC links
c) the control is uneconomical d) generates harmonics
6. (CO3)
Power reversal in DC link is done _______.
a) operating rectifier α close to 180° and b) operating both α and γ near 90°
inverter γ close to zero
c) operating α at 90° and γ close to zero d) operating α near zero and γ close to
90°
7. ____________ is the ability of the power system to maintain synchronism when (CO4)
subjected to a severe disturbance, such as a short circuit on a transmission line.
a) Transient stability b) Dynamic stability
c) Steady-state stability d) Frequency collapse
8. ___________are the phenomena caused if the system frequency is much lower than the (CO4)
nominal frequency.
a) Steady-state stability b) Frequency collapse
c) Voltage collapse d) Sub-synchronous resonance

9. Multi terminal systems are controlled through ______. (CO4)

a) Voltage control b) Current control
c) Firing angle control d) All of the above
10. _______________ is concerned with the ability of the power system to maintain (CO4)
synchronism under small disturbances.
a) Transient stability b) Dynamic stability
c) Steady-state stability d) Frequency collapse
PART - B - (5 X 2 = 10 Marks)

11. What is Individual Phase Control? Mention the two approaches available in IPC. (CO3)
12. Why is the use of transformer tap changer control at the inverter side of an HVDC (CO3)
system needed?
13. List the types of stability. Write down the causes of instability of the HVDC system. (CO4)
14. What are the control signals used in HVDC system? (CO4)
15. Define voltage stability factor and write the advantages of stability of HVDC system. (CO4)
PART- C - (2 X 15 = 30 Marks)

16. a. With relevant diagrams explain the operation of IPC and EPC schemes (15) (CO3)
employed in common schemes of firing circuits of HVDC stations. State
the relative merits and demerits of each scheme.
(Or)
b. Explain in detail the starting and stopping of DC link How is power (15) (CO3)
control achieved using Higher Level Controllers.
17. a. With neat diagrams explain the voltage stability in AC/DC systems. (15) (CO4)
(Or)
b. Discuss power modulation of synchronous and asynchronous link for (15) (CO4)
damping low frequency oscillations.

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Subject Code : PEE E61

Subject Name : HVDC Transmission Systems

Regulation : 2018

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