DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Question Bank
Subject Name: Power Quality
Branch & Year: EEE, IV B.Tech I Sem
Unit-1
Short Answer Questions:
1. Define power quality.
2. Classify the power quality issues.
3. What are the responsibilities of suppliers and user of electric power.
4. Mention the impacts of power quality problems.
5. Mention the power quality standards.
Long Answer Questions:
1. Draw and Explain CBEMA and ITI curves.
2. What are the major power quality issues? Explain in detail.
3. Define Power quality. Explain the reasons for increased concern in power quality.
4. Explain briefly about international standards of power quality.
5. What are various terms used in power quality? Explain them in detail.
Unit-2
Short Answer Questions:
1. Define voltage fluctuations, sag and swell.
2. Define interruption and sustained interruption.
3. Define short duration voltage variation and long duration voltage variation.
4. Define transients, under voltage and over voltage.
5. Define notching, outage, noise, power frequency variation.
6. Define impulsive transient and oscillatory transient.
Long Answer Questions:
1. Write short notes on long duration voltage variations and power frequency variations.
2. Write about sources of sags and interruptions.
3. Write short notes on transients and short voltage variations.
4. Explain the principles of regulating the voltage.
5. Write briefly about devices used for regulating the voltage.
Unit-3
Short Answer Questions:
1. Define harmonic distortion.
2. Write about harmonic indices.
3. Write about harmonic sources from industrial loads.
4. Write about harmonic sources from commercial loads.
5. Write about effect of harmonics.
6. Mention the devices used for controlling harmonic distortion.
Long Answer Questions:
1. Explain the various devices for controlling harmonic distortion.
2. Write short notes on harmonic distortion evaluations for end user facilities.
3. Write briefly about the harmonic studies role in characterizing and understanding the extent of
harmonic problems.
4. Write short notes on computer tools for harmonics analysis.
5. Write short notes on the strategies for mitigating harmonic distortion problems that differ somewhat
by location.
6. Write briefly about the principles for controlling harmonics.
7. Write short notes on harmonic sources from industrial loads and commercial loads.
 Unit-4
Short Answer Questions:
1. Define power quality benchmarking.
2. Define power quality monitoring.
3. List the types of power quality measurement equipment.
4. Write about historical perspective of power quality measuring instruments.
5. Write about power quality monitoring standards.
Long Answer Questions:
1. Write briefly about the process of power quality benchmarking.
2. Write short notes on objectives of power quality monitoring.
3. Write briefly about the power quality monitoring standards.
4. Write briefly about power quality measurement equipments.
5. Write short notes on assessment of power quality measurement data.
Unit-5
Short Answer Questions:
1. Write about custom power devices.
2. List the reconfiguration type custom power devices.
3. List the compensation type custom power devices.
4. Write about dynamic voltage restorer (DVR).
5. Write unified power quality conditioner (UPQC).
Long Answer Questions:
1. Explain in detail about the principle of operation of solid state current limiter (SSCL).
2. Explain in detail about the principle of operation of solid state breaker (SSB).
3. Explain in detail about the principle of operation of solid state transfer switch (SSTS).
4. Explain in detail about the principle of operation of dynamic voltage restorer (DVR).
5. Explain in detail about the principle of operation of unified power quality conditioner (UPQC).