Fundamentals of Power System

College of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering

Assignment 1
 Fundamentals of Power System
Date of Submission: Thursday, April 13, 2023 EE 340

 Part (1)
1. What is Power System, provide a clear and short definition?
2. What is the structure of the Power system and how you distinguish between
various subsystem? Then, draw a schematic diagram where you indicate the
subsystems?
3. Why transmission systems operate at high voltage levels?

4. What are the benefits of having an interconnected grid?

5. Electric loads are classified into various types, name them?
6. Define the demand and load factors?
7. There is classification of energy resources, name them and provide examples?
8. Choose one type of thermal power plants and discuss briefly how it operates?
Provide your discussion with a sematic diagram?
9. In Fig. 1 shown below, draw a reactance diagram and name the appropriate
common power system symbols used in the given single line power system
diagram? (consult the lecture notes)

Fig. 1

 Part (2)

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1. Why we need a standardization in transmission voltages levels?

2. What are the voltages levels used in Saudi Arabia at transmission, sub-transmission,
and distribution?
3. Overhead transmission line suspension tower consists of different equipment, name
them and indicate them on the diagram given below in Fig.2:

Fig.2:

4. What are the voltages levels used in Saudi Arabia at transmission, sub-transmission,
and distribution?

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5. The annual load of a substation is given in the following table. During each month,
the power is assumed constant at an average value. Find the following:
a) Average load
b) Annual peak load
c) The annual load factor.
d) Draw the monthly load curve.
Table 1 Annual System Load

 Part (3)
1. In a DC 2-wire system a feeder is working on 300 V supplying a constant load. If
the supply voltage is increased to 900 V with the same power transmitted, calculate
the percentage saving in conductor material.
2. A solid cylindrical aluminum conductor 25 km long has an area of 336,400 circular
mils. Obtain the conductor resistance at
(a) 20°C

(b) 50°C.

The resistivity of aluminum at 20°C is 2.8 × 10-8 -Ω-m.

3. An AAC is composed of 37 strands, each having a diameter of 0.333 cm. Compute

the de resistance in ohms per kilometer at 75∘ C. Assume that the increase in
resistance duc 10 spiraling is 2%.

4. The all-aluminum conductor (AAC) identified by the code word Bluebell is

composed of 37 strands, each having a diameter of 0.1672 in. Tables of

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characteristics of AACs list an area of 1,033,500cmil for this conductor (1cmil =

(𝜋/4) × 10−6 in2 ).
 Are these values consistent with each other? Find the overall area
of the strands in square millimeters.

5. Determine the dc resistance in ohms per km of Bluebell at 20∘ C by Eq. given below
and the information given in the pervious question (4), and check the result against
the value listed in tables of 0.01678Ω per 1000ft.
 Compute the dc resistance in ohms per kilometer at 50∘ C and compare
the result with the ac 60 − Hz resistance of 0.1024Ω/mi listed in
tables for this conductor at 50∘ C.
 Explain any difference in values. Assume that the increase in resistance
due to spiraling is 2% .

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The End

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