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PSR 1st Sem 2 2012-2013 - Notes

Engineering Data Analysis (Pangasinan State University)

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Philadelphia University Student Name:

Faculty of Engineering Student Number:

Dept. of Electrical Engineering

First Exam, Second Semester: 2012/2013
Course Title: Reliability of Power System Date: 8/4/2013
Course No: (610586) Time Allowed: 1 Hour
Lecturer: Dr. Mohammed Tawfeeq No. of Pages: 2

Question 1: (8 Marks)
Objectives: Understanding the basic probability and reliability theories.
Mark the correct Answers:

(1) In rolling two dice (with 6 faces), then the probability of getting a sum of 8
is:
(i) 1/9 (ii) 5/36 (iii) 1/2 (iv) 8/9

(2) In a QC (quality control) test of 500 computer chips , 14 chips fail the test
,then the computer chip has a probability of failure q of:
:
(i) 0.015 (ii) 0.028 (iii) 0.065 (iv) 0.046

(3) A high voltage circuit breaker is assumed to have constant failure rate of
λ = 8.5 x 10-6 / hr .The reliability of the breaker for 5000 hours mission is:
(i) 0.29 (ii) 0.958 (iii) 0.876 (iv) 0.910
- 0.001 t
(4) A non-repairable component has a reliability function of R (t) = e
for (t ≥ 0), the MTTF in hours is:
(i) 500 (ii) 1000 (iii) 2500 (iv) 250

(5)An electronic protective relay has a failure probability density function f (t) =
1/1000 for (0 ≤ t ≥ 1000) and a MTTF = 500 hrs, then the standard deviation is:

(i) 288.67 (ii) 488.67 (iii) 598.96 (iv) 654.34

(6) The probability that on a single draw from a well-shuffled pack of playing
cards we draw an ace of spade:
(ii) 15/36 (ii) 11/26 (iii) 13/52 (iv) 1/52
(7) The probability of getting 8 from a single throw of two dices (with 6 faces)
is:
(iii) 1/9 (ii) 5/36 (iii) 1/ 6 (iv) 8/9

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(8) The number of combination for 7 letters can be made from the 10 letters :
a,b,c,d,e, f,g,h,i and j is:
:
(i) 150 (ii) 120 (iii) 100 (iv) 250

Question 2: (6 Marks)
Objectives: Understanding the component reliability indices calculation.

An electrical company produces distribution transformers for 11/0.4 kV local

substations. The time to failure in year of these transformers have the following
probability density function

f(t) = 200 / ( t +10)3 for t ≥ 0

(a) Derive the reliability function and determine the reliability of first year of
operation.
(b) Compute the mean time to failure (MTTF).
(c) What is the design life for a reliability of 0.95

Question 3: (6 Marks)
Objectives Understanding the application of the series - parallel approach in
reliability evaluation of practical systems.

Find the reliability of the series parallel system shown in Fig.1The elements
reliabilities are : RA = 0.96 , RB = 078 , RC = RD = 0.98 , RE = 0.97 , RF = 0.85 , RG =
RH = RI = 0.95 and RJ = 0.88.

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C
I/P O/P
A B E F H J

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Typical Problem Solutions

Question 1 : The correct answers are in BOLD figures.

Each branch carries one mark .

(1) In rolling two dice (with 6 faces), then the probability of getting a sum of 8
is:
(iv) 1/9 (ii) 5/36 (iii) 1/2 (iv) 8/9

(2) In a QC (quality control) test of 500 computer chips , 14 chips fail the test
,then the computer chip has a probability of failure q of:
:
(i) 0.015 (ii) 0.028 (iii) 0.065 (iv) 0.046

(3) A high voltage circuit breaker is assumed to have constant failure rate of
λ = 8.5 x 10-6 / hr .The reliability of the breaker for 5000 hours mission is:
(ii) 0.29 (ii) 0.958 (iii) 0.876 (iv) 0.910
- 0.001 t
(4) A non-repairable component has a reliability function of R (t) = e
for (t ≥ 0), the MTTF in hours is:
(i) 500 (ii) 1000 (iii) 2500 (iv) 250

(5)An electronic protective relay has a failure probability density function f (t) =
1/1000 for (0 ≤ t ≥ 1000) and a MTTF = 500 hrs, then the standard deviation is:

(i) 288.67 (ii) 488.67 (iii) 598.96 (iv) 654.34

(6) The probability that on a single draw from a well-shuffled pack of playing
cards we draw an ace of spade:
(v) 15/36 (ii) 11/26 (iii) 13/52 (iv) 1/52
(7) The probability of getting 8 from a single throw of two dices (with 6 faces)
is:
(vi) 1/9 (ii) 5/36 (iii) 1/ 6 (iv) 8/9

(8) The number of combination for 7 letters can be made from the 10 letters :
a,b,c,d,e, f,g,h,i and j is:
:
(i) 150 (ii) 120 (iii) 100 (iv) 250

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Question3

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A B E F H J

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