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    YOUR STUDENT NUMBER (alE(a(e HIRE Final Percentage ‘SURNAME AND INITIALS: wemMo ‘YOUR SIGNATURE = MANSOSUTHU MAIN EXAM, SEM 4, 2023 ‘SUBJECT AND LEVEL ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION Il (S4) SAPSE CODE . ELDI202/ELDI331/ELED202 DATE 08" June, 2023, = SEME HALL NUMBER OF PAGES (Including the front |, page) TE ‘osHoo-12H00 DURATION 3 HOURS FULL MARKS 100 TOTAL MARKS 4100 + 2 Bonus) EXAMINER DR.B.P. NUMBI MODERATOR DrMKABEYA FACULTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COURSE DIPLOMA: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 7 Answer directly on the question paper. 2. All answers without units will be penalized, 100% (will score ZERO) INSTRUCTIONS 3. Draw rough sketches to illustrate your answer as appropriate. 4. Use blank andlor blue ink in your answers and diagrams; per ceptable. DO NOT TURN OVER UNTIL PERMISSION IS GIVEN MARKS (For Examiners and Moderator use ONLY) TY] 273 [4] § [Tota DATE Signature EXAMINER MODERATOR ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner QUESTION 4 (Marks: 31) 414. Explain the negative effect of an electrical load with lw lagging power factor onthe electrical network 1 4.2 Between fat electricity tar and ime-of-use electct tari, which one would you recommend toa retired residential customer who spends most of hither time at home, from Monday to Sunday. Motivate your answer. oy ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner 1.3 Discuss three different approaches to reduce air polltion due to carbon emission in South Afrca.[6) 14 Considering a power generating sttion supplying electrical loads. The daily oad cycle is provided in Table 1: Table 1: Daily load profile data Time 1245 | 19-21 ]04 | 8-42 | 2t24 [48 | 15-19 (hours) Load (mim | 25 40 10 |30 20 40 50 a) Plot the daily load curve. ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner 4 Find the load factor. lent cuit model ofa medium transmission power lin. ges, respectively; Is and In are the and reactance, respectively; C 1¢ two-port model of this [10] 415 Figure below shows the end condenser In this circuit, Vs and Ve are the sending-end and receiving-end volta ssending-end and receiving-end currents; R and X are the line resistance and le are the shunt capacitance and capacitive current of te line. Derive th circuit and find the ABCD parameters ofthis transmission powerline. ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner =i) ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner QUESTION 2 (Marks: 26) Figure 2 shows a 130 km, three-phase, 110 KV (receiving end), 50 Hz medium transmission power line carrying a load of 45 000 KW at 0°82 lagging power factor at the receiving end, The line constants are as follows: Resistancerkmiphase = 0-150; reactancelkm/phase = 0:6 Q; susceptance/km/phase = 10° S, Note that the receiving end voltage is taken as reference with angle of 10" (this means Vat. 10") Is ze Z2 Iq eT Ne Fe | Y Ya 1g TO a ea Neuttal lagen deewew he Figure 2: Nominal T circuit model Use the basic Kirchhofs voltage law (KVL) and the Krchhoffs current law (KCL) and determine 2.4 The receiving-end phasor current (to) #2 (ISAS IX sO et wk Som bid. : e- 3. Leta —s CSREES A fp. = (0-296) (6:3392- i ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner 2.5 The voltage regulation in %, AN ag (To ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner <6 Zp. 66Z(2) oss QUESTION 3 (Marks: 25) QPL 3.1 A75 MW steam power plant operating at half capacity, bums coal of a calorific value of 6500 kcal per ig. Ifthe coal consumption per kWh is 0.5 kg, calculate: a) The monthly energy heat energy produced from burning coal. (6) "1BsEx he ts En = mxe = 13 ri gx se etfs : sxict etn b) The overl efcency ofthe pant. Hobson ene wn. a Bik 0%... Ecepala.39, fash — aKIoe KRESS Z3e~ xe EC (|) ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner Geen ag Le BI2. X08, el. Basia BIE EN ERE 3.2 A hydropower plant has the following data: * 3 penstocks feeding 3 turbines (each penstock feeding one turbine). Each turbine is connected to the synchronous generator through a gearbox. The total power from the power plant is fed oa step-up transformer for transmission, Flow rate of water to each turbine is 60000 lis; Water head is 301m. The power los in each penstock is 8%; the efficiency of each turbine is 95%, the power loss in each gearbox power loss is 3.5%; the efficiency of each synchronous generator is 97%, the efficiency ofthe step-up transformer is 98%, Answer the folowing questions: ‘Sketch a simple diagram (NOT energy balance) of the hydropower plant described above, starting from the dam (water reservoir) to the power transformer. (5) ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner b) Determine the mechanical power applied to the rotor shaft of each synchronous generator. [6] d) Ifthe power transmitted is sold to a local municipality at arate of R 1.0846/kWh (VAT excl,, estimate the annual income from this power plant. Qi RIESE a BERT OC LAX TOL XRG CE Mbah (Mar: xy ( ) OAS XRZ2E272I6023.... = RABORIBFITY (J) ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner QUESTION 4 (Marks: 20) 4.4 Calculate the monthly bill of an Industrial electricity customer under time of use (TOU) taf. The energy data is given in Table 2, while the electricity rates are given in Figure 3 (see Annexure A). [9] ESULCER CI eee & ( RAGOS CO: Cot RS" FANCOZ OR 6SLABY RAGS OMS GS. Ch. ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner 42 In a3-phase transmission line, each conductor is supported by a string of 4 suspension insulators as shown in Figure 4. Assume that the self-capacitance of each unitis C farad and the shunt capacitance from each cap-pin junction (node) tothe tower is 0.4C farad. A guard ring is used as shown in Figure 4 and voltages across each unit (disc) expressed as fraction of phase voltage, (Vp) are as follows: Vr= 0.22 Vpn, Vo= 0.24 Vp, Vs =0.26 Vin and Vo= 0.28 Vp, Conductor Guard ring Figure 4: Suspension insulators a) Write down Kirchhoff's current law (KCL) at each nodes (junctions) and express these equations in terms of voltages (without substituting numerical values of voltages). 8 ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner iC Wavy We FOE : EN gets per ducrircsy =) eat ae eA iy 0:46 (Mt Ve AV) ce amd, RAC Nik 10-28 Gp fa m0. 2.6cp hos

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