A single solid round copper wire has a diameter of 0.50 inch. Determine its self GMD.
A0.3894 inch
B0.1947 inch
C0.1825 inch
D0.25 inch
#2📘 1001 RojasEasy
Determine the mutual GMD of a three-phase single-circuit transmission line whose conductors arranged in a triangular formation so that the two distances between conductors are 20 ft and the third is 38 ft, respectively?
A24.77 ft
B25.35 ft
C23.67 ft
D26.43 ft
#3📘 1001 RojasEasy
A single-phase transmission line 15 km long is using copper conductors of diameter 0.8 cm. If the distance between conductors is 1.25 m, determine the self-inductance of the transmission lines.
A0.036 H
B0.024 H
C0.072 H
D0.055 H
#4📜 EE Pre-Board August 2012📘 PowerhouseEasy
Skin effect is proportional to
A(diameter of conductor)²
Bdiameter of conductor
C(diameter of conductor)³
D\((\text{diameter of conductor})^{1/2}\)
#5📜 EE Pre-Board August 2012📘 PowerhouseEasy
This device is used to reflect back surges into the line.
ADeion gaps
BOverhead Ground
CChoke Coil
DArc Horns
#6📜 EE Pre-Board August 2012📘 PowerhouseEasy
Porcelain insulators are protected against creepage of surge current by the use of _.
ASurge gaps
BArcing Horns
CGround Conductors
Dsurge arrester
#7📜 EE Pre-Board August 2012📘 PowerhouseEasy
A 100 km transmission line has a 1000 ohms shunt capacitive reactance. What is the capacitive reactance per km?
A1,000 Ω
B10 Ω
C100,000 Ω
D100 Ω
#8📜 EE Pre-Board August 2012📘 PowerhouseEasy
In what year was the first 500 kV line in the world became operational?
A1936
B1953
C1965
D1969
#9📜 EE Pre-Board March 2013📘 PowerhouseEasy
In transmission voltage levels, 765kV is categorized as
AHigh Voltage
BExtra High Voltage
CUltra High Voltage
DMedium Voltage
#10📜 EE Pre-Board March 2013📘 PowerhouseEasy
Surge impedance of transmission line is given by
A\(\sqrt{C/L}\)
B\(\sqrt{CL}\)
C\(\sqrt{L/C}\)
D\(1/\sqrt{LC}\)
#11📜 EE Pre-Board March 2013📘 PowerhouseEasy
What is the equivalent of the constant C in the ABCD constants for the nominal-T circuit of a transmission line for which R = 10 Ω, \(X_L\) = 20 Ω and Y = 400 μS for each phase?
A\(0.996\angle 0.115^\circ\)
B\(22.25\angle 63.45^\circ\)
C10 + j20
D\(4 \times 10^{-4}\angle 90^\circ\)
#12📜 EE Pre-Board August 2013📘 PowerhouseEasy
A string insulator has 4 units. The voltage across the bottom most unit is 30% of the total voltage. What is the string efficiency?
A30%
B60%
C75%
D83.33%
#13📜 EE Pre-Board August 2013📘 PowerhouseEasy
Bundled conductors in EHZ transmission lines results to
Areduce capacitance
Bincrease inductance
Cincrease capacitance
Dincrease resistance
#14📜 EE Pre-Board August 2013📘 PowerhouseEasy
The surge impedance of an underground cable is around
A50 Ω
B2 Ω
C400Ω
D100 Ω
#15📜 EE Pre-Board August 2013📘 PowerhouseEasy
This is the porcelain insulator for the end poles;
Apin
Bpost
Csuspension
Dakimbo.
#16📜 EE Pre-Board March 2014📘 PowerhouseEasy
34.5 kV to 69 kV is classified as
Alow voltage
Bmedium voltage
Chigh voltage
Dextra high voltage
#17📜 EE Pre-Board March 2014📘 PowerhouseEasy
Surge impedance of transmission line is given by
A\(\sqrt{C/L}\)
B\(\sqrt{CL}\)
C\(1/\sqrt{CL}\)
D\(\sqrt{L/C}\)
#18📜 EE Pre-Board August 2014📘 PowerhouseEasy
This device function is used to reflect back surgest into the line.
AChoke coil
BArc horns
CSurge depressors
DDelon gaps
#19📜 EE Pre-Board August 2014📘 PowerhouseEasy
Transmission voltage level of 1,000kV is categorized as