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#41📜 EE Pre-Board August 2013📘 PowerhouseHard
A short 3-phase, 3-wire transmission line has an impedance of 3 + j4 ohms per wire. At the receiving end are connected a 3-phase inductive load drawing 3,500 kW at 0.8 power factor and line to line voltage of 13,200-volt and a capacitor bank drawing 150 amperes line current. Calculate the voltage at the sending end.
A13,808 V
B13,718 V
C13,758 V
D13,658 V
#42📜 EE Pre-Board August 2013📘 PowerhouseEasy
This is the porcelain insulator for the end poles;
Apin
Bpost
Csuspension
Dakimbo.
#43📜 EE Pre-Board March 2014📘 PowerhouseEasy
34.5 kV to 69 kV is classified as
Alow voltage
Bmedium voltage
Chigh voltage
Dextra high voltage
#44📜 EE Pre-Board March 2014📘 PowerhouseMedium
A single-circuit three-phase line operated at 60 Hz is arranged in a triangular configuration with distances of 20 ft., 20ft. and 38 ft. between conductors, the conductors are ACSR Drake with GMR of 0.0373 ft. Find the inductive reactance per mile per phase.
A0.478 Ω
B0.578 Ω
C0.788 Ω
D0.678 Ω
#45📜 EE Pre-Board March 2014📘 PowerhouseHard
The terminal voltage of a Y-connected load consisting of three equal impedances of \(20\angle 30^\circ\ \Omega\) is 4.4 kV line to line. The impedance in each of the three lines connecting the load to a bus at a substation is \(Z_L = 1.4\angle 75^\circ\ \Omega\). Find the line to line voltage at the substation bus.
A4.52 kV
B4.62 kV
C4.48 kV
D4.58
#46📜 EE Pre-Board March 2014📘 PowerhouseHard
A 170-mile, 230 kV, 60 Hz, three-phase single-circuit transmission line uses a triangular arrangement with 20 ft, 20 ft and 36 ft spacing, respectively. If the line conductors have a GMR of 0.0217 ft, determine the capacitive susceptance to neutral per mile.
A\(4.81 \times 10^{-6}\) mho per mile
B\(12.74 \times 10^{-6}\) mho per mile
C\(7.92 \times 10^{-6}\) mho per mile
D\(2.47 \times 10^{-6}\) mho per mile
#47📜 EE Pre-Board March 2014📘 PowerhouseMedium
A single phase transmission line has a total impedance of \(5\angle 60^\circ\) ohms and supplies a total load of 120 A at 3.3 kV and 0.8 power factor lagging. Calculate the sending end voltage.
A3.93 kV
B3.62 kV
C3.54 kV
D3.86 kV
#48📜 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\(\sqrt{L/C}\)
#49📜 EE Pre-Board March 2014📘 PowerhouseHard
A short 230 kV transmission line has an impedance of \(5\angle 78^\circ\) ohms. The sending end power is 100 MW at 230 kV and 85% power factor. What is the voltage at the other end?
A225.4 kV
B226.3 kV
C223.2 kV
D228.2 kV
#50📜 EE Pre-Board August 2014📘 PowerhouseMedium
A 3- phase overhead transmission line is being supported by three disc insulators. The potentials across top unit and middle unit are 8 KV and 11 KV, respectively. Calculate the ratio of capacitance between pin and earth to the self- capacitance between pin and earth to the self-capacitance of each unit.
A0.475
B0.775
C0.375
D0.275
#51📜 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
#52📜 EE Pre-Board August 2014📘 PowerhouseHard
A short 3Φ line with an impedance of 6 + j8 ohms per line has sending and receiving end line voltages of 120 and 110 kV, respectively, for some receiving end load at a p.f. of 0.9 lagging. The active power at the receiving end is nearest to
A100,200 KW
B200,000 KW
C120,000 KW
D110,200KW
#53📜 EE Pre-Board August 2014📘 PowerhouseHard
Each conductor of a horizontally arranged two- conductor bundle line is ACSR, 1,272 MCM Pheasant. The spacing between bundle centers is 8m, 8m and 16m and between bundle conductors is 45 cm. Find the inductive reactance of the line in ohms per km per phase if GMR of each conductor is 0.0466 ft.
A0.165
B0.265
C0.365
D0.465
#54📜 EE Pre-Board August 2014📘 PowerhouseEasy
Transmission voltage level of 1,000kV is categorized as
ALow Voltage
BHigh Voltage
CExtra High Voltage
DUltra High Voltage
#55📜 EE Pre-Board August 2014📘 PowerhouseEasy
Surge impedance of transmission line is given by
A\(\sqrt{C/L}\)
B\(\sqrt{CL}\)
C\(1/\sqrt{LC}\)
D\(\sqrt{L/C}\)
#56📜 EE Pre-Board August 2014📘 PowerhouseMedium
A single-phase transmission line has a total resistance of 1.5 Ω and a loop reactance of 0.3 Ω. It delivers 2 MW at 11 kV at a power factor of 0.8 lagging. Calculate the line voltage at the sending end.
A11.21kV
B11.11kV
C11.41kV
D11.31kV
#57📜 EE Pre-Board August 2014📘 PowerhouseHard
Find the capacitive susceptance per mile of single-phase line operating at 60Hz. The conductor is partridge with an outside diameter of 0.642in and spacing is 20ft. between centers.
A\(4.10 \times 10^{-6}\) mho/mile to neutral
B\(4.90 \times 10^{-6}\) mho/mile to neutral
C\(5.10 \times 10^{-6}\) mho/mile to neutral
D\(5.90 \times 10^{-6}\) mho/mile to neutral
#58📜 EE Pre-Board March 2015📘 PowerhouseHard
A three-phase transmission line of a two-conductor bundle is arranged horizontally with a spacing of 8 m between bundle centers. Each conductor is ACSR, 1,272,000 cmils Pheasant with GMR of 0.0466 ft. the spacing between conductors of bundle is 45 cm. Find the per unit series reactance of the line if its length is 160 km and base is 100 MVA, 345 KV.
A0.069 pu
B0.059 pu
C0.049 pu
D0.039 pu
#59📜 EE Pre-Board March 2015📘 PowerhouseEasy
A string insulator has 5 units. The voltage across the bottom most until is 30% of the total voltage. What is the string efficiency?
A60%
B66.67%
C75%
D83.33%
#60📜 EE Pre-Board March 2015📘 PowerhouseEasy
The capacitance reactance of a transmission line is 90,000 ohms per kilometer. Find the total capacitance reactance if the transmission line is 50 km long.
A90,000 Ω
B\(4.5 \times 10^{6}\) Ω
C180,000 Ω
D1,800 Ω

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