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    Power Systems Protection Cat 1 12 - 10-2016 Duration: 1.5Hrs SECTION 1 (Compulsory)

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    Power Systems Protection Cat 1 12 - 10-2016 Duration: 1.5Hrs SECTION 1 (Compulsory)

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    This document provides a 1.5 hour exam on power systems protection. It contains two compulsory sections and three optional sections to choose from. The compulsory sections include 10 multiple choice questions on topics like Buchholz relays, differential relays, thermal relays, IDMT relays, and circuit breakers. The optional sections require calculations and explanations related to zones of protection, overcurrent relay settings, IDMT relay principles, fault current expressions, and distance protection/relay operation.

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    This document provides a 1.5 hour exam on power systems protection. It contains two compulsory sections and three optional sections to choose from. The compulsory sections include 10 multiple choice questions on topics like Buchholz relays, differential relays, thermal relays, IDMT relays, and circuit breakers. The optional sections require calculations and explanations related to zones of protection, overcurrent relay settings, IDMT relay principles, fault current expressions, and distance protection/relay operation.

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    Power Systems Protection Cat 1 12 - 10-2016 Duration: 1.5Hrs SECTION 1 (Compulsory)

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    POWER SYSTEMS PROTECTION

    12th-10-2016

    CAT 1
    DURATION:
    1.5Hrs

    SECTION 1 (Compulsory)
    1. Buchholz relay is used in which of the following machines:
    a) Induction Motor
    b) Transformers

    c) DC Machines
    d) Synchronous Machines

    2. Differential relay is used for the protection of transformers, induction


    motors, busbars and alternators against:
    a) Short Circuits
    b) Internal Faults

    c) External Faults
    d) Overloads

    3. Thermal relays are commonly used in motors against over-currents which


    is drawn because of:
    a) Short Circuits
    b) Earth Faults

    c) Over loads
    d) All the options are correct

    4. Inverse Definite Minimum Time (IDMT) relays protects transformers from


    which of the following faults: (Multiple Answer Question)
    a) Internal Short Circuits
    b) External Short Circuits

    c) Harmonic Distortion
    d) Overloads

    5. Which of the following relay operates when there is a vector difference


    between two or more similar electrical quantities:
    a) Earth Fault Relay
    b) Differential Relay

    c) Unbalanced relay
    d) IDMT relay

    6. An efficient and well designed protective relay scheme should have


    following features: (Multiple Answer Question)
    a) Selectivity
    b) Sensitivity

    c) Faster Operation
    d) Reliability

    7. Low-voltage circuit breaker is one which is suited for circuits rated at ___
    volts or lower.
    a) 600 V

    b) 460V

    c) 208V

    d) 1kV

    8. Which of the following Circuit Breaker requires least maintenance:


    a) SF6 Circuit Breaker

    b) Air Blast Circuit Breaker

    c) Vacuum Circuit Breaker

    d) Oil Circuit Breaker

    9. Circuit Breaker can do which of the following operation:


    a) Both Make and Break
    Operation
    b) Make Operation
    c) Break Operation

    d) Neither Make nor Break


    Operation

    10.In Oil Circuit Breakers, the arc is extinguished with the help of Oil
    a) False
    b) True

    11.

    SECTION B (Choose any 2). Each question carries 15 marks.

    12.1. a) Why is protection needed for power system? (3mks)


    13. b) Why is speed of protection so important? (2mks)
    14. c) What is meant by zones of protection? (2mks)
    15. d) Explain the various zones of protection, with the aid of a diagram.
    (8mks)
    16.

    2.

    17.

    18.
    19.

    a) Why is protection needed for power system? (3mks)

    b) What is time setting and plug


    setting in over current relays? (2mks)

    20.

    21.
    22.
    23.
    24.
    25.
    26.

    c) Calculate the plug setting and time


    multiplier setting for an IDMTL relay
    on the following network so that it
    will trip in 2.4 s. The fault current is
    1000A.
    Consider a plug setting of 100%. (5mks)

    27.
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    30.
    31.
    32.
    33.
    34.
    35.
    36.
    37.
    38.
    39.
    40.d) Explain the principle of operation of an
    41.IDMT relay. (5mks)
    42.
    43.
    44.
    45.
    46.
    47.3. a) Derive the expression for the fault current due to a three phase fault
    in an electricity network. (5mks)
    49.b) Derive the expression for the fault current due to a single-line to ground
    fault in an electricity network. (5mks)
    51.c) At a 220kV substation of a power system, it is given that the three
    phase fault level is 4000MVA and the single-line to ground fault level is
    5000MVA. Neglecting the resistance and the shunt susceptances of the
    system, calculate the positive sequence driving point reactance at the bus.
    (5mks)
    48.

    50.

    52.

    53.4. a) Using relevant diagram(s) explain what distance protection means


    in transmission protection of a power system. (5mks)
    55.b) Using relevant diagram(s) explain how a distance relay operates.
    (10mks)
    54.

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