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CT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Internal Assessment II

Degree & Branch: B.E & EEE

Date:

Year / Semester: III / VI

Time: 1.5 Hrs
Subject Code with Title: EE 6001 Power system Transients

Pichanur, Coimbatore 641 105

Internal Assessment II

Degree & Branch: B.E & EEE

Date:

Year / Semester: III / VI

Time: 1.5 Hrs
Subject Code with Title: EE 6001 Power system Transients

Part A
(Answer all the Questions)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Max. Marks: 50
5x2=10

Define Capacitance Switching.

What is meant by insulation failure?

Define arching ground.
What are the types of overvoltage?
What are the causes of over voltages in power system?
Part B
(1x8) + (2x16) = 40
(Answer all the Questions)

1. a) Write short notes on Current Chopping.

(or)
b) Explain load switching with equivalent circuit diagram.

(8)
(8)

2. a) Derive the expression for transient produced in a RLC series

Circuit with neat sketches.
(16)
(or)
b. What is meant by double frequency transients? Drive the two
equivalent frequency circuit diagram with necessary equations. (16)
3. a) Explain with neat diagram the three different theories of charge
generation and operation in a thunder cloud.
(16)

(or)
b) Explain in detail how the charges are formed in the clouds. And
what are the types of lightning stroke in lightning transients.
(16)

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CT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Pichanur, Coimbatore 641 105

Part A
(Answer all the Questions)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Max. Marks: 50
5x2=10

Define Capacitance Switching.

What is meant by insulation failure?

Define arching ground.

What are the types of overvoltage?

What are the causes of over voltages in power system?
Part B
(1x8) + (2x16) = 40
(Answer all the Questions)

1. a) Write short notes on Current Chopping.

(or)
b) Explain load switching with equivalent circuit diagram.

(8)
(8)

2. a) Derive the expression for transient produced in a RLC series

Circuit with neat sketches.
(16)
(or)
b. What is meant by double frequency transients? Drive the two
equivalent frequency circuit diagram with necessary equations. (16)
3. a) Explain with neat diagram the three different theories of charge
generation and operation in a thunder cloud.
(16)

(or)
b) Explain in detail how the charges are formed in the clouds. And
what are the types of lightning stroke in lightning transients.
(16)

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