1.
Arcing time is the time between
a) Separation of circuit breaker and extinction of arc
b) Separation of circuit breaker and rise of recovery voltage
c) Normal current interruption and arc extinction
d) None of these
2. For single frequency transients, ratio of peak restriking voltage to time between voltage
zero and peak voltage is called.
a) Restriking voltage
b) Recovery voltage
c) Rate of rise restriking voltage
d) Active recovery voltage
3. Time between energisation of trip coil and separation of contacts is called
a) Closing time
b) Opening time
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
4. What is the purpose of back up protection?
a) To increase the speed
b) To increase the reach
c) To leave no blind spot
d) To guard against failure of primary
5. The objective of earthing/Grounding is
a) to provide as low resistance possible to the ground
b) to provide as high resistance possible to the ground
c) to provide flow of positive, negative and zero sequence currents
d) none of the above
6. Fusing factors of fuse is always --------------------------
a) More than 1
b) less than 1
c) Infinity
d) Zero
7. Trip coil of circuit breaker is energized by
a) DC Voltage
b) AC Voltage
c) DC/AC
d) Supply is not required.
8. In 132 kV system, the series inductance up to the point of circuit breaker is 500 mH, The
shunt capacitance of the circuit breaker terminal is 0.05 µF, the critical value of resistance
required to be connected across the circuit breaker contacts which will give no transient
oscillations is
a) 5000Ω
b) 50 Ω
c) 50,000 Ω
d) 500 Ω
9. A 3phase 33 kV oil circuit breaker is rated 1200 A, 2000 MVA, 3S, . The symmetrical
breaking current is
a) 1200 A
b) 3600 A
c) 35KA.
d) 104 KA
10. Main & backup protection are provided at different stations and are completely
independent.
It is most widely used for transmission line protection. is called
a) Relay backup
b) Breaker backup
c) Remote backup
d) Back-up protection by duplication
11. Describe the limitations of Plain Oil Circuit Breaker, how these limitations can be
overcome by Cross jet explosion pot explain with a neat diagram.
(3)
12. 110 kV, 250 MVA CB suddenly closes on to a fault. Determine:
a. The symmetrical breaking current
b. The asymmetrical breaking current assuming 30% dc component.
c. The peak making current as per IEC (Indian electrical commission)
d. Short time rating . (3)
13. Explain the 2 important indirect testing of Circuit breaker, Describe the Parallel current
injection method of synthetic testing with neat circuit diagrams. (3)
14. (a) With neat graphs, explain the recovery rate theory of zero current interruption in AC
circuit breakers.
(02)
(b) For a 110 kV system, the reactance and capacitance up to the location of the circuit
breaker are 3 Ω and 0.015 µF, respectively. Calculate the following:
i. The maximum value of the restriking voltage across the CB contacts.
ii. The maximum value of RRRV. (02)
15 (a) With the help of relevant diagram and waveforms, discuss the problems faced by a
circuit breaker when it opens and disconnects an unloaded long transmission line.
(b) In a 132 kV system, the inductance and capacitance up to the location of the circuit
breaker are 25 mH and 0.025 µF, respectively. A resistance of 700 Ω is connected across the
contacts of the circuit breaker. Determine the following:
i. Damped frequency of oscillations.
ii. Critical value of the resistance which will give no transient oscillations.
16. A power system engineer selected 0.198cm to be the diameter of the round fuse wire for
a fusing current of 30A. Determine the material of the fuse wire.
With the same material used as the fuse element, determine the diameter of the fuse wire in
cm, for a fusing current of 15A. (02)
17. With the help of a relevant circuit schematic, and phasor diagram, discuss the method of
connecting the neutral to ground through a resistance. How effective is this method of
grounding in eliminating the effects of arcing ground? Justify your answer. (03)
18. An Electrical equipment needs to be protected against overload and short circuit faults using
over current relay connected through a 400A / 5A CT. The rated current of the equipment is 250A
and 20% overload is permissible. Select a suitable pick up current and thus an appropriate plug
(current) setting for the relay. If for a fault current of 3600A, the actual time of operation of the relay
should be 1.1s, determine a suitable time multiplier setting (TMS), if the relay uses
i. IDMT 1.3 sec characteristics
ii. Extremely Inverse characteristics
iii. Very Inverse characteristics. (03)