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Practice Sheet – 01
Subject : Power Systems
Chapter : Fault Analysis
Determine the active power and reactive power
1. A 3-, 4 wire system supplies load, which are
represented by these voltages and current by
unequally distributed in the three phases. An analysis
symmetrical components?
shows that in R line, positive phase sequence
(a) P = 591.20 W, Q = 488.67 VAR
component is 150 15° A and the negative phase
(b) P = 690.89 W, Q = 777.9 VAR
sequence component is 12045° A. The total current
(c) P = 855.78 W, Q = 845.89 VAR
flowing back to the supply in neutral conductor is
(d) P = 890.78 W, Q = 989.9 VAR
330 280° A.

The current in the Y line is 4. In a delta-delta transformer, the zero sequence

impedance:
(Phase sequence is R, Y, B)
(a) Connected to the lines on both the delta side.
(a) 260.29 –121.4° A (b) 270.29 –131.4° A (b) Zero
(c) 280.29 121.4° A (d) 269.29 121.4° A (c) Not connected to either of the lines.
(d) Infinite
2. A balanced -connected load is fed by a three-phase
supply for which phase b is open circuited as shown
5. Three identical unloaded alternator are connected in
in figure. The currents in the lines are shown on the
parallel as shown below.
diagram. The positive sequence current component in
line 'c' is

All the generator has positive, negative and zero

sequence impedance of j0.5 p.u., j0.4 p.u. and j0.2 p.u.
respectively. The magnitude of the zero sequence
(a) 2.6188  150° (b) 2.886  30° impedance at the terminals of generators is _____p.u.
(c) 2.6188  30° (d) 2.886  150°
6. A delta connected resistive load is connected across a
3. The resolution of a set of three phase unbalanced o
balance 3-phase system supply VAB = 4000 , VBC =
voltages into symmetrical components gave the o o
400–120 and VCA = 400120 . The magnitude of
following results:
positive sequence component of line current ‘A’ will
Va 0 = 45 − 45V ;Va1 = 4810V ;Va 2 = 2650V
be_____.
and the current components are:
I a 0 = 10170 A; I a1 = 830 A; I a 2 = 840 A
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10. If the star side of the star-delta transformer shown in

the figure is excited by a negative sequence voltage,
then

(a) VAB leads Vab by 60°

(a) 13 (b) 27
(b) VAB lags Vab by 60°
(c) 0 (d) 32
(c) VAB leads Vab by 30°
(d) VAB lags Vab by 30°
7. Which of these statements are correct regarding p.u.
system
(a) Values of base quantities are same on both side 11. A 3-phase fault occurs at the middle point F on the
of transformer transmission line as shown in figure below. The
(b) Values of p.u. quantities are same on both side transfer reactance appearing between the generator
of transformer
and the infinite bus is
(c) The transformer connection in 3-phase system
do not affect the p.u. value impedance X1 = 0.4 p.u.
X = 0.25 p.u.
(d) P.u. system is mainly used in power system,
which have number if interconnected transformers. X2 = 0.4 p.u.
G Infinite
F bus

8. If self-reactance of a transmission line is j20  and (a) j1.9 p.u. (b) j1.15 p.u.
mutual reactance of a transmission line is j4 , then
the magnitude of zero-sequence reactance of (c) j1.5 p.u. (d) j1.65 p.u.
transmission line is _______.
12. A transmission line of inductance 0.1 H and
resistance of 5  is short circuited. Which of these
9. Suppose IA, IB and IC are a set of unbalanced current
phasors in a three-phase system. The phase B zero following statements are correct?
sequence current IB0 = 0.10° p.u. If phase A current
IA = l.l0° p.u. and phase C current IC = (1120° +
0.1) p.u., then IB in p.u. is-
(a) l–120° + 0.1 0°
(b) 1.1240° – 0.1 0°
(c) 1.1–120° + 0.1 0° (a) DC offset current will be zero, if  = 81 .
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(d) l–240° – 0.1 0°

(b) DC offset current will be maximum, if  = –9 .
o

(c) DC offset current will be zero, if  = –9 .

o

(d) DC offset current will be maximum, if  = 81 .

o
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13. A 3-phase, 50 MVA, 20 kV alternator has an internal

reactance of 10% and negligible resistance. The
external reactance per phase to be connected in series
with the alternator so that steady current on short
circuit does not exceed 5 times the full load current is 17. A cylindrical rotor synchronous generator has steady
______. state synchronous reactance of 0.7p.u. and sub
transient reactance of 0.2p.u. It is operating at (1 +
14. Two generators are connected in parallel to the low
j0) p.u. terminal voltage with an internal emf of (1 +
voltage side of a three phase -Y transformer as
j0.7) p.u. Following a three-phase solid short circuit
shown below.
fault at the terminal of the generator, the magnitude
G1 of the sub transient internal emf (rounded off to 2
decimal places) is _______p.u.
 Y
G2

18. Three-phase to ground fault takes place at locations

Generator 1 is rated 60 MVA, 11 kV and generator 2
F1 and F2 in the system shown in the figure.
is rated 30 MVA, 11 kV. Each generator has a sub-
transient reactance of 20% on its own base. The
transformer is rated 90 MVA, 11 kV/66 kV, with a
reactance of 15%. Before the fault occurs, the voltage
on the high voltage side of the transformer is 66 kV.
If a 3-phase short circuit fault occurs on the high
voltage side of the transformer, then the sub-transient If the fault takes place at location F1, then the voltage
fault current is_________p.u. and the current at bus A are VF1 and IF1 respectively.
If the fault takes place at location F2, then the voltage
15. A synchronous generator rated 400 kVA, 500 V, 0.2
and the current at bus A are VF2 and IF2 respectively.
p.u. subs-transient reactance is supplying a passive
The correct statement about voltages and currents
load of 200 kW at 0.8 lagging power factor. If a three-
during faults at F1 and F2 is-
phase fault occurs at the generator terminals, then the
magnitude of initial symmetrical fault current is (a) VF1 leads IF1 and VF2 leads IF2

________p.u. (b) VF1 leads IF1 and VF2 lags IF2

(c) VF1 lags IF1 and VF2 leads IF2
16. A transmission line of inductance 0.1 H and R = 5
, is suddenly short circuited at t = 0. The first (d) VF1 lags IF1 and VF2 lags IF2

current maximum of symmetrical short circuit

current occur at _____msec.
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19. A sustained three-phase fault occurs in the power under the faulted condition is.
system shown in the figure. The current and voltage
phasors during the fault (on a common reference),
after the natural transients have died down, are also
shown. Where is the fault located?

21. A synchronous generator neutral is grounded through

a reactance Xn. The generator has balanced emfs and
sequence reactance X1, X2 and X0. The value of
neutral grounding reactance for which the LG fault
current is more than the three-phase fault current is

1
(a) Location P (b) Location Q (a) X n  ( X1 − X 0 )
3
(c) Location R (d) Location S
(b) X n  ( X1 + X 0 )

1
20. The single line diagram of a balanced power system
(c) X n  ( X1 − X 0 )
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is shown in the figure. The voltage magnitude at the
(d) X n  X1 + 2 X 0
generator internal bus is constant and 1.0 p.u. The p.u.
22. The following sequence current were recorded in a
reactance's of different components in the system are
power system under a fault condition.
also shown in the figure. The infinite bus voltage
magnitude is 1.0 p.u. A three-phase fault occurs at the Ipositive = j 1.812 pu,

middle of line 2. The ratio of the maximum real power Inegative = –j 0.63 pu,
that can be transferred during the pre-fault condition Izero = –j 1.182 pu
to the maximum real power that can be transferred
The fault is

(a) line to ground

(b) three phase

(c) line to line to ground

(d) line to line

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23. A 50 MVA, 33 kV generator has Xd = 0.3 p.u. Its 27. A 3-phase power system is represented by one-line
negative and zero sequence reactances are diagram as shown in figure below
respectively 0.2 and 0.2 p.u. The neutral of generator
is solidly grounded. If the fault occured in line to line
on b and c phases, then line to line voltage Vab is

(a) 11.43 kV (b) 13.19 kV

The rating of equipment’s is as given
(c) 22.86 kV (d) 39.59 kV
Generator G: 11 kV, 60 MVA,
X1 = 20 %, X2 = 10 %.
24. A 100 MVA, 10 kV, three phase synchronous Transformer: 60 MVA, 11 kV/33kV
generator was subjected to different types of faults. X1 = X2 = X0 = 10%
The fault current are as follows.
line reactance X1 = X2 = 10 Ω, X0 = 6 Ω.
LG fault = 4000 A, If a L-G fault occur at point B, then fault current in
LL fault = 2500 A, p.u is__________.
28. The magnitude of three-phase fault currents at buses A
3- fault = 2000 A
and B of power system are 10 p.u. and 8 p.u.,
The generator neutral is solidly grounded. The value respectively. Neglect all resistances in the system and
of the zero-sequence reactance of the generator is consider the pre-fault system to be unloaded. The pre-
fault voltage at all uses in the system is 1.0 p.u. The
__________.
voltage magnitude at bus B during a three-phase fault
25. A 3-phase, 11 kV generator having positive, negative at bus A is 0.8 p.u. The voltage magnitude at bus A
and zero sequence reactance of 1.8, 1.8 and 0.5  per during a three-phase fault at bus B, in p.u., is_____.
phase respectively. If a line-to-line fault occurs at the
29. The positive, negative and zero sequence impedances
generator terminals then the magnitude of fault of a three-phase generator are Z1, Z2 and Z0
current is _________A. respectively. For a line-to-line fault with fault
impedance Zf, the fault current is If1 = kIf, where If is
26. The bus impedance matrix of a three-bus system is: the fault current with zero fault impedance. The
relation between Zf and k is
 j 0.161 j 0.0805 j 0.1207 

Zbus =  j 0.0805 j 0.1902 j 0.1354  p.u. ( Z1 + Z2 )(1 – k )
(a) Zf =
 j 0.1207 j 0.1354 j 0.2780  k

( Z1 + Z2 )(1 + k )
If a 3- symmetrical fault occurs at bus 3 with fault (b) Zf =
impedance of j 0.2 p.u., then the magnitude of fault k
current is _______ p.u. (Assume prefault voltage be
1.0 p.u.) ( Z1 + Z2 ) k
(c) Zf =
1–k

( Z1 + Z2 ) k
(d) Zf =
1+k
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30. A 30 MVA, 3-phase, 50 Hz, 13.8 kV, star-connected the generator and ground fault takes place involving
synchronous generator has positive, negative and zero phases ‘b’ and 'c', with a fault impedance of j0.l p.u.
sequence reactance's, 15%, 15% and 5% respectively. The value of Xn(in p.u.) that will limit the positive
A reactance (Xn) is connected between the neutral of sequence generator current to 4270 A is .
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Answer Key
1. (a) 16. 5.95
2. (d) 17. 1.02
3. (a) 18. (c)
4. (c, d) 19. (b)
5. 0.1 20. 2.286
6. (b) 21. (a)
7. (b, c, d) 22. (c)
8. 28 23. (c)
9. (a) 24. 0.33
10. (d) 25. 3055.55
11. (b) 26. 2.092
12. (a, b) 27. 0
13. 0.8 28. 0.84
14. 4.28 29. (a)
15. 5.398 30. 1.07

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