M.E. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY/JUNE 2007.

Elective Power Systems Engineering / Power Electronics and Drives / High Voltage Engineering PS 1623 A - FLEXIBLE AC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS (Regulation 2005) Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 marks Answer ALL questions. PART A - (10 x 2 = 20 marks) 1. What is the necessity of compensation? 2. How is reactive power controlled in the electrical network? 3. Write the applications of SVC. 4. How is voltage instability identified in the power system? 5. What are the different types of modelling methods of FACTS devices? 6. How is system stability limit improved? 7. What are the advantages of FACTS controllers? 8. What is the role of de link in UPFC? 9. How is co-ordination of FACTS controllers carried out? 10. Write the significance of modulation index. PART B - (5 x 16 = 80 marks) 11. (a) (i) Explain the objectives of FACTS controllers in the power system network. (8) (ii) Describe the procedure to locate the FACTS devices in an electrical network. (8) Or (b) With a neat schematic diagram, explain the various basic types of FACTS controllers in detail. (16.) 12. (a) (i) Explain about the performance of SVC in controlling voltage in a power system. (8) (ii) What are the advantages of slope in the dynamic characteristics of SVC? (8) Or (b) Briefly describe the way by which the transient stability is enhanced due to static var compensator.(16) 13. (a) With a neat block diagram, explain the different modes of operation of TCSC. (16) Or (b) Enumerate the modelling ofTCSC to enhance the system stability. (16) 14. (a) (i) Explain the operation of STAT COM with an aid of block diagram.(8) (ii) Describe the V-I characteristics of STATCOM. (8) Or (b) (i) Explain the modelling procedure ofUPFC for power flow studies. (10) (ii) What are the various recent advancement in the UPFC design? (6) 15. (a) Explain the various control attributes for different FACTS controllers. (16) Or (b) Describe in detail the power flow control co-ordination of FACTS .. controllers using genetic algorithms.(16)

1) state the need for facts controller? 2)differentiate between TCSC and TSSC? 3)WHAT IS MEANT BY EXTERNAL CONTROL? 4)what is meant by constant current mode in ASC? 5)what is the salient feature of upfc? 6)draw the phasor diagram of upfc? 7)define the term NPI? 8)state the stability condition in VSC? 9)draw the characteristic of tTCR? 10)WHAT is the function of static condenser? part B 11) EXPLAIN the working ,characteristic and control of TCSC? 12) EXPLAIN THE ASC? 13)explain the implementation of upfc ? 14)explain the implementation of conventional thyrister with their control? 15)explain the approximate multimode decomposition technique for the PSDC design? 16)explain the working and characteristic of saturated reactor. 17)explain the working and characteristic of TSC? 18)EXPLAIN THE VSC with TCSC to improve the stability of power system.

ANNA UNIVERSITY MAY/JUNE 2012 EXAMS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS EE2036/Flexible AC Transmission systems UNIT( I V) 1.Explain the various basic types of FACTS controllers in detail. 2.Explain the working and characteristic of Thyristor Switched Series Capacitor 3.Explain the reactive power compensation at the sending, midpoint and receiving ends of the transmission lines 4.Explain the operation of UPFC with vector diagrams. 5.Discuss the different advantages of slope in dynamic characteristics of SVC. 6.Explain about the performance of SVC in controlling voltage in a power system 7.Explain the different applications of TCSC 8.Briefly describe the way by which the transient stability is enhanced due to Static VAR Compensator. 9.explain the different modes of operation of TCSC,With a neat block diagram 10.Explain the principle of operation and VI characteristics of STATCOM with neat sketch. 11.Explain the basic operating principle and the control capability of UPFC. 12.Explain the operation of STATCOM with an aid of block diagram 13. Explain the basic operating principle and the control capability of UPFC. 14. Discuss in detail about SVC-SVC interaction

15. Discuss the coordination procedure of multiple controllers using linear control techniques in detail 16. Discuss Linear quadratic regulator based techniques, Global coordination using nonlinear constrained optimization., Control coordination using genetic algorithms in detail