SME
College · Engineering
Power Systems
4 topics
Electrical
Before this course
Topics
Power flow
Main lesson
Per-unit impedance
Use this for “On a 138 kV, 100 MVA base, what is a 19.04 Ω line impedance in per unit?”
Changing the per-unit base
Use this for “A generator is 0.1 pu on its 50 MVA rating. What is that on the 100 MVA system base at the same kV?”
Approximate voltage drop
Use this for “A line with R = 0.02 pu and X = 0.1 pu delivers P = 0.8 pu and Q = 0.6 pu at 1 pu. Find the sending voltage.”
Line losses
Use this for “A 33 kV line carries 10 MW at power factor 0.9 with 5 Ω per phase. Find the current and the loss.”
Transformers and machines
Main lesson
Transformer efficiency at part load
Use this for “A 50 kVA transformer has 300 W of core loss and 600 W of full-load copper loss. Find its efficiency at full load, pf 0.8.”
DC motor speed and torque
Use this for “A 240 V DC motor draws 20 A, with Rₐ = 0.5 Ω and kΦ = 2.3 V·s/rad. Find its speed and torque.”
Synchronous generator internal EMF
Use this for “A generator delivers 100 A at pf 0.8 lagging and 277 V per phase, with Xₛ = 1 Ω. Find E and δ.”
Fault analysis
Main lesson
Single line-to-ground fault
Use this for “X₁ = X₂ = 0.2 pu and X₀ = 0.1 pu. Find the line-to-ground fault current on a 100 MVA, 13.8 kV base.”
Thévenin reactance from the short-circuit MVA
Use this for “A bus has 500 MVA of short-circuit power available. Find Xₜₕ on a 100 MVA base.”
Symmetrical components
Use this for “Iₐ = 10∠10° A, Ib = 8∠−100° A and Ic = 6∠140° A. Find the zero-, positive- and negative-sequence currents.”
Grid stability
Main lesson
Droop: the frequency drop
Use this for “A generator with 5% droop picks up 0.1 pu more load on a 60 Hz system. How far does the frequency fall?”
Rate of change of frequency
Use this for “A grid with H = 5 s loses 0.1 pu of generation at 60 Hz. How fast does the frequency start to fall?”
Swing frequency
Use this for “A generator with H = 5 s runs at δ₀ = 30° with Pₘₐₓ = 2 pu on a 60 Hz grid. Find its swing frequency.”
Course test
See what you know: 10 questions on this course
New questions each time. Pass to mark it complete.