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Parallel operation

GATE Electrical Engineering · Power Electronics - DC-DC Converters (Buck) · 1992-2018

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2018 Q50

The figure shows two buck converters connected in parallel. The common input dc voltage for the converters has a value of 100 V. The converters have inductors of identical value. T...

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2017 PYQ

Two generating units rated $$300$$ $$MW$$ and $$400$$ $$MW$$ have governor speed regulation of $$6\% $$ and $$4\% $$ respectively from no load to full load. Both the generating uni...

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2017 PYQ

Two parallel connected, three-phase, $$50Hz,$$ $$11kV,$$ star-connected synchronous machines $$A$$ and $$B,$$ are operating as synchronous condensers. They together supply $$50$$ $...

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2015 PYQ

Two single-phase transformers T 1 and T 2 each rated at 500 kVA are operated in parallel. Percentage impedances of T 1 and T 2 are (1 + j6) and (0.8 + j4.8), respectively. To share...

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2014 PYQ

There are two generators in a power system. No-load frequencies of the generators are $$51.5$$ $$Hz$$ and $$51$$ $$Hz,$$ respectively, and both are having droop constant of $$1$$ $...

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2004 PYQ

Two $$3$$-phase, $$Y$$-connected alternators are to be paralleled to a set of common bus bars. The armature has a per phase synchronous reactance of $$1.7\Omega $$ and negligible a...

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2001 PYQ

Two identical synchronous generators, each of $$100$$ $$MVA,$$ are working in parallel supplying $$100$$ $$MVA$$ at $$0.8$$ lagging $$p.f.$$ at rated voltage. Initially the machine...

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1999 PYQ

Two single phase transformers $$A$$ and $$B$$ have the following parameters. Transformer $$A$$: $$400V/200V,$$ $$10$$ $$kVA,$$ percentage resistance and percentage reactance are $$...

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1996 PYQ

Keeping in view the requirement of parallel operation, which of the $$3$$-phase connections given below are possible?

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1994 PYQ

Two transformers of identical voltage but of different capacities are operating in parallel. For satisfactory load sharing

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1993 PYQ

Two $$550$$ $$kVA$$ alternators operate in parallel to supply the following loads $$(i)$$ $$250$$ $$kW$$ at $$0.95$$ power factor lag $$(ii)$$ $$100$$ $$kW$$ at $$0.8$$ power facto...

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1992 PYQ

Two transformers of different $$kVA$$ ratings workings in parallel share the load in proportion to their ratings when their

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