MGVCL Exam Paper (30-07-2021 Shift 2)
A delta-connected balanced three-phase load is supplied from a three-phase, 400 V supply. The line current is 20 A and the power taken by the load is 10 kW. Find the power factor.

0.52
0.62
0.72
0.82

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MGVCL Exam Paper (30-07-2021 Shift 2)
The expression for voltage regulation of a short transmission line for leading power factor is given by: ____, where, 'I' is the line current, 'V_r' is the receiving end voltage, 'R' is the line resitance and 'X' is the line reactance.

(IXcosφ_r + IRsinφ_r)/V_r
(IRcosφ_r + IXsinφ_r)/V_r
(IXcosφ_r - IRsinφ_r)/V_r
(IRcosφ_r - IXsinφ_r)/V_r

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MGVCL Exam Paper (30-07-2021 Shift 2)
A single phase motor connected to 415 V, 50 Hz supply takes 30 A at a power factor of 0.7 lagging. Calculate the capacitance required in parallel with the motor to raise the power factor to 0.9 lagging.

86.32 µF
66.32 µF
76.32 µF
96.32 µF

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MGVCL Exam Paper (30-07-2021 Shift 2)
A three-phase, 12 kV, 50 Hz and 300 kW load is operating at 0.8 pf lag. If the pf is to be improved to unity, using star connected capacitor, the per phase value of the reactive VAR required is:

100 kVAR
25 kVAR
75 kVAR
50 kVAR

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