MGVCL Exam Paper (30-07-2021 Shift 1)
A fully controlled natural commutated 3-phase bridge rectifier is operating with a firing angle α = 30°, The peak to peak voltage ripple expressed as a ratio of the peak output dc voltage at the output of the converter bridge is

0.5
1-(√3/2)
√3 -1
√3-1

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MGVCL Exam Paper (30-07-2021 Shift 1)
The necessary equation to be solved during the load flow analysis using Fast-Decoupled methid is given below:
where B' and B'' are formed using the imaginary part of the bus admittance matrix Ybus, n is the total number of buses in the system, m is the number of voltage regulated buses. The size of matrix B' is
∆P/|Vi|= -B' ∆δ
∆Q/|Vi| = -B'' ∆|Vi|

(n-1) x (n-1)
(n-m-1) x (n-m-1)
(m-1) x (m-1)
(n-m) x (n-m)

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MGVCL Exam Paper (30-07-2021 Shift 1)
A balanced delta connected load of 8+j6 Ω per phase is connected to a 415 V, 50 Hz, 3-phase supply lines. If the input power factor is improved to 0.9 by connecting a star connected capacitor bank, then the required kVAR of the bank is

10.98 kVAR
14.98 kVAR
8.98 kVAR
16.98 kVAR

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MGVCL Exam Paper (30-07-2021 Shift 1)
Murray loop test is performed on a faulty cable 300 m long. At balance, the resistance connected to the faulty core was set at 15 Ω and the resistance of the resistor connected to the sound core was 45 Ω. Calculate the distance of the fault point from the test end.

450 m
150 m
75 m
225 m

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MGVCL Exam Paper (30-07-2021 Shift 1)
A single phase motor connected to 400 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.

89.5 μF
99.5 μF
79.5 μF
69.5 μF

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