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Category: Switchgear and Protection
Air blast circuit breakers for 400 kV power system are designed to operate in_______________?
A. 100 microsecond
B. 50 millisecond
C. 0.5 sec
D. 0.1 sec
Circuit breakers usually operate under______________?
A. transient state of short-circuit current
B. sub-transient state of short-circuit current
C. steady state of short-circuit current
D. after D.C. component has ceased
Magnetic circuit breaker has ___________ trip action
A. delayed
B. instantaneous
C. both of the above
D. none of the above
Interruption of large currents by relay requires______________?
A. arc suppressing blow out coils
B. wide separation of the opened contacts
C. high speed opening of contacts
D. all of the above
Arc in a circuit behaves as_______________?
A. a capackive reactance
B. an inductive reactance
C. a resistance increasing with voltage rise across the arc
D. a resistance decreasing with voltage rise across the arc
The information to the circuit breaker under fault conditions is provided by____________?
A. relay
B. rewirable fuse
C. H.R.C. only
D. all of the above
The under voltage relay can be used for______________?
A. generators
B. busbars
C. transformers
D. motors
E. all of the above
Which of the following statements is incorrect ?
A. Lightning arrestors are used before the switchgear
B. Shunt reactors are used as compensation reactors
C. The peak short current is (1.8 xV2) times the A.C. component
D. The MVA at fault is equal to base MVA divided by per unit equivalent fault reactance
The main function of a fuse is to_____________?
A. protect the line
B. open the circuit
C. protect the appliance
D. prevent excessive currents
E. none of the above
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