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Advanced AR and Power Systems Quiz

Test your knowledge on Automatic Reclosure (AR) systems and power generation techniques with our comprehensive quiz. This quiz covers various principles related to voltage regulation, island operations, and power quality.

Whether you're a student, teacher, or industry professional, this quiz will help solidify your understanding of key concepts.

51 challenging questions
Multiple-choice format
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The reclaim time is always reset between two consecutive AR shots.

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AR is usually inhibited immediately after a manual reclosure of the CB.

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Either start or operate signal of a single protection can be used to initiate AR, never both of them from the same protection.

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Usually the last trip after the final AR attempt is the most delayed one.

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AR is primarily used for fault location purpose.

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In all the studies AR initiation schemes time delay is applied only to the start signal of the protection stage.

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1 The best generator in VCS sensitivity approach is the one that maximizes the electrical proximity index.

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2 In compound voltage regulation at the MV busbar, load power factor is always known.

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3 Partial compound is obtained with α > 1.

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4 Partial compound is obtained with α < 1.

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5 In compound voltage regulation in the MV busbar it is necessary to know the feeder current

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6 By increasing the phase shift between grid and generator voltages, the produced active power is decreased

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7 EAC (Automatic Load Balancer) method for measuring frequency is based on zero-crossing detection.

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8 An electrical island is usually unwanted because power quality is not guaranteed.

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9 Phase shift between generator voltage and grid voltage is used to regulate active power.

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10 Phase shift between generator voltage and grid voltage is used to regulate reactive power.

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11 In compound voltage regulation in the MV busbar the feeder current can be unknown.

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12 Compound regulation is suitable when the feeders have DG units.

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13 Compound regulation is not suitable when the feeders have DG units

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14 Island operation can happen when generated power is greater than load power.

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15 Island operation can happen when generated power is lower than load power

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Linear (negative slope) P/f droop is not used in Italy to help frequency oscillation damping, thus avoiding island operation.

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Linear (negative slope) P/f droop is used in Italy to help frequency oscillation damping, thus fostering island operation.

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18 Island operation may occur in LV grids after a phase-to-ground fault on MV grid.

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19 Perturb and observe method is one of the most common MPPT technique.

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20 In perturb and observe method, PV orientation is changed to find optimal configuration.

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21 RQV regulation is mainly dedicated to MV distribution grids

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In the "power back up with two mesh branch lines" scheme each line must be able to energize at least 75% of the adjacent line.

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2 0.9 Pn is the limit of the reverse power allowed for each transformer.

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3 A line is classified as "critical" only when it is congested.

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4 One of the effect of the increase of renewable generation is the so-called "duck" curve.

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5 PCSLV (for an MV island): the limit value is 3.500 km x customer.

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6 PCSLV (for MV lines): the limit value is 3.500 km x customer.

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In MV island, PCS is obtained by multiplying the length of the island to the power not supplied in case of isolation.

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In the “mesh branch line back up” scheme each line must be able to energize at least 75% of the load of one of the adjacent lines.

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In the choice of the connection scheme of DG, the network degree of automation is never taken into account.

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10 One of the effect of DG is to reduce the net power transfer at the HV/MV interface during peak time hours.

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11 In the verification of LV DG connections the threshold for slow voltage deviations is 0.5.

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12 In the verification of LV DG connections slow voltage deviations are never taken into account.

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13 In the verification of LV DG connections slow voltage deviations are taken into account.

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14 PCSMV: it is the product of island size (km) and the total number of customers directly connected to MV grid.

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When evaluating the (possible) saturation of a transformer the minimum active power of the previous year is never taken into account by e-distribuzione.

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When evaluating the (possible) saturation of a transformer the minimum active power of the previous year is taken into account by e-distribuzione.

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17 PCS can be improved by dividing the grid in different islands using proper switching devices.

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18 PCS cannot be improved by dividing the grid in different islands using proper switching devices.

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1 In ESS applications, a power conversion system (PCS) is always required.

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1 Flywheels are most suited for energy-intensive applications.

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2 One of the pieces of information that can be derived by Ragone plots is the characteristic time of the ESS.

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Ragone charts are drawn connecting ESS to a variable power load in order reach complete depletion of the ESS.

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T∞ is the time for which the ESS can provide power for an indefinite amount of time.

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