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Q#1 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2026 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Consider a power system with  buses, of which  are generator buses and the remaining  are load buses (where there is no generation).

Assume that there are no reactive power-limit violations at the generator buses.

What is the size of the Jacobian matrix in the Newton-Raphson load flow method?

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Q#2 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2026 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

A three-phase two-winding transformer has a voltage transformation ratio , where  is the primary side voltage in p.u., and  is the secondary side voltage in p.u.  and  represent the currents injected into the primary and secondary sides of the transformer, respectively. The admittance corresponding to the leakage impedance of the transformer referred to the secondary is  p.u. Neglect the magnetizing branch.

The Y bus representation of this transformer is:

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Q#3 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2023 (Set 1) MSQ +1 mark -0 marks

The bus admittance  matrix of a 3-bus power system is given below.

Considering that there is no shunt inductor connected to any of the buses, which of the following can NOT be true?

Line charging capacitor of finite value is present in all three lines.

Line charging capacitor of finite value is present in line 2-3 only.

Line charging capacitor of finite value is present in line 2-3 only and shunt capacitor of finite value is present in bus 1 only.

Line charging capacitor of finite value is present in line 2-3 only and shunt capacitor of finite value is present in bus 3 only.

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Q#4 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2023 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The three-bus power system shown in the figure has one alternator connected to bus 2 which supplies 200 MW and 40 MVAr power. Bus 3 is infinite bus having a voltage of magnitude  p.u. and angle of . A variable current source,  is connected at bus 1 and controlled such that the magnitude of the bus 1 voltage is maintained at

1.05 p.u. and the phase angle of the source current, , where  is the phase angle of the bus 1 voltage. The three buses can be categorized for load flow analysis as

Bus 1 Slack Bus

Bus  Bus

Bus  Bus

Bus  Bus

Bus  Bus

Bus  Bus

Bus 3 Slack Bus

Bus  Bus

Bus  Bus

Bus 3 Slack Bus

Bus  Bus

Bus 3 Slack Bus

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Q#5 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2021 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

A 3-Bus network is shown. Consider generators as ideal voltage sources. If rows 1, 2 and 3 of the  matrix correspond to Bus 1, 2 and 3 respectively, then  of the network is

Diagram, schematic

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Q#6 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2020 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Two buses, i and j, are connected with a transmission line of admittance Y, at the two ends of which there are ideal transformers with turns ratios as shown. Bus admittance matrix for the system is:

Diagram

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Q#7 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2019 (Set 1) NAT +1 mark -0 marks

The  matrix of a two-bus power system having two identical parallel lines connected between them in pu is given as          

The magnitude of the series reactance of each line in pu (round off up to one decimal place) is ________________.

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Q#8 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2018 (Set 1) NAT +1 mark -0 marks

A bus admittance matrix for an electric power system has 8000 non-zero elements. The minimum number of branches (transmission lines and transformers) in this system is _____ (up to 2 decimal places).

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Q#9 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2017 (Set 2) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

The figure shows the per-phase representation of a phase-shifting transformer connected between buses 1 and 2, where  is a complex number with non-zero real and imaginary parts.

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For the given circuit,  and  are bus admittance matrix and bus impedance matrix, respectively, each of size 2 × 2. Which one of the following statements is true?

Both  and  are symmetric

 is symmetric and  is unsymmetric

 is unsymmetric and  is symmetric

Both  and  are unsymmetric

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Q#10 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2017 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

A 3-bus power system is shown in the figure below, where the diagonal elements of Y-bus matrix are:

The per unit values of the line reactance’s p, q and shown in the figure are  

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Q#11 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2017 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The bus admittance matrix for a power system network is

There is a transmission line, connected between buses 1 and 3, which is represented by the circuit shown in figure.  

If this transmission line is removed from service, what is the modified bus admittance matrix?  

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Q#12 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2015 (Set 2) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

A 3-bus power system network consists of 3 transmission lines. The bus admittance matrix of the uncompensated system is

 

If the shunt capacitance of all transmission lines is 50% compensated, the imaginary part of the  row  column element (in pu) of the bus admittance matrix after compensation is

–j7.0

–j8.5

–j7.5

–j9.0

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Q#13 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2013 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

For a power system network with n nodes,  of its bus impedance matrix is j0.5 per unit. The voltage at node 3 is  per unit. If a capacitor having reactance of –j3.5 per unit is now added to the network between node 3 and the reference node, the current drawn by the capacitor per unit is

0.325-100º

0.32580º  

0.371-100º

0.43380º

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Q#14 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2013 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

In the following network, the voltage magnitudes at all buses are equal to 1 p.u., the voltage phase angles are very small, and the line resistances are negligible. All the line reactances are equal to j1 Ω.

The voltage phase angles in rad at buses 2 and 3 are

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Q#15 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2013 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

In the following network, the voltage magnitudes at all buses are equal to 1 p.u., the voltage phase angles are very small, and the line resistances are negligible. All the line reactances are equal to j1 Ω.

If the base impedance and the line-to-line base voltage are 100 Ω and 100kV, respectively, then the real power in MW delivered by the generator connected at the slack bus is

-10

0

10

20

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Q#16 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2012 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

The bus admittance matrix of a three-bus three-line system is

If each transmission line between the two buses is represented by an equivalent -network, the magnitude of the shunt susceptance of the line connecting bus 1 and 2 is

4

2

1

0

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Q#17 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2011 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

A three-bus network is shown in the figure below indicating the p.u. impedance of each element.  

The Bus admittance matrix, Y-bus, of the network is

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Q#18 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2009 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

For the Y-bus matrix of a 4-bus system given in per unit, the buses having shunt elements are

3 and 4

2 and 3

1 and 2

1, 2 and 4

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Q#19 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2005 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The network shown in Figure has impedances in p.u. as indicated. The diagonal element of the bus admittance matrix YBUS of the network is:

–j19.8

+j20.0

+j0.2

–j19.95

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Q#20 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2004 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The Z matrix of a 2-port network as given by

The element of the corresponding Y matrix of the same network is given by

1.2

0.4

−0.4

1.8

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Q#21 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2003 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The bus impedance matrix of a 4-bus power system is given by

A branch having an impedance of j0.2Ω is connected between bus 2 and the reference. Then the values of and of the bus impedance matrix of the modified network are respectively.

j0.5408 Ω and j0.4586 Ω

j0.1260 Ω and j0.0956 Ω

j0.5408 Ω and j0.0956 Ω

j0.1260 Ω and j0.1630 Ω

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Q#22 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2002 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

A power system consists of 2 areas (Area 1 and Area 2) connected by a single tie line (Figure). It is required to carry out a load flow study on this system. While entering the network data, the tie-line data (connectivity and parameters) is inadvertently left out. If the load flow program is run with this incomplete data

The load-flow will converge only if the slack bus is specified in Area 1

The load-flow will converge only if the slack bus is specified in Area 2

The load-flow will converge if the slack bus is specified in either Area 1 or Area 2

The load-flow will not converge if only one slack bus is specified.

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Q#23 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 2001 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

For the Y-bus matrix given in per unit values, where the first, second, third and fourth row refers to bus 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively, draw the reactance diagram.

None

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Q#24 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 1998 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

For the given network in fig., obtain the bus admittance matrix  using the data given:

Line between nodes

Impedance p.u.

Half of line charging admittance

1-2

0.0+j0.05

j1.25

1-3

0.0+j0.02

j0.50

2-3

0.0+j0.02

j0.50

Shunt reactor at node 3

Impedance

0.0+j2.0

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Q#25 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 1996 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

If the reference bus is changed in two load flow runs with same system data and power obtained for reference bus taken as specified P and Q in the latter run

The system losses will be unchanged but complex bus voltages will change

The system losses will change but complex bus voltages remain unchanged

The system losses as well as complex bus voltage will change

The system losses as well as complex bus voltage will be unchanged

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Q#26 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 1995 (Set 1) NAT +1 mark -0 marks

In load-flow analysis, a voltage-controlled bus is treated as a load bus in subsequent iterations if a reactive power limit is violated. (True=1/False=0)

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Q#27 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 1993 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

In load flow analysis, the load connected at a bus is represented as

Constant current drawn from the bus

Constant impedance connected at the bus

Voltage and frequency dependent source at the bus

Constant real and reactive drawn from the bus

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Q#28 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 1992 (Set 1) MSQ +1 mark -0 marks

In load flow studies of a power system, the quantities specified at a voltage-controlled bus are _______________ and _______________

Voltage magnitude corresponding to the generated voltage

Real power

Reactive power

Current magnitude corresponding to the generated voltage

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Q#29 Load Flow Analysis GATE EE 1991 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

A sample power system network is shown in figure. The reactance’s marked are in p.u. The p.u value of  of the Bus Admittance Matrix  is:

j 10.0

j 0.4

–j 0.1

–j 20.0

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