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GATE Power Systems: Voltage and Frequency control, Power factor correction – Previous Year Questions

7 GATE previous year questions on Voltage and Frequency control, Power factor correction (Power Systems, Electrical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2017 EE Q49 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A load is supplied by a 230 V, 50 Hz source. The active power P and the reactive power Q consumed by the load are such that 1 kW P 2 kW and 1 kVAR Q 2…
  2. GATE 2016 EE Q50 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A three-phase cable is supplying 800 kW and 600 kVAr to an inductive load. It is intended to supply an additional resistive load of 100 kW through the…
  3. GATE 2020 EE Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A single 50 Hz synchronous generator on droop control was delivering 100 MW power to a system. Due to increase in load, generator power had to be…
  4. GATE 2020 EE Q56 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A cylindrical rotor synchronous generator with constant real power output and constant terminal voltage is supplying 100 A current to a 0.9 lagging…
  5. GATE 2022 EE Q56 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Two generating units rated for 250 MW and 400 MW have governor regulations of 6% and 6.4%, respectively, from no load to full load. Both the…
  6. GATE 2024 EE Q47 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which of the following options is/are correct for the Automatic Generation Control (AGC) and Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) installed with…
  7. GATE 2025 EE Q63 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Using shunt capacitors, the power factor of a 3-phase, 4 kV induction motor (drawing 390 kVA at 0.77 pf lag) is to be corrected to 0.85 pf lag. The…