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Synchronous Generator Operating Chart

The document discusses the three basic types of physical limits on the operation of a synchronous machine: thermal, mechanical, and electromagnetic. It explains each limit in detail and provides phasor diagrams to illustrate how the limits can be represented and combined in a capability diagram showing the generator's operating limits.

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Synchronous Generator Operating Chart

The document discusses the three basic types of physical limits on the operation of a synchronous machine: thermal, mechanical, and electromagnetic. It explains each limit in detail and provides phasor diagrams to illustrate how the limits can be represented and combined in a capability diagram showing the generator's operating limits.

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  • Thermal Limits
  • Power Limits
  • Mechanical and Electromagnetic Limits
  • Capability Diagram
  • Summary

Design(../s_main.

html)

StandAlone
ParallelOperation
PowerLimits
(../stand_alone/sa_intro.html)
(../parallel/parallel_intro.html) (power_limits.html)

Motors
(../motors/motor_intro.html)

PowerLimits
Thereare3basictypesofphysicallimitontheoperationofasynchronousmachine"
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Tounderstandtheimpactthatthephysicallimitsofasynchronousgeneratorhaveonoperation,firstconsiderasimplifiedphasor
diagram.

ThermalLimits

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certainlevel,theI2 Rlosseswillbetoohigh,[Link]
conditions,[Link]
sets|E|[Link],[Link]
statorheatinglimitsets|IA|[Link],thislimitistheratedcurrentofthemachine.(Thismaybeexceededbyanallowed
"servicefactor".e.g.ifamachinehasaratedcurrentof100Aandaservicefactorof1.15,itmaysafelyoperatecontinuouslyat
115A).Theheatinglimitscanbedrawnaslociionthephasordiagram:

MechanicalandElectromagneticLimits

Mechanically,[Link],theprimemover
limitsetsthemaximumoutputpowerfromthegenerator,Pmax=|Esin|[Link]
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torquecanbethoughtofasthecrossproductoftwoelectromagneticfieldsorafunctionofthesineoftheanglebetweenVandE.
Atagivenexcitation,ifthemechanicaltorqueincreases,therotorspeedsup,[Link]
[Link],ifthegeneratorisoperatingwith
closeto90whentherotorspeedsup,increasespast90,theelectromagnetictorquefallsandpositivefeedbackoccurs,causing
therotortoacceleratefurther,[Link]
stabilitylimitissetat=[Link]:

Powerlimits

Whiletheabovephasordiagramlimitscanbeusedtodescribethelimitsofoperationofthegenerator,itismoreusefultothinkin
termsoflimitsonpower,[Link],thephasordiagramcanbescaledby3V/XS toobtainpower
andreactivepower:

Intheabovediagram,[Link]
axisandreactivepowerontheyaxis,thediagramcanberedrawn

CapabilityDiagram

Finally,thelimitsfromthephasordiagramcanbedrawnonaPQplot,toobtainthegeneratorcapabilitydiagram.

Summary

Thesteadystatelimitsonsynchronousgeneratoroperationare:
[Link]:Sets|E|max
[Link]:Sets|S|maxand|IA|max
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Design (../s_main.html) Stand­Alone (../stand_alone/sa_intro.html) Parallel Operation (../parallel/parallel_intro.html) Power
Mechanical and Electromagnetic Limits Mechanically, the input power to the generator is limited by the physical capacity of t
  In the above diagram, positive power is on the y­axis and reactive power is on the x­axis. As it is more usual to see power
   © Andy Knight:          Email (mailto:andy.knight@ucalgary.ca)          Website Home (http://people.ucalgary.ca/~aknigh)  

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