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CONTENTS
1. THEORETICAL SECTION 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Response of alternator in isolated operation 1.3 Synchronization circuits 1.4 Response on a constant-voltage constant-frequency system
2. INFORMATIONS 2.1 Experiment components 2.2 Safety procedures 2.2 Safety procedures
EXPERIMENTS EXPERIMENT N1 Winding resistance measurement EXPERIMENT N2 No-load test EXPERIMENT N3 Short-circuit test EXPERIMENT N4 Load characteristics EXPERIMENT N5 Regulation performances EXPERIMENT N6 Convencional efficency EXPERIMENT N7 Dark/bright synchronizing circuits EXPERIMENT N8 Alternator and synchronous motor
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1. THEORETICAL SECTION
1.1 Introduction In the area of public power supply, three-phase current has emerged as the simplest form of power, in terms of both transmission and universal application. Three-phase current can be transformed to a voltage level appropriate for the distance it has to be transmitted and can be used in the manner ideally suited for the consumer, e.g. for drive purposes. However, electrical power cannot be stored in large quantities. Consequently, it has to be generated at the same time the consumer needs it. As a result, over the course of time large interconnected networks have evolved which satisfy the requirements of a nearly continuous and cost-efficient electrical power supply. Interconnected network operation offers several advantages. The generation of electrical power from the various primary energy sources (coal, gas, oil, nuclear power, water) can take place where the resources are located. The transmission of electrical power is generally more economical than the transport of primary energy sources. Furthermore, the interconnected network permits power generation to occur in large units, which operates at greater degree of efficiency. In addition to this, power stations can be employed with varying loads thus always being able to exploit fully those units with the lowest specific fuel costs. Also the interconnected system provides for an economical reserve capacity of generated power and transmission power. This is equally true for power plants and transmission lines. The consumer can also expect to receive the desired power at any time and at a reasonable cost, while at the same time the voltage and the frequency can be also kept almost constant, even under fluctuating load due to the multitude of feeding generators. This is referred to in this context as a constant-voltage constant-frequency system (also stiff system). The generation of electrical energy is performed almost exclusively using high-power synchronous machines, or alternators, whose construction design depends on the type of drive - normally steam, gas or water. The name synchronous machine (which can be used both as a generator and as a motor) stems from the fact that the rotor runs at a constant speed, which is synchronous with the speed of the magnetic field in a constant-voltage constant-frequency system. The rotor contains a dc winding (exciter winding or field) which in the case of generators produces the desired three-phase voltage in the three-phase winding (stator winding or armature), which is evenly staggered along the circumference of the stator. This design is referred to as a stationary armature machine.
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DL GTU101.1 In addition to this, there are also stationary field machines, in which the exciter winding is arranged on the stator and the three-phase winding is attached to the rotor. Here, however, it is not the exciter power but the far greater three-phase power which has to be supplied or transferred via brushes. As a result this design is limited to smaller scales. Thermal power plants heated by coal, oil, gas or nuclear reactors use steam turbines and occasionally gas turbines as well for converting energy. For construction reasons these are designed for 1 high rotating speed (3000 or 1500 min-1) for networks with a frequency of 50 Hz). Because of this high rotating speed and the associated centrifugal forces, the rotor has to be solid and may only have a small diameter. The exciter winding is inserted into grooves which have been machined longitudinally into the rotor. Because the power output of a generator is dependent on, among other things, its size, when it has a small diameter a longer length has to be selected in order to achieve a high power level. Machines of this type are called non-salient pole or turbo-alternators. The generators in water-driven power plants are designed differently. The turbines available for driving these plants demonstrate considerably lower rotating speeds in the range of approx 100 750 min-1. The rotor used here is equipped with many leg-type salient poles which accommodate the exciter winding. In extreme cases a machine of this type can have up to 60 individual poles. The larger diameter permits the machine to have a considerably shorter rotor length despite the high power being generated. Machines of this type are called salient-pole alternators. The largest synchronous generators are found in nuclear power stations and are capable today of producing power up to 1300 MW at nominal stator voltage of 27 kV. In spite of the high degree of efficiency - over 98% - the power losses involved (above all current heat dissipation in the windings) are considerable in large-scale machines and require expensive cooling facilities, for example, water cooling for the stator as well as the rotor. In contrast to asynchronous machines, a synchronous machine cannot start independently. (If a damper winding is present in the rotor, there is the possibility of a so-called asynchronous start-up, at least in smaller machines. However, this is not made of in the area of power generation and supply). If a synchronous generator is supposed to be connected in parallel with the constant-voltage constant-frequency system, it first has to be brought up to nominal speed via the turbine. At the same time, the exciter voltage has to be increased from zero until the stator voltage reaches the same level as that of the network. However, connection is then only possible when the magnitude, phase relation and rotational direction of the two voltages are in agreement. The described procedure is called synchronisation. This operation is carried out automatically in modern power stations, in which a synchronizing device (also referred to as a paralleling device) is responsible for controlling and monitoring the above-mentioned procedure.
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DL GTU101.1 After the synchronous machine has been connected to a constant-voltage constant-frequency system, the active power to be produced and consumed and also the reactive power can be adjusted as desired independently of each other (only the power limits of the machine have to be adhered to). As a result it can be universally put into operation, and in addition to its main application the generation of active and lagging reactive power- can be used for driving the pumps in pumped storage power stations or as a rotating phase-shifter for the improvement of a system's power factor. Due to the unrivalled importance of turbo alternators for power generation and to simplify mathematical investigation, especially in comparison to the salient-pole machine, we wish to limit the following considerations to the former machine type. However, the conclusions drawn from this machine can generally be applied to machines with salient-poles. In the present experiment, a two-pole alternator is investigated; a dc shunt wound machine performs the drive function. To determine some of the characteristic features of the synchronous machine used here, this machine is operated in so -called isolated operation. This is an operating mode in which the generator supplies just one single consumer. Voltage magnitude and frequency are determined here by the alternator. Then, in the second part of the experiment, various synchronisation circuits are assembled and the response of the machine is investigated in a constant-voltage constant-frequency system. In contrast to the isolated network, here voltage and frequency are predetermined by the system and have constant values. If the synchronous machine is driven mechanically here, then it operates as a generator. If its excitation is altered, it can then generate as well as consume reactive power. It is precisely this function which, in addition to generating active power, is also able to influence the reactive power content of a system, providing the synchronous machine with its varied application options.
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DL GTU101.1 1.2 Response of alternator in isolated operation In order to characterize several important features of the alternator, it is expedient to observe how this machine operates in so called isolated operation. By this we mean an operating mode in which the alternator only feeds one single consumer and is not connected to the interconnected system. Furthermore, our investigations should be limited to stationary (i.e. steady state) and symmetrical operation of a three-phase alternator. Since in the following sections we will be working with quantities from three-phase and ac technology, it makes sense to explore the complex representation of voltage and current ratios. The use of complex symbols enables us to simultaneously represent, for example, magnitude and phase for voltages and currents. As agreed upon here we are only dealing with effective values. Phase-shifts of 90 between the voltage and current are particularly easy to realise with the aid of the so-called complex operator j 1 Complex resistance are described as impedances. They simultaneously provide information regarding the active component (resistance R) and the reactive component (reactance X) of an ac impedance Z. There exist two equally valid mathematical representations each of equal validity, namely the Cartesian model (representing the active and reactive components) and the polar model (representing the magnitude and the phase). In the following, complex symbols are always underlined; their graphic representation in the Gaussian numerical plane is carried out using so called phasors. Using phasor diagrams the current and voltage ratios of an ac or three-phase circuit can be presented clearly and interpreted without having any detailed knowledge of the complex calculation. As long as symmetrical ratios predominate with respect to voltages and currents in a three-phase system, a single-phase simulation suffices. This is also the case in the present experiment.
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DL GTU101.1 Under the assumptions stated above the behaviour of an alternator in stationary operation can be described with the aid of a simple equivalent circuit diagram. Here -as in all the following diagrams and the equations deduced from them- the circuit is based on a star configuration of the stator.
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IE
Up
Us
Fig. 1 Single-phase equivalent circuit diagram of the alternator in stationary operating mode The variables occurring in the equivalent circuit diagram have the following meanings: IE = Exciter current (in rotor) UP = Synchronous generated voltage (in stator, star voltage) US = Stator voltage (star voltage) XH = Main reactance of the stator winding X = Leakage reactance of the stator winding RS = Resistance of the stator winding The rotor is permeated by a dc current (the exciter current IE ) and driven externally with synchronous rotation speed. Given the frequency f of the voltage to be generated and using the equation f = p*n/60, the synchronous rotating speed n is produced from the number of pole pairs p in the rotor. Thus with the frequency kept constant the synchronous rotation speed of the alternator decreases as the number of pole pairs increases. With a frequency of 50 Hz and a two-pole rotor (i.e. with the number of pole pair p = 1) we obtain, for example, a 1 synchronous rotating speed of 3000 min-1. On the one hand, maintaining a constant frequency is of importance when taking the connected consumer into consideration; on the other hand it is an absolute prerequisite for operation of the alternator on the interconnected system. The voltage induced in the stator winding by the rotating rotor is called the synchronous generated voltage UP. By means of certain design measures the windings can be arranged so that this voltage assumes a sinusoidal characteristic. In addition to this the three-phase winding is normally connected in star configuration to prevent the formation and multiplication of the third current harmonic. The magnitude of the synchronous generated voltage is a function of the exciter current IE and as the so-called no-load characteristic reproduces the typical characteristic of the magnetisation curve of an iron core with air gap.
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DL GTU101.1 Since we are dealing with an induction process here, the synchronous generated voltage is proportional to the rotating speed of the machine when the exciter current is constant. Although the synchronous generated voltage is not directly accessible for measurement, it is identical to the stator voltage in the no-load case, because no voltage drop occurs in the stator. The total flux permeating through the stator winding consists of the main and leakage flux: accordingly the two reactance are defined XH (main reactance) and X (leakage reactance). The two in conjunction constitute the synchronous reactance XD, which is also referred to as armature reactance. (In three-phase machines that section which bears the three-phase winding is called the armature; in large machines this is always the stator). The following holds for synchronous reactance: XD = XH + X Large machine show values of 0.07 up to 0.2 for the ratio of leakage reactance to main reactance. In order to keep the losses in generators at a minimum, the resistance RS of the stator winding is designed as small as possible by selecting the appropriate diameter for the copper windings. Thus, for rough observations, RS can be ignored in comparison with the synchronous reactance XD, at least in the case of large machines; consequently the equivalent circuit diagram can be simplified as follows.
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Us
Fig. 2 Simplified equivalent circuit diagram of the alternator in stationary operating mode (single-phase). The exciter winding will no longer be depicted in the above as well as the following figures. For the subsequent investigations we will restrict our interest solely to the synchronous generated voltage induced in the stator winding. The value of the synchronous reactance XD is obtained by performing current and voltage measurements during a short-circuit experiment whereby the resistance of the stator winding is neglected.
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DL GTU101.1 The measurement is carried out with reduced exciter current and with all three phase of the stator winding short-circuited. There is an almost linear relationship between the exciter current and the short-circuit current. Furthermore, unlike the no-load voltage, the short-circuit current is nearly independent of the alternator's speed, as both the synchronous generated voltage and the synchronous reactance are proportional to the frequency, thus making the quotient of both quantities frequency-dependent. The principle curve of a no-load and a short-circuit characteristic is reproduced in the following figure.
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Fig. 3 No-load characteristic (left) and short-circuit characteristic (right) of the alternator. The no-load nominal exciter current IE0 is that particular current in the rotor which supplies the nominal voltage during generator operation under no-load condition. If the alternator is shortcircuited at this current level, then the so-called no-load steady short-circuit current IK0 flows in the stator. From this the synchronous reactance can be determined. For a star connection of the stator this amounts to:
Xd
UN 3 IK0
ZN
UN 3 IN
where IN is the stator nominal current, then the quotient of these two quantities can be formed, which is designated as the relative armature reactance
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DL GTU101.1 The ratio of the no-load steady short-circuit current to the nominal current is described as the shortcircuit current ratio. The following relationship applies here:
UN IK0 IN 3 Xd ZN 1 UN Xd Xd 3 ZN
Thus the relationship represents the reciprocal value of the relative armature reactance. In large alternators a mean value of 1.6 can be assumed for XD. As such in these machines the no-load steady short-circuits current does not reach the value of the nominal current. After learning about the response of the alternator under no-load and short-circuit conditions, we should now investigate the characteristic features of the alternator under normal power plant operating conditions. A current flows here in the stator winding, whose magnitude and phase relation depend on the type of load. This current induces an additional magnetic field in the air gap of the machine, which is superimposed on the magnetic field of the rotor. This phenomenon is called the armature reaction. For general considerations it suffices to use the simplified equivalent circuit as specified in Fig. 2, from which the appropriate vector diagrams of the individual load types can be deduced. Voltage and current directions are fixed according to the generator reference-arrow system. From this we obtain positive signs for the generated active and lagging reactive power. First we will consider the case of a purely resistive load.
jXdIS US
Up
IS