BEKG 2433 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Tutorial of Synchronous Generator

1) A 60-MVA, 25-kV, three-phase, 50-Hz synchronous generator has a synchronous reactance of 8
per phase and a negligible resistance. The generator is delivering rated power at a 0.85 pf lagging
at the rated terminal voltage to an infinite bus.
a) Determine the excitation voltage per phase E and power angle
b) With the excitation held constant at the value found in (a), the driving torque is reduced until
the generator is delivering 30 MW. Determine the armature current and the power factor.
c) If the generator is operating at the excitation voltage of part (a), what is the steady-state max.
power the machine can deliver before losing snynchronism? Also, calculate the armature
current corresponding to this maximum power.
2) The generator of Question 1 above is delivering 50MW at a terminal voltage of 25kV. Compute
the power angle, armature current, and power factor when the field current is adjusted for the
following excitations:
a) The excitation voltage is decreased to 80% of the value found in Question 1 above.
b) The excitation voltage is decreased to 60% of the value found in Question 1.
c) Determine the minimum excitation voltage which the generator will lose synchronism
3) A three-phase, 318.75-kVA, 2300-V alternator has an armature resistance of 0.35 -/phase and a
synchronous reactance of 1.2 -/phase. Determine the no-load line-to-line generated voltage and
the voltage regulation at
a) Full-load kVA, 0.8 power factor lagging, and rated voltage.
b) Full-load kVA, 0.6 power factor leading, and rated voltage.
4) A 60-MVA, 69.3-kV, three-phase synchronous generator has a synchronous reactance of 15
/phase and negligible armature resistance.
a) The generator is delivering rated power at 0.8 power factor lagging at the rated terminal
voltage to an infinite bus bar. Determine the magnitude of the generated emf per phase and
the power angle.
b) If the generated emf is 36 kV per phase, what is the maximum three-phase power that the
generator can deliver before losing its synchronism?
c) The generator is delivering 48 MW to the bus bar at the rated voltage with its field current
adjusted for a generated emf of 46 kV per phase. Determine the armature current and the
power factor. State whether power factor is lagging or leading?
5) A 24,000-kVA, 17.32-kV, Y-connected synchronous generator has a synchronous reactance of 5
/phase and negligible armature resistance.
a) At a certain excitation, the generator delivers rated load, 0.8 power factor lagging to an
infinite bus bar at a line-to-line voltage of 17.32 kV. Determine the excitation voltage per
phase.
b) The excitation voltage is maintained at 13.4 KV/phase and the terminal voltage at 10
KV/phase. What is the maximum three-phase real power that the generator can develop
before pulling out of synchronism?
c) Determine the armature current for the condition of part (b).