Tutorial Chapter 5 – Power System Control

Chapter 5: Power System Control – LFC and AGC

1) A 250 MW, 50 Hz turbine generator set has a speed regulation of 5 percent based on its own
rating. If the generator frequency decreases from 50 Hz to a steady state value of 49.7 Hz with the
speed changer setting unchanged. Determine the increase in the turbine power output.
(Answer: 30 MW)

2) Consider 100 MW, 50 Hz turbine generator has a speed regulation parameter R of 4 percent. How
much will the turbine power increase if the frequency drops by 0.1 Hz with the speed changer
setting unchanged?
(Answer: 5 MW)

3) Consider 100 MW, 50 Hz turbine generator as in question 2. If the frequency drops by 0.1 Hz and
the turbine power remains unchanged, how much should the speed changer setting be changed?

(Answer: lowered by 5 MW)

4) Two synchronous generators operating in a parallel supply a total load of 200 MW. The ratings of
the machines 1 and 2 are 100 MW and 200 MW. Machines 1 and 2 have a governor droop
characteristics of 4% and 3% respectively, from no load to full load. Figure 1 below shows the
characteristics of the machines. Assume that at full load, machines run at rated speed and the
system frequency is 50 Hz. Calculate the load taken by each machine and the operating
frequency.

Figure 1: The characteristics of Machine 1 and Machine 2

(Answer: Load in machine 1: 72.73 MW, Load in machine 2: 127.27 MW, Operating frequency:
50.545 Hz)

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5) A single area consists of two generating units, rated at 400 MVA and 800 MVA respectively with
speed regulation of 4% and 5% on their ratings. The units are operating in parallel, sharing 700
MW. Unit 1 supplies 200 MW and unit 2 supplies 500 MW at 1.0 per unit 50 Hz frequency. The
load is increased by 130 MW.
(a) Assume there is no frequency-dependent load, i.e., D = 0. Find the steady-state frequency
deviation and the new generation on each unit.
(b) The load varies 0.804 percent for every 1 percent change in frequency, i.e., D = 0.804.
Find the steady-state frequency deviation and the new generation on each unit.
(Answer: a) f = -0.25 Hz, P1 = 250 MW, P2 = 580 MW)
b) f = -0.2425 Hz, P1 = 248.5 MW, P2 = 577. 6 MW, PL = -3.9 MW)

6) A two-area system connected by tie line has the following parameters on a 1000 MVA common
base are shown in Table 2. The units are operating in parallel at nominal frequency 50 Hz. The
synchronizing power coefficient is computed by the initial operating condition and is given by, Ps
= 2.0 p.u. A load change of 187.5 MW occurs in area 1. Determine the new steady state
frequency and the change in the tie line flow.

Table 2

Area 1 2

Speed regulation R1 = 0.05 R2 = 0.0625

Frequency sensitivity load D1 = 0.6 D2 = 0.9
coefficient
Inertia constant H1 = 5 H2 = 4
Governor time constant g1 = 0.1 sec g2 = 0.2 sec
Turbine time constant T1 = 0.3 sec T2 = 0.4 sec

(Answer: f = 49.75 Hz, P12 = -84.5 MW)

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