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Calculation of equivalent circuit constants of synchronous machines considering field transient characteristics using DC decay testing method with open and shorted field windings
Author(s) -
Kano Takashi,
Watanabe Yasutoshi,
Ara Takahiro,
Matsumura Toshiro
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
electrical engineering in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1520-6416
pISSN - 0424-7760
DOI - 10.1002/eej.21207
Subject(s) - electromagnetic coil , reactance , transient (computer programming) , electrical engineering , armature (electrical engineering) , equivalent circuit , damper , electrical impedance , control theory (sociology) , mechanics , physics , electronic engineering , engineering , voltage , computer science , structural engineering , control (management) , artificial intelligence , operating system
Abstract It has been reported that the calculated values of field transient behavior in a synchronous machine differ considerably from the measured values. This discrepancy is caused by the use of equivalent circuit constants in the standardized tests provided by JEC‐2130 and IEC‐60034‐4, in which the mutual leakage reactance between the damper and field windings is not accounted for. The authors have been studying a method for calculating equivalent circuit constants for the accurate simulation of transient behavior including the field winding side, by means of a standstill test with a small‐capacity DC power supply (DC decay testing method). The authors have previously presented a calculation method using operational impedances with the field windings opened, shorted, and shorted with an external resistance, obtained by the DC decay test. This paper presents a new method in which the external resistance used in our previous method is no longer needed. Instead, the field winding impedance is determined on the basis of its invariability against slip. The validity of the new method is demonstrated by comparing the calculated and measured values of the armature and field currents during a sudden three‐phase short‐circuit using 10 kVA/200 V/31.9 A/4 P/50 Hz test machines. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 178(2): 39–46, 2012; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.21207