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The synchronization process. Discuss how the alternator shares a load with an infinite bus or supplies it alone as an isolated load

 



The synchronization process. Discuss how the alternator shares a load with an infinite bus or supplies it alone as an isolated load

The synchronization process:

           Synchronization is the process of matching the speed and frequency of a generator or other source to a running network. An AC generator cannot deliver power to an electrical grid unless it is running at the same frequency as the network. If two segments of a grid are disconnected, they cannot exchange AC power again until they are brought back into exact synchronization.

Infinite bus:

       The bus whose voltage and frequency remains constant even after the variation in the load is known as the infinite bus. The alternators operating in parallel in a power system is the example of the infinite bus. The on and off of any of the alternator will not affect the working of the power system.

How the alternator shares a load with an infinite bus or supplies it alone as an isolated load?

       We should think of exchanging a load on an infinite bus. For output, the alternators will also have to be linked in parallel while the AC power systems are interconnected. The generating stations would have more than two alternators working in parallel.

Condition for Parallel Operation of Alternator:

Here are certain requirements for simultaneous alternator operation to be met. Before we move into that, we will grasp those words that are as follows:

• The mechanism of linking two alternators or an alternator to an endless parallel bus bar network is regarded as synchronization.

• Working machine is load bearing unit.

• Incoming unit is the alternator or pump that needs to be attached to the network in parallel.

The conditions to be satisfied are:

1.    The phase sequence of the incoming machine voltage and the bus bar voltage should be identical.

2.    The RMS line voltage (terminal voltage) of the bus bar or already running machine and the incoming machine should be the same.

3.    The phase angle of the two systems should be equal.

4.    The frequency of the two terminal voltages (incoming machine and the bus bar) should be nearly the same. Large power transients will occur when frequencies are not nearly equal.

General Procedure for Paralleling Alternators:

 The diagram below indicates an alternator (generator 2) that is parallel to a power plant operating (generator 1). To supply power to a load, these two devices are about to synchronise. Generator 2 is going to follow, use a turn, S1. This turn will never be shut down without following the criteria laid out above.

1.    About equivalent terminal voltages. This can be achieved by modifying incoming computer terminal voltage by increasing field current and having it equivalent to operating device line voltage using voltmeters.

     2. The step series of the devices is verified by two methods. They are the following

·        Application of a Synchroscope first. The phase series is not explicitly tested but is used to calculate the disparity in phase angles.

·        The second form consists of three lamps (Figure 2). Here we can see three light bulbs connected to the transfer terminals, S1. If the gap in step is that, the bulbs are white. If the gap in phase is tiny, the bulbs are dim. If step series is the same, the lamps will both display dim and light together. If the step series is opposite, the lamps should get light in progression. This series of phases can be rendered equivalent by switching the connections on each of the generators at any two phases.

2.    Next, we need to test and validate the amount of incoming and operating processes. It will be basically the same. The level of dimming and brightening of lamps may be checked to do so.

3.    The two voltages (incoming alternator and operating system) can slowly alter the process until the frequencies are approximately identical. These modifications can be detected, and when the phase angles are identical, the turn, S1, can be closed.

 (Abstract )

           The synchronization process, Infinite bus: The bus whose voltage and frequency remains constant, there are four Conditions for Parallel Operation of Alternator, General Procedure for Paralleling Alternators, make the terminal voltages equal, There are two methods to check the phase sequence of the machines( Synchroscope and three lamp method)


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