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Generator Data Easypower

This document provides descriptions of various ANSI standards parameters used for modeling generators in power system simulations. It includes definitions for transient reactance (X'd), zero sequence reactance (X0), locked rotor impedance (Xlr), generator grounding resistance (Rg) and reactance (Xg), and amperage class. It also describes parameters used for plotting generator transient current capability curves and thermal damage curves, such as direct axis transient time constant (T'd) and armature time constant (Ta).

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Generator Data Easypower

This document provides descriptions of various ANSI standards parameters used for modeling generators in power system simulations. It includes definitions for transient reactance (X'd), zero sequence reactance (X0), locked rotor impedance (Xlr), generator grounding resistance (Rg) and reactance (Xg), and amperage class. It also describes parameters used for plotting generator transient current capability curves and thermal damage curves, such as direct axis transient time constant (T'd) and armature time constant (Ta).

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ANSIStandards.

Xdv

TransientreactanceinpercentongeneratorsMVAbase.Thisvaluetypicallyrangesfrom1530%.Thetransientreactanceisnot
usedinANSIstandardcalculationsexceptforhydroandsalientpolegeneratorswithoutamortisseurwindings(Xpu=0.75X).

X0v

ZerosequencereactanceinpercentongeneratorsMVAbase.Thisvaluemayrangefrom315%fortypicalgenerators.Zero
sequencevaluesareusedinallgroundfaultcalculations.

Xlr

Lockedrotorimpedanceforinductionmachines.Whenactualdataisnotavailable,use16.7%.

Ground
Generatorneutralgroundresistanceinohms.Thisisthemostcommonmethodofgroundinggeneratorneutralsandisusually
R
giveninamperes.Theimpedanceisfoundfromthefollowingequation.
R=Vln/I
Ifthegeneratorisgroundedthroughagroundingtransformerwithasecondaryresistance,thisresistancemustbeconvertedto
theprimarywinding.IfyouknowtheAmpvaluefortheresistor,youcanentertheampvalueintheAmpClass ieldandusethe
Calculatebuttonto indtheresistance.
Ground Generatorneutralgroundreactanceinohms.
jX
Amp
Class

Thisisthecurrentinampsthroughthegroundimpedanceattheratedvoltage.Youcanenterdatainthis ielddirectlyinAmpsor
calculateitbasedonthevoltageandgroundimpedanceR+jXusingtheCalculatebutton.

TCC

Figure7:TCCtabofGeneratorDatadialog
Option

Description

Plot
Generator Youcanplotshortcircuitdecrementcurveswithandwithoutexcitation ieldforcingforcomparisonpurposes.
Decrement
WithoutFieldForcing:PlotsTCCforwithout ieldforcingoption.
Curves
WithFieldForcing:PlotsTCCforwith ieldforcingoption.
MaximumPlotTime:Theamountoftimeinsecondsthatthegeneratorcansustainovercurrentswithoutexceeding
safetemperaturelimits.
Synchronous
Xd

Synchronousreactanceofthegenerator,expressedasapercent.

Td

Directaxissubtransientshortcircuittimeconstant.

Td

Directaxistransientshortcircuittimeconstantinseconds.

Ta

Armaturetimeconstantinseconds.
AtypicalgeneratordatasheetwillprovidetheTavalue.However,somemanufacturersmaynotprovideTainthedatasheet.
Thearmaturetimeconstantisassociatedwiththerateofchangeofdccurrentinthestatorwhenthegeneratorissubjected
toa3phasefault.TafordifferenttypesofgeneratorsisprovidedinthebookPowerSystemControlandStability,byPaulM.
AndersonandA.A.Fouad,IEEEPress,1994.
Ta=(Ld+Lq)/2r
WhereLdisthedaxistransientinductanceandLqisqaxisinductance.AtypicalvalueofTais0.15secondsforfaultonthe
machineterminal.
PrabhaKundursbookPowerSystemStabilityandControl,McGrawHill,1994,providesthefollowingequationforTa:
Ta=(Ld+Lq)/2/Ra
TypicalvalueforTaliesbetween0.03and0.35s.

Forcing
Field

Forcedexcitationcurrentatagivenloadexpressedasperunitvalueof ieldcurrentatnoload,Ifd0.

ThermalDamageCurve
ThissectionallowsyoutoplotI^2tthermaldamagecurveforthegenerator.
Plot
Thermal
Damage
Curve

Selectthischeckboxtoenableplottingofthedamagecurveandtoenterdataforthissection.

I2tValue

Thisde inesthe(I^2)tlineforthedamagecurve.Iisinperunitofgeneratorratedcurrentandtisinseconds.IfI2tValueis
20,thentheextrapolateddamagecurvelinewouldintersectwiththeFLAofthegeneratorat20seconds.

Plot
From/To

ThedamagecurveisdrawnontheTCCplotwithinthesevaluesasthelowerandupperlimitsinseconds.

Harmonics
UsetheHarmonicstabtoindicatewhetherthisequipmentitemisintroducingharmonicsintoyourpowersystem.

Figure8:HarmonicsTab
Option

Description

Resistance
Factor

EasyPowerofferstwomethodsforcalculatingRH:
Resistancevaryingwithapoweroftheharmonic(REXP):
RH=RFund*HREXP
Resistancevaryingwithapercenteddycurrentfactor(%ECF):
RH=RFund*(1+ECF*H2)/(1+ECF)

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