Meiden 4-Pole

Synchronous Generators

Our high-quality, high-efficiency, and compact generators

respond to multiplex needs of our customers.
Since Meidensha was founded in 1897, our generators have always
been in line with social needs through our research and development
(R&D) activities.
Under the motto of “leading our customers to a prosperous future with
assured safety and pleasure,” we have manufactured high-performance
4 POLE
4-pole synchronous generators that contribute to society.

Features Standard specifications

Item Standard Changes in ratings
Ambient temperature -15 ∼40℃
Service Please specify when deviating from
conditions Altitude 1000m or below
standard ratings
Relative humidity 90% max.
Type of rating Continuous
Output 10∼ 60MVA
Voltage 3,3kV・6,6kV・11kV・11,5kV・13,8kV
Power factor 80% (lagging)
Please specify when deviating from
Frequency 50Hz・60Hz standard ratings
No. of poles 4
Applicable standard JEC2130・IEC60034
Protection IP44・IP54・IP55
Cooling system ※TEWAC・CACA
Thermal class 155(F)
Temperature rise limit 155(F) 130 (B)
Rotor type Salient pole
Lubrication system Forced lubrication
Bearing support system Both sides
Excitation system Brushless excitation with PMG (permanent magnet generator) Brushless excitation with excitation transformer
※TEWAC：Totally Enclosed Water to Air Cooled
CACA：Totally Enclosed Air to Air Cooled

Applications
Generators driven by steam or gas turbines are used by private users and power companies, both home and overseas. They are
also used as a regular, emergency-purpose, or peak-cut power supply in a variety of applications such as in manufacturing plants,
petrochemical plants, iron works, power plants, IT industries, and building power supplies.

High efficiency Compact and light weight

High reliability Flexible solutions

Fast delivery Easy maintenance

Manufacturing plants, petrochemical plants, Power plants IT industries and
and iron works building power supplies

Scope of manufacture
Rotation speed No. of Output (MVA)
(min-1) Poles 10 20 30 40 50 60

1500/1800 4

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Construction of 4-Pole synchronous generators Stator

Cross-sectional view Armature winding
The armature winding is insulated by the most
updated Meidensha technologies. It is designed
to withstand a long duration of operation and is
17 manufactured under rigorous quality control.
Coils are fitted in the stator core slots and fixed
18 by wedges. After the coil ends are connected
4 and bound, the winding as a whole is treated by
vacuum pressure impregnation (VPI). The VPI
２ treatment is effective in eliminating voids among
6 coils and the core and coil assembly can be rig-
idly united. Insulation characteristics are excel-
３ lent both electrically and mechanically.
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Stator core
To reduce iron loss, the stator core is composed
of high-quality surface-insulated silicon steel
laminations, which are in turn punched into
stacks. The core is provided with air ducts so
that cooling air can effectively chill the core and
coils. Both ends of core stacks are clamped into
an assembly by welding the keys and clampers
arranged on the core rear surface.
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N am es of par ts Stator frame

1 Stator frame 8 Bearing metal 15 Rotary rectifier
The stator frame comes in a welded steel-plate
2 Stator core 9 Shaft 16 Permanent magnet generator
construction. The half part of stator and rotor
3 Armature winding 10 Field winding 17 Air cooler under the shaft center are fitted into the
4 Stator core clamper 11 Pole shoe 18 Air cooler cover frame.The stator core is tightened from both
5 Cooling fan 12 Coil clamp 19 Cover ends with clamp and the stator core is
supported.The bearing housings are fitted at the
6 Inner cover 13 Discharge resistor 20 Air duct
frame ends and sustained weight of the
7 Bearing box 14 AC exciter 21 Air guide rotor.The frame is designed to yield strength
and rigidity enough to sustain the weight of the
total generator. Strength against an impact load
in the case of a sudden short-circuit is taken into
consideration.

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Rotor Bearing
Shaft and magnetic poles Bearing
The shaft is produced by shaving out a forged A sleeve bearing of the forced lubrication
carbon steel block. The section to be joined with system is used. A spherical bearing seat is used
a turbine is fabricated to make a perfect cou- to absorb any shaft distortion between the bear-
pling. ing and the bearing box. The bearing is made of
Massive salient poles are processed so that the a cast iron shell lined with a precisely machined
center of the forged shaft has the shape of a white metal.
cross. Each pole is fitted with a field winding.
The field windings are fixed by the use of the
pole shoes bolt-fastened to the respective poles
and the coil clampers that are arranged among
the poles.

Field winding Shaft current interrupter

The field windings are formed by welding flat The generator uses an insulation system to pre-
copper wires. After the treatment of layer insula- vent a shaft current for the security of the bear-
tion, the winding overall is made stiff by thermal ing. Since insulation is provided inside the bear-
curing and pressing. The completed field wind- ing, high reliability is assured and there is no
ing offers a sufficient strength and durability influence by dust and contamination. It is unnec-
against many years of operation. essary to provide for any insulation for external
wiring.

Mechanical balance Main terminal construction Neutral point side Output side

A subject to keep in mind for 4-pole machines is In standard construction, six (6) main terminals
a solution for mechanical balancing both static (3 on the output side and 3 on the neutral point
and dynamic. The generator is manufactured side) are accommodated. Lead wires are
based on this subject in the respective pro- brought out toward the generator side.
cesses of the selection of materials, machining, The main terminals can be brought out on either
and assembly. Mechanical balancing is always side of the right or left. Generally, the terminals
checked and adjusted through the examination on the output side are located opposite those on
of static balancing and running balancing. the neutral point side. They can, however, be
This balancing is assured even after many installed in a lower position as requested.
years of operation. The shape of the terminal box can change
according to the cable type and cable connec-
tions.

Diagram of Main Terminal Construction

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Brushless Excitation System Protection and cooling systems

Brushless excitation system Protection system

The standard brushless excitation system The standard protection system is a totally en-
is composed of an AC exciter (ACEX), a closed splash-proof type (IP44). The totally
rotary rectifier, and a permanent magnet enclosed tube ventilation type or drip-proof
G
generator (PMG). AVR protection type is also available.
PMG
Rotary section
It is also possible to use an exciting trans- When the totally enclosed tube ventilation
Permanent Automatic
former (EXTR) instead of a PMG. magnet generator voltage regulator AC exciter (ACEX) Rotary rectifier Main generator type is adopted, the external ventilation resis-
tance covered by a generator’ s self-cooling
fan is approximately 300Pa. If the duct resis-
tance exceeds this level, an additional cooling
fan should be installed.

AC exciter (ACEX) Cooling system

The AC exciter is a 3-phase rotary armature
Since the generator is enclosed, a cooling fan
type synchronous generator that is composed
attached to the rotor is used to cool the gen-
of the stator for the field and the rotor for the
erator by circulating its internal air. An air
armature. The rotor, together with the PMG, is
cooler is installed in the midst of the circula-
overhung on the counter-turbine side of the
tion passage. In this system (IC8A1W7 as Totally enclosed cooling system
generator bearing.
standard), warm air is chilled by this cooler.
The air cooler is installed on top of the gen-
erator (top mount system).
Rotary rectifier
The rotary rectifier is composed of silicon rec-
tifier elements mounted on the cooling block Air cooler
and a surge absorber. The silicon rectifier ele-
ments are connected to establish a 3-phase The air cooler uses finned tubes with high
full-wave rectifier circuit. These elements are heat-transfer efficiency. Both ends of the
selected with ample tolerance for current tubes are expanded and joined with holes pro-
capacity and peak inverse voltage. Commuta- vided on the side panels.
tion surges generated in the rectifier are dis-
posed of by a surge absorber connected in Cooler materials are chosen according to the
parallel to each element. Protection against water quality. Phosphor deacidification copper
induced voltage in the field due to switching in tubes are generally adopted for industrial
a phase difference is covered by a discharge water. Cupro-nickel tubes are used for brine.
TEWAC system
resistor connected in parallel to the field wind-
ing. When brine is used, corrosion-proof zinc is
attached to the water chamber to prevent cor-
rosion due to a battery effect.

A water receptacle is installed between the air

Permanent magnet generator cooler and the stator to prevent the intrusion
(PMG) of water if water leakage should occur.
A permanent magnet generator (PMG) is used A margin is taken into account for the number
as a sub-exciter. There is no need for any of cooling tubes. If any cooling tube is dam-
initial excitation unit. aged, operation can be continued by plugging
the broken tube.
For the purpose of protecting system coordi-
nation, a sufficient amount of sustained short- For another type of cooler, the air-cooling type
circuit current can be supplied. (CACA) can be adopted if it is difficult to CACA system
acquire cooling water.

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AVR
Digital Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) TYPE YNEX06D External dimensions

General description
The Meiden AVR [YNEX06D] is adopted as a standard AVR unit. The digital automatic Unit: mm
voltage regulator (AVR) [YNEX06D] covers the functions of conventional analog automatic
voltage regulators. If two units of this type are used, the functions of a dual system become
225
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available. Since a variety of options are used, space saving is possible for switchboards.

5.5

30
Analog output terminal
(for testing)

General specifications PROFIBUS DP

(Option) LAN
Item Specifications communication port

260

300
(for maintenance)
Main-circuit elements IGBT
Display operator section
Control system PID control
Communication port
Weight 7.8kg for dual connection
(optional)
Control source voltage DC source Input: DC24V 3A or below
(Duplex power supply) AC source Input: AC110V 40∼240Hz 0.7A or below External I/O terminal
209
Capacity of source fault output contact Load current 150mA or below
Rated input voltage AC110V or AC 220V 40∼240Hz
Rated output current DC20A
Bus VT AC110V 0.5VA or below
Connection U V W YNEX06D
Generator VT AC110V 0.5VA or below 1VT
Bus voltage Control source
diagram
UB P24
VB AC110V DC24V N24
Generator CT AC5A 0.5VA or below
Operating temperature –20∼60℃ (hot start) 2VT 0V
UG
Relative humidity 95% or below No dew condensation VG
Generator voltage DI0
AC110V
Storage temperature –20∼70℃ WG Digital input
DC 24V
Altitude 1000m or below P2 P2
3L
2CT 1L Generator current
Cooling system Natural air cooling P1 P1
3S AC5A
DI14
1S
List of functions U Control source *2 PCOM
V AC110V DO0
Item Specifications
UP PMG current Digital output
Voltage control range (90H) 90 ∼110% VP AC110V or DC24V
Automatic voltage regulation (AVR) Voltage control accuracy Within ±0.5%
WP 220V
AVR output DO15
Full stroke time 60 sec. PMG
J K
Field current control range (70E) 0∼130%
Automatic field current regulation (AFIR) Field current control accuracy Within ±0.5% G
AC
EX
Full stroke time 60 sec.
Smooth start system 0=100 sec. *2 When PMG voltage is 220V, an auxiliary transformer has to be installed.
Voltage buildup control function
Step start system –
Crosscurrent compensation function Setting range 0 ∼10%
Block diagram YNEX06D
V/Hz function Voltage droop system / Setting value (Droop point is set) 70∼100% (Default: 85%)
Ua Ub
Field overcurrent function (76E) Operating value 105∼130% Major loop Minor loop
Power factor control・ Setting range for Item A –1.0∼1.0PU
reactive power control functions Setting range for Item B –0.7∼0.7cosφ IGBT converter
(APFR・AQR) Reactive power control accuracy Within ±2% 90R + 1+STa + 1+STb
Formula: Q = A + BP
Ka
STa
Kth*Kb
STb
ACEX G
Power factor control accuracy Within ±2° − − −
Overcurrent limit (OCL), over-excitation limit (OEL), Under-excitation limit (UEL)
Reactive power limitation function OCL boundary setting 0 ∼100% Lb
(VARL) Lagging side setting 10 points max. La

Leading side setting 10 points max. i30 If

Exciter diode fault detection function (DFDR) i33
Line drop compensation function (LDC), Voltage compensation rate: 0∼10% 1+ST2 Vg
Power stabilizer function (PSS), 3-lead lagging / 4-lead lagging (Default: 3-lead lagging) 1+ST1
Options Automatic sync closure function Crosscurrent compensator
Synchronism detection function Qg
Kc
Dual function (Serial connection, 480.6kB fixed)
Communication function (PROFIBUS DP) *1
*1 PROFIBUS DP is the trademark or registered trademark of PROFIBUS User Organization.
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Specifications in this catalog are subject to change without notice. BB57-2608
CB76-3261A
A As
As of
of Jun.,
Oct., 2015
2015-10ME
（1.7L）1L
2015-6ME（1L）0.3L