Excitation control of the synchronous generator

Author

Schaefer, Richard C. ; Kim, Kiyong

Author_Institution

Basler Electr. of Highland, IL, USA

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

2001

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

43

Abstract

The authors describe how we are seeing a major technology change in the movement away from analog control to digital control of synchronous generators. An excitation system is now reduced to a single integrated assembly that includes the automatic voltage regulator (AVR), field current regulator (manual control), excitation limiters and even protection. Reliability is enhanced as multiple devices are implemented into the single component with multitasking microprocessors. This paper highlights a classic digital excitation system interconnected in a generator system

Keywords

digital control; electric current control; exciters; machine control; machine protection; power engineering computing; synchronous generators; voltage control; automatic voltage regulator; digital excitation control; excitation limiters; field current regulator; manual control; protection; synchronous generator; Automatic control; Automatic generation control; Automatic voltage control; Communication system control; Control systems; Digital control; Human factors; Integrated circuit interconnections; Regulators; Synchronous generators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-2618

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2943.911188

Filename

911188