Load point calculation for low voltage synchronous generator using finite element method

Author

Fernandez, Alicia ; Prieto, D. ; Vannier, J.-C. ; Manfe, Philippe ; Saint-Michel, Jacques

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Machines & Power Syst., Supelec, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

fYear

2014

fDate

8-10 April 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to propose a procedure to compute synchronous generator characteristics at steady-state operation. It uses a minimum set of finite-element static calculations to determine the generator electromagnetic performances without loss of accuracy. The load point calculation, consisting on the output voltage and the power factor, is obtained by means of a root-finding algorithm. An application of the procedure is shown for a low voltage generator of 60 kVA. A parametric design case of the rotor is also described, changing the pole shoe span and the ratio between the maximum and the minimum airgap length under the pole shoe.

Keywords

finite element analysis; power factor; synchronous generators; apparent power 60 kVA; electromagnetic performance; finite-element static calculation; load point calculation; low voltage synchronous generator; maximum airgap length; minimum airgap length; pole shoe; power factor; root-finding algorithm; rotor; finite element analysis; iterative methods; load point calculation; steady-state operation; synchronous generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014), 7th IET International Conference on

Conference_Location

Manchester

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-84919-815-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2014.0408

Filename

6837030