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Title: power engineer
Originally posted by Santanu Das on 13 April, 2013 - 11:04 am
What will happen when 2 out of 3 poles of a 220 kv circuit breaker of a 330MVA Generator (of a steam power plant) is closed and one open when the generator (via GT) is connected (or synchronized)with 220kv bus?
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Santanu Das, The answer to this is complicated to explain in words. The simple, but not...
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
from the Forum department...
Transfer Function of a Solenoid Valve
Originally posted by Declan Flynn on 25 March, 2013 - 11:58 am
Looking for a transfer function for a solenoid valve which regulates the quantity of steam that is provided to a heat exchange coil
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Sebastian is right... i should have double checked my logic and math before i submitted that one......
Declan, The easiest way is to assume that the model just involves a simple time constant....
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the Forum department...
Synchronous Generator Voltage
Originally posted by Rudy on 12 February, 2013 - 11:50 am
AC generator voltage,excitation current, voltage drop and power flow
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Bruce has a great answer, but try and start with this concept: Apparent power (we'll label it S)...
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
from the Electrical department...
Phase Sequence in Transformers
Originally posted by chandru on 17 January, 2013 - 5:18 am
Phase sequence identification in transformers
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chandru, the phase sequence of the secondary will change in the same manner as the primary. ...
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the Forum department...
Isochronous Load Sharing
Originally posted by sam on 8 January, 2013 - 5:10 pm
This question concerns the isochronous load sharing operation of synchronous generators and the relation between their generated powers in this mode.
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sam, I think what your equation is getting at is that the scheme is implemented based on each...
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the Synchronization department...
Normal Slip Speed
Originally posted by MWO on 3 January, 2013 - 9:57 pm
What is normal slip frequency for synchronization.
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I think what MWO is asking is (MWO, correct me if i'm wrong): should the Mark VI 100% speed setting...
MWO, The 700G uses the generator terminal voltage to determine the frequency of the generator,...
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
from the Forum department...
PID regulator output
Originally posted by John Smith on 27 December, 2012 - 11:56 am
How to determine what value of PID output represents 100% of duty cycle of pulse generator?
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John Smith, I'm assuming that you are using a pulse width modulation type control for the fan....
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the electrical department...
Generator in parallel with transformer
Originally posted by sangeetha on 19 December, 2012 - 10:44 pm
What are the things to be checked before running a DG in parallel with a trafo.
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Phil Corso, No disrespect taken. I agree that proper system design would make load shedding...
Sangeetha, How much load does the UAT normally supply? The basic theory is that once the UAT...
Phil Corso, I respectfully disagree. I have designed, installed and commissioned several of...
sangeetha, This is a classic application for a fast load shedding system. Depending on what...
Topic: Motion control, servos, steppers, etc.
from the Model based tuning department...
PMSM Control
Originally posted by Dapo on 19 November, 2012 - 3:55 pm
PMSM Motor modelling from first principles...mechanical properties!
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> Q1. What does the damping factor actually depend on physically? B would be the electrical...
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the Electrical department...
pole position detection
Originally posted by chandru on 30 October, 2012 - 11:43 pm
how to calculate the pole position?
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CSA, I like your explanation, but would take issue with one detail. The peak voltage actually...
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
from the Electrical department...
Busbar Differential Protection
Originally posted by Pal on 24 October, 2012 - 4:36 am
Busbar Differential protection for MV switchgear for 2 out of 3 (2/3) Incomer logic
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> Case -2 > Incomers-1 ON ,Incomer -2 OFF & Buscopler -ON > 1) what will happen if...
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the C&I department...
PMS - Load Shedding - AGC - AVR
Originally posted by Daniel Chamorro on 16 October, 2012 - 9:39 am
Power Management System (CHP plant)
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Daniel, I think CSA gave a great explanation of the general features, but I would argue that...
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
from the power systems department...
Reactive power
Originally posted by Anonymous on 13 August, 2007 - 12:26 pm
Explanation of Reactive power
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Ryan, The lagging is due to the properties of the inductor. The relationship between the current...
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the seldom explained department...
Generator Cold Air rating
Posted by nic on 16 August, 2012 - 5:21 pm
What is "cold air" as it relates to generator capability curves?
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
from the Forum department...
Generator questions
Originally posted by dg1953 on 11 August, 2012 - 8:56 am
using induction motor as grid tied generator
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That is interesting. They are relying on the rotor being magnetized from previous operation. It's...
Mark, Even with capacitors, there would be no source of magnetizing current without the...
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the Maintenance department...
Gas Turbine Governors
Originally posted by Edriss on 3 August, 2012 - 6:21 pm
Looking for some sources and information about gas turbine governors
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The western electric coordinating council (WECC) in the United States has developed at least one...
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the Forum department...
Hydro-power generation in Africa
Originally posted by Mark Klee on 2 August, 2012 - 4:19 am
I'm trying to determine the amount of electricity that can be practically generated from a stream of water on the top of our property.
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Is that a 700m drop over 5 miles? Are you diverting the stream or are you piping the water? Could...
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the Gossip for nerds department...
India Blackout(s)
Posted by nic on 31 July, 2012 - 8:17 pm
info on the blackouts in India
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the The Start of Another Brouhaha? department...
The Physics of... Synchronizing Alternators
Originally posted by Phil Corso on 14 May, 2010 - 5:10 pm
This thread covers the very simplistic case of synchronizing like-alternators, both of which are unloaded.
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Phil, I think some of these statements are a bit misleading, at least for me: > 2. Their...
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
from the engineering department...
synchronization with grid in island mode
Originally posted by shakarami on 3 July, 2012 - 5:03 pm
synchronization with grid when the turbine is in island mode and isochronous mode is selected?
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MIKEVI, I've developed and installed synchronizers that can synchronize a group of generators on...
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the Automation List department...
What makes a generator increase load
Originally posted by kumarash on 10 August, 2008 - 3:49 pm
What makes a generator coupled to a gas turbine increase load when load raise command is issued to Mark V
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Could you define Mload and GG...
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the Forum department...
Frequency oscillations due to load control
Originally posted by Dani on 23 October, 2010 - 2:01 pm
Our electrical system becomes unstable when we put generators on load control mode.
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>(as opposed to a droop control which is purely proportional) Minor quibble: I would disagree...
I know this is an old post, but the moderator rejected the new post that I tried to start......
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
from the Forum department...
Speed of Synchronous Generator
Originally posted by Muhammad Salman on 26 February, 2010 - 4:08 pm
Why Speed of Synchronous Generator decrease with increasing speed?
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Two things: Poles should never slip. If they do, you've got big problems. See GE's "Art and...
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