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Salient pole generator phasor diagram in per unit

Short answer

At full load 0.8 lagging, using two-reaction theory: ψ = arctan((V sinφ+IXq)/(V cosφ+IRa)) = 52.18°, load angle δ = ψ−φ = 15.31°. Id=0.79 pu, Iq=0.613 pu. Excitation emf E = V cosδ + Iq Ra + Id Xd = 1.448 pu, voltage regulation=44.8%.

3 phase star connected, 50 Hz synchronous generator has direct axis and quadrature axis reactance of 0.6 pu and 0.45 pu. Draw the phasor diagram at full load 0.8 lagging and hence calculate (i) load angle (ii) Id and Iq (iii) open circuit voltage (iv) voltage regulation. Resistance drop at full load is 0.015 pu.

Using the two-reaction (Blondel) theory: XdX_d = 0.6 pu, XqX_q = 0.45 pu, RaR_a = 0.015 pu, VV = 1 pu, II = 1 pu, pf = 0.8 lagging (ϕ=36.87∘\phi = 36.87^\circ).

                      E (on q-axis)
                     /:
                    / : j Id (Xd - Xq)
                   /  :
                  / .-+ E' = V + I(Ra + jXq)
                 /.' delta
                O-------------- V
                 \  phi
                  \ I (psi = phi + delta from q-axis)

(i) Load angle δ\delta

tan⁡ψ=Vsin⁡ϕ+IXqVcos⁡ϕ+IRa=0.6+0.450.8+0.015=1.050.815=1.2883ψ=52.18∘δ=ψ−ϕ=52.18∘−36.87∘=15.31∘\begin{aligned} \tan\psi &= \frac{V\sin\phi + IX_q}{V\cos\phi + IR_a} = \frac{0.6 + 0.45}{0.8 + 0.015} = \frac{1.05}{0.815} = 1.2883 \\ \psi &= 52.18^\circ \\ \delta &= \psi - \phi = 52.18^\circ - 36.87^\circ = 15.31^\circ \end{aligned}

(ii) IdI_d and IqI_q

Id=Isin⁡ψ=sin⁡52.18∘=0.790 puIq=Icos⁡ψ=cos⁡52.18∘=0.613 pu\begin{aligned} I_d &= I\sin\psi = \sin 52.18^\circ = 0.790\ \text{pu} \\ I_q &= I\cos\psi = \cos 52.18^\circ = 0.613\ \text{pu} \end{aligned}

(iii) Open-circuit voltage (excitation emf)

E=Vcos⁡δ+IqRa+IdXd=cos⁡15.31∘+0.613×0.015+0.790×0.6=0.9645+0.0092+0.4740=1.448 pu\begin{aligned} E &= V\cos\delta + I_qR_a + I_dX_d \\ &= \cos 15.31^\circ + 0.613\times0.015 + 0.790\times0.6 \\ &= 0.9645 + 0.0092 + 0.4740 = 1.448\ \text{pu} \end{aligned}

(iv) Voltage regulation

%Reg=E−VV×100=1.448−11×100=44.8%\%\text{Reg} = \frac{E - V}{V}\times100 = \frac{1.448 - 1}{1}\times100 = 44.8\%

Answer: δ = 15.31°, I_d = 0.790 pu, I_q = 0.613 pu, E = 1.448 pu, regulation = 44.8%.

✓ Answer checked by Claude Sonnet 5.5

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