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Load sharing: 500 MW and 250 MW, 5%/6% droop
Short answer
Stiffness: G1 200, G2 83.33 MW/Hz. Frequency drop = 100/(sum) = 0.3529 Hz, new freq = 49.65 Hz. G1 picks up 70.59 MW to 320.59 MW; G2 picks up 29.41 MW to 154.41 MW.
Two generating units of 500MW and 250MW capacities respectively are operating in parallel and supplying power to a common load. When each generator is half loaded, they operate at a common frequency of 50Hz. The droop regulations are 5% and 6% respectively based on their respective ratings. If the load is increased by 100 MW, Calculate: a) New frequency at which they operates b) Power supplied by each generator
The two units move down their droop lines to a common lower frequency, sharing the 100 MW in proportion to .
Method: a unit with droop (pu on its own rating ) and rated frequency changes its output by
where is its stiffness in MW/Hz. All units run at the same frequency, so .
Data: G1: 500 MW, 5 %, initial 250 MW; G2: 250 MW, 6 %, initial 125 MW; Hz; MW.
a) New frequency
b) Power supplied by each generator
| Generator | Initial (MW) | Increase (MW) | New (MW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | 250 | 70.59 | 320.59 |
| G2 | 125 | 29.41 | 154.41 |
| Total | 375 | 100 | 475 |
Answer: New frequency ≈ 49.65 Hz; G1 supplies 320.59 MW, G2 supplies 154.41 MW.
✓ Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort)
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