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Load sharing: 600 and 300 MW, 51 Hz no-load

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Stiffness: G1 400 MW/Hz, G2 100 MW/Hz. For 600 MW load, frequency is 49.8 Hz, G1 480 MW, G2 120 MW. After 200 MW extra, frequency 49.4 Hz, G1 640 MW, G2 160 MW (G1 overloaded).

Two generators of capacities 600MW and 300MW are connected in parallel to supply a common load of 600 MW. Their droop regulations are 3% and 6% respectively w.r.t. their respective ratings. At no-load, they operates at a common frequency of 51 Hz. How they will share the common load of 600MW? When the load is increased by 200 MW, at which frequency they will operate and calculate the power supplied by each generator?

Both generators start from the same no-load frequency (51 Hz) and move down their droop lines until their outputs add up to the load. Rated frequency is taken as f0=50f_0 = 50 Hz.

Method: a unit with droop RR (pu on its own rating PrP_r) and rated frequency f0f_0 changes its output by

ΔP=−PrR f0 Δf=−K Δf\Delta P = -\frac{P_r}{R\,f_0}\,\Delta f = -K\,\Delta f

where K=Pr/(Rf0)K = P_r/(R f_0) is its stiffness in MW/Hz. All units run at the same frequency, so ΔPL=−Δf∑K\Delta P_L = -\Delta f \sum K.

Stiffness:

K1=6000.03×50=400 MW/HzK2=3000.06×50=100 MW/HzK1+K2=500 MW/Hz\begin{aligned} K_1 &= \frac{600}{0.03 \times 50} = 400\ \text{MW/Hz} \\ K_2 &= \frac{300}{0.06 \times 50} = 100\ \text{MW/Hz} \\ K_1 + K_2 &= 500\ \text{MW/Hz} \end{aligned}

(Full-load frequency drop: G1 =0.03×50=1.5= 0.03 \times 50 = 1.5 Hz, G2 =0.06×50=3= 0.06 \times 50 = 3 Hz.)

Sharing of 600 MW

Δf=600500=1.2 Hz,f=51−1.2=49.8 HzP1=400×1.2=480 MWP2=100×1.2=120 MW\begin{aligned} \Delta f &= \frac{600}{500} = 1.2\ \text{Hz}, \quad f = 51 - 1.2 = 49.8\ \text{Hz} \\ P_1 &= 400 \times 1.2 = 480\ \text{MW} \\ P_2 &= 100 \times 1.2 = 120\ \text{MW} \end{aligned}

Load increased by 200 MW (total 800 MW)

Δf=800500=1.6 Hz,f=51−1.6=49.4 HzP1=400×1.6=640 MWP2=100×1.6=160 MW\begin{aligned} \Delta f &= \frac{800}{500} = 1.6\ \text{Hz}, \quad f = 51 - 1.6 = 49.4\ \text{Hz} \\ P_1 &= 400 \times 1.6 = 640\ \text{MW} \\ P_2 &= 100 \times 1.6 = 160\ \text{MW} \end{aligned}

(Equivalently, the extra 200 MW is shared as 400×0.4=160400 \times 0.4 = 160 MW and 100×0.4=40100 \times 0.4 = 40 MW.)

CaseFrequencyG1 (MW)G2 (MW)
Load 600 MW49.8 Hz480120
Load 800 MW49.4 Hz640160

Answer: At 600 MW: 49.8 Hz, G1 = 480 MW, G2 = 120 MW. At 800 MW: 49.4 Hz, G1 = 640 MW, G2 = 160 MW.

Note: 640 MW is above G1's 600 MW rating. In practice G1's governor would stop at full gate (600 MW) and G2 would carry the remaining 200 MW, so the frequency would settle on G2's line at 51−200/100=4951 - 200/100 = 49 Hz. Load reference settings should be changed to avoid this overload.

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