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The paper presents a method for determining electromagnetic parameters of different synchronous generator models based on dynamic waveforms measured at power rejection. Such a test can be performed safely under normal operating conditions of a generator working in a power plant. A generator model was investigated, expressed by reactances and time constants of steady, transient, and subtransient state in the d and q axes, as well as the circuit models (type (3,3) and (2,2)) expressed by resistances and inductances of stator, excitation, and equivalent rotor damping circuits windings. All these models approximately take into account the influence of magnetic core saturation. The least squares method was used for parameter estimation. There was minimized the objective function defined as the mean square error between the measured waveforms and the waveforms calculated based on the mathematical models. A method of determining the initial values of those state variables which also depend on the searched parameters is presented. To minimize the objective function, a gradient optimization algorithm finding local minima for a selected starting point was used. To get closer to the global minimum, calculations were repeated many times, taking into account the inequality constraints for the searched parameters. The paper presents the parameter estimation results and a comparison of the waveforms measured and calculated based on the final parameters for 200 MW and 50 MW turbogenerators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper, a method and results of parameter estimation of the mathematical model of a generating unit operating in the Polish National Power System are presented. Computations of the parameters were carried out based on measurement and simulation of dynamic waveforms of selected quantities of the generating unit. The problem of parameter identification was brought to minimization of the objective function determined by the vector of deviations between the approximated and approximating waveforms computed on the basis of the models expressed by the searched parameters. A hybrid optimization algorithm, being a serial combination of genetic and gradient algorithms, was used for minimization of the objective function. A methodology for filtering the recorded measurement signals is proposed in the paper. Method and results calculation of the sensitivity to changes of the model parameters of selected dynamic waveforms are also presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the two-dimensional, field-circuit model of a high power synchronous generator verified by measurements. The model enables determining the waveforms of electromagnetic quantities in steady and transient states. Verification of the model was based on comparison of the measured and calculated waveforms after a disturbance in the voltage regulation system of a TWW-200-2 generator operating in Połaniec Power Plant. There are also presented the field methods for determining electromagnetic parameters (synchronous reactances and time constants) when using the distributions of static and quasi-static, magnetic and electromagnetic fields calculated by the finite element method (FEM). The set of these parameters was used as the starting parameters of the optimization algorithm for estimation of electromagnetic parameters of the synchronous generator circuit model. The dynamic waveforms under the generator load conditions calculated by the finite element method are the basis of parameter estimation. The parameter estimation of the generator model was performed with the use of the least squares method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents investigation results concerning assessment of the Polish Power System (PPS) angular stability based on power system state matrix eigenvalues associated with electromechanical phenomena, when using the angular stability factors calculated on the basis of these eigenvalues. The eigenvalues were calculated by analysis of the disturbance waveforms of the instantaneous power, angular speed and power angle of synchronous generators in PPS generating units when taking into account introduction of a disturbance to different units. There was assumed a disturbance in the form of a rectangular pulse introduced to the voltage regulation system of a generating unit. There was also analysed the effect of the duration of the introduced test disturbance on the calculation results of the eigenvalue influencing the measurement waveforms of the instantaneous power of generating unit no 5 in Rybnik Power Plant. The method for eigenvalue calculations used in the investigations consists in approximation of the disturbance waveforms in particular generating units with the use of the waveforms being a superposition of the modal components associated with the searched eigenvalues. The hybrid optimisation algorithm being a serial combination of the genetic and gradient algorithms was used for computations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]