Problems

A three phase synchronous machine, connected to 50 Hz bus-bar has -1

:the following particulars

Number of rotor poles 6

Number of stator turns per phase 100
Magnetic flux per pole 0.01143Wb
Winding factor Kw 0.965
Full load current in each phase 50 A
Full load power factor 0.80 lagging

Calculate for full load conditions

i- The rotor speed in rad/sec and in rpm
ii-the e.m.f generated in each phase winding
iii- the electromagnetic (developed) power of the generator
iv- the electromagnetic (developed) torque of the generator
]1000rpm, 240V, 28800W, 276Nm ,104.7[

Calculate the full load efficiency of a synchronous generator from the -2

:following information
Rating 30MVA at power factor 0.8
lagging
Line Voltage 11kV
No. of phases 3
Stator resistance per phase 0.02 Ohms
Rotor field winding copper loss at full load 100kW
The rotational loss 600kW
]96.6%[

A 100MVA, 11.5kV, 0.8 pf, 50Hz, 2-pole, Y-connected synchronous -3

generator has a per unit synchronous reactance of 0.80 and a per unit
.armature resistance of 0.012
.a- what are its synchronous reactance and armature resistance in ohms
b- What is the magnitude of the generated voltage Ef? What is its torque
.angle at δ these conditions
c- Ignoring losses in this generator, what torque must be applied to its
?shaft by the prime mover at full load
]0.0158ohms, 1.06ohms, 10750V, 23 degrees, 255000Nm[
A 9375kVA, three phase, Y-connected, 13800V, 2-pole, 60Hz turbine -4
generator has an armature resistance of 0.064 ohms and a synchronous
reactance of 1.79 ohms. Find
:The voltage regulation at
a-unity power factor
b-0.80 pf lagging
c-0.80 pf leading
]4.76%-,5.76% ,0.7%[

The machine operations in an industrial plant require 500kW at 0.5 pf -5

lagging
a- What is the required KVAR rating of a capacitor to improve the pf to
0.9 lagging
b-If a 500hp, 89% efficient synchronous motor operating at 0.80 leading
?pf is added instead of the capacitor. What is the resulting pf and KVA
]KVAR, 0.857 lagging, 1072KVA 624[

A synchronous machine has a synchronous reactance of 2.0 ohms and -6

armature resistance of 0.40ohms. If the terminal voltage V=480V and the
generated voltage E has a value of 460V and lagging the terminal voltage
.by 8 .0 degrees
a-Is this machine a motor or a generator
.b-How power P of this machine
.c- How power Q of this machine
]Motor, 47.7kW, 8.07kVAR[

A 208V, Y-connected synchronous motor is drawing 50A at unity pf. -7

The field current flowing under these conditions is 2.7A. Its synchronous
.reactance is 0.80 ohms. Assume a linear open circuit characteristic
.a-Find the torque angle
b-How much field current would be required to make the motor operate at
?0.78 pf leading
.c-What is the new torque angle in part (b)
]degrees, 3.35A, -14.7 degrees 18.4-[

A synchronous generator with a synchronous reactance of 1.3p.u is -8

connected to an infinite bus whose voltage is one p.u. through an
equivalent reactance of 0.2 p.u.. The maximum permissible output is 1.2
.p.u
.a- compute the excitation voltage Ef
b-The power output is gradually reduced to 0.7p.u. With fixed field
.excitation. Find the new current and power angle
]1.8p.u. 0.7648p.u. 35.69degrees[

A synchronous generator with a synchronous reactance of 1.2p.u is -9

connected to an infinite bus whose voltage is one p.u. through an
equivalent reactance of 0.3 p.u . For a power output of 0.7p.u. the power
.angle is found to be 300
.a- Find the excitation voltage Eg and the pull out power
b-For the same power output, the power angle is to be reduced to 250.
Find the value of the reducing equivalent reactance connecting the
machine to the bus to achieve this. What would be the new pull out
?power
]2.1p.u., 1.4p.u, Xe=0.07p.u, 1.660[

A synchronous generator is connected directly to a 13.8kV system. -10

The generator synchronous reactance is 7.36 ohms. The generator real
power output is measured as 23MW, and the reactive power output is
.10.3MVAR
a- Calculate the excitation voltage Eaf and the power angle for lagging pf
.operation
b- Calculate the excitation voltage Eaf and the power angle for leading pf
.operation
.b-Draw the phasor diagram for parts (a) and (b)

A synchronous generator with a synchronous reactance of 0.9 p.u is -11

connected to an infinite bus through two parallel identical transmission
links with reactance of 0.60 p.u each. The excitation voltage (Ef) is
.1.5p.u. and the machine is supplying a load of 0.80 p.u
.a- Compute the power angle for the given condition
b- If one link is opened with the excitation voltage maintained at 1.5 p.u.,
.find the new power angle to supply the same load as in part (a)
]53.130 ,790 .39[

A 5 kVA, 220V, star connected, 3-phase salient pole synchronous -12

generator is used to supply power to a unity pf load. The machine has
Xd=j12 ohms and Xq=j7 ohms. Assume that rated current is delivered to
.the load at rated voltage
.Compute the excitation voltage and the power angle
]195.2V, 35.870[
 What percent of its rated output will a salient pole synchronous motor -13
without loss of synchronism when the applied voltage is normal and the
fields excitation is zero if Xd=0.80p.u and Xq=0.50p.u.. Compute the p.u
.armature current at maximum power
]1.66p.u ,37.5%[

A salient pole synchronous generator with Xd=1.85 p.u and -14

Xq=1.65p.u is
connected to an infinite bus through an external reactance Xe=0.15 p.u.
The generator is supplying its rated output power, unity power factor as
.measured at the infinite bus
a- Draw a phasor diagram indicating the bus voltage, the armature
current, the generator terminal voltage, the excitation voltage , and the
.rotor angle
.b- Calculate the rotor angle in degrees
.c-Calculate the per unit terminal and excitation voltages
]1.01p.u, 2.23p.u ,60.90[

A synchronous motor absorbing 60 kW is connected in parallel with a -15

factory load of 240 kW having a lagging p.f. of 0.8. If the combined load
has a p.f. of 0.9, what is the value of the leading kVAR supplied by the
?motor and at what p.f. is it working

A 480V, 60Hz, 400hp, .80 p.f leading, 8-poles, delta connected -16
.synchronous motor has a synchronous reactance of 1.0 ohms
.Neglect all loses
i) Determine the excitation voltage, stator current, torque, and maximum
torque.
ii) If the load is remained as in part (i) and the excitation is increased by 15%
what the new current and p.f.

A 3-phase, Y-connected synchronous generator with a reactance Xs -17

of 8 ohms per phase supplies 220A at 0.8 pf lagging to 11 kV infinite bus.
If the output power is held constant while the excitation emf is increased
.by 40%. Determine the new current and pf
18- A 30 MVA, 13.8kV, salient pole generator has the following parameters.
Xd=1.7p.u and Xq=1.0p.u
For rated load operation at 0.8 pf lagging
a- Determine the generated voltage emf and the rotor angle.
b- For the excitation as in part (a), determine the rotor angle for the
.maximum power and the value of this maximum in MW

19- A 3-phase, salient pole synchronous motor operated at rated voltage on

infinite bus. If the p.u values of the synchronous reactances are Xd=1.0 and
Xq=0.75. Calculate the maximum excitation and find the corresponding load
angle.

20- A three phase 100MVA,12KV, 60Hz salient pole synchronous generator

has Xd=1.0 p.u., Xq=0.7 p.u. the machine is connected to an infinite bus and
delivers 72 MW at 0.9 p.f. lagging.
i) Determine the excitation voltage and power angle. Draw the phasor
diagram with Vt as reference.
ii) Determine the maximum power if the field current is made zero, determine
the machine current and p.f for this condition.