
C,2 Basic Synchronous-Machine Relations in dqO Variables 663
we have chosen the motor-reference convention for armature currents, with positive
armature current flowing into the machine terminals. Also, SI units (volts, amperes,
ohms, henrys, etc.) are used here; often in the literature one of several per-unit systems
is used to provide numerical simplifications. 1
To complete the useful set of equations, expressions for power and torque are
needed. The instantaneous power into the three-phase stator is
ps = Vaia + Vbib + Vcic
(C.29)
Phase quantities can be eliminated from Eq. C.29 by using Eq. C.2 written for voltages
and currents. The result is
3
ps = ~(Vdid +
Vqiq +
2v0i0) (C.30)
The electromagnetic torque,
Tmech ,
is readily obtained by using the techniques
of Chapter 3 as the power output corresponding to the speed voltages divided by the
shaft speed (in mechanical radians per second). From Eq. C.30 with the speed-voltage
terms from Eqs. C.25 and C.26, and by recognizing
O)me
as the rotor speed in electrical
radians per second, we get
(poles)
Tmech -- ~ 2 ()~diq -- ~qid)
(C.31)
A word about sign conventions. When, as is the case in the derivation of this
appendix, the motor-reference convention for currents is chosen (i.e., the positive
reference direction for currents is into the machine), the torque of Eq. C.31 is the torque
acting to accelerate the rotor. Alternatively, if the generator-reference convention is
chosen, the torque of Eq. C.31 is the torque acting to decelerate the rotor. This result
is, in general, conformity with torque production from interacting magnetic fields
as expressed in Eq. 4.81. In Eq. C.31 we see the superposition of the interaction of
components: the direct-axis magnetic flux produces torque via its interaction with
the quadrature-axis mmf and the quadrature-axis magnetic flux produces torque via
its interaction with the direct-axis mmf. Note that, for both of these interactions,
the flux and interacting mmf's are 90 electrical degrees apart; hence the sine of the
interacting angle (see Eq. 4.81) is unity which in turns leads to the simple form of
Eq. C.31.
As a final cautionary note, the reader is again reminded that the currents, fluxes,
and voltages in Eqs. C.29 through Eq. C.31 are instantaneous values. Thus, the reader
is urged to avoid the use of rms values in these and the other transformation equations
found in this appendix.
1
See A. W. Rankin, "Per-Unit Impedances of Synchronous Machines,"
Trans. AIEE
64:569-573,
839-841 (1945).