TURBINE-GENERATOR SHAFT TORSIONALS
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on the location of the speed sensor on the shaft system, the signal may contain an appreciable
amount of one or more shaft system natural frequency components. These signals acting through
the excitation system can produce air-gap torques at the shaft natural frequencies, thereby
reinforcing the shaft system oscillations. This can be minimized or eliminated, either by
positioning the speed sensor close to a suitable node point (the point at which the shaft motion
contains zero or minimum amount of a particular frequency component as indicated by the
particular mode shape), or by generating the signal indirectly from quantities, such as,
accelerating power, that are relatively free of these frequencies.
Development of Detailed Electrical System Model
An exact analysis in which the impact of electrical transients, self-excitation and torsional
interaction are included simultaneously, can be undertaken by combining the shaft system model
with that for the electrical system. However, a more detailed model for the electrical system than
is required for conventional stability studies would be needed. A lumped parameter model can
still be used. However, the terms that give rise to electrical transients at normal system (power)
frequency and electrical natural frequencies must be included. A single-machine model in which
a generator is connected to a large system (infinite bus) through a transmission line is usually
sufficient, unless the generator being studied is closely coupled electrically with other generators.
This is because the high frequency transients are usually short lived, and tend to be localized
unlike the low frequency transients involving rotor swings. (The high frequency transients do not
generally affect the rotor swing mode appreciably -- hence the justification of neglecting these in
stability studies.)
The system to be considered is shown in Figure 9.6.
Fig. 9.6 A generator connected to a large system through a series compensated transmission line.
The transmission line is represented by an equivalent lumped parameter model. For generality, a
step-down transformer has been added at the far end.
A detailed synchronous machine model has been presented in Chapter 5. The relevant equations,
assuming one damper winding on each axis, are listed below.
Flux linkage equations:
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(9.35)