IEEE-421.5-INT-1-2008.pdf

IEEE Std 421.5-2005Interpretation IEEE Standards Interpretation for IEEE Std 421.5 -2005 IEEE Recommended Practice for Excitation System Models for Power System Stability Studies Copyright © 2008 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 3 Park Avenue New York, New York 10016-5997 USA All Rights Reserved. This is an interpretation of IEEE Std 421.5-2005. Interpretations are issued to explain and clarify the intent of a standard and are not intended to constitute an alteration to the original standard or to supply consulting information. Permission is hereby granted to download and print one copy of this document. Individuals seeking permission to reproduce and/or distribute this document in its entirety or portions of this document must contact the IEEE Standard Department for the appropriate license. Use of the information contained in this document is at your own risk. IEEE Standards Department Copyrights and Permissions 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-1331, USA April 2008 Interpretation #1 Topic: Limit in Section “5: Type DC-Direct current commutator excitors“ I have a question regarding IEEE Std 421.5-2005, in section “5. Type DC-Direct current commutator exciters“. All of the block diagrams in this section (Figures 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4) have a minimum limit http:/standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/interp/421.5-2005.html (1 of 2) 2009/01/06 7:17:24 PM IEEE Std 421.5-2005Interpretation drawn on the 1/sTE block. However, the text does not discuss this limit at all. Figures 5-1, 5- 2, and 5-3 do not even label this limit. Figure 5-4 labels it VEMIN. For the DC1A, DC2A, and DC3A models, how should this limit be implemented? What is the range of values it could have? During an extended high voltage condition, this could have an important impact on the generator response. Interpretation Response #1 The negative limit on a dc generator is solely based on the total flux of its field windings. The cases to consider are as follows: 1) Separately-excited by thyristor or PWM bridge. In this case, field current has a lower limit of 0 and this is also the lower limit of the dc voltage. 2) Self-excited dc generator with separate control windings (e.g. buck/boost). If the buck winding turns and source (e.g. mag amp) can produce enough flux to overcome the positive flux of the self-excited shunt field, then the total field can be reversed and negative output is possible. Determining this level requires either measurements or a knowledge of the turns ratio of the various field windings and the source current capability of the device feeding the buck/boost windings. I have only encountered one system where we were able to measure negative output through testing. In most cases, the buck/boost windings do not have the capacity to overcome the shunt excitation unless it is already very low. Copyright © 2008 IEEE. All rights reserved.