.PowerGrids.Electrical.Test.SynchronousMachine4Windings

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Test case for the conversion of external parameter to internal parameters taken from Kundur, Power System Stability and Control, example 4.1. Note that the system frequency for this example is 60 Hz.

The machine is directly connected to an ideal bus with UNom = 24 kV and phase = 0 and initialized in steady-state with PmPu = 0.9, ufPu = 0.000939, using the Kundur base excitation voltage.

Parameter Meaning Value Unit
SNom Rated power 550 MVA
UNom Rated phase-to-phase voltage 24 kV
xlPu Stator Leakage 0.15 pu
xdPu Direct axis reactance 1.81 pu
xpdPu Direct axis transient reactance 0.3 pu
xppdPu Direct axis sub-transient reactance 0.23 pu
Tpd0 Direct axis open circuit transient time constant 8 s
Tppd0 Direct axis open circuit sub-transient time constant 0.03 s
xqPu Quadrature axis reactance 1.76 pu
xpqPu Quadrature axis transient reactance 0.65 pu
xppqPu Quadrature axis sub-transient reactance 0.25 pu
Tpq0 Quadrature axis open circuit transient time constant 1 s
Tppq0 Quadrature axis open circuit sub-transient time constant 0.07 s
raPu Armature resistance 0.003 pu
mrcPu Canay's mutual inductance 0 pu

The following internal parameter values are reported from Kundur and match the ones computed by the model with timeConstantApproximation=classicalDefinitions.

PowerGrids Kundur Meaning Value Unit
LdPu Ll Direct axis stator leakage 0.15 pu
MdPu Lad Direct axis mutual inductance 1.66 pu
LDPu L1d Direct axis damper leakage 0.1713 pu
rDPu R1d Direct axis damper resistance 0.0284 pu
LfPu Lfd Excitation winding leakage 0.165 pu
rfPu Rfd Excitation windings resistance 0.000605 pu
LqPu Ll Quadrature axis stator leakage 0.15 pu
MqPu Laq Quadrature axis mutual inductance 1.61 pu
LQ1Pu L1q Quadrature axis 1st damper leakage 0.7252 pu
rQ1Pu R1q Quadrature axis 1st damper resistance 0.0062 pu
LQ2Pu L2q Quadrature axis 2nd damper leakage 0.125 pu
rQ2Pu R2q Quadrature axis 2nd damper resistance 0.02368 pu

The following table reports the steady-state solution computed by Kundur in Example 3.2 and by the PowerGrids model. Note that the Kundur example unfortunately includes a the effect of an 83.5% magnetic saturation, which is not accounted for in the PowerGrids model, so the two sets of values do not match exactly, particularly as regards the reactive power and the quadrature current. However, the difference is compatible with the effect of the reduced inductances. Also note that the sign convention for id, iq is opposite to Kundur's.

Variable Name Value Kundur Value PowerGrids Unit
PGenPu Generated active power 0.9 0.89667 pu
QGenPu Generated reactive power 0.436 0.55206 pu
theta Machine angle 39.1 38.61 deg
udPu Direct axis voltage 0.631 0.6240 pu
uqPu Quadrature axis voltage 0.776 0.7814 pu
idPu Direct axis current 0.906 -0.9909 pu
iqPu Quadrature axis current 0.423 -0.3562 pu

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