IP Library Granted Patent US 9,735,719
Granted Patent B2
US 9,735,719 · App. 14/705,409 · Granted Aug 15, 2017

Static exciter system for generators

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Patent No.
US 9,735,719
App. No.
14/705,409
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of generator technology. It is an object of the invention to control the stability in an electric grid in which a plurality of generators are connected providing electric power to the grid. A static exciter system includes a control device for controlling the field voltage of the field winding of at least two generators connected to a grid system via a busbar.

Claims (20)

1. A system comprising:

a control device for controlling respective field voltages of field windings of at least two generators connected to a grid system via a busbar, for measuring an electric quantity of the at least two generators; and

a static exciter system, wherein the control device drives the static exciter system which is assigned to each generator for production of a DC voltage in the field winding of a generator rotor, the static exciter system being connected to the field winding and together with the field winding forming an exciter circuit for emission of electrical energy by increasing the field voltage of the field winding in case of a grid system fault or grid system voltage drop;

wherein the grid system and the busbar are part of a wide area measurement system; and

wherein the system further comprises a calculation unit that feeds signals to the control device, and wherein the control device is configured to increase the field voltages of one or more of the at least two generators which accelerate with respect to a comparative value calculated by the calculation unit and the control device is configured to not increase the field voltages of others of the at least two generators which decelerate with respect to the comparative value calculated by the calculation unit.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the static exciter system includes a respective dynamic excitation system in association with each of the at least two generators, the dynamic excitation system comprising a transistor, a capacitance, and a diode, wherein the dynamic excitation system is driven by the control device and is connected to the field winding of its respective generator by a thyristor bridge.

3. A system comprising:

a control device for controlling respective field voltages of field windings of at least two generators connected to a grid system via a busbar, for measuring an electric quantity of the at least two generators; and

a static exciter system, wherein the control device drives the static exciter system which is assigned to each generator for production of a DC voltage in the field winding of a generator rotor, the static exciter system being connected to the field winding and together with the field winding forming an exciter circuit for emission of electrical energy by increasing the field voltage of the field winding in case of a grid system fault or grid system voltage drop,

wherein a first input signal to the control device comprises the field voltage of a single one of the at least two generators and a second input signal to the control device comprises a comparative value derived from the voltages of all the at least two generators connected.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the static exciter system includes a respective dynamic excitation system in association with each of the at least two generators, the dynamic excitation system comprising a transistor, a capacitance, and a diode, wherein the dynamic excitation system is driven by the control device and is connected to the field winding of its respective generator by a thyristor bridge.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the grid system and the busbar are part of a wide area measurement system.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the grid system and the busbar are part of a wide area measurement system.

7. A system comprising:

a control device for controlling respective field voltages of field windings of at least two generators connected to a grid system via a busbar, for measuring an electric quantity of the at least two generators; and

a static exciter system, wherein the control device drives the static exciter system which is assigned to each generator for production of a DC voltage in the field winding of a generator rotor, the static exciter system being connected to the field winding and together with the field winding forming an exciter circuit for emission of electrical energy by increasing the field voltage of the field winding in case of a grid system fault or grid system voltage drop,

wherein a first input signal to the control device comprises a speed deviation of a single generator of the at least two generators and a second input signal to the control device comprises a comparative value derived from speed deviations of the at least two generators connected.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the static exciter system includes a respective dynamic excitation system in association with each of the at least two generators, the dynamic excitation system comprising a transistor, a capacitance, and a diode, wherein the dynamic excitation system is driven by the control device and is connected to the field winding of its respective generator by a thyristor bridge.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the grid system and the busbar are part of a wide area measurement system.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the grid system and the busbar are part of a wide area measurement system.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 17, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 039714/0578 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2015
From: DIEZ-MAROTO, LUIS; ROUCO-RODRIGUEZ, LUIS; FERNANDEZ-BERNAL, FIDEL; EL-MERDOUI, IDRISS
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 036169/0084 →