Development and performance testing of a 200 kVA damperless superconducting generator
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Hyderabad (India). Corporate R and D Div.
A 200 kVA, 3,000 RPM superconducting generator has been developed and tested. The rotor has been wound with superconducting wire of Nb-Ti alloy. A closed-circuit liquid helium system has been designed and installed for cooling the superconducting windings. The stator carries the air-gap type armature windings and a laminated-iron flux-shield. A new concept in the design of superconducting generators with high short-circuit ratio (more than 5) has been introduced. This eliminates the requirement of Electro-magnetic Damper (EMD) and Quick Response Excitation System (QRES). The generator has been comprehensively tested in superconducting state. Open-circuit and sustained short-circuit tests, 3-phase sudden short-circuit test, synchronization with grid and parallel operation with power system have been conducted. The synchronous machine was operated up to its rated kVA in the four quadrants--as generator and as condenser with leading and lagging power factors. A few special tests on superconducting generator, which were not reported earlier, such as direct-on-line starting of a 20 HP squirrel-cage induction motor and negative phase sequence tests have also been performed successfully. Test results and conclusions are given in the paper.
- OSTI ID:
- 603824
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol. 12, Issue 4; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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