Course Content (Syllabus)
Connection of synchronous generators to the grid, steady state operation, synchronous generator characteristics and tests, salient pole synchronous generators. Symmetrical components, asymmetrical operation of synchronous generators, synchronous generator transients and dynamics, excitation systems for synchronous generators, parallel operation of generators.
Three phase power transformer, windings configurations, asymmetrical loading of power transformers, zero sequence currents in transformers, parallel operation of transformers, special transformers, transformer protection, transformer standardization.
Control of generators, active power and frequency control, control areas, primary, secondary control, excitation control, voltage and reactive power control, operational limits and characteristics.
Keywords
Synchronous generators, steady state operation, transients and dynamics, power transformers, power-frequency control, reactive power-voltage control
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Λαμπρίδη, Ντοκόπουλου, Παπαγιάννη, Συστήματα Ηλεκτρικής Ενέργειας Τόμος Α. Εκδόσεις Ζήτη, 2006, ISBN: 960-456-020-4
Βοβός Ν., Γιαννακόπουλος Γ. Έλεγχος και Ευστάθεια Συστημάτων Ηλεκτρικής Ενέργειας, Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ, 2008, ISBN: 960-456-106-5