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WORK INSTRUCTIONS
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1.0 Purpose:
This Procedure is intended to provide guidance and instructions for carrying out the
procedure for charging and synchronizing of generator.
2.0 Responsibility:
a) All the personnel involved in carrying out /supervising the above activities are
required to ensure implementation of this procedure.
b) In the event of any changes required in the procedure such changes may be
requested with Site Incharge, who would take appropriate action with approval
from respective departmental heads.
3.0 SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES/ CHECKS:
1. Work area should be clean & no oil, grease splitting should be there.
2. Safety signs should be marked wherever required.
3. Readiness of fire fighting equipments.
4. Ensure no oil leak at bearings area.
5. All GRP relays are reset. ( 186AI/286A1/186A2/286A2/186B/286B/186C/286C)
6. ALL H 2 Coolers are charged and H2 purity is > 98%.
7. GCB DC power supply is normalized
8. GCB earth switch is open
9. Generator Bus duct Pressurization system is in service & flow < 45 cu mtr
10. Flow of Water through stator winding > 80 M3/hr
11. Stator water Conductivity in main ckt = 2.0, Regen Ckt < 1.2 ms/cm start > 2.5
stop.
12. Stator cooling H2 gas rated pressure is 5 kg/cm2. (For better DP control, after
synchronization pressure should be made 3.5 ksc).
4.0 CHARGING OF GENERATOR:
ACTION

OBSERVATION

REMARKS

1.CHECK all the

generator Parameters
are healthy

-Stator cooling water flow

more than ------- T/Hr.

-UCB indication

- Stator cooling water temp

Less than ------------- C.

-UCB indication

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-Cold end hydrogen temp less

than -------------------C.

-UCB indication

-Seal oil pressure at exciter end

-------------- KSC.

-UCB indication

-Seals oil D.P. between

----------KSC.

-UCB indication

-Generator stator water

Specific conductivity is less than
--------------- mho/cm.

-UCB indication.
Alarm: ----mho/cm
Trip: -------mho/cm

-Gen. hydrogen and stator water

coolers are charged and
''Clarified water pressure to
hydrogen &Stator water coolers
low'' alarm is not on.

-Local operation.
Remote function

-Turbine RPM is more than

--------- rpm. Generator isolators
are closed from switchyard.

-UCB & switchyard

operator's
responsibility/ UCB
indication

-Generator excitation control

Is on REMOTE.

-Field breaker does not

close from UCB if
control is on local

-Generator excitation control

is on MANUAL OR AUTO

3. CLOSE the generator

Field breaker.

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-UCB indication

-Seal oil pressure at turbine end

---------------- KSC.

2. CHECK before closing

the field breaker before
Synchronisation.

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-UCB indication.

-AUTO/MANUAL excitation
Controllers are on HOME
Position.

-Associated white lamp

is ON. If not, lower it
down to home position

-Generator field breaker gets

closed & Generator voltage

-Associated red lamp

comes on.

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Increases to 21 KV approx. on
manual /auto excitation control,
Respectively.

4. RAISE generator
excitation manually, to
raise gen. voltage

-Field current and voltage

also increases ----- A & ------ V
respectively

-UCB indication

-Generator voltage comes to

21 KV approx.

-UCB indication.

-Field current and voltage

increase to -------A & ---------V
Respectively.

-UCB indication.

-Generator gas and rotor

winding temperatures start
Increasing.

-Maintain all temps

within LIMITS

Parameters
Cold gas temp
(HI)
Hot gas temp.
(HI)
Rotor winding
temp HI

5. CHECK all the

generator voltages
(phase to phase)

Alar
m
---- C

Trip

---- C

---C

-----C

---C

---C

All the three phases

should read equal voltages

UCB indication

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6. SWITCH-ON the
Synchroscope to CHECK
mode.

-IN-COMING/RUNNING
voltages and frequencies
start showing on their
Corresponding meters.

-UCB indication &

Operation

- Alternatively
synchroscope is put on
Check mode and auto
synchroniser can be
Switched on.

-Synchroscope needle starts

rotating at a rate
proportional to difference
between the generator and
Grid frequencies.

-If the direction of

rotation is clockwise
the incoming
generator frequency
is higher than the
Grid & vice-versa.

7. ADJUST turbine speed

reference to match
generator freq with the
grid (running).

-Incoming and grid

frequencies should become
equal

-Synchroscope
Indications

-Synchroscope needle slows

down as the frequencies
match

8 ADJUST generator
excitation to match the
gen. voltage with that
of grid.

-Grid and generator

voltages start matching

-Incoming freq. Must

be higher than that of
grid before
synchronising.
-UCB/synchroscope
Meter readings.

-As synchroscope needle comes

to 11'O clock position
(clockwise), the
green CHECK lamp comes on &
the red lamp goes off. At 12' O
clock position the check lamp
goes off and
red lamp comes on again.

-With synchroscope on
check mode the
generator can be
synchronised
(breaker closed) only
When the green lamp
is on.

9 CLOSE the generator

breaker when the
check lamp is green.

-''Generator Breaker'' gets

closed, if all parameters
are matching during the
''close'' command

-If the breaker fails to

close.'' Gen. Breaker
Trip'' alarm comes on.
re-set and try again.

- ''Generator motoring'' alarm

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Comes on.
-Synchroscope needle gets
locked in 12'O clock
position

-Synchroscope red
lamp stays "ON"

-Generator line charging

MVAR (approx.-80 MVAR)
Indication comes on.

-Power factor becomes

leading for some
moments and
becomes unity again
depending upon the
gen. Load and
excitation.

9A. INCREASE Starting

Device to 100%

-Starting device comes to

100 %.

10 RAISE speed
reference slightly to
increase Gen load,
immediately after
closing the generator
breaker

-Turbine load increases to

----- MW approximately.

Speed reference can

be operated from
generator desk if the
ATRS selector switch is
on UCB mode.

-motoring'' alarm clears off.

UCB indication

- ''Speed controller'' transfers

to 'Load controller'' after some
time delay.

UCB indication

-Excitation null voltage

Becomes zero.

-UCB indication.

-Automatic voltage regulator

gets transferred to Auto.

-Manual channel
backs the auto
Channel if AVR is on.

11. RAISE excitation auto

set point until the
excitation null voltage
becomes zero and
TRANSFER excitation
to auto

-UCB indication.

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12 CHECK all the

generator parameters
are OK and all
phases show equal
currents.

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Generator winding temperatures

less than 85C (alarm.)
Generator transformer winding
temp less than ---------C
(alarm.).

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UCB indication.

UCB indication.

Rotor winding temp are less than

--------C (alarm).

UCB indication.

Gen. cold gas temp is less than

------------- C (alarm).

UCB recorders.

Hydrogen cooler inlet water

temp is less than --------C (max.)

Local/DAS check

Hydrogen cooler outlet water

temp is less than ----C (max.).
Stator water temp at the inlet of
stator is less than --------C
(max.).

DAS/Local check

DAS/Local check

Stator water outlet temperature

is less than -----C (max.)
UCB/Local check.

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