Modeling of Synchronous

Machines- Lecture 1

Dr. Zakariya Al-Hamouz

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Synchronous Machines

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Circuit representation of an idealized machine
model of synchronous machine

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 Damper Windings

• The damper winding consists of

longitudinal bars of low resistance material
placed on the surface of the rotor over
each tooth, including teeth formed on the
pole face portions.

• The bars are in electrical contact with each

other throughout their length to form a
continuous conducting surface.
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 Mathematical Model
Magnetic effect of phase a current flowing in the stator.

•The resolved components are:

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• 2nd harmonic

2nd harmonic

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• The mutual inductance between the a and b phases of the stator is:

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• Similar expressions

By

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The voltage equations for the stator and rotor windings can be arranged into the
form:

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Function of rotor angle (time dependent)

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Function of rotor angle (time dependent)

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• These time dependent coefficients present
computational difficulty in solving the 7
equations to get phase currents.

• To obtain the phase currents from flux

linkages, the inverse of the time-varying
inductance matrix will have to be computed
at every time step.

• This is time consuming and could produce

numerical stability problems.

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