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OPERATION MODES
3BF15

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PARALLEL OPERATION

Share load ?
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Frequency / Hz

SPEED DROOP CONTROL

54

SYSTEM SPEED
IS CONTROLLED
BY UTILITY

52
50
48
46
0

25

50

75

100

a) with kW feedback

DROOP

kW / %

b) with position feedback

Speed
ref.

Speed
control

speed
reference

ENGINE
speed feedback

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TRUE kW CONTROL
Load
reference

100

kW feedback

75
50

kW
reference

25

ENGINE

0
0

25

50

75

100

kW / %

Speed ref.
kW ref.

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Speed
control

Parallel with grid

Breaker closed
kW control selected
kW control permitted window

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GENERATOR 1

Frequency / Hz

Frequency / Hz

ISOCHRONOUS SPEED CONTROL

52
50
48

54

GENERATOR 2

52
50
48
46

46
0

25

50

75

100

25

kW / %

50

75

kW / %

Speed
control
Speed
ref.

speed feedback
+

Speed
control

speed
reference

ENGINE

Paralleling lines
-

+
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100

ENGINE

kW feedback

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Digital speed controllers

Advantages

Disadvantages

Better performance
new control methods
Easy to adjust, when person is
familiar with the controller
Possibility to create standard
settings as adjustments are given
as numbers
No drafting in setting values

More expensive
Requires more understanding
of speed control basics when
adjusting, because there are more
parameters

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Generator control methods

Island system

Utility system

On ships and power plants which

are isolated from other systems;
mine sites and small islands
System voltage is determined by
generators and their voltage
control system
Generator reactive load varies
depending on system loading
Goal: stable system voltage
Parameter: voltage

Base load stations

System voltage is determined by
utility, generators usually cannot
affect the voltage
Generator reactive load is
proportional to engine load
Goal: stable power factors on
generators
Parameter: power factor

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Digital voltage controller

Advantages

Disadvantages

Good performance
Limiters for generator protection
Easy to adjust, when person is
familiar with the controller
Possibility to create standard
settings as adjustments are given
as numbers
Interchangeability through
standardsettings
No drifting in setting values

Different technology, takes time

for people to get used to it

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