CAPABILITY CURVE OF GENERATOR

•THE CAPABILITY CURVE OF GENERATOR DEFINES THE BOUNDS

WITHIN WHICH IT CAN OPERATE SAFELY.VARIOUS BOUNDS IMPOSED
ON THE M/C ARE:

1. MVA- LOADING CANNOT EXCEED THE GENERATOR RATING.THIS

LIMIT IS IMPOSED BY THE STATOR HEATING.

2. MW- RATING CANNOT EXCEED THE TURBINE RATING WHICH IS

GIVEN BY MVA (rating)XPF(rating).

3. THE GENERATOR MUST OPERATE A SAFE MARGIN AWAY FROM THE

STEADY STATE STABILITY LIMIT(delta=90).THIS CAN BE LAID DOWN
AS A MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE VALUE OF DELTA.

4. THE MAXIMUM FIELD CURRENT CANNOT EXCEED A SPECIFIED

VALUE IMPOSED BY ROTOR HEATING.