ELECTRICAL RESYNCHRONIZING OF A LARGE CROSS-COMPOUND TURBINE-GENERATOR SET .2. FIELD TESTS

The procedure for returning a cross-compound set to the line following load rejection and loss of excitation is complicated by the diverging “coast-down” characteristics of the two turbine-generators. The first phase of a resynchronizing procedure is to bring the speeds of the two generators to the same per-unit value. Test results of the resynchronizing process, specifically as it was applied to Commonwealth Edison Company's Will County no. 4 are presented here. The two-pole 332-MVA and four-pole 308-MVA units were successsfully resynchronized from a range of speed differentials up to 0.4 pu by applying rated open-circuit field excitation to one unit. A review of the test results can provide a guide to formulate new operating procedures for resynchronizing of cross-compound generators. These procedures could be established by mutual agreements between utility and manufacturer. Copyright © 1969 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.