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Numeric magnetic field calculation and field current calculation for synchronous generators

Stephan Kunckel (Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany)
M. Liese (Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany)

Abstract

Purpose

The paper aims to cover a numerical routine design calculation module for treating the magnetic circuit of hydrogenerators.

Design/methodology/approach

A leading manufacturer of hydrogenerators proposed to overcome the standstill in the development of conventional design calculation tools by replacing his existing program module for treating the magnetic circuit of hydrogenerators by a new one based on numerical algorithms. The new module should use the existing interfaces and not change the scope of the existing design program providing hundreds of additional design results. Fulfilling these requirements the numerical calculation module using an enhanced finite integral method had to be self‐organising with regard to everything, e.g. the grid system generation for discretising the calculation area, the handling of the input data including the currents driving the magnetic field, the handling of the boundary conditions and the iterative load case treatment providing the field current producing exactly the required terminal voltage and factor at the machine terminals. Efforts were made for employing grid generation techniques, numerical algorithms and various iteration strategies which were easy to handle and to minimize the calculation time.

Findings

The effort necessary for automating the calculation approach so that interference of a numerical field calculation expert is unnecessary was found to be more challenging than handling the numerical algorithms.

Practical implications

The program module is ready for implementation.

Originality/value

The paper describes the transfer of numerical field calculation software into existing tools for routine design calculations.

Keywords

Citation

Kunckel, S. and Liese, M. (2006), "Numeric magnetic field calculation and field current calculation for synchronous generators", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 270-282. https://doi.org/10.1108/03321640610648961

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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