GENERATOR SET CAPABILITY CURVE

UNITY POWER FACTOR Leading p.f. Lagging p.f.

VAR IMPORT

VAR EXPORT

ALTERNATOR OUTPUT (STATOR CURRENT) LIMITED BY ENGINE POWER

REAL POWER p.u. KW

ALTERNATOR OUTPUT (STATOR CURRENT) LIMITED BY STATOR END IRON HEATING AND VOLTAGE INSTABILITY AT LEADING POWER FACTORS

AT POWER FACTORS ABOVE 0.8

0.8 pf LAGGING
1.0 0.9

ENGINE KW LIMIT LINE

ALTERNATOR OUTPUT (STATOR CURRENT) LIMITED BY STATOR HEATING (ALTERNATOR RATED OUTPUT)

0.8 0.7

0.6 0.5

KW
ALTERNATOR OUTPUT (STATOR SURRENT) LIMITED BY ROTOR HEATING

REGION
0.4 0.3

KV A

VOLTAGE INSTABILITY

AT POWER FACTORS BELOW 0.8

ALTERNATOR THEORETICAL CAPABILITY CURVE KVAR (leading) REACTIVE POWER p.u. KVAR (leading)
1.0
0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1

0.2 0.1

ALTERNATOR THEORETICAL CAPABILITY CURVE KVAR (lagging)

O
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0

REACTIVE POWER p.u. KVAR (lagging)

LEADING POWER FACTOR RESULTS IN THE ALTERNATOR BEI NG UNDER-EXCITED - LOW ROTOR (FIELD) CURRENT LOW ROTOR (FIELD) CURRENT LEADS TO STATOR END IRON HEATING

GENERATOR SET OPERATING RANGE SHOWN BOUNDED BY THE BLUE LINE

LOW POWER FACTOR RESU LTS IN THE ALTERNATOR BEI NG OVER-EXCITED - HIGH ROTOR (FIELD) CURRENT HIGH ROTOR (FIELD) CURRENT LEADS TO HEATING IN THE ROTOR WINDINGS