Generator 1 technical report

a) Armature-Current Limit

The armature-current limit results from the stator copper

power losses. There is a maximum current that the generator

armature can carry continuously without exceeding the allowable

.operating temperature

b) Rotor-Current Limit

Copper power losses in the rotor winding impose a limit to

.the generator field current

c) Stator-end region heating limit

The armature end region heating imposes a third operational limit to the
generator in the underexcited region (curve CD in Fig. 1). The main
generator magnetic flux is a radial flux, parallel to the stator laminations.
However, the armature end-turn leakage flux is an axial flux,
perpendicular to the stator laminations. The resulting eddy currents in
.the laminations produce localized heating in the end region

When the generator operates in an overexcited condition, the field

current is high and the retaining ring is saturated by the resulting high
magnetic flux. The high reluctance of the retaining ring keeps end
leakage flux in a low value. On the other hand, for underexcited
generator operation, the field current is low, the retaining ring is not
saturated, and the leakage flux is high. Furthermore, in the
underexcited generator condition, the flux produced by the armature
currents adds to the flux produced by the field current; as a result, the
end turn flux enhances the axial flux in the end region. The resulting
heating effect in the armature end region limits the generator output,
.particularly in a round-rotor machine

By eng.Hesham Ibrahem Gaber