PowerCommand Paralleling Genset

Controls (PCC3xxx)

A Very Brief Introduction

In the context of MCM3320 Application

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PCC3xxx Genset Controls

• PCC3xxx Genset Controls are fully

integrated controls which support
paralleling genset applications
• MCM3320 master control is designed to
interface with PCC3xxx Genset Controls

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 PCC3100

• Used on gensets
with
Hydromechanical
Fuel Systems

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PCC3201

• Used on gensets
with Electronic Fuel
Systems

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 PCC3300

• New paralleling control currently being

developed
• Will replace PCC3100 and PCC3201
• Lower cost
• More features

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PCC3xxx Paralleling

• All PCC3xxx controls have common

paralleling interface and functions
• Primary Paralleling Functions:
¾Dead bus (First Start)
¾Synchronizing
¾Load Sharing (Isolated Bus Parallel)
¾Load Governing (Utility Parallel)
¾Genset Paralleling Breaker Control
¾Protections

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 PCC3xxx Paralleling

Genset
Ready To Load Startup Ready To Load
and and
Bus is Dead Bus Is Live

Synchronize
Dead Bus

PCC3xxx Closes
Genset Paralleling
PCC3xxx Closes Breaker
Genset Paralleling
Breaker Load Share
(Isolated Bus Parallel)

PCC3xxx
Load Govern Senses Utility Parallel
(Utility Parallel) (e.g. external device closed utility breaker)

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Dead Bus (First Start)

• Allows one and only one genset to close its
breaker to a dead bus
• Genset must be “ready to load” (>90%
voltage and >90% frequency)
• All other gensets then must synchronize
• PCC3100 and PCC3201 have a “first start”
input – this signal is supplied by an external
module: either “First Start Sensor” (old) or
“First Start Bus PT Module” (newer)
• PCC3300 will integrate function (no external
module required)
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 Synchronizing

• Matches voltage, frequency, and phase to

the live bus
• Sync Check verifies proper conditions are
met, then closes genset paralleling breaker
• PCC3xxx will only synchronize itself to a live
bus
• MCM3320 is required for synchronizing a
multi-genset bus to another source

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Load Share

• Paralleled gensets on an isolated bus must

share real and reactive power
• Two methods: Droop or Isochronous
• Droop is simple passive method, but results
in frequency and voltage changing with load
• Isochronous maintains constant frequency
and voltage, but requires a way for gensets
to communicate with each other
• PCC3xxx controls support both methods

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 Isochronous Load Share
• Gensets share an equal percent of the load relative
to their own rating
• PCC3xxx gensets communicate sharing through
their “load share lines”
• “load share lines” are interconnected between
gensets
• One set of lines is for kW sharing
• Other set of lines is for kVAR sharing
• PCC3xxx adjusts engine fueling command to affect
kW sharing while maintaining constant frequency
• PCC3xxx adjusts alternator excitation to affect
kVAR sharing while maintaining constant voltage

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Load Share & MCM3320

• MCM3320 connects to the “load share lines”

in order to synchronize a multi-genset bus to
another source
• kW load share line is biased by MCM3320
in order to affect genset bus frequency and
phase
• kVAR load share line is biased by
MCM3320 in order to affect genset bus
voltage
• Load sharing method used must be
Isochronous
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 Load Govern

• When gensets are paralleled to the utility source,

the frequency and voltage are determined by the
utility source, not the gensets
• PCC3xxx goes into this mode when the genset
paralleling breaker is closed and the utility parallel
input is active
• PCC3xxx controls the kW and kVAR load output
instead of the speed and voltage.
• PCC3xxx controls kW output by adjusting engine
fueling command
• PCC3xxx controls kVAR (or power factor) output by
adjusting alternator excitation command

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Genset Paralleling Breaker Control

• PCC3xxx controls its own paralleling

breaker
• Closes breaker only when required sync
check or dead bus conditions are met
• Opens breaker on shutdown faults, normal
stop, or external inhibit
• Performs “Fail To Close” and “Fail To Open”
diagnostics

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 Paralleling Protections/Diagnostics

• PCC3xxx acts to protect system integrity as

well as protect its own genset
• Paralleling-specific Protections/Diagnostics
include:
¾Reverse kW (motoring)
¾Reverse kVAR (alternator loss of excitation)
¾Genset Breaker Fail To Close
¾Genset Breaker Fail To Open
¾Fail to Synchronize
¾Phase Rotation Mismatch

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Paralleling Interface
PCC3xxx Paralleling Interface Signals

Remote Start PCC3xxx kW Load Share

Load Demand Control kVAR Load Share
Utility Parallel Enable
Genset Breaker Position Genset Breaker Close
Genset Breaker Inhibit Genset Breaker Open
First Start

Genset Voltage (3Phase)

Genset Current (3Phase)
Bus Voltage (3Phase)

kW Load Setpoint
kVAR Load Setpoint*
*not available on PCC3100
RED = connects to MCM3320

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