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Synchronized Measurement of Machine Rotor Angle and Its Application

Abstract

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The internal voltage angle of a generator is an important parameter that indicates the stability, both transient and steady-state, of the generator. This paper proposes a method of measuring and synchronizing the internal angle using a microprocessor and an optical encoder installed on the shaft of a generator. With a synchronized angle measurement, accurate stability studies and wide-area controls can be implemented. The experimental setup for measuring the rotor angle of a generator is explained in this work. A wide-area power system stabilizer implementing the synchronized angle measurement is then investigated using a four machine, two-area system. A synchronized remote feedback rotor angle signal is included in a traditional stabilizer design. It is shown that this remote signal helps increase the stability of the system while also having the benefit of being able to be predicted accurately. This capability makes bad data detection and communication delay compensation possible.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Electrical Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2015

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Delport, Jacques
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • De La Ree, Jaime
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Centeno, Virgilio A.
  • Abbott, A. Lynn

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:4372
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/51242

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citation

Delport, Jacques. Synchronized Measurement of Machine Rotor Angle and Its Application. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51242