Control system for AC motor/generator of secondary AC excitation type

Claim 2

A control system for controlling the load of a variable-speed AC motor/generator having a primary winding connected to a power system to which at least one synchronous machine is also connected in parallel to said AC motor/generator, said AC motor/generator having a secondary AC excitation winding, said control system comprising: excitation means connected between said power system and the secondary winding of said AC motor/generator for receiving an AC power from said power system and for producing an AC excitation current having a controlled phase angle which is supplied to the secondary excitation winding of said AC motor/generator for controlling at least an active power produced by said AC motor/generator according to the phase angel of said AC excitation current, phase angle control means for producing a phase angle signal based on an externally applied output command including at least an active power command indicating a desired active power to be produced by said AC motor/generator and for applying said phase angle signal to said excitation means so as to cause said excitation means to produce said AC excitation current having a phase angle determined by said phase angle signal, active power detecting means for detecting an AC active power transmitted between said power system and the at least one synchronous machine connected to said power system in parallel to said AC motor/generator, and correcting means for correcting said active power command according to a variation of the active power detected by said active power detecting means so that said phase angle signal is produced in accordance with the corrected active power command.

Claim 3

A control system according to claim 1, wherein when said detected active power variation exceeds a predetermined value, said correcting means corrects said active power command by an amount of said variation.

Claim 4

A control system for controlling the load of a variable-speed AC motor/generator having a primary winding connected to a power system to which at least one synchronous machine is also connected in parallel to said AC motor/generator, said AC motor/generator having a secondary AC excitation winding, said control system comprising: active power detecting means for detecting an AC active power transmitted between said power system and the at least one synchronous machine connected to said power system in parallel to said AC motor/generator, correcting means receiving an externally applied output command including active and reactive power commands indicating desired and reactive powers, respectively, to be produced by said motor/generator, said correcting means being connected to said active power detecting means for correcting said active power command according to a variation of the active power detected by said active power detecting means and for correcting said reactive power command in a proportion to the correction of said active power command, excitation means connected between said power system and the secondary winding of said AC motor/generator for receiving an AC power from said power system and producing an AC excitation current which is supplied to the secondary winding of said AC motor/generator for controlling active and reactive powers in an output of said AC motor/generator, said excitation current having first and second components adapted to determined the active and reactive powers, respectively, in the output of said AC motor/generator, means for producing first and second signals in accordance with the corrected active and reactive power commands, respectively, said first and second signals being adapted to determine said first and second components of said AC excitation current, and means for combining said first and second signals and for applying the resultant signal to said excitation means so that said excitation means produces said AC excitation current having the first component determined by said first signal and the second component determined by said second signal, whereby said AC motor/generator generates an output including active and reactive powers corresponding to the corrected active and reactive power commands, respectively.

Claim 5

A control system for controlling the load of a variable-speed AC motor/generator having a primary winding connected to a power system to which at least one synchronous machine is also connected in parallel to said AC motor/generator, said AC motor/generator having a secondary AC excitation winding, said control system comprising: active power detecting means for detecting an AC active power transmitted between said power system and the at least one synchronous machine connected to said power system in parallel to said AC motor/generator, correcting means receiving an externally applied output command including active and reactive power commands indicating desired and reactive powers, respectively, to be produced by said motor/generator, said correcting means being connected to said active power detecting means for correcting said active power command according to a variation of the active power detected by said active power detecting means and for correcting said reactive power command in a proportion to the correction of said active power command, excitation means connected between said power system and the secondary winding of said AC motor/generator for receiving an AC power from said power system and producing an AC excitation current which is supplied to the secondary winding of said AC motor/generator for controlling active and reactive powers in an output of said AC motor/generator, said excitation current having first and second components adapted to determined the active and reactive powers, respectively, in the output of said AC motor/generator, means for producing first and second signals in accordance with the corrected active and reactive power commands, respectively, said first and second signals being adapted to determine said first and second components of said AC excitation current, and means for combining said first and second signals and for applying the resultant signal to said excitation means so that said excitation means produces said AC excitation current having the first component determined by said first signal and the second component determined by said second signal, whereby said AC motor/generator generates an output including active and reactive powers corresponding to the corrected active and reactive power commands, respectively.

Claim 6

A control system according to claim 3, wherein when the variation of the detected active power exceeds a predetermined value, said correcting means corrects said active power command by an amount of said variation.