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,t 
o(
t94
CEAPTER 
SE
operates 
at 
a 
preassigned 
speed 
(at 
a 
preassigned 
frequency) 
and 
under a certain
electrical 
load, 
tbe 
amount 
of 
steam 
(or 
water) 
supplied 
to 
the 
turbine 
cor-
responds 
to 
this  ]oad. 
With 
a change in 
the 
electrical 
ioad 
and  no 
change 
in
the 
anount 
of 
steam 
(water) 
fed 
to  the 
turbine  per 
unit 
tirng 
i15 speed wiII
alter and 
the 
generating 
unit 
v'iii 
decelerate 
if  the 
electrical 
]oad 
increases 
or
accelerate 
if 
the 
electrical load 
deereases.
To 
automaticaliy 
reestabiish 
the 
initial 
speed, the 
steam 
(water) 
florv 
to
the 
turbine 
and 
the 
electrical  ioad 
must  be 
brought  into 
agreement. This  is
AUTOMATIC 
CONTROL 
OF  FREQUENCY, 
REA], 
PO 
TER, 
POIFER 
FLOW
The 
steady-state 
coefficient 
s 
is 
equal 
to 
the ratio 
of 
the  speed 
change 
to
the 
incremental 
output 
Power
An
s: 
tan 
o:TF
loading 
them 
to 
a 
value 
determined 
by 
the 
limiter 
settings.
Tli 
secondary 
regulators 
ol 
load"-frtqirn 
y 
and 
real 
pow_er 
make 
it 
possibie
to 
restore 
the 
fiequencl, 
to  the rnitiai 
(nominai) 
vaiue  arler 
operai,ion 
oi 
tiie
the 
power 
station
(6-2)
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P,+AP
Fig.  6-2. 
Characteristics of  speed regtla- 
Fig.  6-3.  Load  sharing  among 
generation
tion 
by  the 
prinary  governor 
unjts 
with 
different steady-state characteri-
sticsn:q(P)
provided 
by 
the 
primary 
speed 
governors. 
Usualiy 
these 
are mechanica] centri-
fugal 
regulators 
which, 
as others, 
can regulate 
according to 
the 
transient 
(1)
or. 
steady-state 
(2) 
characteristics 
(Fig. 
6-2).
In 
some constructions 
the 
mechanical 
speed change 
detector 
is 
replaced 
by
or 
supplemented 
with 
an 
electrical 
sensing  unit 
(a  load-frequency 
control
attachment).
In 
the 
transient 
mode 
of regulation 
the 
process 
takes 
place without 
appre-
ciable 
overcorrection  and  residual 
decrease 
in 
the speed 
as 
the 
generator load
increases. 
The characteristic 
n 
: 
g 
(P) 
at  each 
time 
instant. is  determined  by
a straight 
line 
paraliel 
to 
the  axis  P. 
In  the steady-state 
mode 
of regulation
the 
steam 
(water) 
flovr 
to  the  turbine  changes 
only 
after 
a 
certain 
speed
change.
Devices to Control 
Power Output
There 
are 
se\zeral 
ways 
of ensuring 
that 
the por*'er s.vstem load  variations
are 
taken 
care of 
by 
separate 
generating units  at 
one 
power 
station 
or 
a 
group
of 
pou'er 
stations.
(a) 
The 
characteristic z 
: 
p (P) 
of 
the 
generator 
responsible 
for 
handling
the  loads has 
the 
smallest 
stead3r-state 
coefficient. 
(in 
the 
limit-transient 
cha-
to
When 
the
l, 
(point
load 
frequency 
(speed)
\F
sunnl
b), 
the primary speed
v and the load will  ris
of 
the generating 
unit 
falls  from 
lr 
(point 
a)
governor  will  increase 
the  turbine  steam
The 
section, 
bc determines 
the 
residual
the 
reguiation'process, i.e., 
the steady-
Ner*' 
steady-state
noncompensation 
of
state 
error.
operation results.
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Lu€  sPecu 
uufrug
central 
regulator
The 
toiai 
output 
generation 
of
is 
allocated among 
the generating
the 
power 
station 
set 
by ihe power 
controller
units 
in compliance 
with 
a 
preselected 
mode.
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