
214
CHAP?ER 
SIX
AIITOMATIC 
CO}TTROL  OF  FREQUENCY, 
REAL 
PO\\'EH..  POWER  FLOlf,'
or 
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7' 
At 
the 
thermal 
stations 
t\e-operation 
of 
the 
real 
power 
group 
control
devices 
should 
be 
coordinated 
rvith 
ihat 
"itn* 
autonaatic 
heat 
controi 
devi-
ces' 
The 
electrical 
]oad 
-9f 
" 
generator 
must 
not 
be 
nfirr.r-tnan 
the 
turbine
entr5' 
steane 
pressure. 
when 
the 
load 
suddenli 
drops 
the 
automatic 
safety
devices 
should 
not 
function 
and 
the 
generatiog-i"it 
must 
continue 
to 
operate
(withih 
the 
range 
from 
idling 
to 
suppiyiog 
inr-house 
circuits 
of 
its 
orrn po\ver
station).
At 
the 
Dower- 
stations 
responsible 
for 
district 
heating 
the 
AFp& 
Fc 
det,ices
should 
not inrerfe.. 
*i* 
;hJ;;;*"l 
h;;tG;t;.
6' At 
the 
hvdroelectric 
.portrer 
stations, 
the 
\vork 
of the 
AFp 
& 
F.c 
devices
should 
be 
combined 
with 
the 
action 
of 
the 
automatic 
controis 
connecting 
the
stand-b' 
generating.units 
(either 
shutdown 
o. 
"-"ra 
"; 
;6-h;;;;;, 
eapacirors)
to 
the 
sroun control 
s-vstem 
when 
the 
powe. 
.vrt.* 
f 
*de;;i 
ial1s 
to 4g.g_
49'7 
H;  or 
ivhe'r 
the 
siation 
itttt-geneiatio; 
t" 
properly 
cover the 
specified
Ioad 
schedulg. 
When  the frennon.,r, folle  r^ Zo K rJ-  +l^^ ^^rr^-  -r rL-  -
rol etevic.e 
must 
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uu 
a  seLLrllg 
\YIfICJI 
gnSUIgS 
tng 
maXImUm
generat.ion 
of 
real 
power.
I' 
The 
real 
power 
group 
control 
devices 
and 
the 
load 
schedules 
for  large-
rated 
therrual 
stations 
not 
-envelo.ry.ed 
bV- 
u 
gro,rp 
control 
.i,.ir*, 
take 
it 
pos-
sibie 
to 
run  the porver 
system 
wi1]ioqt'freq:.,"nf 
interferen;; 
b),'tle  attending
personnel 
to 
the- 
operation 
of 
individual 
power 
piants 
""a 
g,J"*tating 
units.
Economic 
and 
reliable 
operation 
9l 
u 
poiu"'riiri.; 
is 
depeud;;;;, 
a ri,er] 
de-
'iiene.d 
loresigirl- 
Ioad 
scheduie. 
TJnscieduied 
r:ariations 
in  the 
i.;J 
i"A"iirt
the 
dail-r: 
ioad 
schedule)should 
not 
er-ceed 
3 
percent 
of 
the 
p1""i.J 
load.
10' 
Unscheduled 
loads 
mani-fest 
themselves 
br' 
" 
"U"og[-in 
lt"qu"nc-r: 
from
tiie 
rated  (preassigned) 
value. 
Unscheduf;d 
lo;l 
variations 
and 
reestablishment
oi' tire 
frequenci' 
is 
placed 
rvith 
a 
smal] 
number 
of 
frequencl--reg"tuting 
po5,er
stations 
rrhich 
mus-t, possess 
a 
required 
flexibie 
polef 
reseive.-F'or 
this  the
most 
suitabie 
are.hvdroelecfric 
po\r'er 
stations, 
ihen 
u,ater 
storage 
and gas-
tur]:ine 
Dower 
slations. 
Less 
suitahle 
for 
the 
purpose 
are 
tiie po#erful 
gJne-
rating 
units 
of 
thermal 
stations 
as 
load 
changei 
have 
to 
be 
combined 
u'it.h 
the
operatioti 
of  the 
automatic 
heat 
control 
deiices 
which 
g.ort"n]' 
results 
in
uneconomical 
operation.
-,,11' 
If 
on}-v 
one frequenc-y-regulating 
hydroelectric 
power 
station 
deals witii
tne 
removal 
of 
an 
unscheduled 
load 
burden 
one 
frequencv 
regulator 
at 
the
station 
i-s 
sufficient. 
The 
"increase" 
or 
"decrea.se" 
effeci 
of the frtquencl, 
regu-
lit:_l 
oo 
-tht,gto,Yp 
control 
system 
must 
be correcred 
to 
the 
value 
ot 
r"uf  poi.,
rlows 
ot'er 
the lines 
c,onnecting 
th?-po\\'er 
station 
u'ith 
the power 
system 
and
stopped 
b-v 
the 
flow 
iimiters 
insfailed 
on 
the 
tie 
lines. 
t
12- 
When 
several 
regulating 
power 
stations 
are 
used, to 
remove 
an 
un-
scheduied 
load 
from 
the 
fower-sj"tel'', 
they 
ma-v 
be 
operated 
by a 
group 
control
syst'em 
from 
the 
load-dispatching 
department 
of  th6  power 
systEm. 
The 
real
The effect 
of 
the 
power 
flow 
limiters 
on the 
central regulator 
should be
backed up 
bl' the 
local power 
flow 
limiters 
which 
determinerlhe 
critical value
ol 
19"1 
power 
transmission 
from 
system 
to 
svstem 
(the 
power 
"balance" 
oD 
the
i;ie 
iinks) 
ald effect 
the 
unioading 
of tire power 
pianis 
in the 
given 
po$rer 
system
to 
i.imit 
t!.  power 
florvs. 
The unioading 
of 
-po*'er 
planti  eleciricail),"*lose
to the 
overloaded 
tie 
line 
is 
most effective-.
6-9. 
Review 
Questions
. 
Eac.h 
power-station 
assignnent 
is 
corrected 
iy 
a 
frequency 
corrector 
which
stops 
the 
transfer 
of 
control  pulses 
when 
the 
freguuory^ 
decreuses 
or 
increases
5'  Substantiate 
the 
expediency 
of 
automatic 
reconnection 
of 
shutdo*'n  h'droelectrjc
generators. 
when 
the power 
syslem 
freguency 
falls.
6.  What 
is the purpose 
of tbe 
turbiire 
speed governors? 
\[rben 
the 
eJectrical Ioad 
on a 
sene-
rator 
increases 
does 
the 
priman'soeed 
sovernor ine.rpqsa nr rtanraqca rho +,,-r il]^**^I'j:,:--*i,
7' 
What 
are  the 
1$-ulalinq 
characteristies 
n 
= 
p (P) 
ensured 
by 
the 
prirnary 
speed
governors? 
t!h.at 
is the 
sleady-state 
coefficient-oi 
thes'e'ch'aracteristics 
and 
its  effect 
on  the
allocation 
of 
load 
among 
paralleled 
generating 
units?