rectifying the ac to dc and supplying it to armature coils through slip rings and controlling the supplied ampere and voltage(dc),to acheive the desired magnetic feild as per the load demand.
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to start a self excited generator you must remove the load the residual magnetism is the excitation starting with a load demagnetizes the all the iron dc generators are designed to have full field at operating voltage so voltage is constant over a pretty wide range of speeds ac can have permanent magnet embedded the shunt feild in the rotor keeps the voltage constant of course the frequency varies with rpm
Some generators are self excited; this means their terminal voltage is fed back to the excitation system to supply power to the rotor of the generator (which makes it into an electromagnet); the more power that is fed back, the stronger the electromagnet becomes, which makes it harder to turn the generator, which causes the generator to push out more power (simplified, really quick version). If there is a fault electrically near the terminal of a self excited generator, the terminal voltage will sage to near zero; this means the voltage supplied to the excitation system will drop by the same percentage (say the terminal voltage is 30% of what it should be, then the maximum supplied voltage to the excitation system drops to 30% of what it normally is, since P = V*I). Since the input power is less, the output of the generator will decrease (current will decrease). The terminal voltage is determined by the impedance between the generator and the fault such that V = I*Z; As I decreases, V will also continue to fall, causing the terminal voltage to sag even more. A non-self excited generator gets its' excitation power from the grid, specifically from a location that is electrically separated from its' terminal voltage. If the terminal voltage sagged to 30% (same fault location as above example), the excitation system voltage may be impacted slightly (say 2%) so the excitation system power is near maximum (98% for this example). Since the excitation system is much farther removed from the terminal voltage, it is not dependent upon it, thus the terminal voltage will not continue to sag as with a self excited system.
The excitation current is provided by a small self-excited pilot generator, attached to the same shaft as the alternator's rotor.
due to residual magnetism
By Decreasing the excitation voltage the terminal voltage will decrease and similarly by increasing the excitation voltages the terminal voltage will also increases.
It is called static excitation when you make use of solid state components like diode and thyristors to convert to pure dc and to use this dc for field excitation of synchronous generators. The field winding of synchronous generators can be excited by dc source only. It is called brushless excitation because use of carbon brushes are not made here.It is called dynamic excitation is when you make use of rotating brushes. Excitation is necessary to produce reactive power and also to regulate the voltage of synchronous generators.
to start a self excited generator you must remove the load the residual magnetism is the excitation starting with a load demagnetizes the all the iron dc generators are designed to have full field at operating voltage so voltage is constant over a pretty wide range of speeds ac can have permanent magnet embedded the shunt feild in the rotor keeps the voltage constant of course the frequency varies with rpm
Some generators are self excited; this means their terminal voltage is fed back to the excitation system to supply power to the rotor of the generator (which makes it into an electromagnet); the more power that is fed back, the stronger the electromagnet becomes, which makes it harder to turn the generator, which causes the generator to push out more power (simplified, really quick version). If there is a fault electrically near the terminal of a self excited generator, the terminal voltage will sage to near zero; this means the voltage supplied to the excitation system will drop by the same percentage (say the terminal voltage is 30% of what it should be, then the maximum supplied voltage to the excitation system drops to 30% of what it normally is, since P = V*I). Since the input power is less, the output of the generator will decrease (current will decrease). The terminal voltage is determined by the impedance between the generator and the fault such that V = I*Z; As I decreases, V will also continue to fall, causing the terminal voltage to sag even more. A non-self excited generator gets its' excitation power from the grid, specifically from a location that is electrically separated from its' terminal voltage. If the terminal voltage sagged to 30% (same fault location as above example), the excitation system voltage may be impacted slightly (say 2%) so the excitation system power is near maximum (98% for this example). Since the excitation system is much farther removed from the terminal voltage, it is not dependent upon it, thus the terminal voltage will not continue to sag as with a self excited system.
The excitation current is provided by a small self-excited pilot generator, attached to the same shaft as the alternator's rotor.
due to residual magnetism
The excitation voltage is too low. Turn the field voltage "pot" to raise the field voltage while watching the output generator voltage.
By Decreasing the excitation voltage the terminal voltage will decrease and similarly by increasing the excitation voltages the terminal voltage will also increases.
the voltage which is given for creating magnetic field in a generator is known as excitation voltage.
Either or both can be separately excited. To generate voltage you need a big magnet( the field). Most generators use an electro-magnet. Now the electro-magnet needs a source of power (electricity). We could use the generators own output to excite the field (magnet), this is called self excitation. The problem with self excitation is that we have to wait for the generator to turn and start generating, also to start generating (Building up) there must be some left over magnetism from the last time it was run (called residual magnetism) or not even a little voltage will be generated to start the field current flowing. To solve these problems we could use separately excited. This means we must have a separate source of power to excite the field to produce the magnetism. Sometimes a battery or gasoline driven generator is used to excite the field of a very large generator to get it generating and then we can use some of the generated output to either recharge the battery or switch over to from the battery. In any case we have adjustable control of the generator all the time. This is why most generators are designed to be separately excited. And that is why you car has a voltage regulator. It wakes up the alternator when the engine is started by separately exciting it (the field) with the battery and then regulates the output voltage of the alternator as the engine changes speed with the driver's commands from the gas pedal.
The speed of a generator only effects the frequency. Most generators operate at 1800 RPM. The output voltage is controlled by varying the field excitation voltage.
No-load characteristic knows as magnetic characteristic or open circuit Characteristic (O.C.C). It shows the relation between the no-load generated e.m.f in armature, E and the field or exciting current Im at a given fixed speed. The excitation voltage is directly proportional with excitation current. When excitation voltages increase so do excitation currents also increase.
excitation voltage is sinusoidal because it is taken from the terminal of alternator but excitation current is non-sinusoidal because it always dc.