PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SELF-EXCITED INDUCTION AND RELUCTANCE GENERATORS

The paper presents a suggested method for ac power generation from a constant speed drive using capacitor excited induction and reluctance machines. The proposed arrangement is adapted to use one stator frame and two rotor types, namely, salient poles reluctance and squirrel-cage induction rotors. Operational and steady-state equivalent circuits for both types are developed and used to predict the dynamic and steadystate behaviours under load conditions. This analysis depends mainly upon the computation of the power angle for a given machine parameters, capacitor ratings, and load conditions at a constant speed. Further, stability limits of both generators are investigated by developing the active-reactive power (P-Q) diagram for each generator. Conditions required to achieve self-excitation are also given. Performances of the two generator types are evaluated theoretically and experimentally.