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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FOR BRUSHLESS SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR

CLIENT : Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB

PROJECT : Termo Caribe III
TYPE : AMS 1250ALM 4P BS
OUR REFERENCE : SET19294-03
SFDC REFERENCE : OPP-19-3614901
DRIVEN EQUIPMENT : Gas turbine
DATE : 2021-04-22
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INDEX
1. Technical Specification
2. Included accessories
3. Position notes, Specification comments and Validation notes
4. Documentation
5. Tests and Certificates
6 A. Rated data
6 B. Standards
6 C. Other performance data
6 D. Site conditions
6 F. Installation data
7 Short Circuit Equations
8 Curves" "

Prep. Carl Regnstrom 2021-04-22 Project Termo Caribe III

Appr. Client Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB
Title Technical Specification Synchronous Our reference SET19294-03
Machine SFDC reference OPP-19-3614901
Resp. dept DMMG / MHS Status Draft
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1. Technical Specification

ABB type AMS 1250ALM 4P BS brushless synchronous Generator rated

Power =59000 kVA,
PF =0.8 (Overexcited),
PF =0.95 (Underexcited),
Voltage =13800 V,
Frequency =60 Hz,
Speed =1800 rpm,
for installation in safe area. Designed for Gas Turbine.
Designed according to NEMA MG1.

2. Included accessories

2.1 Standards and Site Conditions

- IBC2012 Level 2 (Ss ≤ 1,5g and S1 ≤ 0.625g)

2.2 Main Mechanical Data

- Cooling arrangement: IC3 A1. Inlet and outlet duct through base or above from the surrounding, self
circulation.
- Counter clockwise direction of rotation at drive end, facing shaft end.
- Protection of machine IP00. Protection form IP54 when inlet and outlet ducts, supplied by others, are
attached and sealed
- Temperature rise, rotor within class B
- Temperature rise, stator within class B

2.3 Excitation

- Main brushless exciter type GLC 600 for DC excitation complete with diode bridge, thyristors, RC-
circuits and control box.
- Mini circuit breaker - PMG over current protection.
- PMG

2.4 Shaft Extensions

- Flange diameter 648 mm

- Flanged shaft end with internal spigot in DE

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2.5 Bearings

- Bearing size GL397

- Bearings prepared for jacking oil
- Jacking oil pipes. Swagelok 3/8” tube fitting
- Complete bearing oil connection system to common point, stainless in- and outlet, ANSI
- Forced lubricated sleeve bearing.
- Oil connection at right side of machine seen from DE, location at DE.
- Oil inlet flange: ANSI 1 1/4" Cl 150
- Oil outlet flange: ANSI 4" Cl 150
- Orifice in fitting for reduction of oil pressure
- The lube oil drain pressure must be less than or equal to the machine ambient pressure. An oil drain
pressure of 200-1000 Pa lower than the bearing ambient is recommended.

Bearings not equipped with oil ring

2.6 Main Terminal Boxes and Related Accessories

- Heaters in main terminal box, safe area, 400 V single phase supply
- Main terminal box located on the left side, seen from DE
- MainTerminal Box supply cable entry from below. Gland plate is removable and of non magnetic
material.
- Standard large air insulated Main Terminal Box
- The main terminal box is delivered as a loose item, assembly on site is not included in ABB's scope of
supply.
- The main terminal box needs to be supported from beneath. Supports are not included in ABB's scope
of supply.

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2.6.1 Line side

- 3 Current Transformers, 3 cores 3000/1A, class 0.3 B-0.5 / C400 / C400

- 3 Surge Arrestors
- 3 Voltage Transformers, 2 core. 14400/120, star windings class 0.3X (X=25VA, PF=0.7)
- Earthing device 3-phase ball bolt including earthing equipment.

2.6.2 Neutral side

- 3 Current Transformers, 3 cores 3000/1A, class 0.3 B-0.5 / C400 / C400

- Neutral Grounding Resistor NGR, 10 A, 10 sec.

2.7 Monitoring and Protection Accessories

- 1x RTD in warm machine air, duplex (Pt100), 3 wire, unshielded.

- 1x RTD per Bearing Shell, duplex (Pt100), 3 wire, unshielded
- 2x RTD in cold machine air, duplex (Pt100), 3 wire, unshielded (mounted at NDE + DE)
- 6x RTD's in stator windings, single (Pt100), 3 wire, unshielded, safe and hazardous area
- Heaters in both main machine and exciter, safe area, 400 VAC 1 phase supply. The heaters should
always be connected during stand still to avoid condensation.
- Painted carbon steel junction boxes with glands. Located at right side of machine facing DE.
- Prepared for bonding
- RTD's according to IEC 60751, class B
- Shaft earthing brush mounted at DE.
- Vibration control, velocity type BN 330500 (1 probe in horizontal direction per bearing), hazardous area.

2.8 Special Design and Accessories

- Varnish of rotor coils

- Vibration level according to ABB standard (MDD 3AAM100425)

2.9 Painting and corrosion protection

- Epoxy-Industrial and Coastal coating acc. to ISO 12944 C5I

- Standard gray colour (RAL 7032)

2.10 Packing and Transportation

- Seaworthy shrink film packing with corrosion protection.

- Steel shipping cover for shrink film packing

3. Position notes, Specification comments and Validation notes

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4. Documentation
- Installation and maintenance manual in English language. (one covering all identical units)
- Standard documents for Machine according to MDD 3AAM100439
- User's manual as digital copy, (1 copies) (one covering all identical units)

5. Tests and Certificates

- 2 weeks advance notice are given for FAT

- 1 weeks advance notice are given for work shop test and inspections (prior to FAT)
- Witnessed Routine and Type test according to ABB standard procedure

5.1 Routine tests

- Air gap measurement, unwitnessed

- Bearing heat run, witnessed
- Dielectric test, witnessed
- Magnetic neutral pos., axial play in bearing and distance shaft-end to footplate, witnessed
- Measurement of insulation resistance before and after dielectric test, witnessed
- No-load characteristics, witnessed
- Overspeed test, witnessed
- Phase sequence and terminal marking, witnessed
- Resistance measurement, unwitnessed
- Settings list for machine protection, unwitnessed
- Short-circuit characteristics, witnessed
- Vibration measurement during retardation or acceleration, witnessed
- Vibration measurements, witnessed
- Visual inspection of complete machine, witnessed

5.2 Type tests

- Determination of efficiency at rated P.F. and 100, 75, 50 and 25% load. Input values from No-load and
Short-circuit characteristics
- Determination of rated excitation current. Input values from No-load and Short-circuit characteristics
- Determination of reactance Xd, Xd', Xd'' and time-constant Ta, Td', Td'', witnessed (one covering all
identical units)
- Determination of timeconstant (Td0'), unwitnessed (one covering all identical units)
- Heat run at P.F. = 0, witnessed (one covering all identical units)
- Sudden three -phase short-circuit test, witnessed (one covering all identical units)
- Waveform analys TIF, witnessed (one covering all identical units)

5.3 Special tests

- Adjustment of pressure reducing valve/orifice plate, unwitnessed

- Balancing of rotor complete, unwitnessed
- Control of seismic vibration units, unwitnessed
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- Dissipation factor (tan delta) measurement on complete winding, unwitnessed
- PMG, Output voltage and frequency, unwitnessed
- Radial bearing clearance, unwitnessed
- Shaft voltage measurement, unwitnessed
- Test of main terminal box, unwitnessed
- Voltage and current balance, unwitnessed

5.4 Certificates

- Declaration of Incorporation for partly completed machinery

- Material check of blank for rotorbody
- Material check of blank to pole tips

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A. Rated data
at cooling air temperature 40 °C/ 104 F
Machine type AMS 1250ALM 4P BS
Output kVA 59000
Power factor ( overexcited ) 0.80
Voltage V (±5.0 %) 13800
Frequency Hz (±2.0 %) 60
Speed rpm 1800
Current A 2468
Exciter type GLC 600
Excitation V / A 85 / 9
Power factor ( underexcited ) 0.95
Output ( underexcited ) kVA 49684
Active output ( underexcited ) kW 47200
Current (underexcited ) A 2079
PMG ratings:
- Voltage AC V 169
- Power factor 0.5
- Current A 10.9
- Frequency Hz 300
- Poles 20
- Phases 3

B. Standards
Applicable standards NEMA
Insulation class stator and exciter F
Insulation class main rotor H
Temperature rise, stator within class B
Temperature rise, rotor within class B
Increased safety, Standards/Form

C. Other performance data

Guaranteed efficiency at P.F. 0.8 and
100 / 75 / 50 / 25 % load % 98.20 97.98 97.41 95.33
Guaranteed efficiency at P.F. 1.0 and
100 / 75 / 50 / 25 % load % 98.62 98.45 97.98 96.29
Reactances:
- Xd (±15) % 184.0
- Xd' unsat/sat " % 27.1 / 23.3
- Xd" unsat/sat " % 17.1 / 14.6
- Xq unsat/sat " % 84.7 / 80.4
- Xq" unsat/sat " % 25.7 / 21.9
- X0 % 6.8
- X2 % 17.1
- XL % 12.3
Time constants:
- Td' s 0.935
- Td" s 0.023
- Td0' s 7.441
- Tq0'' s 0.112
- Ta s 0.201
Sub-transient short circuit current Ik'' (±15) % 686.3
Generator inertia constant
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-H s 1.44
Excitation main machine:
- voltage no load V 88
- voltage full load V 223
- current no load A 186
- current full load A 472
Excitation exciter:
- voltage no load V 33
- voltage full load V 85
- current no load A 4
- current full load A 9
Sudden short circuit current (peak) kA 48
Short circuit ratio % 57
Max. field forcing for 10 seconds % 172
Sustained short circuit, stator current for % 250
10 seconds at symmetrical conditions
Max. permissible overspeed (<2 min) rpm 2160
Max. continuous negative sequence % 10
current
Fault condition capability (I2/IN)2t s 40
Voltage regulation acc. to IEEE 100,
seventh edition
- Regulation = (Et - E) / E % 151
Overcurrent capability (I2 - 1) t s 37.5
this relationship shall apply for values of t s 10 - 60
between
Allowed current harmonic content, with Harmonic Amplitude [p.u]
base 59000 kVA
5 0.02
7 0.017
11 0.012
13 0.011
17 0.01
19 0.01
23 0.009
25 0.006
If the current harmonic content is higher than above values, the temperature of the machine may
rise above the specified limits
Permissible output at diff. temp.
Cooling air temperature °C/F 15/59 25/77 34/93
Output kVA 73001 68217 62485
Power factor 0.80 0.80 0.80
Stator current A 3054 2854 2614
Exciter output kVA 143 130 114
Exciter excitation V/A 99 / 10 94 / 10 88 / 9
Efficiency at
100 % load % 98.26 98.25 98.22
75 % load % 98.15 98.11 98.04
50 % load % 97.76 97.66 97.51
25 % load % 96.11 95.88 95.56

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D. Site conditions
Ambient temperature range °C 0 - 40 F 32 - 104
Altitude m a.s.l. 1000 ft.a.s.l. 3281
Hazardous area classification Non hazardous area

F. Installation data
Protection form/cooling form IP00 TEPV
Cooling air:
- Max external pressure drop in cooling Pa 800
ducts
- Min cooling air flow m³/s 24.4
Heat dissipation:
- Cooling air kW 772
- Lubrication oil at 65 °C kW 39.1
Space heaters power:
- Main machine W 3200
- Exciter W 448
- Main terminal box W 800
Arrangement form IM 1005
Shaft end according to drawing
Sleeve bearings:
- Minimum axial displacement in either mm 15.0 in. 0.591
direction*)
*)Driven equipment must have
displacement less than minimum
- Max. permissible axial thrust kN 0 lbf 0
- Min. barring speed rpm 45
- Min. barring speed with jacking oil rpm 0
activated
- Rotor break away torque Nm 13024
- Rotor break away torque with jacking Nm 104
activated
- Required oil flow to bearings (Total) l/min 75 gpm 19.7
- Oil temperature range to bearings °C 40 - 65 F 104 - 149
- Required oil pressure at 65 °C kPa 200 psi 29
- Supply oil pressure To be advised by customer*)
*)For setting of pressure reduction
valve/orifice
Default oil pressure*) kPa 240 psi 34.8
*)Used if no value received from customer
before FAT
- Max supply oil pressure kPa 500 psi 72.5
- Type of oil ISO VG 46
- Degree of purity for oil 17/15/12 acc. to ISO 4406:1999
Weights (estimated):
- Total (complete machine, excluding kg 75600 lb 166600
terminal box)
- Stator kg 37700 lb 83100
- Rotor kg 26800 lb 59000
Rotor inertia (J=m*rm2) kgm² 4778 lb-ft² 113387
First bending lateral critical speed rpm >2070
Direction of rotation (at drive end, facing Counter-clockwise
shaft end)
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Noise level (based on totally enclosed dB(A) 85 dB(A)
machine, at 1m, rated speed and no load
acc.to ISO 3744)

Forces on the foundation per stator side

Static Rated torque 2-phase short circuit 3-phase short circuit

F F F F F F F F

F = 370.5 kN F = 370.5 kN ± 98 kN F = 370.5 kN ± 1013.1 F = 370.5 kN ± 934.6

kN kN
F = 83290 lbf F = 83290 lbf ± 22030 F = 83290 lbf ± F = 83290 lbf ±
lbf 227748 lbf 210101 lbf
Forces on each inner foot (2 inner feet/side)*)
F = 92.6 kN F = 92.6 kN ± 49 kN F = 92.6 kN ± 506.5 F = 92.6 kN ± 467.3
kN kN
F = 20823 lbf F = 20823 lbf ± 11015 F = 20823 lbf ± F = 20823 lbf ±
lbf 113874 lbf 105051 lbf
Forces on each outer foot (2 outer feet/side)*)
F = 92.6 kN F = 92.6 kN F = 92.6 kN F = 92.6 kN
F = 20823 lbf F = 20823 lbf F = 20823 lbf F = 20823 lbf
*)The foundation shall be dimensioned to withstand the maximum force at all feet positions.

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Generator type code: AMS 1250ALM 4P BS
Equivalent circuit between phase and neutral (equivalent star)

REMARKS:
- All parameters have been calculated from design data. The stated values of the armature to rotor
mutual inductances correspond to unsaturated operating conditions.
- The model is suitable only for dynamic simulations where the rotor speed remains close to
synchronous speed at all times.
Stator resistance Rs p.u. 0.0022
d-axis stator leakage reactance XσS p.u. 0.1232
Canay reactance Xrc p.u. -0.0723
Field winding leakage reactance Xσf p.u. 0.2573
Field winding resistance Rf p.u. 0.0007
d-axis main reactance Xmd p.u. 1.7167
d-axis leakage reactance of damper p.u. 0.2648
winding XσD
d-axis damper winding resistance RD p.u. 0.0925

Stator resistance Rs p.u. 0.0022

q-axis stator leakage reactance XσS p.u. 0.1232
q-axis leakage reactance of damper p.u. 0.0321
winding XσQ
q-axis main reactance Xmq p.u. 0.7242
q-axis damper winding resistance RQ p.u. 0.0458

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Airgap torque equation - 3-phase short circuit

Te(t) = M0 e -t/0 sin t + M1 e -t/1

M0 = 8.15 ; M1 = 1.7 ; 0 = 0.13 s ; 1 = 0.128 s ;  = 377 rad/s

Maximum value of torque 9.54 * TN, when t = 4.1 ms

Airgap torque equation - 2-phase short circuit

Te(t) = M0 e -t/0 sin t - M1 e -t/1sin 2t + M2 e -t/2

M0 = 6.69 ; M1 = 3.36 ; M2 = 1.84 ; 0 = 0.221 s ; 1 = 0.515 s ; 2 = 0.306 ;  = 377 rad/s

Maximum value of torque 10.3 * TN, when t = 5.55 ms

Rated torque TN = 254.8 kNm

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TRANSFER FUNCTION FOR BRUSHLESS AC EXCITER WITH NON-CONTROLLED RECTIFIER

Exciter machine for synchronous machine type: AMS 1250ALM 4P BS

Exciter machine type: GLC 600

AC rotating exciter with non-controlled rectifier according to IEEE 421.5-2016. (section 7, figure 8)
The table below provides data for the model.

IEEE 421.5 Type AC Model Parameter Unit Value

KC 0.48
KD 0.20
KE 1.00
TE s 0.458
SE (VE1 = 5.9 p.u.) 0.0220
SE (VE2 = 3.4 p.u.) 0.0219
VEMIN p.u. 0
VFEMAX p.u. 99 (Depends on AVR and OEL function)
Exciter Machine Base Values
VRBASE V 21.08
EFDBASE V 83.68
IFDBASE A 176.88
Note
The function FEX = f(IN) describes the rectifier voltage drop due to commutation and phase retard. For the
definition of exciter machine base values and f(IN), refer to IEEE Std. 421.5-2016, annex B and annex D.

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Generator type code: AMS 1250ALM 4P BS

Saturation curves

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2
Armature-voltage [p.u.] and current [p.u.]

1.1

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.6
2
0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1
1
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8

Field current [p.u.]

Base voltage 1 pu = 13.8 kV

Base current 1 pu = 2468 A
Base field current 1 pu = 176.9 A
Short-circuit saturation (1) Open-circuit saturation (2)

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Efficiency curves
1

0.995

0.99

0.985
2

0.98
Efficiency [p.u.]

0.975

0.97

0.965

0.96

0.955
1

0.95
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 1.3

Apparent power [p.u.]

Base apparent pow er 1 pu = 59000 kVA

PF = 0.80 UN = 1.00 (1) PF = 1.00 UN = 1.00 (2)

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V-curves
1.3

0.50 0.70 0.90 1.00 0.90 0.800.70 0.50

1.2

1.1

0.9
Apparent power [p.u.]

0.8 4

0.7 5
3
2
0.6

1
0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3 3.2 3.4

Field current [p.u.]

Base apparent pow er 1 pu = 59000 kVA

Base field current 1 pu = 176.9 A
Active output [p.u.] = 0.00 (1) Active output [p.u.] = 0.40 (2) Active output [p.u.] = 0.60 (3)
Active output [p.u.] = 0.80 (4) Practical stability limit (5)

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Capability diagram

2 0.50
0.8
0.70
0.7
0.80
0.6

0.5
0.90
0.4

0.3

0.2
Reactive power [p.u.]

0.1

-0.1

-0.2

-0.3
0.95
-0.4

-0.5 0.90
5 3
-0.6
4
-0.7

-0.8 0.70

-0.9
0.50
-1 1

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1

Active power [p.u.]

Base apparent pow er 1 pu = 59000 kVA

Stator heating limit (1) Rotor heating limit (2) Practical stability limit (3) Zero field-current limit (4)
Core end heating limit (5)

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Overcurrent curve

1
2.2

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5
Stator current (I) [p.u.]

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60

Time [s]

Machine overcurrent (1)

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Negative sequence current capability

1E4

1
1E3

1E2
Time [sec.]

1E1

1E0

1E-1
1E-1 1E0 1E1 1E2

Negative sequence current (I2) [p.u.]

Negative sequence current capability (1)

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1 Output Curves
60

59

58

57

56

55
2
Output Power [MW]

54

4
53

52

51

50

49

48
3

47
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Ambient Temperature [ºC]

Turbine Output (After gear) (1) Generator Output (B-Class at PF = 0.8) (2)
Generator Rating Point (PF = 0.8) (3) Generator Output (B-Class at PF = 0.85) (4)

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