Application Guidance Notes

Name AGN No File Name
Customer Training 2
Transient Performance and Locked Rotor Curves 3
Operating Charts 4
Fault Currents and Short Circuit Decrement Curves 5
Codes, Standards and Directives 6
Testing 7
Vibration 8
Bearing Life 9
UCD274 Alternators 10
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 11
Environmental Rating Factors 12
Alternator Ratings and Overload 13
Marine Alternators 14
Testing Winding Insulation Systems 15
Negative Phase Sequence Currents 16
Unbalanced Loads 17
Regenerative Loads and Reverse Power 18
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Applications 20
Alternator Life Expectancy 21
Conditions for Parallel Operation 22
AVR Features 23
AVR Selection 24
Non Linear Loads 25
Harmonic Voltage Distortion 26
Winding and BearingTemperature Sensors 27
Paint Finishing 29
Service and Maintenance 30
Alternator Storage 31
Motor Starting Methods 32
Shaft Bearing Currents 33
Alternator Reactance 34
Overload and Fault Protection 35
Terminal Arrangements 37
Earthing 38
Marine Shaft Generators 39
Winding Insulation System 40
Alternator Operating Speed 41
Alternators for Parallel Operation 45
Alternator Operating Voltages 46
Telecommunications Applications 47
Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) Cranes 48
Arc Furnaces 55
Air Inlet Filters 65
Alternator IP Protection 66
Motor Starting and Generating Set Considerations. 68
Magnetising Transformers 70
Load Sharing with Quadrature Droop 71
Environmental Conditions 72
Alternator Bearings 76
Alternators for Welders 79
Power Factor 87
Air Flow and Cooling 88
Deutz Engine Fitting 89
Motor Starting Fundamentals 90
Disposal of Alternator Materials 91
Excitation System 93
Markon Alternators 102
Application General Guidance and Rating Adjustments 113
Light Flicker 120
Lightning Strikes 122
Rotor Balancing 123
AVR Power Supplies 124
Water Turbine Applications 133
Mobile Generating Sets 140
Pole Slipping and Reverse Power 142
High Intensity Discharge Lamps 150
Single Phase Loading for Re-Connectable 3-Phase Windings 154
STAMFORD Alternators Direction of Rotation 156
Short Circuit Ratio (X/R) 168
Residual Voltage and Residual Magnetism 173
Unbalanced Magnetic Pull (UMP) 180
Winding Temperature Rise Measurement 181
Operating Efficiency of an Alternator 182
Rotor Inertia 183
Rail Applications 186
Noise Levels 187
Application of Multiple Loads 193
Japanese National Electrical Distribution System 203
LED Lighting 209
Onshore Oil and Gas Applications 222
Anti-Condensation Heaters 227
S0/S1 Alternators 230
Generating Set Assembly - Coupling Arrangements 232
Generating Set Assembly – Mounting Arrangements 233
Generating Set Assembly - Alignment 234
Generating Set Assembly – Torsional Vibration Analysis 235
UL-Underwriters Labatories 236
EREC G99 Grid Code for Great Britain 237
General Application and Operational Conditions for STAMFORD Alternators 238