As shown by one of the writers, three impedances, characteristic for the machine are required to know the behavior of the three phase alte nator with
unbalanced load. One of the three impedances is the well-known synchronous impedance and it can be obtained from open-circuit and short-circuit test.
The other two, viz. zero and negative phase sequence impedances are not so widely known and as far as the writers are aware, no method of their measurement has been proposed other than those described by one of the writers in his prevlous paper.
In this paper various other methods are shown and the results of test performed on several machines are compared. The most convenient practical method
of measuring the negative phase sequence impedance is to short-circuit two terminals b and c directly and connect the remaining terminal a to the short-
cirouited terminals through any convenient resistance or impedance Z. measuring the current in each line, the negative phase sequence current, Ia2 refer-
red to I is easily obtained graphically. If the negative phase sequence impedance of the alternater under test be Z
2, then it is shown in the text
I
a/I
a2=3Z
2/Z
Since Z is known, Z
2 can be obtained in magnitude as well as in phase angle.
The values of Z
2 measured with various different methods check very well. This fact shows that the method of symmetrical coordinates, which is rgorously correct for the ideal alternator, is also applicable with engineering accuracy to the commercial alternator.
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