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    Conditions Required For Paralleling

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    To safely parallel two synchronous generators, three conditions must be met: 1) the RMS line voltages of each generator must be equal, 2) the generators must have the same phase sequence to avoid large currents, and 3) the generators' output phase angles must be the same to prevent damage when connecting the machines.

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    Conditions Required For Paralleling

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    To safely parallel two synchronous generators, three conditions must be met: 1) the RMS line voltages of each generator must be equal, 2) the generators must have the same phase sequence to avoid large currents, and 3) the generators' output phase angles must be the same to prevent damage when connecting the machines.

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    To safely parallel two synchronous generators, three conditions must be met: 1) the RMS line voltages of each generator must be equal, 2) the generators must have the same phase sequence to avoid large currents, and 3) the generators' output phase angles must be the same to prevent damage when connecting the machines.

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    Conditions Required For Paralleling

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    To safely parallel two synchronous generators, three conditions must be met: 1) the RMS line voltages of each generator must be equal, 2) the generators must have the same phase sequence to avoid large currents, and 3) the generators' output phase angles must be the same to prevent damage when connecting the machines.

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    Conditions required for Paralleling synchronous generator

    The figure below shows a synchronous generator G1 supplying power to a load, with another generator
    G2 about to be paralleled with G1 by closing switch S1. What conditions must be met before the switch
    can be closed and the 2 generators connected?
    If the switch is closed arbitrarily at some moment, the generators are liable to be severely damaged, and
    the load may lose power.
    If the voltages are not exactly the same in each conductor being tied together, there will be a very large
    current flow when the switch is closed. To avoid this problem, each of the three phases must have
    exactly the same voltage magnitude and phase angle as the conductor to which it is connected.
    Thus, paralleling 2 or more generators must be done carefully as to avoid generator or other system
    component damage. Conditions are as follows:

    a) RMS line voltages must be equal.
    b) The generators to be paralleled must have the same phase sequence. If the phase sequence is
    different (as shown here), then even though one pair of voltages (the aphase) is in phase, the
    other 2 pairs of voltages are 120 out of phase. If the generators were connected in this manner,
    there would be no problem with phase a, but huge currents would flow in phases b andc,
    damaging both machines.
    c) Generator output phase angles must be the same.
    d) The oncoming generator (the new generator) must have a slightly higher operating frequency as
    compared to the system frequency. This is done so that the phase angles of the incoming
    machine will change slowly with respect to the phase angles of the running system

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