EN IEC 60034-4-1:2018

Rotating electrical machines - Part 4-1: Methods for determining electrically excited synchronous machine quantities from tests

EN IEC 60034-4-1:2018

Name:EN IEC 60034-4-1:2018   Standard name:Rotating electrical machines - Part 4-1: Methods for determining electrically excited synchronous machine quantities from tests
Standard number:EN IEC 60034-4-1:2018   language:English language
Release Date:23-Aug-2018   technical committee:CLC/TC 2 - Rotating machinery
Drafting committee:IEC/TC 2 - IEC_TC_2   ICS number:29.160 - Rotating machinery

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Rotating electrical machines - Part 4-1: Methods for determining synchronous machine
quantities from tests (IEC 60034-4-1:2018)
Drehende elektrische Maschinen - Teil 4-1: Verfahren zur Ermittlung der Kenngrößen
von Synchronmaschinen durch Messungen (IEC 60034-4-1:2018)
Machines électriques tournantes - Partie 4-1: Méthodes pour la détermination, à partir
d'essais, des grandeurs des machines synchrones (IEC 60034-4-1:2018)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60034-4-1:2018
ICS:
29.160.01 Rotacijski stroji na splošno Rotating machinery in
general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60034-4-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
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August 2018
ICS 29.160 Supersedes EN 60034-4:2008
English Version
Rotating electrical machines - Part 4-1: Methods for determining
electrically excited synchronous machine quantities from tests
(IEC 60034-4-1:2018)
Machines électriques tournantes - Partie 4-1: Méthodes Drehende elektrische Maschinen - Teil 4-1: Verfahren zur
pour la détermination, à partir d'essais, des grandeurs des Ermittlung der Kenngrößen von Synchronmaschinen durch
machines synchrones à excitation électrique Messungen
(IEC 60034-4-1:2018) (IEC 60034-4-1:2018)
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European foreword
The text of document 2/1829/CDV, future edition 1 of IEC 60034-4-1, prepared by IEC/TC 2 "Rotating
machinery" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
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level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2021-06-01
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60034-4:2008
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The text of the International Standard IEC 60034-4-1:2018 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60034-1 2017 Rotating electrical machines - Part 1: - -
Rating and performance
IEC 60034-2-1 -  Rotating electrical machines - Part 2-1: EN 60034-2-1 -
Standard methods for determining losses
and efficiency from tests (excluding
machines for traction vehicles)
Direct acting indicating analogue electrical
IEC 60051 series EN 60051 series
measuring instruments and their
accessories
IEC 60034-4-1
Edition 1.0 2018-04
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Rotating electrical machines –

Part 4-1: Methods for determining electrically excited synchronous machine

quantities from tests
Machines électriques tournantes –

Partie 4-1: Méthodes pour la détermination, à partir d’essais, des grandeurs

des machines synchrones à excitation électrique

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ICS 29.160.01 ISBN 978-2-8322-5634-3

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 6
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Symbols and units . 14
5 Overview of tests . 15
6 Test procedures . 17
6.1 General . 17
6.1.1 Instrumentation requirements . 17
6.1.2 Excitation system requirements . 18
6.1.3 Test conditions . 18
6.1.4 Per unit base quantities . 18
6.1.5 Conventions and assumptions . 19
6.1.6 Consideration of magnetic saturation . 19
6.2 Direct measurements of excitation current at rated load . 20
6.3 Direct-current winding resistance measurements . 21
6.4 No-load saturation test . 21
6.4.1 Test procedure . 21
6.4.2 No-load saturation characteristic determination . 22
6.5 Sustained three-phase short-circuit test . 22
6.5.1 Test procedure . 22
6.5.2 Three-phase sustained short-circuit characteristic . 22
6.6 Motor no-load test . 23
6.7 Over-excitation test at zero power-factor . 23
6.8 Negative excitation test . 23
6.9 On-load test measuring the load angle . 23
6.10 Low slip test . 24
6.11 Sudden three-phase short-circuit test . 24
6.12 Voltage recovery test . 25
6.13 Suddenly applied short-circuit test following disconnection from line . 25
6.14 Direct current decay test in the armature winding at standstill . 26
6.15 Applied voltage test with the rotor in direct and quadrature axis positions . 26
6.16 Applied voltage test with the rotor in arbitrary position . 27
6.17 Single phase voltage test applied to the three phases . 28
6.18 Line-to-line sustained short-circuit test . 28
6.19 Line-to-line and to neutral sustained short-circuit test . 28
6.20 Negative-phase sequence test . 29
6.21 Field current decay test, with the armature winding open-circuited . 29
6.21.1 Test at rated speed . 29
6.21.2 Test at standstill . 30
6.22 Applied voltage test with rotor removed . 30
6.23 No-load retardation test . 31
6.24 Locked rotor test . 31
6.25 Asynchronous operation during the low-voltage test . 31
6.26 Over-excitation test at zero power factor and variable armature voltage . 32
6.27 Applied variable frequency voltage test at standstill . 32

IEC 60034-4-1:2018 © IEC 2018 – 3 –
7 Determination of quantities . 34
7.1 Analysis of recorded data. 34
7.1.1 No-load saturation and three-phase, sustained short-circuit curves . 34
7.1.2 Sudden three-phase short-circuit test . 35
7.1.3 Voltage recovery test . 38
7.1.4 Direct current decay in the armature winding at standstill . 39
7.1.5 Suddenly applied excitation test with armature winding open-circuited . 41
7.2 Direct-axis synchronous reactance. 41
7.2.1 From no-load saturation and three-phase sustained short-circuit test. 41
7.2.2 From motor no-load test . 41
7.2.3 From on-load test measuring the load angle . 42
7.3 Direct-axis transient reactance . 42
7.3.1 From sudden three-phase short-circuit test . 42
7.3.2 From voltage recovery test . 42
7.3.3 From DC decay test in the armature winding at standstill . 43
7.3.4 Calculation from test values . 43
7.4 Direct-axis sub-transient reactance . 43
7.4.1 From sudden three-phase short-circuit test . 43
7.4.2 From voltage recovery test . 43
7.4.3 From applied voltage test with the rotor in direct and quadrature axis . 43
7.4.4 From applied voltage test with the rotor in arbitrary position . 44
7.5 Quadrature-axis synchronous reactance . 44
7.5.1 From negative excitation test . 44
7.5.2 From low slip test .
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