In a power plant, a synchronous generator rotates at 3000 RPM to produce 500MW of electric power. What would be the speed if the power is increased to 700MW?
For a synchronous generator (Alternator) the speed is constant. If you change the speed you change the frequency. In order to get more power from you alternator you need more mechancial power because the Alternator is just a converter. It converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. With that being said - as you load the alternator the output voltage will drop. To keep the output voltage constant you need to increase flux which will increase the generated voltage. Do not confused generated voltage with output voltage. All generators and Alternators experienced internal voltage drop. Nothing you can do about it except to compensate for it. At some point the core material will saturate (magnetically) and you will not be able to increase the generated voltage. So you have reached the maximum output power. Again please note that the speed is held contant because you want a fixed frequency. If you play with speed then you are also playing with output voltage as voltage is also a function of speed just as is frequency. that is why we hold speed and voltage fixed. They interact.
A synchronous generator operating at 3000 RPM produces 500 MW at a fixed frequency. Increasing power output to 700 MW does not change the rotational speed, as synchronous generators maintain constant speed to preserve frequency. To deliver higher power, mechanical input power must increase while speed remains constant. Voltage output may drop under increased load, requiring increased magnetic flux to maintain voltage, limited by core saturation. Attempts to calculate new speed by proportional scaling of power (e.g., 4200 RPM) are incorrect because speed and frequency are fixed parameters in synchronous generation. Changes in speed would alter frequency and voltage, which is undesirable in power systems. Summary generated by the language model.