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　　PPD103B01 3BHE020455R0001  Alternative Names:

　　Process Control Unit PPD103B01 3BHE020455R0001

　　PPD103B01 3BHE020455R0001 Central Processing Unit

　　AC 800PEC Process Control System PPD103B01 3BHE020455R0001

　　I. Operating Principle

　　This CPU unit serves as the computational and logic core of the excitation regulator; together with the data acquisition board, I/O board, and pulse amplification board, it forms a complete excitation control system.

　　Signal Acquisition: Receives generator terminal voltage, stator current, and rotor current signals from voltage and current transformers; simultaneously acquires binary signals such as circuit breaker status, raise/lower excitation commands, and protection contact status.

　　Closed-loop Regulation Calculation: Features built-in algorithms for AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulator), FCR (Field Current Regulator), and PSS (Power System Stabilizer). It compares the voltage setpoint with the actual terminal voltage in real-time and outputs control signals via PID calculation.

　　Pulse Generation: Converts regulation calculation results into thyristor trigger pulse commands and transmits them to the pulse board. This controls the conduction angle of the thyristors within the excitation power cabinet, thereby adjusting the generator rotor excitation current to achieve stable control of the terminal voltage. Logic and Protection Processing: Integrates various excitation system protection logics, including over-excitation, under-excitation, V/Hz limiting, stator current limiting, rotor overcurrent, and loss-of-field monitoring; simultaneously handles system status assessment, switching between active and standby channels, fault alarming, and event logging.

　　Communication and Interaction: Communicates via onboard interfaces with the excitation system's HMI, DCS, and power plant monitoring systems; uploads data such as excitation current, voltage, fault codes, and operating status, while receiving remote control commands.

　　Dual-Channel Redundancy Mechanism: Typically used in dual-channel excitation systems where two CPUs serve as backups for each other. When the primary CPU operates normally, the standby CPU synchronously acquires all signals and tracks the primary regulator's output; in the event of a primary CPU failure, power anomaly, or sampling error, the system performs a bumpless transfer to the standby channel, ensuring uninterrupted excitation operation.

　　II. Usage Instructions

　　Hardware Installation: Install the board into a standard rack slot within the excitation control cabinet and secure it firmly; ensure reliable connection of the backplane bus connector; connect external sampling cables, discrete signals, and communication cables to the corresponding terminals according to the schematics, ensuring separate routing for high-voltage and low-voltage lines to prevent interference.

　　Pre-power-up Checks: Verify the supply voltage and inspect the backplane for short circuits or loose wiring; confirm that instrument transformer secondary circuits are free of open circuits and properly grounded; verify that DIP switch settings and hardware addresses are configured according to project schematics.

　　Power-up and Startup: Apply auxiliary power first; upon power-up, the CPU executes a self-test routine. The self-test covers memory, firmware, A/D sampling circuits, bus communication, and board hardware. If the self-test passes without anomalies, the system enters standby mode; if it fails, the corresponding fault LED illuminates, and the fault event is logged. Parameter Configuration: Connect to the CPU via the excitation HMI panel or host software to input unit parameters: generator rated voltage, rated rotor current, transformer ratios, PID parameters, limit curves, protection settings, PSS parameters, communication addresses, and channel switching logic. Parameters are downloaded to the CPU's flash memory for permanent storage.

　　Static Commissioning: With the unit stationary, apply simulated voltage and current signals to verify sampling accuracy; test AVR regulation response, field boosting/bucking, limiting functions, and protection logic; and verify the dual-channel switching function.

　　Grid Connection and Operation: Before field flashing, set the CPU to automatic AVR mode; during field flashing, the CPU automatically regulates excitation to establish terminal voltage; after grid connection, maintain constant terminal voltage and respond to system voltage fluctuations; switching to manual FCR (rotor current regulation) mode is supported.

　　III. Operation Methods

　　1. Mode Switching

　　Automatic AVR Mode: Default operating mode, regulating based on terminal voltage. Switching can be performed via the local panel or remotely via DCS.

　　Manual FCR Mode: Regulates based on rotor current; generally used for testing or fault conditions; long-term grid-connected operation in this mode is not recommended.

　　Channel Switching: Supports automatic fault-based switching as well as locally triggered manual switching tests between main and standby channels.

　　2. Field Boosting/Bucking Operations

　　Local Operation: Issue field boost or buck commands via the excitation panel; commands are transmitted to the CPU, which modifies the voltage setpoint and adjusts the excitation output. Remote Operation: The DCS system issues field boost/buck commands via communication; the CPU receives and executes them while applying command interlock logic (preventing further adjustment if limits are exceeded).

　　3. Parameter Operations

　　Parameter Reading: Connect using host software tools to read operating parameters, event waveforms, and fault records from the CPU. Parameter Modification: Requires engineer-level privileges. After modification, download the parameters to the CPU and save them; some critical parameters require a board reboot to take effect.

　　Waveform Retrieval: The CPU features built-in fault waveform recording; it automatically captures waveforms during excitation disturbances, trips, or faults for post-event analysis.

　　4. Fault Reset Operation

　　Once the fault is cleared, a reset command can be issued via the local panel or remotely; the CPU clears the fault alarm and resumes normal monitoring. If a persistent hardware fault exists, the reset cannot be performed.

　　IV. Precautions

　　Power Supply: The board operates on 24V DC; power fluctuations must remain within permissible limits. A UPS is recommended to prevent voltage dips from damaging the board. Reverse polarity connection is strictly prohibited.

　　Electromagnetic Protection: Ensure the control cabinet is reliably grounded and shielded cables are grounded at one end. Route high-power lines in the power cabinet separately from low-voltage CPU sampling lines to prevent electromagnetic interference (generated by thyristor switching) from causing sampling distortion or control errors.

　　Electrostatic Protection: Wear an anti-static wrist strap when installing or removing boards; do not touch chips or gold-plated edge connectors with bare hands, as static electricity can instantly destroy the CPU chip. Store boards in anti-static bags.

　　Channel Maintenance: During dual-channel operation, do not remove both CPU boards simultaneously. Shut down the system or implement appropriate safety measures before replacing boards; after replacement, verify the firmware version and project parameters, and perform recalibration.

　　Firmware Version: When replacing a CPU, flash it with a firmware version compatible with the original system; version mismatches can lead to communication anomalies, control logic errors, or failure of channel switching.

　　Parameter Management: Maintain backup files for all parameter modifications. Do not arbitrarily modify PID settings, limits, or protection setpoints while the unit is running, as this could cause unit oscillation or over-excitation trips. Operational Monitoring: Regularly monitor the status indicator lights on the boards; promptly check the event log if a red fault indicator illuminates. CPU overheating will trigger an alarm; inspect the cabinet fans and temperature control system.

　　Safety Isolation: During maintenance, ensure the board's power supply and the CT secondary circuit are disconnected to prevent high voltage from entering the board, which could cause equipment damage or personal injury.

　　V. Application Areas

　　Thermal Power Units: Serves as the main controller for the UNITROL excitation system in steam turbine generators—its primary application scenario.

　　Hydropower Units: Excitation regulation for large and medium-sized hydro-generators, meeting the rapid response requirements of hydraulic turbines.

　　Gas Turbine Power Projects: Excitation control for generators in combined-cycle power plants.

　　Captive Power Plants: Internal generator units for steel, chemical, and large-scale petrochemical enterprises.

　　New Energy-Supporting Peak-Shaving Plants: Excitation control for synchronous generators in peak-shaving plants, supporting grid voltage stability.

　　Overseas Power Projects: Excitation control systems for export-oriented generator unit packages.

　　VI. Advantages and Features

　　High-Performance Computing: Features high-speed sampling and short control cycles; the AVR offers rapid regulation response and strong voltage fluctuation suppression, ensuring high stability during system disturbances.

　　Reliable Redundant Architecture: Supports dual-CPU redundancy with bumpless channel switching; a single CPU failure does not trip the excitation system, significantly enhancing the unit's continuous operation capability.

　　Comprehensive Limiting and Protection Algorithms: Includes a full suite of built-in generator excitation limit models—such as V/Hz, over-excitation, under-excitation, and stator current limits—to prevent operation outside permissible ranges under various conditions. Integrates PSS (Power System Stabilizer) to effectively suppress low-frequency power system oscillations.

　　Powerful Event Logging and Waveform Recording: Large-capacity event logging with millisecond-level timestamps; built-in fault recording captures voltage, current, and control signals, facilitating fault tracing and analysis.

　　Versatile Communication Interfaces: Supports multiple industrial communication protocols for easy integration with power plant DCS and SCADA systems, ensuring stable data exchange.

　　Modular Design: Features independent circuit boards for easy replacement and maintenance; part of the UNITROL standard module series with a mature spare parts ecosystem.Strong interference immunity: Industrial-grade hardware design and wide operating temperature range make it suitable for power plant environments characterized by dust, vibration, and strong electromagnetic interference.

　　High configurability: Control logic, protection settings, and regulation parameters can all be configured via software, allowing adaptation to generators of various capacities and types, as well as flexible project implementation.

　　PPD103B01 3BHE020455R0001  CPU Closed-Loop Regulation Calculation Process

　　I. Signal Acquisition and Pre-processing Stage (Pre-calculation phase)

　　The onboard A/D sampling circuit continuously acquires generator terminal PT voltage, stator CT current, and rotor excitation current (from the power cabinet shunt); simultaneously, it acquires binary signals such as generator circuit breaker position, unit status, and channel status. The sampling cycle is fixed by the CPU firmware, utilizing high-speed synchronous sampling to ensure phase alignment between voltage and current.

　　Signal per-unit (p.u.) conversion: The CPU converts raw A/D values into per-unit (p.u.) values based on project-preset PT and CT transformation ratios; all subsequent regulation calculations are based on this per-unit model.

　　Signal validation and filtering:

　　Validity check: Detects sudden jumps, wire breaks, or out-of-range conditions in voltage/current signals. If a PT wire break is detected, the PT wire break logic is automatically triggered, the AVR is blocked, and the system can automatically switch to FCR (manual) mode.

　　Digital filtering: FIR digital filtering is employed to eliminate high-frequency noise caused by electromagnetic interference, preventing jitter in the regulation output; filtering parameters are configurable.

　　Calculation of auxiliary variables: Generator active power, reactive power, and power factor are calculated from terminal voltage and stator current for use in the PSS, under-excitation/over-excitation limiting, and stator current limiting modules.

　　Upon completion of pre-processing, the following values are obtained—actual terminal voltage (Ut_act), actual rotor current (If_act), active power (P), and reactive power (Q)—and are fed into the closed-loop regulation module.

        II. Setpoint Generation Stage (Closed-loop Setpoint)

　　In AVR mode, the priority for the voltage setpoint (Ut_ref) source is: Remote DCS setpoint > Local panel setpoint > Local raise/lower excitation operation. Raise/lower operations essentially involve slowly modifying Ut_ref subject to a rate-of-change limit (to prevent large excitation fluctuations caused by sudden setpoint jumps). The setpoint is also subject to hard upper and lower limits, ensuring it does not exceed the unit's permissible maximum and minimum terminal voltage settings.

　　III. Outer Loop: AVR Voltage Closed-loop Calculation (Main Regulation Loop)

　　AVR Objective: To maintain the generator terminal voltage (Ut) so that it tracks the setpoint (Ut_ref).

　　Deviation Calculation:

　　\(e_{Ut}=U_{t\_ref}-U_{t\_act}\) where \(e_{Ut}\) is the voltage deviation, Ut_ref is the voltage setpoint, and Ut_act is the measured terminal voltage. 2. PID Calculation (UNITROL employs an incremental PID algorithm with integral anti-windup; this is the core algorithm for this CPU).

　　P (Proportional) Term: Outputs a regulation value directly based on the magnitude of the deviation, enabling rapid response to voltage deviations; the proportional gain (Kp) is configurable.

　　I (Integral) Term: Eliminates steady-state voltage error. It includes integral anti-windup (back-calculation); integration accumulation pauses when the output is clamped, preventing integral saturation that could lead to regulation overshoot. This is a critical design feature of the excitation regulator, preventing voltage oscillations during major disturbances.

　　D (Derivative) Term: Suppresses dynamic fluctuations caused by rapid voltage changes and dampens oscillations; the D term is generally small and may be set to zero under certain operating conditions.

　　AVR Outer Loop Output: The AVR PID output serves as the setpoint (If_ref) for the inner rotor current loop.

　　Simplified Concept: The voltage outer loop calculates the amount of rotor current required to bring the terminal voltage back to the setpoint and outputs this value to the inner rotor current loop. IV. Inner Loop: FCR Rotor Current Closed-Loop Calculation (Current Inner Loop)

　　The current inner loop responds much faster than the voltage outer loop, functioning as a high-speed servo loop. Its role is to precisely track the rotor current setpoint ($I_{f\_ref}$) issued by the AVR outer loop and to reject disturbances in the excitation power circuit (such as power supply fluctuations or variations in thyristor voltage drops).

　　V. Limiter Module Intervention (Priority Higher Than Standard PID Regulation)

　　While the dual-loop system operates normally, the CPU simultaneously runs various limiters. These limiters function as protective closed-loop controls with higher priority than standard AVR/FCR regulation. If the operating point reaches a limit boundary, the limiter takes over the regulation setpoint, forcing the unit back into the safe operating zone; the AVR is simultaneously locked out by the limiter. The parallel limiter loops include:

　　Over-Excitation Limiter (OEL): Monitors generator rotor current; if the current exceeds limits, the OEL output overrides the AVR setpoint to reduce excitation current and protect the rotor from overheating.

　　Under-Excitation Limiter (UEL): Monitors active power and terminal voltage; if the unit enters an excessive leading power factor (underexcited) state, the UEL increases excitation to prevent loss of excitation.

　　V/Hz Limiter (Flux Limiter): If the voltage-to-frequency ratio exceeds limits, the voltage setpoint is reduced to prevent over-fluxing of the generator stator core.

　　Stator Current Limiter (SCL): If stator current exceeds limits, excitation is reduced to limit stator heating.

　　Limiters also utilize independent PID closed-loop calculations; once activated, they directly override the AVR outer loop output ($I_{f\_ref}$) to prioritize protective regulation. Upon deactivation, the system smoothly reverts to AVR regulation.

　　VI. PSS Power System Stabilizer Parallel Operation (Supplementary Damping Branch; Does Not Replace Main Closed-Loop)

　　The PSS provides a supplementary control signal and does not participate in the basic regulation of the main voltage closed-loop. The CPU acquires active power (P) or rotor speed signals. After passing through DC-blocking and lead-lag compensation stages, it generates an auxiliary PSS output (ΔUp), which is superimposed onto the AVR voltage reference (Ut_ref). Function: When low-frequency oscillations occur in the power grid, the PSS outputs an auxiliary excitation modulation signal to introduce positive damping into the system, thereby suppressing generator power oscillations. The PSS output is subject to maximum amplitude limiting, ensuring it does not cause significant disturbances to the generator terminal voltage reference.

　　VII. Output Limiting, Channel Processing, and Pulse Command Issuance

　　Hard limits are applied to the final firing angle command: minimum and maximum firing angles are set to ensure the thyristors operate within a safe range.

　　Dual-channel redundancy processing: The primary CPU performs the complete closed-loop calculation and outputs firing commands; the standby CPU performs synchronous sampling and executes the same closed-loop calculation, tracking the primary channel's output in real-time. In the event of a primary CPU failure, a bumpless transfer occurs, and the standby CPU's calculation results directly take over pulse output.

　　The CPU transmits the calculated firing angle commands via the internal bus to the pulse amplification board. Based on the firing angle, the pulse board generates synchronized thyristor firing pulses to drive the thyristors in the excitation power cabinet.

　　VIII. Feedback Update and Cyclic Calculation

　　The power cabinet executes the firing command → rotor excitation current changes → generator magnetic field changes → generator terminal voltage (Ut) changes → new voltage and current signals are fed to the CPU's sampling inputs, initiating the next closed-loop calculation cycle. This closed-loop process repeats continuously.

　　IX. Closed-Loop Calculation in Manual FCR Mode (Current-Only Closed-Loop; AVR Outer Loop Disabled)

　　When switched to manual FCR mode, the AVR voltage outer loop is completely disabled. The setpoint becomes the rotor current reference (If_ref), and the CPU executes only the rotor current inner-loop PID control to maintain a constant rotor current. In this mode, the terminal voltage varies with the generator load; there is no automatic voltage regulation capability, and the mode is used only for testing or as a backup during AVR failure.

　　X. Key Characteristics of Closed-Loop Computation (CPU Firmware Features)

　　Multi-loop timing: The outer voltage loop operates on a slower cycle, while the inner rotor current loop operates on a faster cycle; decoupling the fast and slow loops ensures stability.

　　Integral anti-windup is central: When a limiter activates or the output reaches its limit, integral accumulation halts to prevent significant voltage overshoot the moment the system exits the limiting state.

　　Smooth switching logic: During AVR↔FCR transitions or main/standby channel switching, the CPU performs output tracking to ensure there are no abrupt changes in the control signal at the moment of transfer, thereby achieving bumpless switching.

　　All intermediate variables in the computation process (error, PID output, PSS output, limiter status) are stored in memory in real-time to serve as event recording data.

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