UEEEL0041Develop engineering solution for synchronous machine and control problems

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88 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 13 performance evidence and 60 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Prepare to develop engineering solution for synchronous machine problems

  • 1.1Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) processes and workplace procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and applied
  • 1.2WHS/OHS risk control measures and workplace procedures in preparation for the work are followed
  • 1.3Scope of synchronous machine problem is determined from performance specifications and/or documentation and in consultation with relevant person/s
  • 1.4Activities are planned to meet scheduled timelines in consultation with others involved in the work
  • 1.5Effective strategies are formed to ensure solution development and implementation is carried out efficiently

2 Develop engineering solution

  • 2.1WHS/OHS risk control measures and workplace procedures for carrying out the work are followed
  • 2.2Synchronous machine construction, operation, characteristics and applications are applied to developing solutions to synchronous machine problems
  • 2.3Parameters, specifications and performance requirements for each machine problem are obtained in accordance with workplace procedures
  • 2.4Approaches to resolving synchronous machine problems are analysed to provide most effective solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards and workplace procedures
  • 2.5Unplanned events are dealt with safely and effectively in accordance with relevant industry standards and workplace procedures
  • 2.6Quality of work is monitored in accordance with relevant industry standards and workplace procedures

3 Implement engineering solution and complete documentation

  • 3.1Solutions to machine problems are tested to determine their effectiveness and modified as required
  • 3.2Adopted solutions are documented, including instruction for their implementation with risk control measures
  • 3.3Relevant person/s required to implement solutions to synchronous machine problems is coordinated in accordance with relevant industry standards and workplace procedures
  • 3.4Justification for solutions used to solve synchronous machine problems is documented in work/project records in accordance with relevant industry standards

Performance evidence

  • understanding the extent of the machine problem
  • forming effective strategies for solution development and implementation
  • obtaining machine parameters, specifications and performance requirements appropriate to each problem
  • testing and applying solutions to machine problems
  • documenting instruction for implementation of solutions that incorporate risk control measure to be followed
  • documenting justification of solutions implemented in accordance with professional standards
  • dealing with unplanned events
  • analysing approaches to solutions
  • applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures
  • applying synchronous machine construction operation characteristics and applications to developing solutions
  • determining the scope of synchronous machine problem
  • monitoring quality of work
  • planning activities to meet timelines

Knowledge evidence

  • synchronous machine diagnostics and engineering solutions for synchronous machine problems, including:
  • alternating current (a.c.) generators – construction, types and cooling encompassing:
  • construction of stator and rotor windings
  • rotor construction (cylindrical and salient pole)
  • advantages of rotating field construction
  • excitation methods
  • cooling methods
  • prime movers
  • a.c. generators – operating principles and characteristics encompassing:
  • a.c. generator equivalent circuits (synchronous reactance and resistance components)
  • tests – open circuit, short circuit and stator impedance
  • voltage regulation, island generator’s terminal voltage load power factor
  • determination of excitation voltage and load angle
  • synchronising a.c. generators encompassing:
  • conditions for synchronising (infinite bus)
  • methods for synchronising (lamp methods and synchroscope)
  • alternator load sharing, parallel operation
  • a.c. generators power, torque and efficiency encompassing:
  • power input, input torque and speed
  • power losses
  • output power, load power factor, rotor angle and pu power
  • efficiency
  • performance chart interpretation
  • automatic voltage regulation (AVR) encompassing:
  • need for AVRs
  • features of AVRs
  • effects of rotor inductance
  • connections of AVRs
  • operation of AVRs
  • a.c. generator operational stability encompassing:
  • power output, variance (VAR) effects, rotor angle and excitation
  • control of VAR (on-load tap-changers (OLTC) transformers)
  • voltage dependant nature of stability
  • critical clearance angle of a.c. generator
  • stability limits
  • a.c. generator protection encompassing:
  • restricted, unrestricted primary, back up and duplicated protection
  • overcurrent, short circuit, differential, reverse power, load unbalance, rotor overload, loss-of-field, rotor earth fault, station earth-fault and under-frequency protection
  • external fault protection
  • induction generator encompassing:
  • types operating principles and characteristics
  • excitation methods
  • losses and efficiency
  • synchronising and paralleling
  • three phase synchronous motors encompassing:
  • construction – rotor, stator and windings
  • excitation methods
  • operating principles (equivalent circuits and synchronous impedance)
  • hunting and stability limits
  • power factor correction
  • paralleling and synchronisation techniques
  • starting methods
  • braking methods
  • problem-solving techniques
  • relevant machine parameters, specifications and performance requirements
  • relevant manufacturer specifications and operating instructions/manuals
  • relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes
  • relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements
  • relevant workplace documentation
  • relevant workplace quality, instructions, policies and procedures

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