Motor Starting Exercises 3 to 6

3. Exercise 3
The purpose of this exercise is to identify and solve the starting problems by utilizing the Starting
Device element available in motor editor

3.1. Open the project file name MSExample3.oti

3.2. Select Library to be MtrStart.lib in MSExample3 folder
3.3. Se the following:
 Configuration: Tie-Open,
 Study Case: MSCase-1B
 Revision: Base

Run Dynamic Motor Starting and open the Alert View.

Check bus voltage for starting motors. (Bus8 for Mtr1 V < 80%)
Drag the motor starting time slider around t=5s and observe the Bus8 turns to red.
Verify the reason and compare bus voltage drop with Study case Alert settings.

 How can you solve the problem? (Re-sequencing, start at reduced load, using starter?)

3.4. Try Using Starting Device

 What type of starting device to use?
 Try current control soft starter and Capacitor bank at motor terminal. Is it a good way of
solving problem?

Starting Device
Current Control Capacitor at Bus/Terminal
Speed Setting Type Speed Setting Type
(%ωs) (%ωs)
0 400% Fixed 0 1000 kvar Fixed
2 200 or 250% Ramp 95 Remove
95 400% Fixed
95 Remove

3.5.Try voltage control soft starter.

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4. Exercise 4: MOV Starting

4.1. Set up MOV data
 Both MOVs have Hammer Blow.
 Both MOVs do not have Micro Switch.
 Both MOVs have %Voltage Limit = 80 for all three stages (check “Start Cat” page).
 T = 0.5 second for Start, Full Speed, Seating/unseating, and Stall periods.
 5 seconds for Travel period.

4.2. Set up Study Case MSCase-2 and MSCase-3

 Using Design Load, No load diversity factor.
 Run simulation for 15 Seconds.
 Include XFMR LTC in Pre-starting Load Flow, not during simulation.
 Acceleration motor model based on Mechanical Load.
 Use default settings on Adjustment and Alert Pages. Check all alert options with minimum
violation span = 0.2 second.
 Use Normal configuration.
 Action sequence:

Study Case: MSCase-2

Time Parameter Setting
0.2 second Start all motors in the system belongs to Backup Category
Switch on static load Load 1, Design category
3 second Start OpenMOV and ClosedMOV

Study Case: MSCase-3

Time Parameter Setting
3 second Start OpenMOV and ClosedMOV
5 second Start all motors in the system belongs to Backup Category
Switch on static load Load 1, Design category

4.3. Run Dynamic Motor Starting with MSCase-2

 Check results from OLV display, plot and report.
 Check MOV starting process.

4.4. Run Dynamic Motor Starting with MSCase-3

 Check results from OLV display, plot and report.
 Check MOV starting process.

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5. Exercise 5: Load Transition

5.1. Set up Load data
 Mtr 1: Design -- 100%, Normal – 80%, Winter – 0%.
 Mtr 2 & 3: Design -- 100%, Normal – 0%, Winter – 90%.
 All Other Motors: Design -- 100%, Normal – 90%, Winter -- 75.
 All Static Load: Design -- 100%, Normal – 80%, Winter -- 90.

5.2. Set up Study Case MSCase-4

 Using Design Load, No load diversity factor.
 Run simulation for 10 Seconds.
 Include XFMR LTC in Pre-starting Load Flow, not during simulation.
 Acceleration motor model based on Mechanical Load.
 Use default settings on Adjustment and Alert Pages. Check all alert options
 Use Normal configuration.
 Action sequence:

Study Case: MSCase-4

Time Parameter Setting
0.2 second Switch to Normal Load Category
Exclude MV loads >= 5000 kVA
3 second Switch to Winter Load Category
Exclude MV loads >= 1200 kVA
Exclude MV loads >= 1000 kVA

5.3. Run Dynamic Motor Starting with MSCase-4

 Check results from OLV display, plot and report.
 Check bus load change.
 Check if any motors are started or stopped.

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6. Exercise 6: Apply the motor load characteristic curve:

 Go to Library from top toolbar.
 Go to Motor Load Model and select the Curve option, click Add
 Read the few suggested points from the following load Torque curve and enter to library.

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 Save the Library file and open Mtr1 motor editor.

 Go to Load page and select the Curve option and pickup the load model have added to library.
 Run Dynamic Motor Starting and check the Load Torque output plot for Mtr1.

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Inertia:

Dynamic Motor Starting is sensitive to total inertia of the machine. This exercise shows increasing the
load inertia makes the acceleration time longer.

Open Mtr1 and go to Inertia page.

Set H = 1 for the Load. (Total H = 1.4)
Run Dynamic starting and observe the current output plot for Mtr1.

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Compare the plots using MS Excel:

Here are the steps to compare two plots and overlap on each other:
 Open Plot 1 and double-click on the curve to open the following “Plot Parameters” window:

 Click on Data to see the list of points (X, and Y values)

 Click on Copy
 Open a new XLS file and paste the points

 Repeat the same steps for plot2. And in XLS file paste them next to plot1 points.
 Select all the columns and go to Insert > Scatter as shown below:

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