In this paper an excitation system which is effective for improving the start-up characteristic of
synchronous motors has been discussed in this study. Excitation system is a system that maintains/controls
the voltage of an output terminal(s) by supplying direct current to a field coil. The excitation control
system of synchronous motor should be able to achieve stabilization (i.e., power factor 1) as rapidly
possible by controlling excitation current in accordance with the control mode applied. When a direct
current is passed through the field winding of the rotor, the rotation is restrained in the rotor. When the In this paper an excitation system which is effective for improving the start-up characteristic of
synchronous motors has been discussed in this study. Excitation system is a system that maintains/controls
the voltage of an output terminal(s) by supplying direct current to a field coil. The excitation control
system of synchronous motor should be able to achieve stabilization (i.e., power factor 1) as rapidly
possible by controlling excitation current in accordance with the control mode applied. When a direct
current is passed through the field winding of the rotor, the rotation is restrained in the rotor. When the field current is caused to flow before the synchronous speed, the pulling forces and the forces pushing
each other are repeated and the vibration becomes severe. Especially, on an occasion where current flows
into the rotor field coil without synchronizing the speed of rotor with the rotating field when starting a
synchronous motor, the motor will not start due to vibration. Existing analog excitation systems supply field
current after measuring the induced voltage first and then the speeds mentioned above have been
synchronized. In this case, the field current will be supplied with some time delay. However, as this
method depends on a timer, there's a possibility the field breaker would kick in too early or does not start
at all due to its failure or malfunction. For this reason, a digital excitation system has been proposed to
solve the issues of reliability involved in generator start-ups. This new system can secure stable start ups
by adopting the method that estimates and determines an appropriate point of time for current to be led
into the field coil based on the slip calculation using both the input voltage and induced voltage
frequencies.