This paper describes variations of turbine generator steady-state reactances for load conditions. When the turbine generator is of small size, magnetic saturation of the stator and rotor core is a problem. Therefore, it is important to understand the variations of the reactances for load conditions. The reactances of a 592-MVA turbine generator are calculated with d-and q-axis equations considering magnetic saturation and two-dimensional numerical magnetic field analysis. The results are as follows.
(1) The equivalent synchronous reactances considering cross-magnetizing are smaller than the original synchronous reactances for load conditions.
(2) Numerical values of the d-and q-axis mutual reactance and the field and q-axis mutual reactance are at their maximum when the d-axis linkage flux is nearly equal to the q-axis linkage flux under constant voltage.
(3) The d-axis synchronous reactance drops with increasing reactive power under constant voltage and active power, but the q-axis synchronous reactance increases.
(4) The variation of the equivalent d-axis synchronous reactance with increasing reactive power is similar to that of the d-axis synchronous reactance, but the variation of the equivalent q-axis synchronous reactance is different from that of the q-axis synchronous reactance.