As compared to asynchronous frequency-controlled electric drives, synchronous drives are characterized by lower power losses, rigid mechanical characteristics without speed feedback and by the simplest law of frequency control (when the voltage changes proportionally to the frequency). An analytical study of energy factors (power loss, efficiency, power factor) of frequencycontrolled synchronous motor with electromagnetic ignition and with excitation caused by permanent magnets has been fulfilled. The efficiency of the power converter, in this case (i. e. in the case of the frequency converter), depends on the structure of the converter (single-link or two-link), on the power semiconductor devices being used, on additional elements (i. e. chokes, capacitors, transformers, active resistance, etc.). The efficiency of a synchronous electric motor (which is a cofactor of general efficiency of a controlled synchronous electric drive) is of an interest in the scalar frequency control of the mentioned synchronous motor, since there are almost no publications on this subject. Therefore, the energy conversion efficiency of the synchronous motor, which receives energy from the frequency converter at different frequencies and converts to mechanical energy, has been considered. For the convenience of analytical research, we used the widely used concept of relative frequency as the ratio of the current value of the voltage frequency to the nominal one. It is demonstrated that the maximum efficiency is shifted in the direction of a lower load factor with a decrease in the relative frequency of the motor supply voltage. The method of calculating the energy performance of variable frequency synchronous motor that has been developed is illustrated by the graphs of efficiency and cosj for the engine of the SD3 13-34-6 type of the capacity of 500 kW and of a voltage of 6 kV and for a synchronous motor with permanent magnets of the YGT132S4 type of a capacity of 5.5 kW.

Aerial barrage balls serve for marking high-voltage wires in order to visually warn pilots of civil and military aviation about the presence of overhead lines. The present article deals with the mechanical calculation of flexible overhead wires of overhead lines, in which aerial warning barrage balls are installed. The wire is considered as a homogeneous flexible thread having the outline of a parabola and a chain line. The load from the aerial barrage balls must not be substituted with a distributed one by simple division of the total load into the span length, since it can cause incorrect results. The formulas for determining the sag are given for a different number of aerial barrage balls as a function of their number and the coefficient of concentrated forces. The acceptable accuracy of mechanical calculation is demonstrated when using the model of wire in the form of a parabola adopted in the design practice, provided that the components of concentrated forces are correctly determined. The equation of state is recorded, taking into account the weight and wind loads on the wire, as well as load coefficients in two planes, depending on the number of barrage balls. The performed calculations demonstrate an acceptable accuracy of the determination of the stress at various loadings of the span. For more accurate calculation of mechanical stresses and sag arrows, a vector-parametric method for calculating the flexible wires of overhead lines is suggested, where the calculated model of wires in the form of a flexible elastic thread is put taking into account of the spatial arrangement of all structural elements. The results of mechanical calculation according to the program that had been developed and to the existing methods for a different number of aerial barrier balls moved along the span are presented.

During the operation of the electric power system, there is often a need to overload its individual elements (generators, power transformers, overhead and cable power lines, switching electric devices) for a period lasting from several dozens of minutes to a day. The overloads can be caused by intentional disconnection of parallel elements of the system because of scheduled preventive repairs, post-accident disconnections, as well as an unexpected increase in electricity consumption due to the impact of various factors. The overload capacity of the system elements makes it possible to increase operational reliability of power supply to consumers without additional expenditures while maintaining, in most cases, the almost normal service life of electrical equipment. Oil-filled transformers have the greatest potential overload capacity power, which makes it possible to consider them as a significant source of increasing the capacity of the transmission and distribution networks of the electric power system. Excessive over-current of power oil-filled transformers significantly reduces reliability and reduces their normal service life. This is due to the accelerated process of wear of the insulation material of the transfer windings as a result of overheating of the transformer oil, that causes structural changes and, as a consequence, to mechanical damage to the insulation of the windings; the latter can cause an electrical puncture. On the other hand, underestimation of the permissible overload of transformers might result in economic losses due to under-produced products when the functioning of the part of the transformers connected in parallel are ceased for scheduled preventive maintenance or as a result of forced emergency shutdowns. Therefore, there is a need to assess the potential of reasonable increase in the throughput capacity of the electrical network and, accordingly, the reliability of the power supply system, taking into account the requirements for the permissible loads of transformers when the electrical network and various operating modes are being designed.

To calculate short-circuit currents, voltage losses and reactive power in electrical networks, information on inductive resistances of cable lines is required. In the technical literature there are no exact parameters of single-core cables with voltage of up to 1 kV insulated by crosslinked polyethylene. This results in inaccuracies in the calculations of modes of electrical networks. The article considers the issues of determining the inductance and inductive resistance of power lines up with voltage of up to 1 kV made of single-core cables and insulated by crosslinked polyethylene. The analysis of formulas for determining the inductance given in different literature sources was fulfilled, that demonstrated a significant difference in the numerical values of the obtained calculation results. The formula that provides more reliable calculations of the inductance of the cable lines was identified. The influence of the permissible increase in the thickness of the insulation and the sheath of a single-core cable with voltage of up to 1 kV covered with cross-linked polyethylene on the inductive resistance was determined. The inductance and inductive resistance of single-core cables were calculated when the cables were arranged along the vertices of an equilateral and right-angle triangle, as well as in one plane. It was shown that the specific inductances and inductive resistances are 1.7–1.8 times greater in the plane with the distance between adjacent cables equal to the outer diameter of the cable than in the location is close to the triangle. When the cross sections of conductive cores are large and installations are multi-ampere, there is a surface effect and proximity effect, due to which the magnetic field intensity inside the core and its inductance decrease. Inductivities and inductive resistances of singlecore cables with voltage up to 1 kV were determined taking into account the influence of the surface effect and the proximity effect. The calculations that we performed have shown that the nonconsideration of the above-mentioned effects leads to significant errors in the determination of inductive resistances. The influence of one-core cables of armor made of steel tapes on inductive resistances is considered. An illustrative example shows that the inductive resistance of an armored cable with a cross-section area of the current-conducting core equal to 800 mm2 is about twice as large as the unarmored one. The use of single-core cables in three-phase electrical networks, armored with steel straps, ought to be prohibited by regulatory documents, since such cables dramatically worsen the efficiency of power supply systems.

The article is devoted to the problems of synthesis of multiphase electromechanic modules consisting of a multiphase electrical machine (m > 3) and a multiphase controlled converter. In the multi-phase design of the electric machine, it is possible to obtain a trapezoidal electromotive force and to increase the specific power conversion provided that the EMF and the current at the output of the m-phase generator are matched. The development of the vector pulse width modulation algorithm for the m-phase active voltage rectifier is considered, which will make it possible to match the shape and phase of the currents and voltages at the output of the m-phase generator in order to obtain the maximum active power of the module under study. The analysis of possible combinations of states of the keys of a nine-phase active rectifier is carried out. Each key state is assigned a base vector in a fixed coordinate system. It is noted that there are a number of combinations in which two or more different key states correspond to one base vector. The system of basic vectors is differentiated into its constituent levels, sectors and subsectors. In order to obtain any given voltage vector that does not coincide with the base vectors, the method of spacevector modulation is used. This method provides using 100 % DC link voltage as compared with sinusoidal pulse width modulation (86.6 %). The goal of space-vector modulation for a nine-phase active voltage rectifier is to implement the resultant spatial vector of the output voltage with a given average value within the modulation period. For this, the three vectors nearest to the given base vector must be found. To implement a given voltage vector, a sequence of sampling the base vectors in the modulation period is given, providing one commutation (commutation of two complementary keys) while passing from one basic vector to another to reduce switching losses. Analytic relationships of the weight coefficients for the generators of vectors are obtained, as well as the equations of the boundaries of the subsectors that form a diagram of combinations of states of the circuit. The sequence of the calculations presented in the paper is a technique for realizing the vector pulse-width modulation in nine-phase controlled electrical energy converters.

After successful increase of levels of thermal resistances of building enclosing structures, expenses of heat on ventilation of rooms in many cases reached similar magnitudes of indicators of heating in a cold season. Therefore, the development of new efficient heat exchangersheat exchangers of small size is of particular importance. It is possible now to create highperformance thin (of a few centimeters) heat exchangers of such high-porous heat-conducting materials as copper, aluminum, etc. Highly porous materials include porous-permeable structures having an open porosity (with a total pore surface area of more than 50 % in relation to a smooth surface). One of the main conditions for the qualitative use of such high-porous thermal conductive materials is the rapid removal of condensate outside the heat exchange zone without a significant increase in filtration resistance. Thermal calculation of such heat exchangers is based on the criteria of Fourier (Fu) and Predvoditelev (Рd). Various ways of using high-porous heat-conducting materials in the design of heat exchangers are considered. The method of production of the heat exchanger based on the application of porous-permeable material in the channels of the heat exchange part of recuperative devices is presented; the difference of the method is that the heat exchange part is performed of two or more parallel heat exchange plates with spacing between them. It has been found that a significant increase in the energy efficiency of heat exchangers of this type is possible due to the application of even small discontinuities of the heat-conducting layers of high-porous materials so to use the specific features of increased heat exchange of the initial sections with the flowing fluid. One of the main advantages of using air-to-air heat exchangers made of foamed high-heat-conducting material in the climatic conditions of Belarus is freezing resistance.

Investigation of the structure and the functional patterns of the regional gas supply systems is necessary for addressing a number of operational tasks, the main ones being the following: preparing requisitions for the planned volume of gas deliveries, project design for development and reconstruction of gas supply systems and gas storage facilities, developing of functional gas tariffs for different groups of customers. The regional gas supply system is considered from the standpoint of system analysis and presented as a complex dynamic system consisting of several subsystems. The balance structure of gas consumption in the region for the ten-year period and the patterns of daily gas consumption in the region depending on the average daily outdoor temperature for the two-year period have been studied. It is discovered that the power economy, industry and agriculture account for the largest share in the total gas consumption. The values of correlation coefficients between the outdoor air temperature and gas flow rate according to the elements of the balance structure are calculated. For the daily values of gas consumption for the needs of the population and housing-and-communal services, the highest correlation coefficient between the studied characteristics R is noted = (–0,98‒(–0,96)). Analysis of the matching fields of daily gas consumption in the region to the daily average temperature over a given one-year timeframe made it possible to identified two key areas, viz.: the area of operation of the heating system and the area of positive temperatures (the cheating system is off). For each of the areas, the dependences of the daily gas flow rate on the temperature and the effect of temperature changes on the gas consumption alteration were determined. It was found out that the temperature range from 0 to 10 °C corresponds to the zone of uncertain state of the regional gas supply system, since two areas overlap in this zone, viz.: the area of operation of the heating system and the area of positive temperatures.

The subject matter of the paper is related to scientific-and-theoretical basis of power engineering characteristics of heat pump directly depending on the quality of treated water for reliable and uninterrupted operation of heat pump evaporator and compressor. On the basis of experimental data, energy parameters of the heat pump are calculated. The method of the combined technology of the heat pump “water – air” operation is considеred, the efficiency of which is based on the preliminary improvement of the quality of water softened with the use of a membrane ultrafiltration unit. This solution made it possible to reduce the load on the filters and to exclude the use of chemical reagents used in the classical schemes of water heating facilities. In order to improve the operation of the heat pump compressor, a method based on altering the speed of rotation of the shaft by means of electronic microprocessor devices has been proposed. To regulate the compressor performance, a frequency converter with a wide range of alternating current frequency is used. The intervals of alteration of frequency of the alternating current corresponding to energy-efficient values of coefficient of transformation of energy of the heat pump are investigated. The values of the energy conversion coefficient of the heat pump obtained in the course of experiments and determined by calculation are consistent within the experimental errors with the regulation of the compressor performance. The suggested experimental device made it possible to determine the dependence of the main characteristics of the unit of the heat pump unit on the number of revolutions of the compressor and to find out an effective range of its control (50–180 %). The development of advanced technologies for natural water treatment under conditions of increased anthropogenic loads on natural water sources is a priority one among the fundamental and applied research in the field of water treatment.