Acoustic detection of defects and aging for stator bar insulation of large generator

Author

Zhang, Xiaohong ; Ma, Xiaoqin ; Lu, Weisheng ; Zhang, Liang ; Xie, Hengkun

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Electr. Insulation for Power Equip., Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., China

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

745

Lastpage

748

Abstract

A set of acoustic detection facility developed by our research group is used to investigate defects and aging in stator bar insulation, which have been subjected to electrical, thermal and mechanical stresses for 1000 hours, respectively. The acoustic signal analysis in time domain, frequency domain and wavelet transform at four different scales has been conducted, respectively. It is observed that frequency components concentrate mainly about 1 kHz for specimens unaged, while shift to 2 kHz for specimens subjected to electrical stress or mechanical stresses. A new high frequency component at 6 kHz is characteristic of the specimens subjected to thermal stress. It is suggested that electrical or mechanical stress aging would lead to decrease in block density of insulation with epoxy/mica and thermal aging should be contributed to delamination of the insulation. This acoustic detection system is effective for finding defects in stator winding insulation of generator

Keywords

acoustic variables measurement; ageing; composite insulating materials; electric generators; epoxy insulation; frequency-domain analysis; insulation testing; machine control; machine insulation; machine testing; mica; stators; time-domain analysis; 1 kHz; 2 kHz; 6 kHz; acoustic detection facility; acoustic detection system; acoustic signal analysis; aging; defects; electrical stress aging; electrical stresses; epoxy/mica insulation; frequency domain; insulation delamination; mechanical stress aging; mechanical stresses; stator bar insulation; stator winding insulation; thermal aging; thermal stresses; time domain; wavelet transform; Acoustic signal detection; Acoustic waves; Aging; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Frequency domain analysis; Signal analysis; Stators; Thermal stresses; Time domain analysis; Wavelet analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulating Materials, 2001. (ISEIM 2001). Proceedings of 2001 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Himeji

Print_ISBN

4-88686-053-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEIM.2001.973785

Filename

973785