Lifetime consumption and degradation analysis of the winding insulation of electrical machines

Sciascera, C, Galea, Michael, Giangrande, Paolo and Gerada, C. (2016) Lifetime consumption and degradation analysis of the winding insulation of electrical machines. In: 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016), 19-21 April 2016, Glasgow, UK.

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Abstract

In this paper, a novel multi-stress model which estimates the lifetime of the winding insulation relative to its duty cycle is proposed and investigated. With an adequate implementation of this model, then an electrical machine can be designed not only in terms of its performance requirements, but also considering the associated reliability and lifetime aspects. Since thermal and thermo-mechanical stresses are considered as the main ageing factors, the model is particularly suited for low voltage, low duty cycle machines. The determination of the model parameters is based on the results of accelerated thermo-mechanical ageing tests, whose procedure is thoroughly reported in the paper. The results of the accelerated ageing tests show that the effect of thermo-mechanical ageing is significant even for small size, random wound windings under fast temperature rise.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/829315
Keywords: Thermo-mechanical ageing, multi-stress ageing, winding insulation lifetime, electrical machines
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Depositing User: Burns, Rebecca
Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2017 14:32
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 18:21
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/40435

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