Electromagnetic Vibrations of Hydropower Generator Stator Core and Transformer Core at 100 Hz Frequency

Abstract:

This paper aimed to compare obtained results and collected theory for 100 Hz frequency vibration of hydropower generator stator core and transformer core. Electromagnetic vibration with 100 Hz frequency occurred both at slow-speed salient poles synchronous generator stator core and oil-filled power transformers tank, but the nature of hydropower and transformer 100 Hz vibration was different. The vibration analysis procedure and acceptable limits for hydropower generator stator core were already covered in the standards, while the health grade system for vibration measurements of power transformer has not beet yet developed. This study discussed the experimental results aiming to extend the knowledge about reasoning for non-existing statistical health grade system, based on power transformers vibrations, measured on tank. The experimental results of hydropower generator stator and power transformer spectrum were reported. Two salient pole hydropower generator stators and four transformers with different construction (including shell-type) and different cooling system (including air forced cooling system) were chosen to present vibration spectrum results. It was demonstrated that increasing clamping pressure of the core does not always reduce 100 Hz harmonic component neither for hydrogenerator stator, nor for transformer. Bad clamping pressure and defects in core, in contrary, will not result into increase of 100 Hz component for some units. Results showed that air forced cooling equipment (fans) would not add higher harmonics to vibration spectrum of the power transformer tank. It was shown that the shell-type construction of transformer core would not necessarily result in high vibration values on tank.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 260)
• Pages: 278-288
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.260.278
• Online since: July 2017
• Authors: Marina Cerpinska*, Renars Vitols, Oskars Simanis
• Keywords: 100 Hz, Condition Assessment, Spectrum, Stator Core, Transformer Core, Vibration

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