Rotating Electrical Machine and Method for Producing Such a Machine

• US 20070170793A1
• Filed: 01/16/2007
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH (GE Vernova, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd. (Alstom SA)
• Inventors: Baenziger, Matthias, Stallone, Francesco, Ladstaetter, Werner
• Granted Patent: US 7,567,008 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 310/71
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/12 arranged in slots
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/38 around winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/505 for large machine windings, e.g. bar windings H02K3/51 takes precedence

Abstract

A rotating electrical machine (10) has a rotor (11), which rotates about an axis (13) and is surrounded concentrically by a stator (12) having a stator winding (30) inserted into a stator body (21), the stator winding (30) including, in a concentric arrangement, a lower layer (16), which is more remote from the axis, and an upper layer (17), which is closer to the axis, of axially extending winding bars (14), which emerge from the stator body (21) at the ends of the stator (12) and are arranged, within an end winding (15), with their bar ends (23), on two concentric circles in pairs one above the other in the radial direction. With such a machine, simplified production of the stator winding (30) with, at the same time, a high dielectric strength is achieved by virtue of the fact that in those winding bars (14) of a pair which belong to different phases within a phase segregation, radial spreading (18) of the bar ends (23) is provided so as to increase the radial distance between the different phases.

Claims

1. A rotating electrical machine comprising:

a stator having ends, a stator body, and a stator winding inserted in the stator body;

a rotor which rotates about an axis and is surrounded concentrically by the stator;

wherein the stator winding comprises, in a concentric arrangement, a lower layer which is more remote from the axis, and an upper layer which is closer to the axis, of axially extending winding bars which emerge from the stator body at the ends of the stator, the winding bars being arranged, within an end winding, with their bar ends on two concentric circles in pairs one above the other in the radial direction; and

wherein in winding bars of a pair which belong to different phases within a phase segregation, the bar ends are radial spread to increase the radial distance between the different phases.

2. The machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radial spread includes an edgewise bend at the bar end of the winding bars of a pair.

3. The machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the winding bars of a pair run substantially parallel to one another within the end winding, and wherein the radial spread includes an edgewise bend which leads away from the other winding bar of said pair, at the bar end of one of the winding bars of said pair.

4. The machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the winding bars lie, within the end winding, on a coaxial cone which opens outwardly, and wherein the winding bar which belongs to the upper layer of a phase segregation pair is aligned axially at the bar end by the edgewise bend.

5. The machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein an opening angle (a) of the cone and a bending angle of the edgewise bend are approximately 20°

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6. The machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotating electrical machine comprises a high-power generator having a power of a few hundred megawatts.

7. The machine as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

lugs, wherein the radially spread bar ends are connected to a phase connection via the lugs, the lugs being arranged between the bar ends; and

insulated phase segregation caps comprising sleeves, wherein a connection region between the phase connection and the bar end is in each case surrounded by one of said insulating phase segregation caps.

8. The machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the phase segregation cap comprises a shrink tube which tightly surrounds the connection region between the phase connection and the bar end.

9. The machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the phase segregation cap comprises a permanently elastic and thermally resistant silicone material.

10. The machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the phase segregation cap consists essentially of polyester.

11. A method for producing a machine as claimed in claim 7, the method comprising:

in a first step, drawing the phase segregation cap so far over the bar end or over the phase connection that the cap is not damaged when a connection is subsequently soldered;

in a second step, forming a connection between the bar end and the phase connection; and

in a third step, pushing the phase segregation cap over the connection region.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the phase segregation cap comprises a permanently elastic material which has slightly smaller nominal dimensions than the outer contours of the connection region.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the phase segregation cap comprises a shrinking material, and further comprising:

shrinking the phase segregation cap in a fourth step after the cap has been pushed over the connection region.

14. The machine as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

wherein the lugs are soldered between the bar ends.

15. A method as claimed in claim 11, wherein forming a connection between the bar end and the phase connection comprises fitting a lug.