Direct gas cooled rotor endwinding ventilation schemes for rotating machines with concentric coil rotors

• US 6,204,580 B1
• Filed: 02/09/2000
• Issued: 03/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Kazmierczak, Edmund E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Waks, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US09/500,616
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 310/52, 310/61, 310/260, 310/261, 310/270, 295/98
• US Class Current: 310/52
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/24 with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors

Abstract

A cooling gas ventilation circuit for an endwinding of a rotary machine having a rotor and a plurality of coils seated in radial slots provided in the rotor, the coils each comprising a plurality of radially stacked turns, the turns having radial passages therein, the coils extending beyond a pole face of the rotor to form an endwinding; a substantially cylindrical baffle ring covering radially innermost turns of the plurality of coils in the endwinding, the baffle ring having a plurality of holes therein aligned with the radial passages; and wherein the radial passages communicate with cavities between the coils in the endwinding.

Claims

1. A cooling gas ventilation circuit for an endwinding of a rotary machine having a rotor and a plurality of coils seated in radial slots provided in said rotor, said coils each comprising a plurality of radially stacked turns, said turns having radial passages therein, said coils extending beyond a pole face of the rotor to form said endwinding;

a substantially cylindrical baffle ring covering radially innermost turns of said plurality of coils in said endwinding, said baffle ring having a plurality of holes therein aligned with said radial passages; and

wherein said radial passages communicate with cavities between said coils in said endwinding.

2. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 wherein said coils in said endwinding are supported on radially outermost surfaces by a retaining ring, and wherein said coils are enclosed by said baffle ring, said retaining ring and a centering ring extending radially between said baffle ring and said retaining ring.

3. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 2 wherein said rotor is formed with vent slots extending from said pole face in areas of said rotor between said radial slots in which said coils are seated.

4. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 3 wherein certain of said radial passages communicate with radial discharge chimneys formed in said turns within said rotor.

5. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 wherein said radial passages communicate with said cavities by lateral exit ports extending from said radial passages on one or both sides of said turns.

6. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 wherein said exit ports are arranged substantially perpendicularly to side edges of said turns.

7. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 wherein said exit ports are arranged at an acute angle to said side edges.

8. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 7 wherein said radial passages and said exit ports are connected by longitudinal grooves in said turns.

9. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 wherein two or more rows of radial passages are established in said turns of one or more of said coils, with exit ports from some of the rows opening to one side of said turns, and exit ports of the remaining rows opening to the other side of said turns.

10. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 9 wherein radial passages are staggered along a length dimension of said turns.

11. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 wherein said radial passages are staggered in a longitudinal direction.

12. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 wherein one or more spacer blocks are inserted between said plurality of coils, and wherein means are provided for bypassing cooling gas around said spacer blocks.

13. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 wherein said holes in said turns are arranged to create flow of cooling gas in said turns in opposite directions.

14. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 and including axially extending plates radially between said baffle ring and a spindle portion of said rotor;

said axially extending plates providing a cooling gas discharge channel communicating at one end thereof with a gas discharge slot in said rotor.

15. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 and including axially extending plates radially between said baffle ring and a spindle portion of said rotor;

said axially extending plates providing a cooling gas discharge channel communicating at an opposite end with a generally radial chimney extending through said centering ring.

16. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 15 wherein additional holes in said baffle plate communicate directly with spaces between the coils.

25. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 1 wherein each turn is comprised of one or more layers of conductors.

17. A cooling gas ventilation circuit for an endwinding of a rotary machine having a rotor and a plurality of coils seated in radial slots provided in said rotor, said coils each comprising a plurality of radially stacked turns, said turns having radial passages therein, said coils extending beyond a pole face of the rotor to form said endwinding;

a substantially cylindrical baffle ring covering radially innermost turns of said plurality of coils in said endwinding, said baffle ring having a plurality of holes therein aligned with said radial passages;

said radial passages communicating with cavities between said coils in said endwinding by lateral exit ports extending from said radial passages on one or both sides of said turns;

said coils in said endwinding being supported on radially outermost surfaces by a retaining ring such that said coils are enclosed by said baffle ring, said retaining ring and a centering ring extending radially between said baffle ring and said retaining ring; and

wherein said rotor is formed with vent slots extending from said pole face in areas of said rotor between said radial slots in which said coils are seated.

18. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 17 wherein said exit ports are arranged substantially perpendicularly to side edges of said turns.

19. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 17 wherein said exit ports are arranged at an acute angle to said side edges.

20. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 19 wherein said radial passages and said exit ports are connected by longitudinal grooves in said turns.

21. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 17 wherein said radial passages are staggered in an axial direction.

22. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 21 wherein said holes in said turns are arranged to create flow of cooling gas in said turns in opposite directions.

23. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 17 and including axially extending plates radially between said baffle ring and a spindle portion of said rotor and wherein additional holes in said baffle ring communicate directly with spaces between the coils;

said axially extending plates providing a cooling gas discharge channel communicating at one end thereof with a gas discharge slot in said rotor.

24. The cooling gas ventilation circuit of claim 17 and including axially extending plates radially between said baffle ring and a spindle portion of said rotor;

said axially extending plates providing a cooling gas discharge channel communicating at an opposite end with a generally radial chimney extending through said centering ring.