Gas-cooled electrical machine

• US 6,211,586 B1
• Filed: 12/12/1997
• Issued: 04/03/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alstom SA
• Original Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Stallone, Francesco, Hediger, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Enad, Elvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lam, Thanh
• Application Number:
  US08/989,248
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• Field of Search: 310/52, 310/53, 310/56, 310/57, 310/58, 310/59, 310/71, 310/260, 310/258, 310/259, 310/89, 310/91
• US Class Current: 310/52
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/22 consisting of hollow conductors
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/24 with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/50 Fastening of winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto

Abstract

In a gas-cooled electrical machine, the conductor bars (3, 4) in the winding overhang are cooled directly by a flow element of the cooling gas flow which is passed through cooling channels (8) located within the eyes (5a, 5b) of the bar ends. To this end, the bar levels of the winding bars, which are designed as a two-level bar, are spaced apart from one another in the eye region, and thus form a radial cooling channel (8). These radial cooling channels (8) are coupled to the discharge eyes (5b) by pipe connections (10) which are connected electrically, and in terms of the flow, to round connections (20). The cooling channels (9) in the round connections (20) are connected by insulating tubes (31) or insulating hoses to an induction area (32) of the machine fan, which is separated from the winding overhang area (30) by a bulkhead wall (33). The flow into the cooling channels (8) is forced to flow in the radial flow direction by a casing (34), which is arranged in an annular shape in the winding overhang area adjacent to the ends of the eyes (5a, 5b).

Claims

1. A gas-cooled electrical machine comprising:

a laminated stator core having slots;

a stator winding arranged in the stator core slots;

two stator winding bars located one above the other in a slot, constructed from mutually insulated conductor elements, and electrically connected to one another outside the laminated stator core in the winding overhang by eyes and round connections to form a winding, the eyes comprising normal eyes and discharge eyes, and having a fan for producing a cooling gas flow through the machine, a flow element of the cooling gas flow being passed through first cooling channels located within the eyes;

wherein the stator winding bars in the winding overhang are provided with first cooling channels only in the region of the eyes the first cooling channels;

wherein the discharge eyes have pipe connections on the outlet side of the first cooling channels between themselves and the round connections which are hollow conductors, the round connections being hollow conductors with second cooling channels which are freely connected to the first cooling channels of the discharge eyes;

wherein the second cooling channels in the round connections are connected by insulating tubes to an area which is separated from the winding overhang area by a bulkhead wall; and

a casing between the bulkhead wall and the ends of the eyes to force the flow in the first cooling channels through the normal eyes.

2. The electrical machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stator winding bars comprise two-level bars whose bar levels in the winding overhang region are each spaced apart from one another by a wedge insert, the radial first cooling channels being formed at the bar ends.

3. The electrical machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the eyes are constructed from metallic connecting pieces which are spaced apart from one another in the region of the first cooling channels.

4. The electrical machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flow element of the cooling gas flow which cools the winding overhang has an essentially radial flow direction.

5. The electrical machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eyes are surrounded by insulating caps which have openings for the first cooling channels.

6. The electrical machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the area which is separated from the winding overhang area by the bulkhead wall is the induction area of the machine fan.

7. The electrical machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing has an annular shape at a constant distance from the ends of the eyes, a constricted flow channel being formed between the ends of the eyes and the casing.