Electric rotating machine with reduced thickness and volume of insulation

• US 6,242,825 B1
• Filed: 11/18/1999
• Issued: 06/05/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: mitsubishi hitachi power systems, ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Onoda, Mitsuru, Mori, Hideaki, Amagi, Shigeo, Yagi, Yasuomi, Tsunoda, Tomoya, Sonobe, Tadashi, Usami, Saburo
• Primary Examiner(s): Waks, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US09/443,106
• Time in Patent Office: 565 Days
• Field of Search: 310/45, 310/196, 310/201, 310/208, 428/324, 428/328, 428/354, 174/127
• US Class Current: 310/45
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/30 Windings characterised by the insulating material
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/34 between conductors or between conductor and core, e.g. slot insulation
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 9/10 by gaseous cooling medium flowing in closed circuit, a part of which is external to the machine casing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49012 Rotor

Abstract

An the electric rotating machine which is compact and of reduced cost by improving the thermal conductivity of the main insulation in the thickness direction while maintaining the insulation breakdown voltage of the main insulation high. The initial breakdown voltage V in the thickness direction of the main insulator 30 of the stator winding 3 is higher than 20 kV/mm, and the thermal conductivity λ in the thickness direction is within a range of 0.35 to 1 W/m·K, and the product Vλ of the initial breakdown voltage V and the thermal conductivity λ satisfies a relationship of 7≦Vλ≦20 (MWA/m²·K). The amount of resin is within a range of 20 to 50 weight % of the main insulation material.

Claims

1. An electric rotating machine comprising a stator, and a rotor rotatably disposed in said stator through a gap, said stator having windings sheathed outside with a main insulator, wherein

said main insulator comprises a laminated layer composed of a first insulating layer formed by bonding a thin flake-shaped high dielectric strength insulating material with a thermosetting resin substantially free of a granular filler and a second insulating layer formed by dispersing a fiber insulating material and a high thermal conductive filler in a resin;

an initial breakdown voltage V in a thickness direction of the main insulator being a value higher than 20 kV/mm, and a thermal conductivity λ

in the thickness direction of said laminated layer being within a range of 0.35 to 1 W/m·

K, and the product V·

λ

of the initial breakdown voltage and the thermal conductivity satisfying a relationship of 7≦

Vλ

≦

20 (MVW/m²·

K).

2. An electric rotating machine according to claim 1, wherein said thermal conductivity λ

is within a range of 0.5 to 1 W/m·

K.

3. An electric rotating machine according to claim 1, wherein said second insulating layer is an insulation formed by dispersing a granular insulating material having a thermal conductivity higher than 20 W/m·

K in a resin together with a fiber cloth.

4. An electric rotating machine according to claim 1, wherein an insulation is interposed between the windings in an end portion of said stator winding as a spacer, said insulation being formed by filling or mixing a granular insulating material and/or a short-fiber insulating material having a thermal conductivity higher than 5 W/m·

K in a thermosetting resin or a thermoplastic resin.

5. An electric rotating machine according to claim 1, wherein a thermal conductivity of said main insulator measured by a thermal conductivity sensor is higher than 0.35 W/m·

K.

6. An electric rotating machine according to claim 1, wherein the inside of the electric rotating machine is cooled by hydrogen, and a ratio of a product of a diameter of said rotor squared and the shaft length of said stator to an electric generating capacity per number of rotations is smaller than 40 m³·

rpm/MVA.

7. An electric rotating machine according to claim 1, wherein the inside of the electric rotating machine is cooled by air, and a ratio of a product of a diameter of said rotor squared and the shaft length of said stator to an electric generating capacity per number of rotations is smaller than 70 m³·

rpm/MVA.

8. An electric rotating machine according to claim 1, wherein the inside of the electric rotating machine is cooled by hydrogen, and a ratio of a product of a diameter of said rotor squared and a length between supports of said rotor to an electric generating capacity per number of rotations is smaller than 50 m³·

rpm/MVA.

9. An electric rotating machine according to claim 1, wherein the inside of the electric rotating machine is cooled by air, and a ratio of a product of a diameter of said rotor squared and a length between supports of said rotor to an electric generating capacity per number of rotations is smaller than 85 m³·

rpm/MVA.