Effect of Static Rotor Eccentricity on End Winding Forces and Vibration Wearing

In order to study the vibration wearing regularity and the strength failure point of stator end windings before and after static rotor eccentricity, the three-dimensional electromagnetic forces and the subsequent mechanical responses are studied in this paper. The electromagnetic force, stress, and deformation on the end winding of the QFSN-600-2YHG turbo-generator are calculated by the finite element method (FEM) through an electromagnetic-structure coupling. The radial vibration characteristics of the winding are verified by experiments. It shows that the vibration wearing in the same layer is more serious than that between two neighboring layers. For different layers, the interphase coils endure a larger wearing risk than the innerphase coils. Inside the same phase, the last coil along the rotating direction has the highest risk of insulation wearing. The occurrence of static rotor eccentricity will significantly increase the electromagnetic forces and the vibration amplitudes on some coils. The end-phase coil which is close to the minimum air-gap point is the most dangerous one due to the lasting overstresses and the intensified deformations